The first table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 England 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 428 469 487
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +18
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 85 90 84
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.204% 0.169% 0.149%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.392% 1.073% 1.140%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 44 48
Average daily rate £275 £300 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £122 £143 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £399 £525 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £378 £405
% change year-on-year
-27.15% -6.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 16
Average hourly rate £40.00 £23.75 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.42% +13.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.70 £16.70 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £131.00 £30.75 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+44.00% +6.38%
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6108 8385 7368
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.69% 15.72% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3064 3932 3397
Average daily rate £350 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 500 561 752
Average hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.81 £12.21
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.50 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
IP Telephony
UK

IP Telephony
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England IP Telephony Daily Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England IP Telephony Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England IP Telephony Hourly Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England IP Telephony Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +42 42 £300 +33.33%
South East +17 20 £220 -41.33%
North West +19 10 £110 -79.04%
South West +27 5 £300 -17.24%
East of England +21 4 £290 -
West Midlands +8 2 £225 +5.88%
East Midlands -4 2 - -
North East +4 1 - -
Yorkshire -1 1 £345 -
IP Telephony
UK

IP Telephony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 122 (68.54%) Cisco
2 61 (34.27%) LAN
3 58 (32.58%) WAN
4 55 (30.90%) Cisco Certification
5 47 (26.40%) Telecoms
6 46 (25.84%) Microsoft
7 42 (23.60%) VoIP
7 42 (23.60%) Wireless
8 41 (23.03%) Firewall
9 40 (22.47%) MPLS
9 40 (22.47%) BGP
10 35 (19.66%) Windows
11 34 (19.10%) DHCP
11 34 (19.10%) HP
12 33 (18.54%) Cisco IPT
13 32 (17.98%) VMware
13 32 (17.98%) Active Directory
14 30 (16.85%) CCNA
14 30 (16.85%) TCP/IP
14 30 (16.85%) ITIL
15 28 (15.73%) VPN
16 25 (14.04%) SAN
17 24 (13.48%) CCNP
17 24 (13.48%) MS Exchange
18 23 (12.92%) DNS
18 23 (12.92%) EIGRP
18 23 (12.92%) OSPF
18 23 (12.92%) Cisco ASA
19 22 (12.36%) Citrix
20 21 (11.80%) Finance

