The first 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 24 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.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT)
Rank 498 545 545
Rank change year-on-year
+47 0
Contract jobs citing Cisco IPT 31 39 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.067% 0.067% 0.064%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.459% 0.427% 0.493%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 21
Average daily rate £303 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £189 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £386 £380 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £375 £425
% change year-on-year
-33.33% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 10
Average hourly rate £12.00 £13.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -6.89%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.00 £13.25 £14.00
% change year-on-year
-9.43% -5.35%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6757 9144 7905
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.57% 15.68% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3304 4153 3577
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 529 606 804
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.81 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%

Cisco IPT
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Cisco IPT
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cisco IPT within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cisco IPT Daily Rate Histogram

Cisco IPT
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 20 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 24 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
England +40 30 £303 -13.57%
London +38 13 £356 +9.53%
South West +38 11 £300 -
Bristol - 10 £300 -
City of London +14 3 £376 +13.08%
South East -1 2 £165 -56.57%
Nottinghamshire - 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 - -
Scotland -8 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £200 -
Tyne and Wear - 1 - -
North East - 1 - -
Hereford - 1 £200 -
Aberdeen - 1 - -
Herefordshire - 1 £200 -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 £165 -
Uxbridge - 1 £250 -
Reading - 1 £165 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 - -

Cisco IPT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 83 (96.51%) Cisco
2 33 (38.37%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (38.37%) IP Telephony
3 23 (26.74%) VoIP
4 21 (24.42%) LAN
4 21 (24.42%) WAN
5 20 (23.26%) DHCP
6 18 (20.93%) Cisco IPCC
7 17 (19.77%) CCNA
8 15 (17.44%) Microsoft
9 14 (16.28%) MS Office
9 14 (16.28%) ITIL
9 14 (16.28%) Windows
9 14 (16.28%) Firewall
9 14 (16.28%) Wireless
9 14 (16.28%) Telecoms
10 13 (15.12%) Windows XP
11 12 (13.95%) VPN
11 12 (13.95%) MPLS
12 11 (12.79%) MS PowerPoint
12 11 (12.79%) Cisco CUCM
12 11 (12.79%) CCNP
12 11 (12.79%) DNS
12 11 (12.79%) FTP
12 11 (12.79%) PSTN
12 11 (12.79%) Migration
12 11 (12.79%) CCVP
13 10 (11.63%) VMware
13 10 (11.63%) CCIE
13 10 (11.63%) OSPF

Cisco IPT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 3 (3.488%) J2EE
1 3 (3.488%) Web Services
2 1 (1.163%) COM
2 1 (1.163%) VXML
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.163%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (1.163%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.163%) Lync
1 1 (1.163%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.163%) MS Exchange
1 1 (1.163%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (16.28%) MS Office
2 11 (12.79%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (3.488%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 33 (38.37%) IP Telephony
2 23 (26.74%) VoIP
3 21 (24.42%) LAN
3 21 (24.42%) WAN
4 20 (23.26%) DHCP
5 14 (16.28%) Firewall
5 14 (16.28%) Wireless
6 12 (13.95%) VPN
6 12 (13.95%) MPLS
7 11 (12.79%) DNS
7 11 (12.79%) FTP
7 11 (12.79%) PSTN
8 10 (11.63%) OSPF
9 8 (9.302%) BGP
9 8 (9.302%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (8.140%) Unified Communications
11 6 (6.977%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (5.814%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (5.814%) FWSM
13 4 (4.651%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.326%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (16.28%) Telecoms
2 8 (9.302%) Finance
3 4 (4.651%) Banking
4 3 (3.488%) Games
5 1 (1.163%) Czech Language
5 1 (1.163%) French Language
5 1 (1.163%) Italian Language
5 1 (1.163%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 19 (22.09%) Analyst
2 16 (18.60%) Cisco Engineer
3 12 (13.95%) Cisco IPT Engineer
4 9 (10.47%) Network Engineer
4 9 (10.47%) Project Manager
5 7 (8.140%) Support Engineer
5 7 (8.140%) Senior Manager
5 7 (8.140%) Senior Project Manager
6 6 (6.977%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (5.814%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (5.814%) Network Analyst
7 5 (5.814%) Senior Network Analyst
8 4 (4.651%) Voice Analyst
8 4 (4.651%) Voice Engineer
9 3 (3.488%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (3.488%) Desktop Support
9 3 (3.488%) Support Analyst
9 3 (3.488%) Technical Leader
9 3 (3.488%) Performance Engineer
10 2 (2.326%) Telephony Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.47%) Blackberry
2 8 (9.302%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (3.488%) Online Games
3 3 (3.488%) N-Tier
4 2 (2.326%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.163%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.28%) Windows
2 13 (15.12%) Windows XP
3 3 (3.488%) UNIX
3 3 (3.488%) Linux
4 2 (2.326%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.163%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.163%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (16.28%) ITIL
2 11 (12.79%) Migration
3 9 (10.47%) Project Management
4 7 (8.140%) Network Management
5 6 (6.977%) Service Delivery
5 6 (6.977%) Change Management
5 6 (6.977%) Incident Management
6 4 (4.651%) PRINCE2
7 3 (3.488%) Performance Testing
7 3 (3.488%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (3.488%) Network Load Balancing
7 3 (3.488%) ERP
7 3 (3.488%) Benchmarking
7 3 (3.488%) Workflow
8 2 (2.326%) Programme Management
8 2 (2.326%) Network Design
8 2 (2.326%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (2.326%) PRINCE
8 2 (2.326%) WAN Optimisation
8 2 (2.326%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.651%) SQL
2 3 (3.488%) Java
2 3 (3.488%) Python
2 3 (3.488%) Jython
Qualifications
1 33 (38.37%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (19.77%) CCNA
3 11 (12.79%) CCNP
3 11 (12.79%) CCVP
4 10 (11.63%) CCIE
5 6 (6.977%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.488%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.326%) Degree
7 2 (2.326%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.163%) MCP
8 1 (1.163%) MCSE
8 1 (1.163%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.163%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.163%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.488%) QA
1 3 (3.488%) SLA
2 1 (1.163%) GAMP
2 1 (1.163%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (5.814%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (5.814%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.326%) XenApp
3 1 (1.163%) vSphere
3 1 (1.163%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (20.93%) Cisco IPCC
2 11 (12.79%) Cisco CUCM
3 8 (9.302%) Cisco UCCX
4 5 (5.814%) Cisco UCCE
5 4 (4.651%) CiscoWorks
6 1 (1.163%) WSUS
6 1 (1.163%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (1.163%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 83 (96.51%) Cisco
2 15 (17.44%) Microsoft
3 10 (11.63%) VMware
4 6 (6.977%) CheckPoint
5 5 (5.814%) IronPort
5 5 (5.814%) Nokia
5 5 (5.814%) HP
6 4 (4.651%) Blue Coat
6 4 (4.651%) IBM
6 4 (4.651%) Citrix
6 4 (4.651%) CA
6 4 (4.651%) Riverbed
6 4 (4.651%) SolarWinds
7 3 (3.488%) Verint
7 3 (3.488%) CyberTech
7 3 (3.488%) Nortel
7 3 (3.488%) Avaya
8 2 (2.326%) Juniper
8 2 (2.326%) Genesys
8 2 (2.326%) Polycom
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