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This section looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills within the North West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIP Telephony
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank125102
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching contract IT job ads1837
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.037 %
As % of the category below2.980 %6.890 %
Daily rates quoted07
Average minimum daily rate-£429
Average daily rate-£448
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£468
UK excluding London average daily rate£270£373
% change on same period last year-27.63 %
Hourly rates quoted61
Average minimum hourly rate£41.67£18.00
Average hourly rate£45.00£21.50
% change on same period last year+109.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£48.33£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.52£21.63
% change on same period last year+31.82 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
North West
Matching contract IT job ads604537
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.805 %0.543 %
Daily rates quoted107100
Average minimum daily rate£353£289
Average daily rate£374£300
% change on same period last year+24.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted7965
Average minimum hourly rate£24.15£21.67
Average hourly rate£26.47£23.06
% change on same period last year+14.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.80£24.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
IP Telephony EnglandIP Telephony
England

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.

IP Telephony
Demand Trend

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

North West IP Telephony Demand Trend

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IP Telephony across the North West region.

North West IP Telephony Daily Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IP Telephony across the North West region.

North West IP Telephony Hourly Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West IP Telephony Hourly Rate Histogram

IP Telephony
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 North West 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.

LocationRank 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
ManchesterDown-159--
CheshireDown-196--
CumbriaNew entry-2--
MerseysideUp+21--
LancashireNew entry-1--
IP Telephony EnglandIP Telephony
England

IP Telephony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

129 (87.88 %)Cisco
214 (42.42 %)LAN
214 (42.42 %)WAN
312 (36.36 %)Cisco Certification
48 (24.24 %)Nortel
48 (24.24 %)Symposium
57 (21.21 %)Cisco IPT
57 (21.21 %)VoIP
66 (18.18 %)VPN
66 (18.18 %)CCNA
66 (18.18 %)Change Management
66 (18.18 %)Nortel Meridian
66 (18.18 %)Incident Management
66 (18.18 %)Problem Management
75 (15.15 %)Telecoms
75 (15.15 %)Active Directory
75 (15.15 %)CCIE
75 (15.15 %)ITIL
75 (15.15 %)PRINCE2
75 (15.15 %)Windows
84 (12.12 %)MCSE
84 (12.12 %)Microsoft
84 (12.12 %)Microsoft Certification
84 (12.12 %)Construction
93 (9.091 %)Firewall
93 (9.091 %)Avaya
93 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
102 (6.061 %)SQL
102 (6.061 %)DNS
102 (6.061 %)DHCP

IP Telephony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (6.061 %)MS Exchange
12 (6.061 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (3.030 %)Exchange Server 2007
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (42.42 %)LAN
114 (42.42 %)WAN
28 (24.24 %)Symposium
37 (21.21 %)Cisco IPT
37 (21.21 %)VoIP
46 (18.18 %)VPN
46 (18.18 %)Nortel Meridian
53 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
53 (9.091 %)Firewall
62 (6.061 %)DHCP
62 (6.061 %)EIGRP
62 (6.061 %)DNS
62 (6.061 %)Broadband
62 (6.061 %)VLAN
71 (3.030 %)Network Security
71 (3.030 %)ISDN
71 (3.030 %)SAN
71 (3.030 %)Internet
71 (3.030 %)OSPF
71 (3.030 %)MGCP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (15.15 %)Telecoms
24 (12.12 %)Construction
32 (6.061 %)Government
32 (6.061 %)Local Government
41 (3.030 %)Manufacturing
41 (3.030 %)Finance
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (24.24 %)Network Support
26 (18.18 %)Telephony Engineer
35 (15.15 %)Project Leader
35 (15.15 %)Network Engineer
35 (15.15 %)Technical Project Leader
42 (6.061 %)Project Manager
42 (6.061 %)Support Engineer
42 (6.061 %)Cisco Engineer
42 (6.061 %)Cisco Network Engineer
51 (3.030 %)Cisco Specialist
51 (3.030 %)Implementation Manager
51 (3.030 %)Infrastructure Engineer
51 (3.030 %)Support Specialist
51 (3.030 %)3rd Line Support
51 (3.030 %)2nd Line Support
51 (3.030 %)Administrator
51 (3.030 %)Network Consultant
51 (3.030 %)Consultant
51 (3.030 %)Technical Support
51 (3.030 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.030 %)Blackberry
11 (3.030 %)Tandem
11 (3.030 %)CCTV
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (15.15 %)Windows
22 (6.061 %)Windows 2000
31 (3.030 %)Windows XP
31 (3.030 %)Windows Server 2003
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (18.18 %)Change Management
16 (18.18 %)Incident Management
16 (18.18 %)Problem Management
25 (15.15 %)ITIL
25 (15.15 %)PRINCE2
31 (3.030 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (3.030 %)Risk Management
31 (3.030 %)Business Continuity
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (6.061 %)SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (36.36 %)Cisco Certification
26 (18.18 %)CCNA
35 (15.15 %)CCIE
44 (12.12 %)MCSE
44 (12.12 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (6.061 %)CCNP
61 (3.030 %)CCVP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (15.15 %)Active Directory
22 (6.061 %)ISA Server
31 (3.030 %)Backup Exec
31 (3.030 %)MailMarshal
31 (3.030 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (3.030 %)MetaFrame
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
129 (87.88 %)Cisco
28 (24.24 %)Nortel
34 (12.12 %)Microsoft
43 (9.091 %)Avaya
52 (6.061 %)Citrix
61 (3.030 %)VERITAS
61 (3.030 %)VMware
61 (3.030 %)Mitel
61 (3.030 %)Northgate
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