The first table below looks at the demand for EIGRP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EIGRP over the 3 months to 24 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.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
Rank 477 476 506
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +30
Contract jobs citing EIGRP 52 108 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.112% 0.185% 0.128%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.770% 1.181% 0.987%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 68 38
Average daily rate £325 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £246 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-9.64% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 9
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £31.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -28.43%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.50 £31.72
% change year-on-year
- -29.06%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6757 9144 7905
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.57% 15.68% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3304 4153 3577
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 529 606 804
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.81 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%

EIGRP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

EIGRP Daily Rate Trend

EIGRP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EIGRP within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

EIGRP Daily Rate Histogram

EIGRP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing EIGRP within the UK.

EIGRP Hourly Rate Trend

EIGRP
Top 23 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 UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England -8 45 £320 -20.00%
London +3 25 £445 +7.87%
South East +6 9 £265 -20.89%
Hampshire -9 5 £243 -35.33%
City of London +6 4 £500 +21.21%
West Yorkshire +4 3 £325 +10.63%
Yorkshire +3 3 £325 +10.63%
East Midlands -1 3 £313 +31.57%
Leeds -6 3 £325 +10.63%
Derbyshire - 3 £313 -
West Sussex +20 2 - -
East of England +18 2 £325 -23.52%
North West +13 2 - -
Crawley +11 2 - -
Scotland -9 2 - -
Cheshire - 2 - -
Aberdeen - 2 - -
Essex - 2 £325 -
Middlesex +7 1 - -
Kent -2 1 £300 -2.43%
Knutsford - 1 - -
Hounslow - 1 £450 -
Derby - 1 £313 -

EIGRP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 116 (89.23%) Cisco
2 106 (81.54%) BGP
3 99 (76.15%) Cisco Certification
4 75 (57.69%) CCNP
5 74 (56.92%) OSPF
6 70 (53.85%) VPN
7 69 (53.08%) WAN
7 69 (53.08%) LAN
7 69 (53.08%) MPLS
7 69 (53.08%) Firewall
8 54 (41.54%) CCNA
9 51 (39.23%) Cisco ASA
10 49 (37.69%) TCP/IP
11 48 (36.92%) Wireless
12 44 (33.85%) Telecoms
13 34 (26.15%) VoIP
14 32 (24.62%) IP Telephony
14 32 (24.62%) Cisco Nexus
15 31 (23.85%) CheckPoint
16 30 (23.08%) Ethernet
16 30 (23.08%) Migration
17 28 (21.54%) CCIE
17 28 (21.54%) ITIL
17 28 (21.54%) HSRP
18 27 (20.77%) WLAN
19 26 (20.00%) DHCP
20 24 (18.46%) F5
21 23 (17.69%) DNS
22 20 (15.38%) Internet
22 20 (15.38%) RIP

