Manchester CTI Contracts

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

Computer Telephony Integration (CTI)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bury Bury St Edmunds Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Ipswich Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newcastle Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Reading Scotland South East South West Suffolk Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	80	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.529 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£350	-
Average daily rate	£388	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£425	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£390
% change on same period last year	-9.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£10.63	£35.00
% change on same period last year	-69.64 %
Communications & Networking Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads	189	172
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.252 %	0.174 %
Daily rates quoted	27	27
Average minimum daily rate	£465	£264
Average daily rate	£483	£278
% change on same period last year	+73.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£501	£293
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	23
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.92	£19.63
Average hourly rate	£31.52	£21.73
% change on same period last year	+45.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.11	£23.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
CTI North West

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.

CTI
Demand Trend

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

CTI
Daily Rate Trend

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

CTI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CTI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CTI within the Manchester 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
Bury	-	1	£388	-

CTI North West

CTI
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing CTI 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 CTI.

1 8 (72.73 %) IVR 2 6 (54.55 %) Smalltalk 2 6 (54.55 %) IBM 3 3 (27.27 %) VB.NET 3 3 (27.27 %) .NET 3 3 (27.27 %) C# 3 3 (27.27 %) WebServices 3 3 (27.27 %) VoIP 3 3 (27.27 %) AJAX 3 3 (27.27 %) .NET Framework 3 3 (27.27 %) TETRA 4 2 (18.18 %) CMS 4 2 (18.18 %) C++ 4 2 (18.18 %) Oracle 4 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server

4 2 (18.18 %) ASP.NET 4 2 (18.18 %) Avaya 4 2 (18.18 %) Avaya Certification 4 2 (18.18 %) Siemens 5 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms 5 1 (9.091 %) Client/Server 5 1 (9.091 %) WCF 5 1 (9.091 %) WPF 5 1 (9.091 %) Silverlight 5 1 (9.091 %) QMS

CTI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 3 (27.27 %) WebServices 1 3 (27.27 %) AJAX 1 3 (27.27 %) .NET Framework 1 3 (27.27 %) .NET 2 2 (18.18 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (9.091 %) WCF 3 1 (9.091 %) WPF 3 1 (9.091 %) Silverlight	Application Platforms 1 2 (18.18 %) CMS
Communications & Networking 1 3 (27.27 %) VoIP 1 3 (27.27 %) TETRA	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server
General 1 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 6 (54.55 %) Architect 2 3 (27.27 %) Software Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) Analyst 3 1 (9.091 %) Technical Architect 3 1 (9.091 %) Solutions Architect 3 1 (9.091 %) Support Analyst 3 1 (9.091 %) Senior Software Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) Voice Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 8 (72.73 %) IVR 2 1 (9.091 %) Client/Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (9.091 %) QMS
Programming Languages 1 6 (54.55 %) Smalltalk 2 3 (27.27 %) VB.NET 2 3 (27.27 %) C# 3 2 (18.18 %) C++	Qualifications 1 2 (18.18 %) Avaya Certification
Vendors 1 6 (54.55 %) IBM 2 2 (18.18 %) Avaya 2 2 (18.18 %) Siemens 2 2 (18.18 %) Oracle