RTP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for RTP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited RTP over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 400 459 512
Rank change year-on-year +59 +53 -101
Contract jobs citing RTP 6 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.029% 0.016% 0.013%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.17% 0.11% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 - £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £388
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.17%
75th Percentile £369 - £394
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £400 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -30.43% +27.78% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.00 - -
Median hourly rate £71.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.50 - -
90th Percentile £76.40 - -
UK median hourly rate £71.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

RTP 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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,544 3,708 4,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.01% 15.03% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,039 2,360 2,684
10th Percentile £200 £206 £185
25th Percentile £335 £350 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £427
Median % change year-on-year - +11.24% +6.75%
75th Percentile £600 £581 £538
90th Percentile £683 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £488 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -5.34% +3.00% +12.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 350 350 241
10th Percentile £13.48 - £13.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £9.80 £15.25
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.50 £21.18
Median % change year-on-year +149.38% -12.65% -15.28%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £47.25
90th Percentile £70.66 £71.43 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% -

RTP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing RTP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for RTP in the UK excluding London

RTP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RTP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for RTP in the UK excluding London

RTP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing RTP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for RTP in the UK excluding London

RTP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RTP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South West - 3 - - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £363 - 1
North of England - 2 £363 - 2
East of England +7 1 - -
RTP
UK

RTP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) RTMP
1 1 (16.67%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) CMake
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) C Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C/C++ Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C++ Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Payments Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) FFmpeg
1 1 (16.67%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (16.67%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Unix
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (33.33%) Validation
1 2 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) C++
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) HNC
2 2 (33.33%) HND
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 20022