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This section looks at the demand for Routing Information Protocol (RIP) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RIP over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRouting Information Protocol (RIP)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank226223
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads29
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.146 %0.625 %
Salaries quoted18
Average minimum salary£20,000£36,000
Average salary£25,000£41,111
% change on same period last year-39.18 %
Average maximum salary£30,000£46,222
UK excluding London average salary£43,081£41,223
% change on same period last year+4.50 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads13721440
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.738 %0.600 %
Salaries quoted11431203
Average minimum salary£31,957£33,295
Average salary£34,234£35,801
% change on same period last year-4.37 %
Average maximum salary£36,510£38,308
UK excluding London average salary£37,584£39,545
% change on same period last year-4.96 %
RIP EnglandRIP
England

RIP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing RIP across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands RIP Demand Trend

RIP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing RIP across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands RIP Salary Trend

RIP
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RIP within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ShropshireNew entry-1--
RIP EnglandRIP
England

RIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited RIP.

15 (55.56 %)OSPF
15 (55.56 %)BGP
24 (44.44 %)LAN
24 (44.44 %)WAN
24 (44.44 %)Cisco
24 (44.44 %)Publishing
33 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
33 (33.33 %)EIGRP
42 (22.22 %)IGRP
42 (22.22 %)Mac OS X
42 (22.22 %)SSL
42 (22.22 %)CCSP
42 (22.22 %)CCNP
42 (22.22 %)C++
42 (22.22 %)MFC
42 (22.22 %)CSS
42 (22.22 %)UNIX
42 (22.22 %)Windows
42 (22.22 %)Xcode
42 (22.22 %)Change Management
42 (22.22 %)Regression Testing
42 (22.22 %)Firewall
42 (22.22 %)XUL
42 (22.22 %)BIG-IP
42 (22.22 %)Automated Testing
42 (22.22 %)Incident Management
42 (22.22 %)Degree
42 (22.22 %)Load Balancing
42 (22.22 %)QA
42 (22.22 %)User Acceptance Testing

RIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited RIP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (22.22 %)MFC
12 (22.22 %)CSS
12 (22.22 %)OpenGL
12 (22.22 %)XUL
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (55.56 %)OSPF
15 (55.56 %)BGP
24 (44.44 %)LAN
24 (44.44 %)WAN
33 (33.33 %)EIGRP
42 (22.22 %)IGRP
42 (22.22 %)SSL
42 (22.22 %)Firewall
42 (22.22 %)BIG-IP
42 (22.22 %)Network Security
51 (11.11 %)Cisco ASA
51 (11.11 %)ISDN
51 (11.11 %)Cisco PIX
51 (11.11 %)NetScreen
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (22.22 %)Xcode
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (44.44 %)Publishing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (22.22 %)Test Engineer
12 (22.22 %)Cisco Engineer
12 (22.22 %)Test Specialist
12 (22.22 %)Firewall Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Senior Security Specialist
21 (11.11 %)Network Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Security Specialist
21 (11.11 %)Cisco Network Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Security Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Network Specialist
21 (11.11 %)Network Security Specialist
21 (11.11 %)Senior Network Security Specialist
21 (11.11 %)Senior Network Specialist
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (22.22 %)UNIX
12 (22.22 %)Windows
12 (22.22 %)Mac OS X
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Change Management
12 (22.22 %)Regression Testing
12 (22.22 %)Automated Testing
12 (22.22 %)Incident Management
12 (22.22 %)Load Balancing
12 (22.22 %)User Acceptance Testing
12 (22.22 %)Usability Testing
12 (22.22 %)Performance Testing
12 (22.22 %)Compatibility Testing
12 (22.22 %)Load Testing
12 (22.22 %)Stress Testing
12 (22.22 %)Security Testing
12 (22.22 %)Unit Testing
12 (22.22 %)Integration Testing
12 (22.22 %)Test Scripting
12 (22.22 %)System Testing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (22.22 %)C++
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
22 (22.22 %)Degree
22 (22.22 %)CCSP
22 (22.22 %)CCNP
31 (11.11 %)CCNA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (22.22 %)QA
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (44.44 %)Cisco
21 (11.11 %)CheckPoint