Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for RIP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RIP over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 589 697 830
Rank change year-on-year +108 +133 -159
Contract jobs citing RIP 5 19 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.032% 0.028%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.089% 0.26% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 13
10th Percentile £715 £365 £375
25th Percentile £719 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +47.50% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £756 £525 £525
90th Percentile £760 £597 £541
UK excluding London median daily rate £738 £475 £471
% change year-on-year +55.26% +0.90% -5.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £19.08 £19.93 -
25th Percentile £19.94 £22.06 £21.00
Median hourly rate £21.75 £26.25 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +0.96% +33.33%
75th Percentile £23.44 £30.56 £26.50
90th Percentile £24.23 £32.78 £27.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.75 £26.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -17.14% +19.32% +12.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

RIP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,610 7,363 9,692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.95% 12.33% 10.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,791 6,355
10th Percentile £205 £235 £228
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +3.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 478 361
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.88
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -33.12% +1.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -13.13%

RIP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RIP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RIP in the UK

RIP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RIP.

Daily rate trend for RIP in the UK

RIP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RIP.

Hourly rate trend for RIP in the UK

RIP
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RIP within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +104 5 £738 +47.50% 6
Work from Home +121 4 £738 - 3
UK excluding London +60 4 £738 +55.26% 5
South West +16 2 £738 +110.71% 1
South East +15 2 - - 2
London +98 1 - -

RIP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) BGP
1 5 (100.00%) EIGRP
2 4 (80.00%) MPLS
2 4 (80.00%) OSPF
2 4 (80.00%) WAN
3 3 (60.00%) IGRP
3 3 (60.00%) Internet
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
4 2 (40.00%) DNS
4 2 (40.00%) DSL
4 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
4 2 (40.00%) Firewall
4 2 (40.00%) PPP
4 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (40.00%) VPN
5 1 (20.00%) 4G
5 1 (20.00%) 5G
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Support
3 1 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Support
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Process Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Communications Security
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CCDP
3 1 (20.00%) CCIP
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) ADVA
2 2 (40.00%) Juniper
2 2 (40.00%) Siemens
3 1 (20.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 1 (20.00%) F5
3 1 (20.00%) Nokia
3 1 (20.00%) Nokia Networks
3 1 (20.00%) Tellabs