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The table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IP Telephony over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIP Telephony
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank140145
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads426
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.026 %
As % of the category below0.563 %2.706 %
Daily rates quoted110
Average minimum daily rate£250£269
Average daily rate£325£269
% change on same period last year+20.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£269
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£346
% change on same period last year-10.58 %
Hourly rates quoted17
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£16.00£37.86
% change on same period last year-57.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00£40.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.50£23.76
% change on same period last year+7.31 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching contract IT job ads711961
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.961 %0.948 %
Daily rates quoted201217
Average minimum daily rate£311£329
Average daily rate£334£346
% change on same period last year-3.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£341
% change on same period last year+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted112156
Average minimum hourly rate£25.01£25.95
Average hourly rate£26.81£27.89
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.61£29.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.54
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
IP Telephony EnglandIP Telephony
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

IP Telephony
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IP Telephony across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West IP Telephony Demand Trend

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West IP Telephony Daily Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WiltshireDown-52£325+25.90 %
BristolUp+51--
GloucestershireDown-21--
IP Telephony EnglandIP Telephony
England

IP Telephony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

13 (37.50 %)AIX
13 (37.50 %)Project Management
13 (37.50 %)Telecoms
13 (37.50 %)Project Planning
22 (25.00 %)Government
22 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (25.00 %)Cisco
22 (25.00 %)CCNP
22 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
22 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (25.00 %)LAN
22 (25.00 %)WAN
31 (12.50 %)DHCP
31 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
31 (12.50 %)DNS
31 (12.50 %)PBX
31 (12.50 %)VoIP
31 (12.50 %)ATM
31 (12.50 %)CORBA
31 (12.50 %)MCSE
31 (12.50 %)MCSA
31 (12.50 %)SharePoint
31 (12.50 %)Java
31 (12.50 %)SQL
31 (12.50 %)Oracle
31 (12.50 %)UNIX
31 (12.50 %)Windows
31 (12.50 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (12.50 %)Avaya
31 (12.50 %)MPLS

IP Telephony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (12.50 %)CORBA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (12.50 %)SharePoint
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)WAN
12 (25.00 %)LAN
21 (12.50 %)PBX
21 (12.50 %)VoIP
21 (12.50 %)ATM
21 (12.50 %)DHCP
21 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
21 (12.50 %)DNS
21 (12.50 %)MPLS
21 (12.50 %)Firewall
21 (12.50 %)Frame Relay
21 (12.50 %)Cisco IPT
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (37.50 %)Telecoms
22 (25.00 %)Government
31 (12.50 %)Pensions
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Project Manager
13 (37.50 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
13 (37.50 %)Infrastructure Manager
22 (25.00 %)Contracts Manager
22 (25.00 %)Administrator
31 (12.50 %)Telephony Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Senior Project Manager
31 (12.50 %)Senior Infrastructure Manager
31 (12.50 %)Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
31 (12.50 %)Cisco Consultant
31 (12.50 %)Avaya Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Voice Consultant
31 (12.50 %)Senior Manager
31 (12.50 %)Consultant
31 (12.50 %)Systems Administrator
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (37.50 %)AIX
21 (12.50 %)UNIX
21 (12.50 %)Windows
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)Project Management
13 (37.50 %)Project Planning
22 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
31 (12.50 %)Network Load Balancing
31 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (12.50 %)Java
11 (12.50 %)SQL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (25.00 %)CCNP
12 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
21 (12.50 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (12.50 %)CCNA
21 (12.50 %)CCDP
21 (12.50 %)MCSE
21 (12.50 %)MCSA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (12.50 %)Active Directory
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (25.00 %)Cisco
21 (12.50 %)Avaya
21 (12.50 %)Mitel
21 (12.50 %)Oracle