INAP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Intelligent Network Application Part (INAP) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited INAP over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Intelligent Network Application Part (INAP)
Location Berkshire Bracknell England London South East UK	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	574	666
Rank change on same period last year	+92
Matching contract IT job ads	3	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.029 %	0.014 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£300
Average daily rate	-	£300
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£300
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Communications & Networking UK
Matching contract IT job ads	10206	13906
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	13.47 %	13.85 %
Daily rates quoted	3019	3614
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£352
Average daily rate	£359	£370
% change on same period last year	-2.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£381	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£343
% change on same period last year	-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted	1190	1763
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.18	£26.41
Average hourly rate	£25.75	£28.31
% change on same period last year	-9.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.32	£30.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.88	£28.72
% change on same period last year	-9.87 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing INAP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing INAP within the UK.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 5 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing INAP within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
England	+69	3	-	-
Bracknell	-	2	-	-
Berkshire	+38	2	-	-
South East	+39	2	-	-
London	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing INAP 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 INAP.

1 10 (62.50 %) SS7 2 9 (56.25 %) Telecoms 3 6 (37.50 %) C 4 4 (25.00 %) GSM 5 3 (18.75 %) TCAP 5 3 (18.75 %) ISUP 5 3 (18.75 %) GPRS 6 2 (12.50 %) Network Design 6 2 (12.50 %) 2G 6 2 (12.50 %) Migration 6 2 (12.50 %) 3G 6 2 (12.50 %) Linux 6 2 (12.50 %) WCDMA 6 2 (12.50 %) GCP 6 2 (12.50 %) ISDN

6 2 (12.50 %) 3GPP 6 2 (12.50 %) SCCP 6 2 (12.50 %) Cisco Certification 7 1 (6.250 %) Ericsson 7 1 (6.250 %) Q.931 7 1 (6.250 %) Wireless 7 1 (6.250 %) UMTS 7 1 (6.250 %) VoIP 7 1 (6.250 %) C++ 7 1 (6.250 %) Ant 7 1 (6.250 %) SAP 7 1 (6.250 %) UNIX 7 1 (6.250 %) Cisco 7 1 (6.250 %) IPv4 7 1 (6.250 %) IPv6

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing INAP 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 INAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (6.250 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 10 (62.50 %) SS7 2 4 (25.00 %) GSM 3 3 (18.75 %) TCAP 3 3 (18.75 %) ISUP 3 3 (18.75 %) GPRS 4 2 (12.50 %) 2G 4 2 (12.50 %) 3G 4 2 (12.50 %) WCDMA 4 2 (12.50 %) ISDN 4 2 (12.50 %) 3GPP 4 2 (12.50 %) SCCP 5 1 (6.250 %) Q.931 5 1 (6.250 %) Wireless 5 1 (6.250 %) UMTS 5 1 (6.250 %) VoIP 5 1 (6.250 %) IPv4 5 1 (6.250 %) IPv6 5 1 (6.250 %) IP Telephony 5 1 (6.250 %) BSS 5 1 (6.250 %) SGSN
Development Applications 1 1 (6.250 %) Ant	General 1 9 (56.25 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 6 (37.50 %) Developer 2 4 (25.00 %) Software Developer 3 3 (18.75 %) Programmer 3 3 (18.75 %) Test Engineer 4 2 (12.50 %) C Programmer 4 2 (12.50 %) Software Programmer 4 2 (12.50 %) Systems Test Engineer 4 2 (12.50 %) Author 4 2 (12.50 %) Technical Author 4 2 (12.50 %) Software Engineer 4 2 (12.50 %) Network Consultant 4 2 (12.50 %) Consultant 4 2 (12.50 %) Systems Engineer 5 1 (6.250 %) Trainer 5 1 (6.250 %) Tester 5 1 (6.250 %) Telecoms Engineer 5 1 (6.250 %) NOC Engineer 5 1 (6.250 %) Technical Trainer 5 1 (6.250 %) Software Tester 5 1 (6.250 %) C++ Developer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (6.250 %) IVR
Operating Systems 1 2 (12.50 %) Linux 2 1 (6.250 %) UNIX 2 1 (6.250 %) VMS	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (12.50 %) Network Design 1 2 (12.50 %) Migration 2 1 (6.250 %) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages 1 6 (37.50 %) C 2 1 (6.250 %) C++	Qualifications 1 2 (12.50 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (6.250 %) CCNP 2 1 (6.250 %) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (12.50 %) GCP	Vendors 1 1 (6.250 %) Ericsson 1 1 (6.250 %) SAP 1 1 (6.250 %) Cisco