The first table below looks at the demand for EIGRP skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EIGRP over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
Rank 214 224 246
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +22
Contract jobs citing EIGRP 9 18 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.116% 0.177% 0.123%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.604% 0.836% 0.669%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 10
Average daily rate £265 £335 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.89% +11.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £296 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £363 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-9.64% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.50 £31.72
% change year-on-year
- -29.06%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1491 2153 1944
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.16% 21.17% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 628 675
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 190 239
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.60 £13.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
EIGRP
England

EIGRP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing EIGRP across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East EIGRP Jobs Demand Trend

EIGRP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing EIGRP across the South East region.

South East EIGRP Daily Rate Trend

EIGRP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing EIGRP across the South East region.

South East EIGRP Hourly Rate Trend

EIGRP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EIGRP within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hampshire -1 5 £243 -35.33%
West Sussex +17 2 - -
Middlesex +11 1 - -
Kent -2 1 £300 -2.43%
EIGRP
England

EIGRP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing EIGRP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited EIGRP.

1 34 (94.44%) BGP
2 29 (80.56%) Cisco
2 29 (80.56%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (77.78%) LAN
3 28 (77.78%) WAN
4 26 (72.22%) TCP/IP
4 26 (72.22%) CCNP
5 24 (66.67%) CCNA
5 24 (66.67%) MPLS
6 21 (58.33%) Migration
7 19 (52.78%) OSPF
8 18 (50.00%) Telecoms
9 16 (44.44%) VPN
10 15 (41.67%) Ethernet
11 12 (33.33%) Internet
11 12 (33.33%) Wireless
12 11 (30.56%) WLAN
13 9 (25.00%) Project Management
13 9 (25.00%) CheckPoint
13 9 (25.00%) Firewall
13 9 (25.00%) IP Telephony
13 9 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
14 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
14 8 (22.22%) ATM
14 8 (22.22%) RIP
15 7 (19.44%) SDH
15 7 (19.44%) ADSL
15 7 (19.44%) Frame Relay
16 6 (16.67%) F5

EIGRP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing EIGRP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited EIGRP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 34 (94.44%) BGP
2 28 (77.78%) LAN
2 28 (77.78%) WAN
3 26 (72.22%) TCP/IP
4 24 (66.67%) MPLS
5 19 (52.78%) OSPF
6 16 (44.44%) VPN
7 15 (41.67%) Ethernet
8 12 (33.33%) Internet
8 12 (33.33%) Wireless
9 11 (30.56%) WLAN
10 9 (25.00%) Firewall
10 9 (25.00%) IP Telephony
10 9 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (22.22%) ATM
11 8 (22.22%) RIP
12 7 (19.44%) SDH
12 7 (19.44%) ADSL
12 7 (19.44%) Frame Relay
13 6 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 18 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.556%) Finance
2 2 (5.556%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 15 (41.67%) Network Support
3 10 (27.78%) Network Analyst
3 10 (27.78%) Analyst
4 8 (22.22%) Support Analyst
4 8 (22.22%) Network Support Analyst
5 7 (19.44%) Support Engineer
5 7 (19.44%) Network Support Engineer
6 6 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
7 5 (13.89%) Cisco Security Engineer
7 5 (13.89%) Security Engineer
7 5 (13.89%) Firewall Engineer
8 2 (5.556%) Design Engineer
8 2 (5.556%) Project Manager
8 2 (5.556%) Technical Project Manager
8 2 (5.556%) Consultant
8 2 (5.556%) Network Manager
8 2 (5.556%) IP Engineer
8 2 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
8 2 (5.556%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.556%) IVR
1 2 (5.556%) SecurID
2 1 (2.778%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (5.556%) Windows
1 2 (5.556%) Linux
1 2 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (58.33%) Migration
2 9 (25.00%) Project Management
3 4 (11.11%) Network Design
4 3 (8.333%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.556%) ITIL
5 2 (5.556%) PRINCE2
5 2 (5.556%) Performance Management
5 2 (5.556%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (2.778%) Network Management
6 1 (2.778%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 29 (80.56%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (72.22%) CCNP
3 24 (66.67%) CCNA
4 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
5 5 (13.89%) CCIE
6 3 (8.333%) BC Cleared
7 2 (5.556%) CCDP
7 2 (5.556%) CCIP
8 1 (2.778%) CCSP
System Software
1 2 (5.556%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.556%) Hyper-V
1 2 (5.556%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (5.556%) Cisco IPCC
2 1 (2.778%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 29 (80.56%) Cisco
2 9 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 6 (16.67%) F5
4 3 (8.333%) Avaya
5 2 (5.556%) VMware
5 2 (5.556%) Nortel
5 2 (5.556%) Juniper
5 2 (5.556%) CA
5 2 (5.556%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.556%) Verint
6 1 (2.778%) Polycom
6 1 (2.778%) Nokia
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