The first table below looks at the demand for the IP Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IP Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IP Engineer
Rank 508 444 518
Rank change year-on-year
-64 +74
Contract jobs requiring an IP Engineer 32 138 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.068% 0.236% 0.103%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.255% 0.111%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 23 3
Average daily rate £306 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.51% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £183 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £423 £404
UK excluding London average daily rate £306 £233 £350
% change year-on-year
+31.72% -33.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £9.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £9.00 -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43539 54119 55808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.22% 92.58% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24944 29835 30377
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2174 2589 2882
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

IP Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IP Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

IP Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

IP Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

IP Engineer Daily Rate Trend

IP Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

IP Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

IP Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

IP Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

IP Engineer
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IP Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 -57 32 £306 -15.80%
South East -62 25 £306 +23.73%
Berkshire -64 17 £306 +23.73%
Reading -33 8 £306 +42.44%
Hampshire - 8 £250 -
Basingstoke - 5 - -
London +1 3 £300 -22.58%
Bracknell - 1 - -

IP Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited IP Engineer in their job title 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 with IP Engineer in their job title.

1 47 (90.38%) Cisco
2 32 (61.54%) Telecoms
3 27 (51.92%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (51.92%) OSPF
4 21 (40.38%) Juniper
5 20 (38.46%) MPLS
6 19 (36.54%) BGP
7 17 (32.69%) TCP/IP
8 14 (26.92%) CCNA
8 14 (26.92%) Firewall
9 12 (23.08%) CCNP
10 11 (21.15%) Network Design
10 11 (21.15%) Radio Access Network
11 10 (19.23%) VPN
11 10 (19.23%) LAN
12 9 (17.31%) WAN
12 9 (17.31%) SNMP
12 9 (17.31%) Internet
12 9 (17.31%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (15.38%) Cisco PIX
13 8 (15.38%) VoIP
14 7 (13.46%) DNS
14 7 (13.46%) IPv6
14 7 (13.46%) 3G
14 7 (13.46%) Security Cleared
15 6 (11.54%) Cisco Nexus
15 6 (11.54%) HSRP
15 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
15 6 (11.54%) VLAN
15 6 (11.54%) VPLS

IP Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited IP Engineer in their job title 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 with IP Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 27 (51.92%) OSPF
2 20 (38.46%) MPLS
3 19 (36.54%) BGP
4 17 (32.69%) TCP/IP
5 14 (26.92%) Firewall
6 11 (21.15%) Radio Access Network
7 10 (19.23%) VPN
7 10 (19.23%) LAN
8 9 (17.31%) WAN
8 9 (17.31%) SNMP
8 9 (17.31%) Internet
8 9 (17.31%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (15.38%) Cisco PIX
9 8 (15.38%) VoIP
10 7 (13.46%) DNS
10 7 (13.46%) IPv6
10 7 (13.46%) 3G
11 6 (11.54%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (11.54%) HSRP
11 6 (11.54%) VLAN
General
1 32 (61.54%) Telecoms
2 4 (7.692%) Back Office
3 2 (3.846%) Billing
4 1 (1.923%) Front Office
4 1 (1.923%) Retail
4 1 (1.923%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.923%) CCTV
1 1 (1.923%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.615%) Linux
2 3 (5.769%) Windows
3 2 (3.846%) Solaris
4 1 (1.923%) UNIX
4 1 (1.923%) OS/2
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (21.15%) Network Design
2 5 (9.615%) Load Balancing
3 4 (7.692%) Project Management
4 3 (5.769%) CRM
4 3 (5.769%) Migration
4 3 (5.769%) Network Management
5 2 (3.846%) Test Scripting
5 2 (3.846%) Network Architecture
5 2 (3.846%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (3.846%) Network Planning
5 2 (3.846%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.923%) Integration Acceptance Testing
6 1 (1.923%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.923%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (1.923%) Stress Testing
6 1 (1.923%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 27 (51.92%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (26.92%) CCNA
3 12 (23.08%) CCNP
4 7 (13.46%) Security Cleared
5 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
5 6 (11.54%) CCIE
6 4 (7.692%) Degree
6 4 (7.692%) JNCIP
6 4 (7.692%) JNCIE
6 4 (7.692%) CCSP
7 3 (5.769%) CISSP
8 2 (3.846%) HNC
9 1 (1.923%) CCDP
9 1 (1.923%) Check Point Certification
9 1 (1.923%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.923%) SLA
1 1 (1.923%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (3.846%) ProxySG
1 2 (3.846%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.692%) OpenView
2 2 (3.846%) Cisco IPCC
2 2 (3.846%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (1.923%) HP NNM
3 1 (1.923%) Cacti
Vendors
1 47 (90.38%) Cisco
2 21 (40.38%) Juniper
3 5 (9.615%) HP
3 5 (9.615%) CheckPoint
4 4 (7.692%) F5
4 4 (7.692%) Redback
4 4 (7.692%) Nortel
5 3 (5.769%) Nokia
5 3 (5.769%) Blue Coat
5 3 (5.769%) 3Com
6 2 (3.846%) IBM
7 1 (1.923%) BT
7 1 (1.923%) Ericsson
7 1 (1.923%) Motorola
7 1 (1.923%) Avaya
7 1 (1.923%) Huawei
7 1 (1.923%) Redknee
7 1 (1.923%) Crossbeam