The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BT products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BT over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors for the South West 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within BT Group plc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BT
Rank - 139 116
Contract jobs citing BT 0 2 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.062% 0.383%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.145% 0.862%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £410 £431
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £295 £368
% change year-on-year
-6.77% -19.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £78.75 £22.32
% change year-on-year
-75.87% +252.90%
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
871 1375 1276
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.33% 42.37% 44.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 790 586
Average daily rate £375 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 100 113
Average hourly rate £13.50 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.00% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.45 £48.00 £35.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
BT
England

BT
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BT across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South West BT Jobs Demand Trend

BT
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West BT Daily Rate Trend

BT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West BT Hourly Rate Trend

BT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing BT 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 BT.

1 7 (77.78%) LAN
1 7 (77.78%) WAN
1 7 (77.78%) TCP/IP
1 7 (77.78%) Siemens
2 6 (66.67%) DMZ
2 6 (66.67%) ISA Server
2 6 (66.67%) MPLS
2 6 (66.67%) BGP
2 6 (66.67%) VPN
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 6 (66.67%) Avaya
2 6 (66.67%) Firewall
2 6 (66.67%) SolarWinds
2 6 (66.67%) Forefront TMG
2 6 (66.67%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) GIS
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) VoIP
4 1 (11.11%) C
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Handset
4 1 (11.11%) IVR
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications

BT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing BT 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 BT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) LAN
1 7 (77.78%) WAN
1 7 (77.78%) TCP/IP
2 6 (66.67%) DMZ
2 6 (66.67%) MPLS
2 6 (66.67%) BGP
2 6 (66.67%) VPN
2 6 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) VoIP
3 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
3 1 (11.11%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) GIS
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Network Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Project Support Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Project Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Voice Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Handset
1 1 (11.11%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) ISA Server
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 6 (66.67%) Forefront TMG
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Siemens
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (66.67%) Avaya
2 6 (66.67%) SolarWinds