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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PPP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PPP over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkPoint-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010		Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank471436590
Rank change year-on-year
Down-35Up+154
Matching contract IT job ads61016
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.012 %0.025 %0.020 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.108 %0.167 %0.150 %
Daily rates quoted428
Average daily rate£363£350£600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.570 %-41.66 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£450£600
% change year-on-year
-13.88 %-25.00 %
Hourly rates quoted041
Average hourly rate-£39.25£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+42.72 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£39.25£27.50
% change year-on-year
-+42.72 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		5554599910699
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.43 %15.12 %13.05 %
Daily rates quoted214415242805
Average daily rate£350£340£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£200£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£475£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted5406291511
Average hourly rate£23.90£24.00£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.410 %-7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£11.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %

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.

PPP
Demand Trend

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

PPP Demand Trend

PPP
Daily Rate Trend

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

PPP Daily Rate Trend

PPP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PPP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

PPP Daily Rate Histogram

PPP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PPP Hourly Rate Trend

PPP
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PPP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-426£363+3.57 %
LondonDown-683£363+45.00 %
East of EnglandUp+121£325-27.77 %
East MidlandsDown-51--
South WestNew entry-1£450-
IpswichNew entry-1£325-
City of LondonNew entry-1£350-
SuffolkNew entry-1£325-
NorthamptonshireNew entry-1--

PPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PPP 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 PPP.

14 (50.00 %)Cisco
14 (50.00 %)Project Management
23 (37.50 %)MPLS
23 (37.50 %)L2TP
23 (37.50 %)IPv4
32 (25.00 %)Health
32 (25.00 %)Telecoms
32 (25.00 %)Cisco IOS
32 (25.00 %)VoIP
41 (12.50 %)WAN
41 (12.50 %)DHCP
41 (12.50 %)Ethernet
41 (12.50 %)DNS
41 (12.50 %)BGP
41 (12.50 %)H.323
41 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
41 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
41 (12.50 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (12.50 %)Cacti
41 (12.50 %)Asterisk PBX
41 (12.50 %)C-shell
41 (12.50 %)Finance
41 (12.50 %)Firewall
41 (12.50 %)Games
41 (12.50 %)VMware
41 (12.50 %)VMware ESX
41 (12.50 %)Banking
41 (12.50 %)STB
41 (12.50 %)RMDS
41 (12.50 %)Network Design

PPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PPP 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 PPP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (12.50 %)Middleware
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)Rendezvous
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (12.50 %)RMDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (37.50 %)MPLS
13 (37.50 %)L2TP
13 (37.50 %)IPv4
22 (25.00 %)Cisco IOS
22 (25.00 %)VoIP
31 (12.50 %)WAN
31 (12.50 %)DHCP
31 (12.50 %)Ethernet
31 (12.50 %)DNS
31 (12.50 %)BGP
31 (12.50 %)H.323
31 (12.50 %)Asterisk PBX
31 (12.50 %)Firewall
31 (12.50 %)Nortel Alteon
31 (12.50 %)VLAN
31 (12.50 %)LAN
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Health
12 (25.00 %)Telecoms
21 (12.50 %)Finance
21 (12.50 %)Games
21 (12.50 %)Banking
21 (12.50 %)Investment Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Project Manager
22 (25.00 %)Network Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Architect
31 (12.50 %)Network Manager
31 (12.50 %)Cisco Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Cisco Network Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Network Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)STB
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)Red Hat Linux
11 (12.50 %)UNIX
11 (12.50 %)HPUX
11 (12.50 %)Solaris
11 (12.50 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (50.00 %)Project Management
21 (12.50 %)Network Design
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (12.50 %)C-shell
11 (12.50 %)Korn
11 (12.50 %)C
11 (12.50 %)C++
11 (12.50 %)Perl
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
11 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
11 (12.50 %)CCNP
11 (12.50 %)CCIP
11 (12.50 %)Cisco Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (12.50 %)VMware ESX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (12.50 %)Cacti
11 (12.50 %)Nagios
11 (12.50 %)TIBCO Hawk
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (50.00 %)Cisco
21 (12.50 %)VMware
21 (12.50 %)Nortel
21 (12.50 %)Red Hat
21 (12.50 %)TIBCO
21 (12.50 %)Reuters
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