The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Cisco IPT skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cisco IPT over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

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.

Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank535544487
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Down-57
Matching contract IT job ads443749
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.074 %0.060 %0.089 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.475 %0.471 %0.760 %
Number of daily rates quoted212025
Average daily rate£350£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£195£258£167
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£455£542
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£425£363
% change year-on-year
-15.29 %+17.24 %
Number of hourly rates quoted995
Average hourly rate£13.50£15.00£24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-38.77 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.50£14.00£24.50
% change year-on-year
-3.57 %-42.85 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
926478566447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK15.65 %12.80 %11.71 %
Number of daily rates quoted420935692640
Average daily rate£368£350£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£220£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£325£310
% change year-on-year
+1.53 %+4.83 %
Number of hourly rates quoted611777700
Average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.16 %+14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.50£12.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£41.25£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.75£27.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
-6.36 %+22.22 %

Cisco IPT
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cisco IPT within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cisco IPT Demand Trend

Cisco IPT
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cisco IPT within the UK.

Cisco IPT Daily Rate Trend

Cisco IPT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco IPT within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Cisco IPT Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco IPT
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cisco IPT within the UK.

Cisco IPT Hourly Rate Trend

Cisco IPT
Top 26 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IPT within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+1541£350-
South EastUp+820£380-11.62 %
LondonUp+2616£350+7.69 %
City of LondonUp+348£450+38.46 %
Milton KeynesUp+38--
BuckinghamshireUp+28--
East SussexNew entry-5£380-
West SussexNew entry-5--
CrawleyNew entry-5--
HoveNew entry-4£380-
SuffolkNew entry-3£195-
East of EnglandNew entry-3£195-
IpswichNew entry-2£188-
SurreyNo change01£201-
South WestDown-211£350-
WalesNew entry-1--
ScotlandNew entry-1--
North WestNew entry-1--
South WalesNew entry-1--
WiltshireNew entry-1£350-
MiddlesexNew entry-1--
CheshireNew entry-1--
SwindonNew entry-1£350-
GlasgowNew entry-1--
BrightonNew entry-1£370-
ChesterNew entry-1--

Cisco IPT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cisco IPT 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 Cisco IPT.

179 (100.00 %)Cisco
223 (29.11 %)Citrix
322 (27.85 %)Cisco Certification
419 (24.05 %)Microsoft
419 (24.05 %)IP Telephony
518 (22.78 %)Windows 7
617 (21.52 %)WAN
617 (21.52 %)Active Directory
716 (20.25 %)MS Office
815 (18.99 %)LAN
815 (18.99 %)VoIP
815 (18.99 %)CCNP
914 (17.72 %)Finance
1013 (16.46 %)CCVP
1013 (16.46 %)Lotus Notes
1013 (16.46 %)Lotus
1111 (13.92 %)Windows
1111 (13.92 %)Firewall
1210 (12.66 %)Migration
1210 (12.66 %)CCIE
1210 (12.66 %)CheckPoint
139 (11.39 %)Avaya
148 (10.13 %)Telecoms
148 (10.13 %)Cisco CUCM
157 (8.861 %)Verint
157 (8.861 %)Cisco ASA
157 (8.861 %)Handset
157 (8.861 %)Nortel
157 (8.861 %)Blackberry
157 (8.861 %)WLAN

