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The table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IP Telephony over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIP Telephony
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4660
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.176 %3.810 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£312
% change on same period last year+6.32 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00£24.50
Average hourly rate£12.00£24.50
% change on same period last year-51.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00£24.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.97£30.94
% change on same period last year-12.84 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads85105
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.138 %0.115 %
Daily rates quoted1721
Average minimum daily rate£308£355
Average daily rate£315£393
% change on same period last year-19.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£336
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted2432
Average minimum hourly rate£24.88£18.92
Average hourly rate£26.62£20.09
% change on same period last year+32.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.36£21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.86£28.32
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
IP Telephony West MidlandsIP Telephony
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

IP Telephony
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IP Telephony across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Birmingham IP Telephony Demand Trend

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham IP Telephony Daily Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham IP Telephony Hourly Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)DECT
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)Avaya
11 (50.00 %)CTI
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)Firewall
11 (50.00 %)BT
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms

IP Telephony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)DECT
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)CTI
11 (50.00 %)Firewall
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Support Technician
11 (50.00 %)Support Analyst
11 (50.00 %)IT Support Analyst
11 (50.00 %)IT Support Technician
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Avaya
11 (50.00 %)BT