The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco IPT skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco IPT 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 Aberdeen 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
Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT)
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Cisco IPT 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.629% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.704% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £360 £425
% change year-on-year
-30.55% -15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.00 £13.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -3.57%
All Communications & Networking
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
27 30 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 16.98% 15.71% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 13
Average daily rate £375 £326 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.94% +18.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £282 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £355 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 11
Average hourly rate £32.00 £32.50 £29.47
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +10.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.10 £32.50 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Cisco IPT
Scotland

Cisco IPT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Cisco IPT Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco IPT
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cisco IPT across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Cisco IPT Daily Rate Trend

Cisco IPT
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cisco IPT across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Cisco IPT Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco IPT
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Cisco IPT 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 Cisco IPT.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
1 9 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 8 (88.89%) MS PowerPoint
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) MS Office
2 8 (88.89%) DHCP
2 8 (88.89%) FTP
2 8 (88.89%) DNS
3 6 (66.67%) Blackberry
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (11.11%) SLA
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) MCP
4 1 (11.11%) MCSE
4 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
4 1 (11.11%) SMS
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 7

Cisco IPT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Cisco IPT 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 Cisco IPT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 8 (88.89%) MS PowerPoint
1 8 (88.89%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) DHCP
1 8 (88.89%) FTP
1 8 (88.89%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) SMS
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Help Desk Support
2 2 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Help Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (11.11%) MCP
1 1 (11.11%) MCSE
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft