East of England PBX Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Private Branch Exchange (PBX) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PBX over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Bracknell Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf City of London East of England England Essex Hertfordshire Kingston Upon Thames Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Newbury North West Reading Scotland South East South West Surbiton Swindon UK West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	133	147
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	5	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.014 %
As % of the category below	0.702 %	1.709 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£268
Average daily rate	-	£293
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£318
UK excluding London average daily rate	£371	£373
% change on same period last year	-0.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£20.00
Average hourly rate	-	£22.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£12.00	£27.00
% change on same period last year	-55.55 %
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	712	819
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.940 %	0.816 %
Daily rates quoted	231	209
Average minimum daily rate	£291	£322
Average daily rate	£313	£343
% change on same period last year	-8.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£335	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£343
% change on same period last year	-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	100	158
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.52	£25.60
Average hourly rate	£26.87	£27.53
% change on same period last year	-2.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.21	£29.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.72	£28.70
% change on same period last year	-10.38 %
PBX England

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PBX across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PBX across the East of England region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PBX within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Essex	+2	3	-	-
Hertfordshire	+9	1	-	-
Cambridgeshire	+11	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing PBX 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 PBX.

1 8 (72.73 %) Telecoms 2 5 (45.45 %) VoIP 2 5 (45.45 %) Cisco 2 5 (45.45 %) BT 3 4 (36.36 %) Project Management 4 3 (27.27 %) Avaya 4 3 (27.27 %) Red Hat 4 3 (27.27 %) Finance 4 3 (27.27 %) Nortel 4 3 (27.27 %) DECT 4 3 (27.27 %) GSM 4 3 (27.27 %) SMS 4 3 (27.27 %) Symposium 4 3 (27.27 %) Retail 4 3 (27.27 %) Nortel Meridian

5 2 (18.18 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 2 (18.18 %) Cisco IPT 5 2 (18.18 %) Windows Vista 5 2 (18.18 %) Cisco PIX 5 2 (18.18 %) MS Exchange 5 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server 5 2 (18.18 %) Windows 5 2 (18.18 %) ISDN 5 2 (18.18 %) PSTN 5 2 (18.18 %) Active Directory 5 2 (18.18 %) Dell 5 2 (18.18 %) Microsoft 5 2 (18.18 %) VPN 5 2 (18.18 %) Firewall 5 2 (18.18 %) Symantec

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing PBX 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 PBX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 2 (18.18 %) Exchange Server 2000 1 2 (18.18 %) MS Exchange	Communications & Networking 1 5 (45.45 %) VoIP 2 3 (27.27 %) DECT 2 3 (27.27 %) GSM 2 3 (27.27 %) SMS 2 3 (27.27 %) Symposium 2 3 (27.27 %) Nortel Meridian 3 2 (18.18 %) Cisco IPT 3 2 (18.18 %) Cisco PIX 3 2 (18.18 %) ISDN 3 2 (18.18 %) PSTN 3 2 (18.18 %) VPN 3 2 (18.18 %) Firewall 4 1 (9.091 %) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server	General 1 8 (72.73 %) Telecoms 2 3 (27.27 %) Finance 2 3 (27.27 %) Retail 3 1 (9.091 %) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles 1 4 (36.36 %) Analyst 2 3 (27.27 %) Design Engineer 2 3 (27.27 %) Voice Engineer 2 3 (27.27 %) Telecoms Analyst 3 2 (18.18 %) IT Administrator 3 2 (18.18 %) Systems Manager 3 2 (18.18 %) Administrator 3 2 (18.18 %) IT Manager 3 2 (18.18 %) Systems Administrator 4 1 (9.091 %) Support Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Project Manager 4 1 (9.091 %) Technical Specialist 4 1 (9.091 %) Voice Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Voice Specialist 4 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms Project Manager 4 1 (9.091 %) Cisco Support	Operating Systems 1 2 (18.18 %) Windows Vista 1 2 (18.18 %) Windows 2 1 (9.091 %) Linux 2 1 (9.091 %) Red Hat Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (36.36 %) Project Management 2 1 (9.091 %) Migration 2 1 (9.091 %) Matrix Management	Qualifications 1 1 (9.091 %) CCNA 1 1 (9.091 %) Cisco Certification
System Software 1 2 (18.18 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 5 (45.45 %) Cisco 1 5 (45.45 %) BT 2 3 (27.27 %) Avaya 2 3 (27.27 %) Red Hat 2 3 (27.27 %) Nortel 3 2 (18.18 %) Dell 3 2 (18.18 %) Microsoft 3 2 (18.18 %) Symantec 3 2 (18.18 %) Sophos 3 2 (18.18 %) VERITAS