EIGRP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 3 (2.308%) JSP
2 2 (1.538%) CSS
3 1 (0.769%) WAP
3 1 (0.769%) SOAP
3 1 (0.769%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (6.154%) MS Exchange
2 7 (5.385%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (2.308%) Apache
4 2 (1.538%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.769%) IIS
5 1 (0.769%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.769%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (3.077%) MS Excel
1 4 (3.077%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.538%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (4.615%) SAP GTS
1 6 (4.615%) SAP CCM
1 6 (4.615%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 106 (81.54%) BGP
2 74 (56.92%) OSPF
3 70 (53.85%) VPN
4 69 (53.08%) WAN
4 69 (53.08%) LAN
4 69 (53.08%) MPLS
4 69 (53.08%) Firewall
5 51 (39.23%) Cisco ASA
6 49 (37.69%) TCP/IP
7 48 (36.92%) Wireless
8 34 (26.15%) VoIP
9 32 (24.62%) IP Telephony
9 32 (24.62%) Cisco Nexus
10 30 (23.08%) Ethernet
11 28 (21.54%) HSRP
12 27 (20.77%) WLAN
13 26 (20.00%) DHCP
14 23 (17.69%) DNS
15 20 (15.38%) Internet
15 20 (15.38%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.769%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.769%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (0.769%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (1.538%) ClearQuest
1 2 (1.538%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 44 (33.85%) Telecoms
2 13 (10.00%) Finance
3 12 (9.231%) Banking
4 4 (3.077%) Investment Banking
5 3 (2.308%) Military
6 2 (1.538%) Marketing
6 2 (1.538%) Legal
6 2 (1.538%) Back Office
7 1 (0.769%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.769%) Retail
7 1 (0.769%) Electronics
7 1 (0.769%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 54 (41.54%) Network Engineer
2 23 (17.69%) Analyst
3 17 (13.08%) Network Analyst
4 16 (12.31%) Network Support
5 13 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
6 11 (8.462%) Senior Network Engineer
7 10 (7.692%) Architect
8 9 (6.923%) Support Engineer
9 8 (6.154%) Network Support Engineer
9 8 (6.154%) Network Architect
9 8 (6.154%) Support Analyst
9 8 (6.154%) Network Support Analyst
10 7 (5.385%) Project Manager
10 7 (5.385%) Security Engineer
10 7 (5.385%) Firewall Engineer
10 7 (5.385%) Cisco Security Engineer
11 6 (4.615%) Technical Specialist
11 6 (4.615%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 5 (3.846%) Network Manager
13 4 (3.077%) IP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.615%) EqualLogic
2 4 (3.077%) Data Integration
2 4 (3.077%) IVR
3 3 (2.308%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.308%) SecurID
3 3 (2.308%) Statistics
4 2 (1.538%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.538%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.538%) Handset
4 2 (1.538%) NHS
5 1 (0.769%) EPoS
5 1 (0.769%) EMV
5 1 (0.769%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.769%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.769%) Clustering
5 1 (0.769%) PKI
5 1 (0.769%) PaaS
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.08%) Windows
2 11 (8.462%) Linux
3 6 (4.615%) UNIX
4 5 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (3.077%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (2.308%) Solaris
6 3 (2.308%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.769%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (23.08%) Migration
2 28 (21.54%) ITIL
3 20 (15.38%) Network Management
4 17 (13.08%) Project Management
5 16 (12.31%) Network Design
6 13 (10.00%) Time Management
7 12 (9.231%) PRINCE2
8 11 (8.462%) Service Delivery
9 10 (7.692%) Capacity Planning
10 6 (4.615%) Software Deployment
10 6 (4.615%) Data Management
10 6 (4.615%) Change Management
11 5 (3.846%) Incident Management
11 5 (3.846%) Network Architecture
12 4 (3.077%) Change Control
12 4 (3.077%) Load Balancing
12 4 (3.077%) Data Architecture
12 4 (3.077%) Performance Management
12 4 (3.077%) E-Commerce
13 3 (2.308%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.769%) SQL
1 1 (0.769%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 99 (76.15%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (57.69%) CCNP
3 54 (41.54%) CCNA
4 28 (21.54%) CCIE
5 13 (10.00%) Degree
5 13 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 12 (9.231%) SC Cleared
7 9 (6.923%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (6.154%) MCSE
9 7 (5.385%) CCDP
9 7 (5.385%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (3.077%) CCIP
11 3 (2.308%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (2.308%) CCSE
11 3 (2.308%) CCVP
11 3 (2.308%) BC Cleared
12 2 (1.538%) CCSA
12 2 (1.538%) GIAC
12 2 (1.538%) GCIA
12 2 (1.538%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.615%) PCI DSS
1 6 (4.615%) SLA
2 3 (2.308%) JSP 440
2 3 (2.308%) QA
3 2 (1.538%) COBIT
3 2 (1.538%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.538%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (9.231%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.077%) vSphere
3 4 (3.077%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.538%) Nmap
5 1 (0.769%) Snort
5 1 (0.769%) VMware ESX
5 1 (0.769%) Xen
5 1 (0.769%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.769%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (7.692%) Cisco CUCM
2 5 (3.846%) Cisco IPCC
3 4 (3.077%) FortiGate
4 3 (2.308%) CiscoWorks
4 3 (2.308%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (0.769%) BladeLogic
5 1 (0.769%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 116 (89.23%) Cisco
2 31 (23.85%) CheckPoint
3 24 (18.46%) F5
4 18 (13.85%) Juniper
5 15 (11.54%) Microsoft
5 15 (11.54%) VMware
6 14 (10.77%) HP
7 11 (8.462%) Riverbed
8 9 (6.923%) SolarWinds
9 8 (6.154%) Nokia
9 8 (6.154%) Remedy
10 7 (5.385%) Citrix
10 7 (5.385%) SAP
11 6 (4.615%) Zeacom
11 6 (4.615%) Blue Coat
11 6 (4.615%) Altiris
11 6 (4.615%) Dell
11 6 (4.615%) McAfee
12 4 (3.077%) Infoblox
12 4 (3.077%) Verint
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