The first table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IP Telephony over the 3 months to 20 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 Southampton 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IP Telephony
Rank - 24 27
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 0 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton - 3.070% 0.552%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 21.88% 2.857%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £380 £410
% change year-on-year
-27.63% -7.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +150.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+9.99% +6.38%
All Communications & Networking
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
44 32 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 14.92% 14.04% 19.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 6
Average daily rate £328 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.16% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £270 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £360 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 15
Average hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +28.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.63 £28.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.75 £37.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
IP Telephony
Hampshire

IP Telephony
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton IP Telephony Daily Rate Trend

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 Southampton region.

Southampton IP Telephony Hourly Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Polycom
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (100.00%) WAAS

IP Telephony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) WAAS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) Polycom