The first table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 335 377 399
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +22
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 42 38 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.194% 0.141% 0.138%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.491% 1.029% 1.271%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 24
Average daily rate £300 £225 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £138 £242
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £378 £405
% change year-on-year
-27.15% -6.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 6
Average hourly rate £190.00 £24.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+675.51% +30.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+44.00% +6.38%
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2816 3693 3382
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.00% 13.71% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1707 2249 1938
Average daily rate £400 £388 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 145 221
Average hourly rate £21.34 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.17% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.27 £14.90 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
IP Telephony
England

IP Telephony
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London IP Telephony Hourly Rate Trend

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 London 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
City of London +10 6 £400 +98.75%
Uxbridge - 2 £250 -
Brentford - 1 £425 -
Enfield - 1 £238 -
IP Telephony
England

IP Telephony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 55 (73.33%) Cisco
2 32 (42.67%) LAN
3 30 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (37.33%) WAN
5 23 (30.67%) Firewall
6 22 (29.33%) BGP
7 20 (26.67%) Windows
8 19 (25.33%) DHCP
8 19 (25.33%) CCIE
8 19 (25.33%) VMware
8 19 (25.33%) Cisco IPT
9 18 (24.00%) Telecoms
9 18 (24.00%) MPLS
10 17 (22.67%) Active Directory
10 17 (22.67%) Cisco ASA
11 16 (21.33%) CCNA
11 16 (21.33%) Finance
12 15 (20.00%) SAN
12 15 (20.00%) HP
12 15 (20.00%) Microsoft
12 15 (20.00%) DNS
12 15 (20.00%) VoIP
12 15 (20.00%) F5
13 14 (18.67%) VMware Infrastructure
13 14 (18.67%) Cisco IPCC
13 14 (18.67%) OSPF
13 14 (18.67%) Wireless
13 14 (18.67%) Migration
14 13 (17.33%) EIGRP
14 13 (17.33%) ITIL

IP Telephony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 (5.333%) XMPP
2 1 (1.333%) COM
Application Platforms
1 12 (16.00%) MS Exchange
2 11 (14.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (5.333%) Lync
4 2 (2.667%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.333%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (1.333%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.333%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.333%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 5 (6.667%) MS Office
2 4 (5.333%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.333%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.333%) MS Project
3 1 (1.333%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 32 (42.67%) LAN
2 28 (37.33%) WAN
3 23 (30.67%) Firewall
4 22 (29.33%) BGP
5 19 (25.33%) DHCP
5 19 (25.33%) Cisco IPT
6 18 (24.00%) MPLS
7 17 (22.67%) Cisco ASA
8 15 (20.00%) SAN
8 15 (20.00%) DNS
8 15 (20.00%) VoIP
9 14 (18.67%) OSPF
9 14 (18.67%) Wireless
10 13 (17.33%) EIGRP
10 13 (17.33%) VPN
11 12 (16.00%) Ethernet
12 10 (13.33%) VLAN
13 9 (12.00%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (10.67%) MGCP
15 7 (9.333%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.333%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (1.333%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (24.00%) Telecoms
2 16 (21.33%) Finance
3 3 (4.000%) German Language
4 2 (2.667%) Financial Institution
4 2 (2.667%) Law
4 2 (2.667%) Legal
4 2 (2.667%) Banking
5 1 (1.333%) French Language
Job Titles
1 17 (22.67%) Network Engineer
2 10 (13.33%) Project Manager
3 9 (12.00%) Firewall Engineer
3 9 (12.00%) Senior Manager
3 9 (12.00%) Architect
4 8 (10.67%) Analyst
5 7 (9.333%) Senior Project Manager
6 6 (8.000%) Technical Specialist
7 5 (6.667%) Network Architect
7 5 (6.667%) Technical Manager
8 4 (5.333%) Technical Support
8 4 (5.333%) Technical Architect
8 4 (5.333%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (5.333%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (4.000%) Citrix Support Analyst
9 3 (4.000%) Citrix Support
9 3 (4.000%) Telephony Engineer
9 3 (4.000%) Support Analyst
10 2 (2.667%) Senior Network Engineer
10 2 (2.667%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.67%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (8.000%) EqualLogic
3 3 (4.000%) Data Integration
3 3 (4.000%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.333%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.333%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.333%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.333%) Replication
4 1 (1.333%) IVR
4 1 (1.333%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.333%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 20 (26.67%) Windows
2 8 (10.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (5.333%) Linux
3 4 (5.333%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (2.667%) Windows XP
4 2 (2.667%) Solaris
4 2 (2.667%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.333%) Android
5 1 (1.333%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.67%) Migration
2 13 (17.33%) ITIL
3 11 (14.67%) Network Architecture
3 11 (14.67%) Project Management
4 10 (13.33%) Network Management
5 8 (10.67%) PRINCE2
6 7 (9.333%) Network Design
6 7 (9.333%) Project Planning
7 6 (8.000%) Service Delivery
7 6 (8.000%) Software Deployment
8 4 (5.333%) Technical Architecture
9 3 (4.000%) Change Control
9 3 (4.000%) Data Architecture
9 3 (4.000%) Software Engineering
9 3 (4.000%) TOGAF
9 3 (4.000%) Data Modelling
10 2 (2.667%) CRM
10 2 (2.667%) Change Management
10 2 (2.667%) Business Continuity
10 2 (2.667%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.333%) SQL
2 1 (1.333%) C
Qualifications
1 30 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (25.33%) CCIE
3 16 (21.33%) CCNA
4 7 (9.333%) JNCIE
4 7 (9.333%) MCSE
4 7 (9.333%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (8.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (6.667%) Degree
6 5 (6.667%) CCNP
7 3 (4.000%) Security Cleared
7 3 (4.000%) JNCIP
8 2 (2.667%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.667%) CCVP
8 2 (2.667%) ACSA
9 1 (1.333%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.333%) MCDST
9 1 (1.333%) PMP
9 1 (1.333%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.333%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.33%) PCI DSS
2 3 (4.000%) QA
3 1 (1.333%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (22.67%) Active Directory
2 14 (18.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.000%) XenApp
4 3 (4.000%) vSphere
4 3 (4.000%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.333%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.333%) NDS
Systems Management
1 14 (18.67%) Cisco IPCC
2 12 (16.00%) Cisco CUCM
3 9 (12.00%) FortiGate
4 4 (5.333%) Cisco UCCE
4 4 (5.333%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 55 (73.33%) Cisco
2 19 (25.33%) VMware
3 15 (20.00%) HP
3 15 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 15 (20.00%) F5
4 13 (17.33%) Juniper
5 9 (12.00%) Fortinet
5 9 (12.00%) Sourcefire
5 9 (12.00%) Citrix
6 6 (8.000%) Dell
6 6 (8.000%) Avaya
6 6 (8.000%) Altiris
6 6 (8.000%) Zeacom
7 5 (6.667%) Polycom
8 4 (5.333%) Veeam
8 4 (5.333%) Aruba
9 3 (4.000%) Brocade
9 3 (4.000%) Intel
9 3 (4.000%) Nokia
9 3 (4.000%) Siemens
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