England IP Telephony Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills within the 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 IP Telephony over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Brighton Bristol Camberley Cheshire Chester City of London East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Feltham Fife Glasgow Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kingston Upon Thames Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Pontefract Reading Scotland South East South West Stockport Surbiton Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	400	373
Rank change on same period last year	-27
Matching contract IT job ads	152	281
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.216 %	0.284 %
As % of the category below	1.711 %	2.226 %
Daily rates quoted	41	72
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£342
Average daily rate	£339	£359
% change on same period last year	-5.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£376
UK excluding London average daily rate	£339	£317
% change on same period last year	+6.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	34	39
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.27	£26.72
Average hourly rate	£26.34	£28.91
% change on same period last year	-8.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.42	£31.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.36	£25.95
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Communications & Networking England
Matching contract IT job ads	8885	12623
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	12.63 %	12.75 %
Daily rates quoted	2554	3366
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£345
Average daily rate	£365	£362
% change on same period last year	+0.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£336
% change on same period last year	+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	1140	1778
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.20	£26.49
Average hourly rate	£26.95	£28.55
% change on same period last year	-5.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.69	£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.56	£28.73
% change on same period last year	-4.06 %
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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 IP Telephony across the 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 IP Telephony across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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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 England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
London	+26	68	£348	-8.57 %
South East	+43	46	£321	-3.81 %
East of England	+27	9	-	-
East Midlands	+3	7	£450	-
North West	-15	6	-	-
West Midlands	+7	6	£310	-
Yorkshire	+9	4	£450	+21.62 %
South West	+10	3	£309	+24.39 %
North East	+5	2	£355	+222.72 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 166 (53.72 %) Cisco 2 98 (31.72 %) Windows 3 93 (30.10 %) WAN 4 78 (25.24 %) LAN 4 78 (25.24 %) Cisco Certification 5 49 (15.86 %) Firewall 5 49 (15.86 %) Cisco IPT 6 48 (15.53 %) VoIP 7 47 (15.21 %) Finance 7 47 (15.21 %) Telecoms 8 44 (14.24 %) ITIL 9 42 (13.59 %) Windows XP 10 37 (11.97 %) CCNA 10 37 (11.97 %) Windows Server 2003 11 36 (11.65 %) CCNP

11 36 (11.65 %) VPN 12 33 (10.68 %) Microsoft 13 30 (9.709 %) Avaya 14 29 (9.385 %) Active Directory 14 29 (9.385 %) Project Management 15 28 (9.061 %) MS Office 16 26 (8.414 %) Nortel 17 25 (8.091 %) Banking 18 23 (7.443 %) MS Exchange 19 22 (7.120 %) Service Management 20 21 (6.796 %) Government 20 21 (6.796 %) PBX 20 21 (6.796 %) TCP/IP 20 21 (6.796 %) Citrix 21 20 (6.472 %) Wireless

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 2 (0.647 %) Application Packaging 2 1 (0.324 %) CORBA	Application Platforms 1 23 (7.443 %) MS Exchange 2 14 (4.531 %) CMS 3 8 (2.589 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 6 (1.942 %) GroupWise 4 6 (1.942 %) SharePoint 5 5 (1.618 %) Lotus Notes 6 3 (0.971 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 2 (0.647 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 1 (0.324 %) IIS 8 1 (0.324 %) Site Server
Applications 1 28 (9.061 %) MS Office 2 17 (5.502 %) MS Excel 3 8 (2.589 %) MS Visio 4 7 (2.265 %) MS Project 5 4 (1.294 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 7 (2.265 %) Nortel Periphonics
Communications & Networking 1 93 (30.10 %) WAN 2 78 (25.24 %) LAN 3 49 (15.86 %) Firewall 3 49 (15.86 %) Cisco IPT 4 48 (15.53 %) VoIP 5 36 (11.65 %) VPN 6 21 (6.796 %) PBX 6 21 (6.796 %) TCP/IP 7 20 (6.472 %) Wireless 8 17 (5.502 %) Network Security 9 15 (4.854 %) Cisco PIX 10 12 (3.883 %) MPLS 11 11 (3.560 %) Cisco ASA 12 10 (3.236 %) NetScreen 12 10 (3.236 %) SAN 12 10 (3.236 %) Ethernet 13 9 (2.913 %) SDH 13 9 (2.913 %) OSPF 13 9 (2.913 %) BGP 13 9 (2.913 %) EIGRP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (2.913 %) SQL Server 2 5 (1.618 %) RDBMS 2 5 (1.618 %) Oracle 10g 3 4 (1.294 %) Datawarehouse 4 3 (0.971 %) MS Access 5 2 (0.647 %) SQL Server 2005 6 1 (0.324 %) Crystal Reports 6 1 (0.324 %) BusinessObjects 6 1 (0.324 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 1 (0.324 %) Visual Studio	General 1 47 (15.21 %) Telecoms 1 47 (15.21 %) Finance 2 25 (8.091 %) Banking 3 21 (6.796 %) Government 4 18 (5.825 %) Investment Banking 5 11 (3.560 %) Health 6 10 (3.236 %) Games 7 7 (2.265 %) Multimedia 8 6 (1.942 %) Financial Institution 8 6 (1.942 %) Construction 9 5 (1.618 %) Billing 9 5 (1.618 %) Marketing 10 4 (1.294 %) Legal 11 2 (0.647 %) Auditing 11 2 (0.647 %) Local Government 12 1 (0.324 %) Pensions 12 1 (0.324 %) Manufacturing 12 1 (0.324 %) Publishing 12 1 (0.324 %) Education 12 1 (0.324 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 67 (21.68 %) Analyst 2 42 (13.59 %) Network Engineer 3 40 (12.94 %) Support Analyst 4 28 (9.061 %) Support Engineer 5 19 (6.149 %) Architect 6 18 (5.825 %) Administrator 7 16 (5.178 %) Technical Analyst 7 16 (5.178 %) Cisco Engineer 7 16 (5.178 %) Consultant 7 16 (5.178 %) Network Support 8 15 (4.854 %) Project Manager 9 13 (4.207 %) Systems Administrator 10 12 (3.883 %) Desktop Support 10 12 (3.883 %) Infrastructure Architect 11 10 (3.236 %) Senior Network Engineer 11 10 (3.236 %) Cisco Network Engineer 12 9 (2.913 %) Network Technician 12 9 (2.913 %) Technical Support Analyst 12 9 (2.913 %) Network Analyst 12 9 (2.913 %) Technical Support	Miscellaneous 1 15 (4.854 %) Handset 2 14 (4.531 %) Video Conferencing 3 11 (3.560 %) Firmware 4 10 (3.236 %) Blackberry 5 9 (2.913 %) NHS 6 8 (2.589 %) Management Information System 7 5 (1.618 %) N-Tier 8 4 (1.294 %) Thin Client 8 4 (1.294 %) Fat Client 9 3 (0.971 %) IVR 10 2 (0.647 %) Fixed Income 10 2 (0.647 %) e-Health 10 2 (0.647 %) SecurID 10 2 (0.647 %) Derivative 10 2 (0.647 %) French Language 10 2 (0.647 %) PMI 11 1 (0.324 %) AVVID 11 1 (0.324 %) CCTV 11 1 (0.324 %) Tandem
Operating Systems 1 98 (31.72 %) Windows 2 42 (13.59 %) Windows XP 3 37 (11.97 %) Windows Server 2003 4 16 (5.178 %) Windows 2000 5 13 (4.207 %) NetWare 5 13 (4.207 %) UNIX 6 10 (3.236 %) Linux 7 8 (2.589 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 4 (1.294 %) Windows Vista 8 4 (1.294 %) Solaris 9 2 (0.647 %) Windows NT 10 1 (0.324 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 44 (14.24 %) ITIL 2 29 (9.385 %) Project Management 3 22 (7.120 %) Service Management 4 19 (6.149 %) PRINCE2 5 14 (4.531 %) Disaster Recovery 6 12 (3.883 %) Change Management 7 11 (3.560 %) Service Delivery 8 10 (3.236 %) Security Cleared 9 9 (2.913 %) Benchmarking 10 7 (2.265 %) Asset Management 11 6 (1.942 %) SC Cleared 12 5 (1.618 %) Problem Management 12 5 (1.618 %) PRINCE 12 5 (1.618 %) Validation 13 4 (1.294 %) Test Scripting 13 4 (1.294 %) Product Marketing 13 4 (1.294 %) Network Design 13 4 (1.294 %) Programme Management 13 4 (1.294 %) Time Management 14 3 (0.971 %) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages 1 12 (3.883 %) SQL 2 6 (1.942 %) C 3 1 (0.324 %) C++ 3 1 (0.324 %) Java 3 1 (0.324 %) VC++	Qualifications 1 78 (25.24 %) Cisco Certification 2 37 (11.97 %) CCNA 3 36 (11.65 %) CCNP 4 17 (5.502 %) Microsoft Certification 5 15 (4.854 %) CCIE 6 11 (3.560 %) MCSE 7 9 (2.913 %) MCP 8 4 (1.294 %) CCDP 8 4 (1.294 %) PRINCE2 Certification 8 4 (1.294 %) CCVP 9 3 (0.971 %) Degree 10 2 (0.647 %) PMP 10 2 (0.647 %) PMI Certification 11 1 (0.324 %) CCSA 11 1 (0.324 %) CCSE 11 1 (0.324 %) CCDA 11 1 (0.324 %) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (1.618 %) SLA 2 1 (0.324 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 29 (9.385 %) Active Directory 2 9 (2.913 %) Terminal Services 3 6 (1.942 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 2 (0.647 %) Backup Exec 5 1 (0.324 %) MailMarshal 5 1 (0.324 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 1 (0.324 %) ISA Server 5 1 (0.324 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 8 (2.589 %) CiscoWorks 2 6 (1.942 %) ZENworks 3 2 (0.647 %) MOM 4 1 (0.324 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 166 (53.72 %) Cisco 2 33 (10.68 %) Microsoft 3 30 (9.709 %) Avaya 4 26 (8.414 %) Nortel 5 21 (6.796 %) Citrix 6 17 (5.502 %) CheckPoint 7 13 (4.207 %) Oracle 8 10 (3.236 %) SAP 9 8 (2.589 %) Novell 9 8 (2.589 %) HP 10 6 (1.942 %) Red Hat 10 6 (1.942 %) McAfee Security 11 5 (1.618 %) Lotus 11 5 (1.618 %) BT 12 4 (1.294 %) Nokia 12 4 (1.294 %) Siemens 12 4 (1.294 %) VMware 13 3 (0.971 %) Mitel 13 3 (0.971 %) Altiris 13 3 (0.971 %) Fujitsu