The first table below looks at the demand for PBX 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 PBX over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
Rank 217 236 233
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -3
Contract jobs citing PBX 12 10 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.151% 0.097% 0.088%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.801% 0.456% 0.480%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 7
Average daily rate £250 - £440
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 - £385
10% offered a daily rate of more than £340 - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £256 £388 £350
% change year-on-year
-33.87% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £41.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-9.63% +147.76%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1499 2193 1876
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.92% 21.20% 18.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 637 654
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £190 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 193 231
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.18 £13.68 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
PBX
England

PBX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East PBX Daily Rate Trend

PBX
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PBX across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East PBX Daily Rate Histogram

PBX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East PBX Hourly Rate Trend

PBX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PBX within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Surrey +22 6 - -
Berkshire +17 4 £180 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £340 -
PBX
England

PBX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 21 (80.77%) Cisco
2 16 (61.54%) VoIP
3 12 (46.15%) Telecoms
4 11 (42.31%) IP Telephony
5 7 (26.92%) LAN
5 7 (26.92%) TCP/IP
6 6 (23.08%) UMTS
6 6 (23.08%) C++
6 6 (23.08%) STL
6 6 (23.08%) Linux
6 6 (23.08%) OO
6 6 (23.08%) OOD
6 6 (23.08%) ADSL
6 6 (23.08%) Juniper
6 6 (23.08%) DSL
6 6 (23.08%) GSM
6 6 (23.08%) Subversion
6 6 (23.08%) LTE
6 6 (23.08%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 6 (23.08%) LLU
6 6 (23.08%) Asterisk PBX
6 6 (23.08%) GCC
6 6 (23.08%) GDB
6 6 (23.08%) Trac
7 5 (19.23%) BT
7 5 (19.23%) Service Delivery
7 5 (19.23%) Firewall
7 5 (19.23%) HP
7 5 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (19.23%) Avaya

PBX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 6 (23.08%) STL
1 6 (23.08%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 4 (15.38%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 16 (61.54%) VoIP
2 11 (42.31%) IP Telephony
3 7 (26.92%) LAN
3 7 (26.92%) TCP/IP
4 6 (23.08%) UMTS
4 6 (23.08%) ADSL
4 6 (23.08%) DSL
4 6 (23.08%) GSM
4 6 (23.08%) LTE
4 6 (23.08%) LLU
4 6 (23.08%) Asterisk PBX
5 5 (19.23%) Firewall
6 4 (15.38%) SAN
6 4 (15.38%) VPN
6 4 (15.38%) WAN
6 4 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (15.38%) IPsec
7 3 (11.54%) RANAP
7 3 (11.54%) GGSN
7 3 (11.54%) SGSN
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Subversion
1 6 (23.08%) GCC
1 6 (23.08%) GDB
1 6 (23.08%) Trac
General
1 12 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.846%) Banking
2 1 (3.846%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Network Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Software Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) VoIP Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Build Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Deployment Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Support Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Deployment Specialist
5 2 (7.692%) Telecoms Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Product Specialist
6 1 (3.846%) Integration Specialist
6 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Specialist
6 1 (3.846%) Product Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Strategy Manager
6 1 (3.846%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.846%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Linux
2 3 (11.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) OO
1 6 (23.08%) OOD
2 5 (19.23%) Service Delivery
3 4 (15.38%) ITIL
4 2 (7.692%) Workflow
4 2 (7.692%) Change Control
5 1 (3.846%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (3.846%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (19.23%) CCNP
2 1 (3.846%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) CCNA
Vendors
1 21 (80.77%) Cisco
2 6 (23.08%) Juniper
3 5 (19.23%) BT
3 5 (19.23%) HP
3 5 (19.23%) Avaya
4 3 (11.54%) Aastra
4 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
5 2 (7.692%) Genesys
5 2 (7.692%) CheckPoint
5 2 (7.692%) Fortinet
5 2 (7.692%) Blue Coat
5 2 (7.692%) F5
5 2 (7.692%) Riverbed
5 2 (7.692%) Verint
6 1 (3.846%) Tandberg