The first table below looks at the demand for H.323 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited H.323 over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
H.323 (H323)
Rank 498 544 554
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +10
Contract jobs citing H.323 32 34 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.069% 0.058% 0.055%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.472% 0.374% 0.431%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 9 13
Average daily rate £313 £350 £435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% -19.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £179 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £530 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £295 £430
% change year-on-year
+5.93% -31.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 9
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 - £30.00
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6782 9103 7893
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.62% 15.62% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3331 4145 3588
Average daily rate £350 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
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 £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 542 606 785
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 £13.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%

H.323
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing H.323 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

H.323 Jobs Demand Trend

H.323
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing H.323 within the UK.

H.323 Daily Rate Trend

H.323
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing H.323 within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

H.323 Daily Rate Histogram

H.323
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing H.323 within the UK.

H.323 Hourly Rate Trend

H.323
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing H.323 within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +39 25 £313 -10.71%
London +22 11 £363 -14.70%
South East +22 9 £390 +4.00%
Aberdeen - 6 £375 -
Scotland - 6 £375 -
City of London +14 4 £235 +1.07%
Hampshire -4 4 £438 -
Leeds - 3 £300 -
Basingstoke - 3 £450 -
Yorkshire - 3 £300 -
West Yorkshire - 3 £300 -
Middlesex - 3 £313 -
East of England - 2 - -
West Sussex - 2 - -
Essex - 2 - -
Gatwick - 2 - -
Crawley - 2 - -

H.323
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing H.323 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 H.323.

1 38 (79.17%) Cisco
2 24 (50.00%) MGCP
3 23 (47.92%) VoIP
4 16 (33.33%) LAN
5 15 (31.25%) BGP
5 15 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (31.25%) Unified Communications
5 15 (31.25%) Cisco UCCX
6 14 (29.17%) Telecoms
7 12 (25.00%) Wireless
7 12 (25.00%) Degree
7 12 (25.00%) CCNP
7 12 (25.00%) WAN
8 11 (22.92%) CCIE
8 11 (22.92%) IP Telephony
9 10 (20.83%) VPN
9 10 (20.83%) EIGRP
9 10 (20.83%) Cisco CUCM
10 9 (18.75%) Finance
10 9 (18.75%) Riverbed
10 9 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (16.67%) Capacity Management
11 8 (16.67%) Time Management
11 8 (16.67%) QSIG
11 8 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (14.58%) MPLS
13 6 (12.50%) OSPF
13 6 (12.50%) Remedy
13 6 (12.50%) Citrix
13 6 (12.50%) Q.931

H.323
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing H.323 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 H.323. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.083%) HTML
1 1 (2.083%) .NET
1 1 (2.083%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.333%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (4.167%) MS Project
1 2 (4.167%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (12.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 6 (12.50%) SAP CCM
1 6 (12.50%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (50.00%) MGCP
2 23 (47.92%) VoIP
3 16 (33.33%) LAN
4 15 (31.25%) BGP
4 15 (31.25%) Unified Communications
5 12 (25.00%) WAN
5 12 (25.00%) Wireless
6 11 (22.92%) IP Telephony
7 10 (20.83%) EIGRP
7 10 (20.83%) VPN
8 9 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (16.67%) QSIG
9 8 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (14.58%) MPLS
11 6 (12.50%) OSPF
11 6 (12.50%) Q.931
12 5 (10.42%) DPNSS
13 4 (8.333%) ISDN
13 4 (8.333%) SS7
13 4 (8.333%) Megaco
General
1 14 (29.17%) Telecoms
2 9 (18.75%) Finance
3 4 (8.333%) Spanish Language
4 3 (6.250%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (6.250%) Banking
5 2 (4.167%) Legal
6 1 (2.083%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (27.08%) Network Engineer
2 9 (18.75%) Voice Engineer
3 8 (16.67%) Communications Engineer
3 8 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 8 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (8.333%) Support Engineer
4 4 (8.333%) Senior Communications Engineer
4 4 (8.333%) Architect
5 3 (6.250%) Voice Support Engineer
5 3 (6.250%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (4.167%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (4.167%) Business Consultant
6 2 (4.167%) Programme Manager
6 2 (4.167%) Consultant
6 2 (4.167%) Voice Network Engineer
7 1 (2.083%) Test Engineer
7 1 (2.083%) VoIP Engineer
7 1 (2.083%) Implementation Engineer
7 1 (2.083%) Cisco Voice Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) IVR
2 3 (6.250%) Digital Media
3 2 (4.167%) Handset
4 1 (2.083%) Streaming Video
4 1 (2.083%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.083%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.250%) Windows
1 3 (6.250%) VMS
2 2 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.083%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (16.67%) Time Management
1 8 (16.67%) Capacity Management
2 6 (12.50%) Data Management
3 5 (10.42%) Project Management
3 5 (10.42%) Change Management
4 4 (8.333%) Project Planning
5 3 (6.250%) Network Management
5 3 (6.250%) Change Control
6 2 (4.167%) Analytics
6 2 (4.167%) Load Balancing
6 2 (4.167%) Release Management
6 2 (4.167%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (4.167%) DMAIC
6 2 (4.167%) Service Management
6 2 (4.167%) Network Design
6 2 (4.167%) ITIL
7 1 (2.083%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 1 (2.083%) TOGAF
7 1 (2.083%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.083%) C
1 1 (2.083%) C#
Qualifications
1 15 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (25.00%) CCNP
2 12 (25.00%) Degree
3 11 (22.92%) CCIE
4 4 (8.333%) CCNA
4 4 (8.333%) CCVP
5 2 (4.167%) PMP
5 2 (4.167%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.167%) CCDP
5 2 (4.167%) HND
5 2 (4.167%) CCIP
6 1 (2.083%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.083%) Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.250%) SLA
2 1 (2.083%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.167%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (31.25%) Cisco UCCX
2 10 (20.83%) Cisco CUCM
3 5 (10.42%) Cisco UCCE
4 3 (6.250%) Netcool
5 2 (4.167%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 38 (79.17%) Cisco
2 9 (18.75%) Riverbed
3 6 (12.50%) Remedy
3 6 (12.50%) SAP
3 6 (12.50%) Citrix
4 5 (10.42%) BT
4 5 (10.42%) Tandberg
5 4 (8.333%) Nortel
6 3 (6.250%) Siemens
6 3 (6.250%) Avaya
6 3 (6.250%) Sun
7 2 (4.167%) Microsoft
7 2 (4.167%) Juniper
7 2 (4.167%) Huawei
7 2 (4.167%) F5
7 2 (4.167%) CyberTech
8 1 (2.083%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.083%) Acme Packet
8 1 (2.083%) Novell