England PBX Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Private Branch Exchange (PBX) 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 PBX over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Camberley Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London East of England England Essex Kingston Upon Thames Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newbury North West Scotland Slough South East South West Surbiton Surrey Swindon UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	501	454
Rank change on same period last year	-47
Matching contract IT job ads	57	197
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.080 %	0.199 %
As % of the category below	0.636 %	1.560 %
Daily rates quoted	16	55
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£306
Average daily rate	£394	£322
% change on same period last year	+22.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£415	£339
UK excluding London average daily rate	£573	£381
% change on same period last year	+50.36 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	27
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.59	£21.11
Average hourly rate	£22.49	£23.06
% change on same period last year	-2.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.38	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.98	£21.74
% change on same period last year	+10.32 %
Communications & Networking England
Matching contract IT job ads	8965	12632
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	12.62 %	12.77 %
Daily rates quoted	2572	3349
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£344
Average daily rate	£364	£361
% change on same period last year	+0.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£335
% change on same period last year	+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted	1186	1788
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.19	£26.62
Average hourly rate	£26.95	£28.72
% change on same period last year	-6.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.70	£30.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.43	£28.95
% change on same period last year	-5.27 %
PBX UK

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 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 England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PBX across the England region over the 3 months to 10 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 PBX 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 PBX across the England region over the 3 months to 10 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 PBX within the England region over the 3 months to 10 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	23	£334	+5.98 %
South East	+33	18	£573	+53.51 %
North West	+22	5	-	-
Midlands	+21	4	-	-
Yorkshire	+17	3	-	-
West Midlands	+6	2	-	-
East of England	+13	1	-	-
South West	+17	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 47 (35.34 %) Avaya 2 44 (33.08 %) Telecoms 3 38 (28.57 %) Cisco 4 24 (18.05 %) VoIP 5 23 (17.29 %) Siemens 6 22 (16.54 %) MS Office 7 21 (15.79 %) Windows 7 21 (15.79 %) IP Telephony 8 17 (12.78 %) TCP/IP 8 17 (12.78 %) Cisco Certification 8 17 (12.78 %) Nortel 9 16 (12.03 %) Front Office 10 14 (10.53 %) Polycom 10 14 (10.53 %) LAN 11 13 (9.774 %) WAN

11 13 (9.774 %) ITIL 11 13 (9.774 %) Banking 12 12 (9.023 %) Firewall 12 12 (9.023 %) Microsoft 12 12 (9.023 %) CCNA 13 11 (8.271 %) Finance 13 11 (8.271 %) CMS 13 11 (8.271 %) Tandberg 14 10 (7.519 %) BT 14 10 (7.519 %) Lotus 14 10 (7.519 %) CCNP 14 10 (7.519 %) Lotus Notes 15 9 (6.767 %) Project Management 15 9 (6.767 %) Investment Banking 16 8 (6.015 %) Mitel

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 Development 1 2 (1.504 %) XML 1 2 (1.504 %) Middleware 2 1 (0.752 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 11 (8.271 %) CMS 2 10 (7.519 %) Lotus Notes 3 6 (4.511 %) MS Exchange 4 4 (3.008 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 4 (3.008 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 2 (1.504 %) Documentum 6 1 (0.752 %) Site Server 6 1 (0.752 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 6 1 (0.752 %) Apache 6 1 (0.752 %) Tomcat 6 1 (0.752 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 1 (0.752 %) Office Communications Server 6 1 (0.752 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 22 (16.54 %) MS Office 2 2 (1.504 %) MS Excel 2 2 (1.504 %) MS Visio 3 1 (0.752 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 4 (3.008 %) GoldMine 2 3 (2.256 %) SAP IS-U 3 1 (0.752 %) Line 50
Communications & Networking 1 24 (18.05 %) VoIP 2 21 (15.79 %) IP Telephony 3 17 (12.78 %) TCP/IP 4 14 (10.53 %) LAN 5 13 (9.774 %) WAN 6 12 (9.023 %) Firewall 7 7 (5.263 %) Nortel Meridian 8 6 (4.511 %) Cisco IPT 9 5 (3.759 %) SNMP 9 5 (3.759 %) Internet 10 4 (3.008 %) Broadband 10 4 (3.008 %) ISDN 10 4 (3.008 %) Cisco PIX 11 3 (2.256 %) Network Security 11 3 (2.256 %) LDAP 11 3 (2.256 %) ADSL 11 3 (2.256 %) DHCP 11 3 (2.256 %) Ethernet 11 3 (2.256 %) PSTN 11 3 (2.256 %) DNS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (1.504 %) SAP BW 2 1 (0.752 %) SQL Server 2 1 (0.752 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 3 (2.256 %) PVCS	General 1 44 (33.08 %) Telecoms 2 16 (12.03 %) Front Office 3 13 (9.774 %) Banking 4 11 (8.271 %) Finance 5 9 (6.767 %) Investment Banking 6 5 (3.759 %) Marketing 7 3 (2.256 %) Electric 8 2 (1.504 %) Government 9 1 (0.752 %) Health 9 1 (0.752 %) Legal 9 1 (0.752 %) Electronics 9 1 (0.752 %) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles 1 23 (17.29 %) Analyst 2 14 (10.53 %) Support Engineer 3 13 (9.774 %) Support Analyst 3 13 (9.774 %) Voice Analyst 3 13 (9.774 %) Voice Engineer 4 11 (8.271 %) Administrator 5 10 (7.519 %) Project Manager 5 10 (7.519 %) Desktop Support 6 8 (6.015 %) Systems Administrator 7 7 (5.263 %) Consultant 7 7 (5.263 %) Product Manager 8 6 (4.511 %) Network Engineer 8 6 (4.511 %) Telephony Engineer 9 5 (3.759 %) Technical Manager 9 5 (3.759 %) Voice Specialist 10 4 (3.008 %) Avaya Engineer 10 4 (3.008 %) Architect 11 3 (2.256 %) Technical Project Manager 11 3 (2.256 %) Design Engineer 11 3 (2.256 %) Helpdesk Support	Miscellaneous 1 8 (6.015 %) Blackberry 1 8 (6.015 %) Handset 2 5 (3.759 %) Firmware 2 5 (3.759 %) Video Conferencing 3 4 (3.008 %) Client/Server 4 3 (2.256 %) IVR 5 2 (1.504 %) Statistics 6 1 (0.752 %) Computer Science 6 1 (0.752 %) N-Tier 6 1 (0.752 %) PMI 6 1 (0.752 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 21 (15.79 %) Windows 2 8 (6.015 %) Windows Server 2003 3 6 (4.511 %) Windows 2000 3 6 (4.511 %) Windows XP 4 2 (1.504 %) Windows Vista 5 1 (0.752 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 1 (0.752 %) SUSE 5 1 (0.752 %) NetWare 5 1 (0.752 %) HPUX 5 1 (0.752 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (9.774 %) ITIL 2 9 (6.767 %) Project Management 3 7 (5.263 %) Service Delivery 4 6 (4.511 %) PRINCE2 5 5 (3.759 %) eTOM 5 5 (3.759 %) Product Marketing 6 4 (3.008 %) SC Cleared 6 4 (3.008 %) Security Cleared 6 4 (3.008 %) Migration 7 3 (2.256 %) CRM 7 3 (2.256 %) E-Commerce 7 3 (2.256 %) Configuration Management 7 3 (2.256 %) Network Design 8 2 (1.504 %) Supplier Management 8 2 (1.504 %) DV Cleared 8 2 (1.504 %) Change Management 8 2 (1.504 %) Stakeholder Management 8 2 (1.504 %) Service Management 9 1 (0.752 %) Asset Management 9 1 (0.752 %) Project Planning
Programming Languages 1 5 (3.759 %) SQL 2 1 (0.752 %) C 2 1 (0.752 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 17 (12.78 %) Cisco Certification 2 12 (9.023 %) CCNA 3 10 (7.519 %) CCNP 4 7 (5.263 %) Microsoft Certification 5 6 (4.511 %) MCSE 6 3 (2.256 %) MCSA 6 3 (2.256 %) CCVP 7 2 (1.504 %) Avaya Certification 7 2 (1.504 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 2 (1.504 %) HNC 8 1 (0.752 %) HND 8 1 (0.752 %) MCP 8 1 (0.752 %) CCDP 8 1 (0.752 %) ITIL Certification 8 1 (0.752 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.752 %) GCP 1 1 (0.752 %) SLA	System Software 1 5 (3.759 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.752 %) Terminal Server 2 1 (0.752 %) NetBackup 2 1 (0.752 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 1 (0.752 %) OpenView 1 1 (0.752 %) CiscoWorks 1 1 (0.752 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 47 (35.34 %) Avaya 2 38 (28.57 %) Cisco 3 23 (17.29 %) Siemens 4 17 (12.78 %) Nortel 5 14 (10.53 %) Polycom 6 12 (9.023 %) Microsoft 7 11 (8.271 %) Tandberg 8 10 (7.519 %) Lotus 8 10 (7.519 %) BT 9 8 (6.015 %) Mitel 10 6 (4.511 %) Reuters 11 5 (3.759 %) Bloomberg 11 5 (3.759 %) Speakerbus 12 4 (3.008 %) Lucent 12 4 (3.008 %) Alcatel 13 3 (2.256 %) Ericsson 13 3 (2.256 %) Citrix 13 3 (2.256 %) IBM 13 3 (2.256 %) SAP 14 2 (1.504 %) HP