IP Telephony Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills across the UK 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.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Andover Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London Cumbria East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Feltham Fife Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Pontefract Reading Scotland Sevenoaks South East South Wales South West Stockport Surbiton Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	398	409
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	189	262
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.255 %	0.258 %
As % of the category below	1.879 %	1.892 %
Daily rates quoted	53	79
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£346
Average daily rate	£356	£363
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£309	£346
% change on same period last year	-10.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	34	29
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.49	£27.21
Average hourly rate	£24.41	£29.69
% change on same period last year	-17.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.34	£32.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.50	£23.76
% change on same period last year	+7.31 %
Communications & Networking UK
Matching contract IT job ads	10056	13845
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	13.59 %	13.65 %
Daily rates quoted	2944	3652
Average minimum daily rate	£340	£354
Average daily rate	£361	£371
% change on same period last year	-2.67 %
Average maximum daily rate	£382	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	£341
% change on same period last year	+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	1215	1749
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.02	£26.27
Average hourly rate	£25.60	£28.25
% change on same period last year	-9.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.18	£30.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.70	£28.54
% change on same period last year	-9.93 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IP Telephony within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Top 30 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 UK 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.

Location	Rank 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
England	+5	178	£354	-3.15 %
London	+46	77	£415	+10.28 %
South East	+51	51	£340	-12.66 %
City of London	-31	20	£385	+3.42 %
Oxfordshire	+16	17	£277	-
Surrey	+13	11	-	-
East of England	+26	11	£146	-57.42 %
Oxford	-	11	£300	-
North West	0	10	-	-
Scotland	+27	9	£395	-1.25 %
Yorkshire	+24	9	£220	-37.91 %
Middlesex	-	9	£363	-
Berkshire	+29	7	£575	+43.75 %
East Midlands	+7	6	£450	-
West Midlands	+10	6	£310	-31.11 %
Northamptonshire	-	5	-	-
West Yorkshire	-	5	£450	-
Northampton	-	5	-	-
Manchester	-10	4	-	-
Glasgow	-	4	£395	-
Aberdeen	+6	4	-	-
Norfolk	+2	4	-	-
North Yorkshire	-	4	£143	-
Cheshire	+4	4	-	-
South West	+5	4	£325	+20.81 %
North East	+7	3	£288	-
Tyne and Wear	+15	3	£288	-
Essex	-	3	-	-
Camberley	-	3	-	-
Cambridge	+25	3	£146	-2.55 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 190 (55.39 %) Cisco 2 101 (29.45 %) WAN 3 98 (28.57 %) Windows 4 90 (26.24 %) Cisco Certification 5 86 (25.07 %) LAN 6 67 (19.53 %) Cisco IPT 7 56 (16.33 %) Finance 8 52 (15.16 %) VoIP 9 51 (14.87 %) Telecoms 10 46 (13.41 %) Firewall 11 45 (13.12 %) CCNA 12 43 (12.54 %) CCNP 12 43 (12.54 %) Windows XP 13 42 (12.24 %) Avaya 14 40 (11.66 %) Microsoft

15 39 (11.37 %) VPN 16 38 (11.08 %) Windows Server 2003 17 37 (10.79 %) ITIL 18 35 (10.20 %) Active Directory 19 30 (8.746 %) Nortel 20 28 (8.163 %) PBX 20 28 (8.163 %) MS Exchange 21 26 (7.580 %) Project Management 21 26 (7.580 %) Banking 22 25 (7.289 %) Citrix 23 24 (6.997 %) Microsoft Certification 23 24 (6.997 %) MS Office 24 23 (6.706 %) Wireless 24 23 (6.706 %) Government 24 23 (6.706 %) PRINCE2

