London IP Telephony Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills within the London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IP Telephony over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Andover Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London Cleethorpes Coventry Cumbria East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Feltham Fife Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Lincolnshire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Pontefract Reading Scotland Sevenoaks South East South Wales South West Stockport Surbiton Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	317	359
Rank change on same period last year	+42
Matching contract IT job ads	87	119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.115 %	0.119 %
As % of the category below	2.217 %	2.117 %
Daily rates quoted	32	41
Average minimum daily rate	£370	£342
Average daily rate	£399	£366
% change on same period last year	+9.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£429	£390
UK excluding London average daily rate	£303	£362
% change on same period last year	-16.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.50	£38.13
Average hourly rate	£22.42	£42.50
% change on same period last year	-47.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.33	£46.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.37	£21.44
% change on same period last year	-0.32 %
Communications & Networking London
Matching contract IT job ads	3925	5620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.180 %	5.597 %
Daily rates quoted	1552	1845
Average minimum daily rate	£357	£375
Average daily rate	£378	£394
% change on same period last year	-3.83 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£412
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£343
% change on same period last year	-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted	298	483
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.11	£25.60
Average hourly rate	£25.41	£27.39
% change on same period last year	-7.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.70	£29.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.88	£28.72
% change on same period last year	-9.87 %
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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 IP Telephony across the London 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 IP Telephony across the London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 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 IP Telephony across the London region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section 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 20 August 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
City of London	-17	23	£334	-9.36 %
Uxbridge	-	4	£478	-
Feltham	-	3	-	-
Hayes	-	1	-	-
Kingston Upon Thames	-	1	£288	-
Surbiton	-	1	£275	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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 77 (53.10 %) Cisco 2 47 (32.41 %) Cisco Certification 3 45 (31.03 %) WAN 4 43 (29.66 %) Windows 5 42 (28.97 %) Finance 6 37 (25.52 %) LAN 7 32 (22.07 %) Cisco IPT 8 31 (21.38 %) CCNP 9 29 (20.00 %) Windows XP 10 27 (18.62 %) VoIP 11 26 (17.93 %) Project Management 12 24 (16.55 %) Banking 13 23 (15.86 %) Firewall 14 19 (13.10 %) ITIL 14 19 (13.10 %) CCNA

14 19 (13.10 %) Microsoft 14 19 (13.10 %) VPN 15 17 (11.72 %) MS Office 15 17 (11.72 %) Investment Banking 16 16 (11.03 %) Telecoms 16 16 (11.03 %) Windows Server 2003 17 15 (10.34 %) SQL 17 15 (10.34 %) Wireless 18 14 (9.655 %) Network Security 18 14 (9.655 %) Active Directory 19 12 (8.276 %) Blackberry 19 12 (8.276 %) PRINCE2 19 12 (8.276 %) MS Excel 20 11 (7.586 %) MS Exchange 20 11 (7.586 %) PBX

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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 2 (1.379 %) Application Packaging	Application Platforms 1 11 (7.586 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (6.207 %) Lotus Notes 3 6 (4.138 %) SharePoint 4 5 (3.448 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 4 (2.759 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 2 (1.379 %) GroupWise 6 2 (1.379 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 6 2 (1.379 %) IIS 7 1 (0.690 %) CMS 7 1 (0.690 %) Content Management Server
