The first table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony 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 IP Telephony over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IP Telephony
Rank 199 217 212
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -5
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 21 30 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.262% 0.300% 0.321%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.362% 1.394% 1.760%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 22 18
Average daily rate £275 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £160 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £389 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
-21.62% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 11
Average hourly rate £40.00 £9.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+344.44% -66.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.80 £9.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £9.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £18.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+105.40% -30.18%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1542 2152 1932
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.26% 21.53% 18.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 614 668
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £462 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 175 254
Average hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.53% +30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.68 £14.58 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £47.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
IP Telephony
England

IP Telephony
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East IP Telephony Daily Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East IP Telephony Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East IP Telephony Hourly Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East IP Telephony Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hampshire -2 10 £142 -52.80% 1
West Sussex - 3 £562 - 1
Oxfordshire - 2 £340 -
Surrey +13 1 £450 +181.25%
Kent -2 1 £200 +42.85% 2
Berkshire - - - - 2
Buckinghamshire - - - -
East Sussex - - - -
IP Telephony
England

IP Telephony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 31 (65.96%) Cisco
2 19 (40.43%) Telecoms
3 17 (36.17%) TCP/IP
4 16 (34.04%) VoIP
4 16 (34.04%) WAN
4 16 (34.04%) Wireless
5 15 (31.91%) LAN
6 14 (29.79%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (29.79%) MPLS
7 13 (27.66%) CCNP
8 11 (23.40%) BGP
9 10 (21.28%) CCNA
10 9 (19.15%) EIGRP
10 9 (19.15%) PBX
10 9 (19.15%) WLAN
11 7 (14.89%) HP
12 6 (12.77%) DHCP
12 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
12 6 (12.77%) ADSL
12 6 (12.77%) Handset
12 6 (12.77%) Lync
13 5 (10.64%) Unified Communications
13 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
13 5 (10.64%) Cisco IPT
13 5 (10.64%) LLU
13 5 (10.64%) Migration
13 5 (10.64%) BT
13 5 (10.64%) DSL
13 5 (10.64%) Service Delivery
13 5 (10.64%) Avaya

IP Telephony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Platforms
1 6 (12.77%) Lync
2 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.128%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.128%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.128%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (4.255%) MS Office
2 1 (2.128%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.128%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 17 (36.17%) TCP/IP
2 16 (34.04%) VoIP
2 16 (34.04%) WAN
2 16 (34.04%) Wireless
3 15 (31.91%) LAN
4 14 (29.79%) MPLS
5 11 (23.40%) BGP
6 9 (19.15%) EIGRP
6 9 (19.15%) PBX
6 9 (19.15%) WLAN
7 6 (12.77%) DHCP
7 6 (12.77%) ADSL
8 5 (10.64%) Unified Communications
8 5 (10.64%) Cisco IPT
8 5 (10.64%) LLU
8 5 (10.64%) DSL
9 4 (8.511%) 3G
9 4 (8.511%) UMTS
9 4 (8.511%) HSDPA
9 4 (8.511%) HSUPA
General
1 19 (40.43%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.383%) Finance
2 3 (6.383%) Billing
3 2 (4.255%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) Network Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) Network Support
3 9 (19.15%) Support Analyst
4 8 (17.02%) Network Support Analyst
5 6 (12.77%) Network Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) VoIP Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) Project Manager
7 4 (8.511%) Deployment Engineer
7 4 (8.511%) Test Engineer
7 4 (8.511%) Build Engineer
8 3 (6.383%) Voice Engineer
8 3 (6.383%) Telephony Engineer
8 3 (6.383%) Support Engineer
9 2 (4.255%) Network Operator
9 2 (4.255%) Provisioning Engineer
9 2 (4.255%) Technical Specialist
9 2 (4.255%) Telecoms Engineer
9 2 (4.255%) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Handset
2 3 (6.383%) NHS
3 2 (4.255%) ASIC
3 2 (4.255%) IVR
3 2 (4.255%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.128%) iPad
4 1 (2.128%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.383%) Windows
1 3 (6.383%) Linux
2 1 (2.128%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (10.64%) Migration
1 5 (10.64%) Service Delivery
2 4 (8.511%) ITIL
3 3 (6.383%) Change Management
4 2 (4.255%) Project Management
4 2 (4.255%) PRINCE2
4 2 (4.255%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (4.255%) Network Management
5 1 (2.128%) Release Management
5 1 (2.128%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.383%) C
2 2 (4.255%) Shell Script
2 2 (4.255%) Perl
3 1 (2.128%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (29.79%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (27.66%) CCNP
3 10 (21.28%) CCNA
4 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
5 4 (8.511%) Degree
6 3 (6.383%) SC Cleared
7 2 (4.255%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (4.255%) RHCE
7 2 (4.255%) MCSE
7 2 (4.255%) JNCIP
8 1 (2.128%) CCVP
8 1 (2.128%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.128%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.128%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.511%) Cisco UCCX
2 2 (4.255%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (2.128%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 31 (65.96%) Cisco
2 7 (14.89%) HP
3 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
4 5 (10.64%) BT
4 5 (10.64%) Avaya
5 4 (8.511%) Juniper
5 4 (8.511%) Siemens
5 4 (8.511%) Anite
5 4 (8.511%) Agilent
6 3 (6.383%) Aastra
6 3 (6.383%) VMware
6 3 (6.383%) Citrix
7 2 (4.255%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.255%) Blue Coat
7 2 (4.255%) Fortinet
7 2 (4.255%) Riverbed
7 2 (4.255%) F5
8 1 (2.128%) Aruba
8 1 (2.128%) Polycom
8 1 (2.128%) Mitel
Gatwick, South East
This is an initial 3 month contract with an extremely busy end-user client going through a large IP Telephony & Networking projects running concurrently therefore extensions are likely...
Rate: £350 - £999 per day + "Please quote"
Posted: 6 June 2013
South East England
VOIP Avaya Technical SpecialistThis is an initial 3 month contract with an extremely busy end-user client going through a large IP Telephony & Networking projects running concurrently therefore...
Rate: £200 - £350 per day + TBC
Posted: 5 June 2013
Hampshire
R99, R5 (HSDPA), R6 (HSUPA) and onwards. (HSPA+, LTE) 3GPP Technical Specifications Layers L1, RLC/MAC/RRC/NAS & signaling procedure 2G GSM, GPRS, EDGE Proven understanding of software...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £14 - £17 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
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