The first table below looks at the demand for RIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RIP 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the West Midlands region.

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
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
Rank 95 108 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing RIP 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.059% 0.045% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.418% 0.355% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £325 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £365 £325
% change year-on-year
-17.80% +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £21.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -30.00%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
239 282 274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 14.22% 12.55% 14.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 103 115
Average daily rate £283 £275 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.72% -12.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £146 £150 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £423 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 38 43
Average hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £35.00 £35.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
RIP
England

RIP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing RIP across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands RIP Jobs Demand Trend

RIP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing RIP across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands RIP Daily Rate Trend

RIP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RIP across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands RIP Hourly Rate Trend

RIP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RIP within the West Midlands region 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
Coventry - 1 - -
RIP
England

RIP
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing RIP 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 RIP.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Java RMI
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) ENOVIA
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Proxy

RIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing RIP 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 RIP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Java RMI
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ENOVIA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle