The first table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IP Telephony over the 3 months to 24 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 Bedfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IP Telephony
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.579% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.500% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £290 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £378 £405
% change year-on-year
-27.15% -6.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+44.00% +6.38%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
40 49 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 21.05% 18.01% 11.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 12
Average daily rate £325 £375 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +26.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £325 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
Average hourly rate £30.00 £38.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.05% +245.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
IP Telephony
East of England

IP Telephony
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire IP Telephony Jobs Demand Trend

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IP Telephony across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire IP Telephony Daily Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IP Telephony across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire IP Telephony Hourly Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing IP Telephony 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 IP Telephony.

1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix
3 5 (71.43%) Thin Client
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) Fat Client
4 4 (57.14%) VMware
4 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (57.14%) ISO 9001
4 4 (57.14%) TickIT
5 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (28.57%) Change Management
6 2 (28.57%) LAN
6 2 (28.57%) WAN
7 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 1 (14.29%) SLA
7 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
7 1 (14.29%) Finance
7 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
7 1 (14.29%) Project Management
7 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (14.29%) Information Governance
7 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
7 1 (14.29%) Local Government
7 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 20000

IP Telephony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing IP Telephony 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 IP Telephony. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Thin Client
1 5 (71.43%) Fat Client
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Information Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (57.14%) ISO 9001
1 4 (57.14%) TickIT
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
4 4 (57.14%) VMware
Bedfordshire
Our client is seeking a focussed and professional candidate with an extensive technical background in an ICT discipline, working with Cisco firewalls, threat management systems and Voice... Accountabilities: -...
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Posted: 23 May 2013