The first table below looks at the demand for RTCP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RTCP over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP)
Rank 549 584 578
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -6
Contract jobs citing RTCP 5 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.010% 0.009% 0.014%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.072% 0.055% 0.111%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £300 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £40.00
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6968 9083 8091
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.31% 15.64% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3510 4049 3664
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £208 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £490 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 513 620 810
Average hourly rate £23.75 £25.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%

RTCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

RTCP Jobs Demand Trend

RTCP
Daily Rate Trend

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

RTCP Daily Rate Trend

RTCP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

RTCP Hourly Rate Trend

RTCP
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RTCP within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +14 5 £300 - 3
South West - 1 £300 - 3
Dorchester - - - - 3
Dorset - - - - 3

RTCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing RTCP 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 RTCP.

1 6 (100.00%) RTP
2 5 (83.33%) WAP
2 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
3 4 (66.67%) Handset
3 4 (66.67%) GIS
3 4 (66.67%) ESRI
3 4 (66.67%) E-business
3 4 (66.67%) Data Security
3 4 (66.67%) Wireless
3 4 (66.67%) Android
3 4 (66.67%) iPhone
3 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 4 (66.67%) .NET
3 4 (66.67%) J2EE
3 4 (66.67%) J2ME
3 4 (66.67%) SyncML
3 4 (66.67%) N-Tier
3 4 (66.67%) Blackberry
3 4 (66.67%) Mobile App
3 4 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (50.00%) SOA
5 1 (16.67%) Multimedia
5 1 (16.67%) RTSP
5 1 (16.67%) JIRA
5 1 (16.67%) IMAP
5 1 (16.67%) LTE
5 1 (16.67%) GSM
5 1 (16.67%) ICMP
5 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
5 1 (16.67%) POP3

RTCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing RTCP 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 RTCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (83.33%) WAP
2 4 (66.67%) SyncML
2 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) J2EE
2 4 (66.67%) J2ME
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) RTP
2 4 (66.67%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) RTSP
3 1 (16.67%) IMAP
3 1 (16.67%) LTE
3 1 (16.67%) GSM
3 1 (16.67%) POP3
3 1 (16.67%) SMTP
3 1 (16.67%) FTP
3 1 (16.67%) HTTP
3 1 (16.67%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
2 3 (50.00%) J2EE Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Testing Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) N-Tier
1 4 (66.67%) Blackberry
1 4 (66.67%) Handset
1 4 (66.67%) iPhone
1 4 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) E-business
1 4 (66.67%) Data Security
1 4 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (50.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) C
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) ESRI
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