The first table below looks at the demand for Cisco IPT skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco IPT 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 South East 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
Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT)
Rank 221 227 240
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +13
Contract jobs citing Cisco IPT 2 20 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.026% 0.197% 0.115%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.137% 0.931% 0.636%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 8
Average daily rate £165 £380 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-56.57% -11.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £360 £425
% change year-on-year
-30.55% -15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 2
Average hourly rate - £13.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.00 £13.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -3.57%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1461 2149 1886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.70% 21.16% 18.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 627 653
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 188 223
Average hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.61% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.08 £13.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Cisco IPT
England

Cisco IPT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Cisco IPT Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco IPT
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cisco IPT across the South East region.

South East Cisco IPT Daily Rate Trend

Cisco IPT
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cisco IPT across the South East region.

South East Cisco IPT Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco IPT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IPT within the South East 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
Berkshire - 1 £165 -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Cisco IPT
England

Cisco IPT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Cisco IPT 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 Cisco IPT.

1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) VoIP
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) Wireless
3 2 (40.00%) Change Control
3 2 (40.00%) Verint
3 2 (40.00%) MPLS
3 2 (40.00%) Workflow
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) PBX
3 2 (40.00%) Genesys
3 2 (40.00%) CTI
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) Nortel
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Avaya
4 1 (20.00%) MS Office
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) French Language
4 1 (20.00%) Italian Language
4 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008

Cisco IPT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Cisco IPT 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 Cisco IPT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VoIP
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) PBX
2 2 (40.00%) CTI
2 2 (40.00%) MPLS
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) French Language
1 1 (20.00%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Support Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 2 (40.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Genesys
2 2 (40.00%) Verint
3 1 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Nortel
3 1 (20.00%) Avaya