The first table below looks at the demand for PBX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 Reading 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 - 80 78
Contract jobs citing PBX 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - 0.094% 0.189%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.225% 0.943%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £425
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
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
189 444 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 22.77% 41.73% 20.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 103 71
Average daily rate £275 £275 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -22.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £136 £160 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 5
Average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.95 £14.50 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.15 £44.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
PBX
Berkshire

PBX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading PBX Daily Rate Trend

PBX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading PBX Hourly Rate Trend

PBX
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) BT
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

PBX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) BT