The first table below looks at the demand for QSIG 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 QSIG over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
QSIG
Rank 510 542 553
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +11
Contract jobs citing QSIG 2 15 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% 0.028% 0.004%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.032% 0.178% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 2
Average daily rate £394 £400 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.56% +25.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £375 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £425 £374
UK excluding London average daily rate - £400 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6195 8413 7242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.64% 15.72% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3101 3939 3363
Average daily rate £350 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
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 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 514 566 726
Average hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
QSIG
UK

QSIG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England QSIG Jobs Demand Trend

QSIG
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing QSIG across the England region.

England QSIG Daily Rate Trend

QSIG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England QSIG Hourly Rate Trend

QSIG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QSIG within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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 - 2 £394 -
QSIG
UK

QSIG
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing QSIG 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 QSIG.

1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (88.89%) MGCP
2 8 (88.89%) H.323
2 8 (88.89%) Unified Communications
2 8 (88.89%) Cisco UCCX
2 8 (88.89%) Capacity Management
3 4 (44.44%) Spanish Language
4 1 (11.11%) Tandberg
4 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) IPTV
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Q.931
4 1 (11.11%) C
4 1 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (11.11%) Internet
4 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
4 1 (11.11%) DPNSS
4 1 (11.11%) PABX

QSIG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing QSIG 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 QSIG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Lotus Domino
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) MGCP
1 8 (88.89%) H.323
1 8 (88.89%) Unified Communications
2 1 (11.11%) Q.931
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) DPNSS
2 1 (11.11%) PABX
General
1 4 (44.44%) Spanish Language
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Communications Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Communications Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (11.11%) IPTV
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Capacity Management
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Systems Management
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Tandberg