The first table below looks at the demand for PSTN 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 PSTN over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN)
Rank 381 403 437
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +34
Contract jobs citing PSTN 3 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.013% 0.026% 0.019%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.106% 0.194% 0.171%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 2
Average daily rate - £400 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +19.40%
UK excluding London average daily rate £424 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
+21.07% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £45.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 - £24.50
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2829 3614 3517
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.41% 13.59% 11.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1745 2193 2020
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £220 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 140 230
Average hourly rate £21.50 £22.50 £20.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% +8.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £15.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
PSTN
England

PSTN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London PSTN Jobs Demand Trend

PSTN
Daily Rate Trend

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

London PSTN Daily Rate Trend

PSTN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London PSTN Hourly Rate Trend

PSTN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PSTN within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Bromley - - - -
City of London - - - -
PSTN
England

PSTN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing PSTN 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 PSTN.

1 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) VoIP
2 4 (44.44%) WAN
2 4 (44.44%) Wireless
3 3 (33.33%) Lync
3 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) Avaya
3 3 (33.33%) Nortel
4 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
4 2 (22.22%) Infovista
4 2 (22.22%) Juniper
4 2 (22.22%) IPv6
4 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
4 2 (22.22%) OpenView
4 2 (22.22%) HP
4 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
4 2 (22.22%) WLAN
4 2 (22.22%) LAN
4 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) CMS
4 2 (22.22%) Mitel
4 2 (22.22%) Banking
4 2 (22.22%) PKI
4 2 (22.22%) OmniPeek
4 2 (22.22%) Network Management
4 2 (22.22%) Wireshark

PSTN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing PSTN 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 PSTN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) VXML
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Lync
2 2 (22.22%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) VoIP
1 4 (44.44%) WAN
1 4 (44.44%) Wireless
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) IPv6
2 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
2 2 (22.22%) WLAN
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) OmniPeek
2 2 (22.22%) Wireshark
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
3 1 (11.11%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (11.11%) PABX
3 1 (11.11%) DMS-100
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (11.11%) IP Telephony
3 1 (11.11%) PBX
3 1 (11.11%) SAN
3 1 (11.11%) BGP
General
1 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Voice Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Voice Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Telephony Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Project Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Project Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
1 2 (22.22%) PKI
1 2 (22.22%) Robotics
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile Computing
2 1 (11.11%) PDA
2 1 (11.11%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Migration
1 2 (22.22%) Network Management
2 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
2 1 (11.11%) Time Management
2 1 (11.11%) WFM
2 1 (11.11%) Logistics
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
2 1 (11.11%) BCP
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Quality Management
2 1 (11.11%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) CCVP
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) OpenView
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Avaya
2 3 (33.33%) Nortel
3 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
3 2 (22.22%) Infovista
3 2 (22.22%) Juniper
3 2 (22.22%) HP
3 2 (22.22%) Mitel
3 2 (22.22%) Verint
4 1 (11.11%) Riverbed
4 1 (11.11%) VMware
4 1 (11.11%) NetApp
4 1 (11.11%) Siemens
4 1 (11.11%) Citrix
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