The first table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IP Telephony over the 3 months to 17 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 East Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IP Telephony
Rank 82 83 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.159% 0.220% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.299% 1.796% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £378 £410
% change year-on-year
-27.15% -7.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+9.99% +6.38%
All Communications & Networking
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
154 167 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 12.21% 12.23% 11.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 70 43
Average daily rate £313 £250 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £175 £153
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £464 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 24 18
Average hourly rate £16.00 £31.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.60% +58.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £11.21 £9.74
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £57.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
IP Telephony
England

IP Telephony
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands IP Telephony Hourly Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IP Telephony within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Nottinghamshire - 2 - -
IP Telephony
England

IP Telephony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) PRINCE2
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
3 4 (66.67%) PBX
3 4 (66.67%) VoIP
4 3 (50.00%) MS Office
4 3 (50.00%) Project Management
4 3 (50.00%) Lync
4 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
4 3 (50.00%) Migration
5 2 (33.33%) Network Security
5 2 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (33.33%) Firewall
5 2 (33.33%) Wireless
5 2 (33.33%) Siemens
5 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
5 2 (33.33%) OSPF
5 2 (33.33%) BGP
5 2 (33.33%) VLAN
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (33.33%) Degree
5 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (33.33%) ITIL
5 2 (33.33%) LAN
5 2 (33.33%) SNMP
5 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 2 (33.33%) Nortel
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification

IP Telephony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) PBX
1 4 (66.67%) VoIP
2 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
3 2 (33.33%) LAN
3 2 (33.33%) SNMP
3 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (33.33%) OSPF
3 2 (33.33%) BGP
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) Wireless
3 2 (33.33%) VLAN
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) CTI
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Telephony Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Avaya Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (16.67%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) Siemens
3 2 (33.33%) Nortel
4 1 (16.67%) Avaya