RFC 2544 Contracts

Request for Comments: 2544 - Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring RFC 2544 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RFC 2544 over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RFC 2544 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £270 - -
25th Percentile £300 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 - -
75th Percentile £350 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

RFC 2544 falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,502 8,967 13,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.65% 20.98% 23.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,465 6,238 9,522
10th Percentile £363 £350 £400
25th Percentile £414 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 250 147
10th Percentile £28.13 £21.68 £28.30
25th Percentile £39.25 £43.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -26.92% +23.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.95 £75.00
90th Percentile £81.22 £74.55 £80.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £48.43 £65.00
% change year-on-year +34.21% -25.49% +18.99%

RFC 2544
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RFC 2544 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RFC 2544 in the UK

RFC 2544
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RFC 2544.

Daily rate trend for RFC 2544 in the UK

RFC 2544
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RFC 2544 over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for RFC 2544 in the UK

RFC 2544
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RFC 2544 within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Work from Home - 8 £350 - 2
UK excluding London - 6 £300 - 82
South East - 6 £300 - 26
England - 6 £300 - 81

RFC 2544
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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Test Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Network Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Test Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Network Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Test Manager
4 1 (10.00%) QA Manager
4 1 (10.00%) QA Test Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Quality Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (40.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 8 (80.00%) Defect Management
2 8 (80.00%) Test Management
3 7 (70.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (70.00%) Service Management
4 6 (60.00%) Use Case
5 5 (50.00%) Configuration Management
5 5 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
6 4 (40.00%) Resource Management
6 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (40.00%) Test Planning
7 2 (20.00%) Case Management
7 2 (20.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
8 1 (10.00%) Network Design
8 1 (10.00%) Network Management
8 1 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
8 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) HP