The first table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IP Telephony 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 Scotland 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
IP Telephony
Rank 108 98 112
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +14
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 12 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.492% 0.264% 0.071%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.511% 2.222% 0.769%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £375 £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £378 £410
% change year-on-year
-27.15% -7.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £36.00 £41.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.25% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+9.99% +6.38%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
266 315 260
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.91% 11.89% 9.269%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 127 76
Average daily rate £361 £345 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.56% -4.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £243 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £420 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 33 29
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% +52.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.88 £22.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £35.00 £35.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
IP Telephony
UK

IP Telephony
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland IP Telephony Jobs Demand Trend

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland IP Telephony Daily Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland IP Telephony Hourly Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IP Telephony within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Aberdeen +7 8 £375 -6.25%
Edinburgh - 2 - -
West Lothian 0 1 - -
IP Telephony
UK

IP Telephony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (76.19%) Cisco
2 14 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 11 (52.38%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (52.38%) LAN
3 11 (52.38%) WAN
3 11 (52.38%) Time Management
4 10 (47.62%) VPN
4 10 (47.62%) CCIE
4 10 (47.62%) VoIP
4 10 (47.62%) Wireless
5 9 (42.86%) BGP
5 9 (42.86%) EIGRP
6 8 (38.10%) MGCP
6 8 (38.10%) H.323
6 8 (38.10%) CCNP
6 8 (38.10%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (38.10%) Riverbed
6 8 (38.10%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (38.10%) Degree
7 6 (28.57%) Data Management
7 6 (28.57%) SAP CCM
7 6 (28.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 6 (28.57%) SAP GTS
7 6 (28.57%) SAP
7 6 (28.57%) Citrix
7 6 (28.57%) Remedy
8 5 (23.81%) C
8 5 (23.81%) PABX
8 5 (23.81%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (23.81%) CCTV

IP Telephony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (28.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 6 (28.57%) SAP CCM
1 6 (28.57%) SAP GTS
2 2 (9.524%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 11 (52.38%) WAN
1 11 (52.38%) LAN
2 10 (47.62%) Wireless
2 10 (47.62%) VPN
2 10 (47.62%) VoIP
3 9 (42.86%) BGP
3 9 (42.86%) EIGRP
4 8 (38.10%) MGCP
4 8 (38.10%) H.323
4 8 (38.10%) Cisco ASA
4 8 (38.10%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (23.81%) PABX
6 2 (9.524%) PBX
6 2 (9.524%) Firewall
General
1 14 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (9.524%) Finance
3 1 (4.762%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Network Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Network Support
4 1 (4.762%) MI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) CCTV
1 5 (23.81%) SCADA
1 5 (23.81%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Time Management
2 6 (28.57%) Data Management
3 2 (9.524%) Migration
3 2 (9.524%) Change Control
4 1 (4.762%) Network Design
4 1 (4.762%) Business Analysis
4 1 (4.762%) Supplier Management
4 1 (4.762%) WFM
4 1 (4.762%) Matrix Management
4 1 (4.762%) Network Management
4 1 (4.762%) ITIL
4 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) C
2 1 (4.762%) SQL
2 1 (4.762%) VB
2 1 (4.762%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (47.62%) CCIE
3 8 (38.10%) CCNP
3 8 (38.10%) Degree
4 2 (9.524%) CCNA
5 1 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) Cisco
2 8 (38.10%) Riverbed
3 6 (28.57%) SAP
3 6 (28.57%) Remedy
3 6 (28.57%) Citrix
4 2 (9.524%) Ericsson
4 2 (9.524%) Siemens
4 2 (9.524%) Nortel
4 2 (9.524%) Mitel
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