IP Telephony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 4 (2.247%) XMPP
2 2 (1.124%) .NET
2 2 (1.124%) COM
2 2 (1.124%) Web Services
3 1 (0.562%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 24 (13.48%) MS Exchange
2 17 (9.551%) Exchange Server 2010
3 14 (7.865%) Lync
4 8 (4.494%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (3.933%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (3.371%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (2.247%) SharePoint
8 3 (1.685%) IIS
8 3 (1.685%) CMS
9 2 (1.124%) Apache
9 2 (1.124%) Zimbra
9 2 (1.124%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.562%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.562%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 19 (10.67%) MS Office
2 11 (6.180%) MS Excel
3 4 (2.247%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.562%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.562%) MS Project
4 1 (0.562%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.124%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.562%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 61 (34.27%) LAN
2 58 (32.58%) WAN
3 42 (23.60%) VoIP
3 42 (23.60%) Wireless
4 41 (23.03%) Firewall
5 40 (22.47%) MPLS
5 40 (22.47%) BGP
6 34 (19.10%) DHCP
7 33 (18.54%) Cisco IPT
8 30 (16.85%) TCP/IP
9 28 (15.73%) VPN
10 25 (14.04%) SAN
11 23 (12.92%) DNS
11 23 (12.92%) EIGRP
11 23 (12.92%) OSPF
11 23 (12.92%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (9.551%) Unified Communications
13 15 (8.427%) VLAN
14 14 (7.865%) Ethernet
14 14 (7.865%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.371%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.685%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.124%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (1.124%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (1.124%) MySQL
4 1 (0.562%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 47 (26.40%) Telecoms
2 21 (11.80%) Finance
3 5 (2.809%) Legal
4 3 (1.685%) German Language
5 2 (1.124%) Banking
5 2 (1.124%) Law
5 2 (1.124%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.562%) Local Government
6 1 (0.562%) French Language
6 1 (0.562%) Billing
Job Titles
1 39 (21.91%) Network Engineer
2 34 (19.10%) Analyst
3 19 (10.67%) Project Manager
4 17 (9.551%) Network Analyst
5 16 (8.989%) Support Analyst
6 11 (6.180%) Architect
6 11 (6.180%) Network Support
7 9 (5.056%) Senior Manager
7 9 (5.056%) Support Engineer
7 9 (5.056%) Firewall Engineer
7 9 (5.056%) Voice Engineer
8 8 (4.494%) Network Support Analyst
9 7 (3.933%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (3.933%) Senior Project Manager
9 7 (3.933%) VoIP Engineer
10 6 (3.371%) Technical Manager
10 6 (3.371%) Technical Specialist
10 6 (3.371%) Build Engineer
11 5 (2.809%) IT Support
11 5 (2.809%) Telephony Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.427%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (4.494%) Fat Client
2 8 (4.494%) Thin Client
3 6 (3.371%) Handset
3 6 (3.371%) Blackberry
3 6 (3.371%) EqualLogic
4 5 (2.809%) NHS
5 3 (1.685%) Data Integration
5 3 (1.685%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.124%) Computer Science
6 2 (1.124%) IVR
6 2 (1.124%) ASIC
7 1 (0.562%) iPad
7 1 (0.562%) SaaS
7 1 (0.562%) PMI
7 1 (0.562%) Replication
7 1 (0.562%) Clustering
7 1 (0.562%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 35 (19.66%) Windows
2 16 (8.989%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (5.618%) Windows XP
4 9 (5.056%) Linux
5 8 (4.494%) Windows 7
5 8 (4.494%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.124%) Windows Vista
6 2 (1.124%) Solaris
7 1 (0.562%) Android
7 1 (0.562%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.562%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (16.85%) ITIL
2 19 (10.67%) Migration
3 18 (10.11%) Project Management
4 17 (9.551%) Network Management
5 16 (8.989%) PRINCE2
6 15 (8.427%) Service Delivery
7 13 (7.303%) Network Architecture
8 7 (3.933%) Change Management
8 7 (3.933%) Project Planning
8 7 (3.933%) Network Design
9 6 (3.371%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (3.371%) Software Deployment
10 4 (2.247%) Technical Architecture
11 3 (1.685%) Capacity Planning
11 3 (1.685%) Problem Management
11 3 (1.685%) Data Architecture
11 3 (1.685%) Change Control
11 3 (1.685%) Data Modelling
11 3 (1.685%) PRINCE
11 3 (1.685%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.371%) SQL
2 4 (2.247%) C
3 2 (1.124%) Shell Script
3 2 (1.124%) Perl
Qualifications
1 55 (30.90%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (16.85%) CCNA
3 24 (13.48%) CCNP
4 19 (10.67%) CCIE
5 12 (6.742%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (6.180%) MCSE
6 11 (6.180%) Degree
6 11 (6.180%) Security Cleared
7 7 (3.933%) JNCIE
8 6 (3.371%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (3.371%) SC Cleared
9 5 (2.809%) JNCIP
10 4 (2.247%) CCDP
11 3 (1.685%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.124%) ACSA
12 2 (1.124%) CCVP
12 2 (1.124%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (1.124%) RHCE
12 2 (1.124%) CCIP
12 2 (1.124%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.618%) PCI DSS
2 6 (3.371%) ISO 9001
3 5 (2.809%) QA
4 4 (2.247%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.247%) TickIT
4 4 (2.247%) SLA
5 1 (0.562%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 32 (17.98%) Active Directory
2 19 (10.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.618%) XenApp
4 4 (2.247%) XenDesktop
4 4 (2.247%) vSphere
5 3 (1.685%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.685%) VMware ESX
6 2 (1.124%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (1.124%) Postfix
6 2 (1.124%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.562%) NDS
7 1 (0.562%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 15 (8.427%) Cisco IPCC
2 13 (7.303%) Cisco CUCM
3 11 (6.180%) FortiGate
4 5 (2.809%) Cisco UCCE
4 5 (2.809%) Cisco UCCX
4 5 (2.809%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (0.562%) SCOM
5 1 (0.562%) WSUS
Vendors
1 122 (68.54%) Cisco
2 46 (25.84%) Microsoft
3 34 (19.10%) HP
4 32 (17.98%) VMware
5 22 (12.36%) Citrix
6 20 (11.24%) Juniper
7 19 (10.67%) Avaya
8 17 (9.551%) F5
9 16 (8.989%) Siemens
10 11 (6.180%) Fortinet
11 10 (5.618%) BT
12 9 (5.056%) Sourcefire
13 8 (4.494%) Nokia
14 7 (3.933%) CheckPoint
14 7 (3.933%) Dell
15 6 (3.371%) Altiris
15 6 (3.371%) IBM
15 6 (3.371%) Zeacom
15 6 (3.371%) Polycom
16 5 (2.809%) IronPort
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Rate: £34549 - 38961 Per Annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
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Urgent requirement for support focused 2nd / 3rd line IP Telephony / Unified Comms Engineer with excellent CUCM support experience for this London based contract role- You`ll be an...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP360 per day
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Technically you will have strong working experience and knowledge of Cisco, routing and switching, LAN, WAN, MAN, WLAN, Cisco FWSM, ASA, Fortinet, Firewalls, Cisco PIX and Juniper NetScreen...
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Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
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My client are a world leader in 3G and mobile technologies currently recruiting for a Test Support Engineer who possess the following mandatory technical skills (in priority order):...
Rate: £200 per day
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