Applications 1 17 (11.72 %) MS Office 2 12 (8.276 %) MS Excel 3 9 (6.207 %) MS Visio 4 6 (4.138 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.690 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 1 (0.690 %) Nortel Periphonics
Communications & Networking 1 45 (31.03 %) WAN 2 37 (25.52 %) LAN 3 32 (22.07 %) Cisco IPT 4 27 (18.62 %) VoIP 5 23 (15.86 %) Firewall 6 19 (13.10 %) VPN 7 15 (10.34 %) Wireless 8 14 (9.655 %) Network Security 9 11 (7.586 %) PBX 10 9 (6.207 %) Internet 10 9 (6.207 %) WLAN 11 8 (5.517 %) TCP/IP 11 8 (5.517 %) Cisco PIX 12 7 (4.828 %) NetScreen 13 6 (4.138 %) MPLS 14 5 (3.448 %) IPCC 14 5 (3.448 %) BGP 15 4 (2.759 %) 3G 15 4 (2.759 %) OSPF 15 4 (2.759 %) Broadband	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (5.517 %) SQL Server 2 4 (2.759 %) Oracle 10g 2 4 (2.759 %) RDBMS 3 3 (2.069 %) Datawarehouse 4 1 (0.690 %) SQL Server 2005
General 1 42 (28.97 %) Finance 2 24 (16.55 %) Banking 3 17 (11.72 %) Investment Banking 4 16 (11.03 %) Telecoms 5 11 (7.586 %) Government 6 6 (4.138 %) Financial Institution 6 6 (4.138 %) Games 7 4 (2.759 %) Health 8 3 (2.069 %) Legal 9 2 (1.379 %) Auditing 10 1 (0.690 %) Billing 10 1 (0.690 %) Back Office 10 1 (0.690 %) Construction	Job Titles 1 38 (26.21 %) Analyst 2 23 (15.86 %) Network Engineer 3 22 (15.17 %) Support Analyst 4 14 (9.655 %) Architect 5 12 (8.276 %) Project Manager 6 11 (7.586 %) Infrastructure Architect 6 11 (7.586 %) Cisco Engineer 7 8 (5.517 %) Desktop Support 7 8 (5.517 %) Network Support 7 8 (5.517 %) Network Analyst 8 7 (4.828 %) Cisco Network Engineer 9 6 (4.138 %) Desktop Analyst 9 6 (4.138 %) Enterprise Architect 9 6 (4.138 %) Network Specialist 9 6 (4.138 %) Service Manager 9 6 (4.138 %) Desktop Support Analyst 10 5 (3.448 %) Technical Analyst 10 5 (3.448 %) Consultant 10 5 (3.448 %) Support Engineer 10 5 (3.448 %) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 12 (8.276 %) Blackberry 2 11 (7.586 %) Video Conferencing 3 6 (4.138 %) NHS 4 4 (2.759 %) Thin Client 4 4 (2.759 %) N-Tier 4 4 (2.759 %) Fat Client 5 3 (2.069 %) Clustering 6 2 (1.379 %) IVR 6 2 (1.379 %) Fixed Income 6 2 (1.379 %) e-Health 6 2 (1.379 %) French Language 6 2 (1.379 %) Derivative 6 2 (1.379 %) SecurID 7 1 (0.690 %) AVVID 7 1 (0.690 %) Handset 7 1 (0.690 %) PMI	Operating Systems 1 43 (29.66 %) Windows 2 29 (20.00 %) Windows XP 3 16 (11.03 %) Windows Server 2003 4 8 (5.517 %) Windows 2000 5 6 (4.138 %) UNIX 6 5 (3.448 %) Linux 7 4 (2.759 %) AIX 8 3 (2.069 %) Windows Vista 9 2 (1.379 %) NetWare 10 1 (0.690 %) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies 1 26 (17.93 %) Project Management 2 19 (13.10 %) ITIL 3 12 (8.276 %) PRINCE2 4 10 (6.897 %) Service Delivery 4 10 (6.897 %) Disaster Recovery 5 9 (6.207 %) Service Management 6 6 (4.138 %) Security Cleared 7 5 (3.448 %) Project Planning 8 4 (2.759 %) Benchmarking 8 4 (2.759 %) Programme Management 8 4 (2.759 %) Validation 8 4 (2.759 %) SC Cleared 8 4 (2.759 %) Test Scripting 9 3 (2.069 %) Asset Management 9 3 (2.069 %) Configuration Management 10 2 (1.379 %) Change Management 10 2 (1.379 %) Business Continuity 10 2 (1.379 %) Migration 10 2 (1.379 %) Stakeholder Management 10 2 (1.379 %) Time Management	Programming Languages 1 15 (10.34 %) SQL 2 4 (2.759 %) C
Qualifications 1 47 (32.41 %) Cisco Certification 2 31 (21.38 %) CCNP 3 19 (13.10 %) CCNA 4 10 (6.897 %) MCSE 4 10 (6.897 %) Microsoft Certification 5 9 (6.207 %) CCIE 6 7 (4.828 %) Degree 6 7 (4.828 %) CCVP 7 3 (2.069 %) MCP 8 2 (1.379 %) CCDP 9 1 (0.690 %) PMP 9 1 (0.690 %) PMI Certification 9 1 (0.690 %) PRINCE2 Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.379 %) SLA
System Software 1 14 (9.655 %) Active Directory 2 8 (5.517 %) Terminal Services 3 2 (1.379 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (0.690 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 6 (4.138 %) CiscoWorks 2 2 (1.379 %) MOM 2 2 (1.379 %) ZENworks 3 1 (0.690 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 77 (53.10 %) Cisco 2 19 (13.10 %) Microsoft 3 10 (6.897 %) CheckPoint 4 9 (6.207 %) Lotus 5 6 (4.138 %) HP 5 6 (4.138 %) Citrix 5 6 (4.138 %) Oracle 6 5 (3.448 %) Avaya 6 5 (3.448 %) Nortel 6 5 (3.448 %) Adobe 7 4 (2.759 %) McAfee Security 7 4 (2.759 %) Dell 7 4 (2.759 %) Nokia 7 4 (2.759 %) BT 7 4 (2.759 %) Fujitsu 8 3 (2.069 %) Novell 8 3 (2.069 %) Siemens 9 2 (1.379 %) Remedy 9 2 (1.379 %) Genesys 9 2 (1.379 %) Concord