Cisco IPT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cisco IPT 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 Cisco IPT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (16.46 %)Lotus Notes
26 (7.595 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
35 (6.329 %)CMS
41 (1.266 %)MS Exchange
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (20.25 %)MS Office
22 (2.532 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
119 (24.05 %)IP Telephony
217 (21.52 %)WAN
315 (18.99 %)LAN
315 (18.99 %)VoIP
411 (13.92 %)Firewall
57 (8.861 %)Cisco ASA
57 (8.861 %)WLAN
57 (8.861 %)PBX
64 (5.063 %)Unified Communications
64 (5.063 %)Cisco Nexus
64 (5.063 %)TCP/IP
64 (5.063 %)MGCP
64 (5.063 %)H.323
64 (5.063 %)Wireless
73 (3.797 %)Cisco IOS
73 (3.797 %)Nortel Meridian
73 (3.797 %)Nortel Contivity
73 (3.797 %)Internet
73 (3.797 %)ISDN
73 (3.797 %)DHCP
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (17.72 %)Finance
28 (10.13 %)Telecoms
35 (6.329 %)Banking
43 (3.797 %)Retail
51 (1.266 %)German Language
51 (1.266 %)Retail Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
123 (29.11 %)Analyst
213 (16.46 %)Service Desk Analyst
213 (16.46 %)Network Engineer
213 (16.46 %)Service Analyst
311 (13.92 %)Consultant
49 (11.39 %)Cisco Engineer
56 (7.595 %)Project Manager
56 (7.595 %)Cisco IPT Engineer
65 (6.329 %)Telecoms Engineer
65 (6.329 %)Support Engineer
65 (6.329 %)Business Analyst
74 (5.063 %)Network Support Engineer
74 (5.063 %)Network Support
83 (3.797 %)Desktop Analyst
83 (3.797 %)Cisco Support
83 (3.797 %)Cisco Consultant
83 (3.797 %)Network Manager
83 (3.797 %)Helpdesk Analyst
83 (3.797 %)Desktop Support
83 (3.797 %)Voice Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (8.861 %)Handset
17 (8.861 %)Blackberry
26 (7.595 %)IVR
31 (1.266 %)e-Health
31 (1.266 %)SecurID
31 (1.266 %)FMCG
31 (1.266 %)Video Conferencing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (22.78 %)Windows 7
211 (13.92 %)Windows
35 (6.329 %)Windows XP
42 (2.532 %)UNIX
51 (1.266 %)Windows Vista
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (12.66 %)Migration
26 (7.595 %)Incident Management
35 (6.329 %)Asset Management
35 (6.329 %)Change Management
43 (3.797 %)Load Balancing
43 (3.797 %)ITIL
52 (2.532 %)WAN Optimisation
52 (2.532 %)Project Management
61 (1.266 %)Network Design
61 (1.266 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (1.266 %)Problem Management
61 (1.266 %)Service Management
61 (1.266 %)E-Commerce
61 (1.266 %)PRINCE2
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
122 (27.85 %)Cisco Certification
215 (18.99 %)CCNP
313 (16.46 %)CCVP
410 (12.66 %)CCIE
54 (5.063 %)CCDP
63 (3.797 %)CCNA
71 (1.266 %)CCSE
71 (1.266 %)JNCIA
71 (1.266 %)MCDST
71 (1.266 %)CCSA
71 (1.266 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (1.266 %)Check Point Certification
71 (1.266 %)MCSE
71 (1.266 %)MCP
71 (1.266 %)CCSP
71 (1.266 %)CCDA
71 (1.266 %)SC Cleared
71 (1.266 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
117 (21.52 %)Active Directory
25 (6.329 %)XenApp
31 (1.266 %)Terminal Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (10.13 %)Cisco CUCM
25 (6.329 %)SCCM
34 (5.063 %)Cisco UCCX
34 (5.063 %)Cisco IPCC
43 (3.797 %)Cisco UCCE
52 (2.532 %)SolarWinds Orion
61 (1.266 %)Backup Exec
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
179 (100.00 %)Cisco
223 (29.11 %)Citrix
319 (24.05 %)Microsoft
413 (16.46 %)Lotus
510 (12.66 %)CheckPoint
69 (11.39 %)Avaya
77 (8.861 %)Verint
77 (8.861 %)Nortel
86 (7.595 %)Remedy
95 (6.329 %)F5
103 (3.797 %)TippingPoint
112 (2.532 %)Riverbed
112 (2.532 %)SolarWinds
112 (2.532 %)McAfee
112 (2.532 %)IronPort
112 (2.532 %)Blue Coat
112 (2.532 %)Mitel
121 (1.266 %)Juniper
121 (1.266 %)CommVault
121 (1.266 %)Nokia