Hampshire Cisco IPT Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT) skills within the Hampshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cisco IPT over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT)
Location Aberdeen Andover Berkshire Bicester Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Cumbria East of England England Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Kingston Upon Thames Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North West Oxfordshire Penrith Portsmouth Scotland Sevenoaks South East South West Surbiton Swindon UK West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	103	122
Rank change on same period last year	+19
Matching contract IT job ads	3	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.714 %	0.798 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£475	£450
Average daily rate	£475	£475
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£475	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£369
% change on same period last year	-5.39 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.00	-
Average hourly rate	£20.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.33	£23.27
% change on same period last year	-34.11 %
Communications & Networking Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	420	501
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.560 %	0.507 %
Daily rates quoted	72	89
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£322
Average daily rate	£345	£340
% change on same period last year	+1.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£366	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	92	125
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.90	£31.15
Average hourly rate	£29.71	£33.29
% change on same period last year	-10.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.53	£35.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
Cisco IPT South East

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.

Cisco IPT
Demand Trend

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

Cisco IPT
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cisco IPT across the Hampshire region.

Cisco IPT
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cisco IPT across the Hampshire region.

Cisco IPT
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IPT within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Portsmouth	-1	2	-	-
Andover	-	1	£475	-

Cisco IPT South East

Cisco IPT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Cisco IPT 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 Cisco IPT.

1 8 (100.00 %) Cisco 2 6 (75.00 %) Cisco Certification 2 6 (75.00 %) IP Telephony 3 4 (50.00 %) SLA 4 3 (37.50 %) CCNP 4 3 (37.50 %) CCNA 5 2 (25.00 %) PBX 5 2 (25.00 %) WAN 5 2 (25.00 %) SNMP 5 2 (25.00 %) IPCC 5 2 (25.00 %) DPNSS 5 2 (25.00 %) CCVP 6 1 (12.50 %) ProCurve 6 1 (12.50 %) CCSE 6 1 (12.50 %) VLAN

6 1 (12.50 %) DSL 6 1 (12.50 %) EIGRP 6 1 (12.50 %) IGRP 6 1 (12.50 %) MGCP 6 1 (12.50 %) Project Management 6 1 (12.50 %) H.323 6 1 (12.50 %) Wireless 6 1 (12.50 %) 3Com 6 1 (12.50 %) Clustering 6 1 (12.50 %) CCSA 6 1 (12.50 %) CCIE 6 1 (12.50 %) VoIP 6 1 (12.50 %) Windows 6 1 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (12.50 %) Lotus Notes

Cisco IPT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Cisco IPT 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 Cisco IPT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (12.50 %) Lotus Notes	Communications & Networking 1 6 (75.00 %) IP Telephony 2 2 (25.00 %) IPCC 2 2 (25.00 %) DPNSS 2 2 (25.00 %) PBX 2 2 (25.00 %) WAN 2 2 (25.00 %) SNMP 3 1 (12.50 %) OSPF 3 1 (12.50 %) BGP 3 1 (12.50 %) VoIP 3 1 (12.50 %) ISDN 3 1 (12.50 %) LAN 3 1 (12.50 %) DSL 3 1 (12.50 %) EIGRP 3 1 (12.50 %) IGRP 3 1 (12.50 %) MGCP 3 1 (12.50 %) H.323 3 1 (12.50 %) Wireless 3 1 (12.50 %) VLAN
Job Titles 1 2 (25.00 %) Consultant 1 2 (25.00 %) Network Engineer 1 2 (25.00 %) Voice Specialist 2 1 (12.50 %) Analyst 2 1 (12.50 %) Network Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Senior Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Support Analyst 2 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Engineer 2 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Network Engineer 2 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Specialist 2 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Support 2 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Analyst 2 1 (12.50 %) Senior Network Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Cisco IPT Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (12.50 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (12.50 %) PRINCE 1 1 (12.50 %) Project Management
Qualifications 1 6 (75.00 %) Cisco Certification 2 3 (37.50 %) CCNP 2 3 (37.50 %) CCNA 3 2 (25.00 %) CCVP 4 1 (12.50 %) CCSE 4 1 (12.50 %) CCIE 4 1 (12.50 %) CCDA 4 1 (12.50 %) CCSA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (50.00 %) SLA
Vendors 1 8 (100.00 %) Cisco 2 1 (12.50 %) HP 2 1 (12.50 %) Nortel 2 1 (12.50 %) Citrix 2 1 (12.50 %) Lotus 2 1 (12.50 %) CheckPoint 2 1 (12.50 %) 3Com 2 1 (12.50 %) ProCurve