The first table below looks at the demand for PBX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PBX over the 3 months to 17 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 Northern Ireland 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing PBX 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £218 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-45.62% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £41.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-9.63% +147.76%
All Communications & Networking
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
18 27 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 7.143% 14.36% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 14
Average daily rate £300 £260 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £260 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £265 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
Average hourly rate - - £12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
PBX
UK

PBX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland PBX Jobs Demand Trend

PBX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northern Ireland PBX Daily Rate Trend

PBX
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing PBX 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 PBX.

1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Lync
1 4 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS

PBX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing PBX 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 PBX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Lync
1 4 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft