The first table below looks at the demand for MGCP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MGCP over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
Rank 508 559 584
Rank change year-on-year
+51 +25
Contract jobs citing MGCP 22 19 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.047% 0.033% 0.007%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.324% 0.209% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 1
Average daily rate £321 £375 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.33% +66.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £295 -
% change year-on-year
+27.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6782 9103 7893
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.62% 15.62% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3331 4145 3588
Average daily rate £350 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
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 £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 542 606 785
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 £13.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%

MGCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

MGCP Jobs Demand Trend

MGCP
Daily Rate Trend

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

MGCP Daily Rate Trend

MGCP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MGCP within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

MGCP Daily Rate Histogram

MGCP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MGCP Hourly Rate Trend

MGCP
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MGCP within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +45 16 £280 -25.33%
London +27 15 £280 -30.00%
Scotland - 6 £375 -
Aberdeen - 6 £375 -
City of London +12 3 £190 -29.30%
South East +18 1 - -
Berkshire +11 1 - -

MGCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MGCP 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 MGCP.

1 27 (81.82%) Cisco
2 24 (72.73%) H.323
3 16 (48.48%) EIGRP
3 16 (48.48%) BGP
3 16 (48.48%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (45.45%) VPN
4 15 (45.45%) IP Telephony
4 15 (45.45%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (39.39%) Telecoms
6 12 (36.36%) VoIP
6 12 (36.36%) Cisco UCCX
7 9 (27.27%) Cisco CUCM
7 9 (27.27%) Unified Communications
7 9 (27.27%) CCIE
8 8 (24.24%) QSIG
8 8 (24.24%) Firewall
8 8 (24.24%) Wireless
8 8 (24.24%) LAN
8 8 (24.24%) CCNP
8 8 (24.24%) WAN
8 8 (24.24%) Degree
8 8 (24.24%) Time Management
8 8 (24.24%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (24.24%) Capacity Management
9 7 (21.21%) VMware Infrastructure
9 7 (21.21%) Riverbed
9 7 (21.21%) Windows
9 7 (21.21%) MS Exchange
9 7 (21.21%) ITIL
9 7 (21.21%) CCNA

MGCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MGCP 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 MGCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.030%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 7 (21.21%) MS Exchange
2 6 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.030%) IIS
3 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2003
Business Applications
1 6 (18.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 6 (18.18%) SAP CCM
1 6 (18.18%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (72.73%) H.323
2 16 (48.48%) BGP
2 16 (48.48%) EIGRP
3 15 (45.45%) VPN
3 15 (45.45%) IP Telephony
3 15 (45.45%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (36.36%) VoIP
5 9 (27.27%) Unified Communications
6 8 (24.24%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (24.24%) Firewall
6 8 (24.24%) Wireless
6 8 (24.24%) QSIG
6 8 (24.24%) WAN
6 8 (24.24%) LAN
7 7 (21.21%) SAN
8 6 (18.18%) MPLS
8 6 (18.18%) DNS
8 6 (18.18%) SSL
8 6 (18.18%) DHCP
8 6 (18.18%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 13 (39.39%) Telecoms
2 5 (15.15%) Spanish Language
3 2 (6.061%) Finance
4 1 (3.030%) Banking
4 1 (3.030%) Billing
4 1 (3.030%) French Language
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Senior Network Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Communications Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Voice Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) Technical Specialist
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Communications Engineer
6 3 (9.091%) Voice Support Engineer
6 3 (9.091%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.030%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (3.030%) Test Engineer
7 1 (3.030%) Cisco Engineer
7 1 (3.030%) Analyst
7 1 (3.030%) Consultant
7 1 (3.030%) Cisco Voice Engineer
7 1 (3.030%) Voice Specialist
7 1 (3.030%) Voice Consultant
7 1 (3.030%) Senior Voice Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) EqualLogic
2 3 (9.091%) Digital Media
3 2 (6.061%) IVR
4 1 (3.030%) PKI
4 1 (3.030%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Windows
2 3 (9.091%) VMS
3 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Time Management
1 8 (24.24%) Capacity Management
2 7 (21.21%) ITIL
3 6 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 6 (18.18%) Service Delivery
3 6 (18.18%) Data Management
3 6 (18.18%) Software Deployment
4 3 (9.091%) Network Management
5 2 (6.061%) Change Control
5 2 (6.061%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.030%) C
1 1 (3.030%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (48.48%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (27.27%) CCIE
3 8 (24.24%) CCNP
3 8 (24.24%) Degree
4 7 (21.21%) CCNA
5 6 (18.18%) MCSE
5 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (6.061%) HND
7 1 (3.030%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (3.030%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (21.21%) Active Directory
1 7 (21.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.030%) DFS Replication
2 1 (3.030%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (36.36%) Cisco UCCX
2 9 (27.27%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (9.091%) Netcool
4 2 (6.061%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 27 (81.82%) Cisco
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.21%) HP
2 7 (21.21%) VMware
2 7 (21.21%) Riverbed
3 6 (18.18%) F5
3 6 (18.18%) Zeacom
3 6 (18.18%) Altiris
3 6 (18.18%) SAP
3 6 (18.18%) Dell
3 6 (18.18%) Citrix
3 6 (18.18%) Remedy
4 3 (9.091%) Nortel
4 3 (9.091%) Sun
5 2 (6.061%) BT
5 2 (6.061%) Huawei
6 1 (3.030%) McAfee
6 1 (3.030%) Clearswift
6 1 (3.030%) Juniper