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development 1 2 (0.583 %) Application Packaging 2 1 (0.292 %) CORBA	Application Platforms 1 28 (8.163 %) MS Exchange 2 20 (5.831 %) CMS 3 12 (3.499 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 8 (2.332 %) GroupWise 5 7 (2.041 %) Lotus Notes 5 7 (2.041 %) SharePoint 6 4 (1.166 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 4 (1.166 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 3 (0.875 %) IIS 8 2 (0.583 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 9 1 (0.292 %) Content Management Server 9 1 (0.292 %) Site Server
Applications 1 24 (6.997 %) MS Office 2 17 (4.956 %) MS Excel 3 7 (2.041 %) MS Visio 4 4 (1.166 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.292 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 9 (2.624 %) Nortel Periphonics
Communications & Networking 1 101 (29.45 %) WAN 2 86 (25.07 %) LAN 3 67 (19.53 %) Cisco IPT 4 52 (15.16 %) VoIP 5 46 (13.41 %) Firewall 6 39 (11.37 %) VPN 7 28 (8.163 %) PBX 8 23 (6.706 %) Wireless 9 20 (5.831 %) TCP/IP 10 19 (5.539 %) Network Security 11 17 (4.956 %) Nortel Meridian 11 17 (4.956 %) SAN 12 16 (4.665 %) Symposium 13 15 (4.373 %) Cisco PIX 14 11 (3.207 %) DNS 14 11 (3.207 %) OSPF 14 11 (3.207 %) EIGRP 15 10 (2.915 %) Internet 15 10 (2.915 %) IPCC 15 10 (2.915 %) Cisco ASA	Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (2.915 %) SQL Server 2 7 (2.041 %) Oracle 10g 3 5 (1.458 %) RDBMS 4 4 (1.166 %) Datawarehouse 5 2 (0.583 %) SQL Server 2005 6 1 (0.292 %) BusinessObjects 6 1 (0.292 %) SQL Server 2000 6 1 (0.292 %) Crystal Reports
Development Applications 1 1 (0.292 %) Visual Studio	General 1 56 (16.33 %) Finance 2 51 (14.87 %) Telecoms 3 26 (7.580 %) Banking 4 23 (6.706 %) Government 5 18 (5.248 %) Investment Banking 6 10 (2.915 %) Health 6 10 (2.915 %) Financial Institution 7 8 (2.332 %) Insurance 7 8 (2.332 %) Games 7 8 (2.332 %) Billing 8 7 (2.041 %) Construction 9 4 (1.166 %) Legal 9 4 (1.166 %) Marketing 10 2 (0.583 %) Auditing 10 2 (0.583 %) Back Office 10 2 (0.583 %) Local Government 11 1 (0.292 %) Pensions 11 1 (0.292 %) Education 11 1 (0.292 %) Retail 11 1 (0.292 %) Multimedia
Job Titles 1 75 (21.87 %) Analyst 2 44 (12.83 %) Network Engineer 3 41 (11.95 %) Support Analyst 4 24 (6.997 %) Project Manager 5 23 (6.706 %) Administrator 6 20 (5.831 %) Consultant 6 20 (5.831 %) Support Engineer 6 20 (5.831 %) Network Support 7 17 (4.956 %) Architect 7 17 (4.956 %) Technical Analyst 8 16 (4.665 %) Cisco Engineer 8 16 (4.665 %) Systems Administrator 9 12 (3.499 %) Technical Support 10 11 (3.207 %) Desktop Support 10 11 (3.207 %) Infrastructure Architect 10 11 (3.207 %) Network Analyst 10 11 (3.207 %) Technical Support Analyst 11 9 (2.624 %) Project Leader 11 9 (2.624 %) Senior Network Engineer 11 9 (2.624 %) Systems Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 19 (5.539 %) Handset 2 14 (4.082 %) Firmware 3 13 (3.790 %) Blackberry 4 12 (3.499 %) Video Conferencing 5 10 (2.915 %) NHS 6 9 (2.624 %) IVR 7 6 (1.749 %) Management Information System 8 5 (1.458 %) N-Tier 9 4 (1.166 %) Thin Client 9 4 (1.166 %) Fat Client 10 3 (0.875 %) e-Health 11 2 (0.583 %) SecurID 11 2 (0.583 %) Derivative 11 2 (0.583 %) French Language 11 2 (0.583 %) Fixed Income 11 2 (0.583 %) PMI 12 1 (0.292 %) AS400 12 1 (0.292 %) AVVID 12 1 (0.292 %) Clustering 12 1 (0.292 %) Tandem
Operating Systems 1 98 (28.57 %) Windows 2 43 (12.54 %) Windows XP 3 38 (11.08 %) Windows Server 2003 4 21 (6.122 %) Windows 2000 5 17 (4.956 %) UNIX 6 14 (4.082 %) NetWare 7 13 (3.790 %) Linux 8 4 (1.166 %) Windows Vista 8 4 (1.166 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 3 (0.875 %) Windows Server 2008 9 3 (0.875 %) AIX 9 3 (0.875 %) Solaris 10 2 (0.583 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 37 (10.79 %) ITIL 2 26 (7.580 %) Project Management 3 23 (6.706 %) PRINCE2 4 21 (6.122 %) Service Management 5 13 (3.790 %) Disaster Recovery 6 12 (3.499 %) Change Management 7 11 (3.207 %) Service Delivery 7 11 (3.207 %) Security Cleared 8 7 (2.041 %) Asset Management 9 6 (1.749 %) Problem Management 9 6 (1.749 %) PRINCE 9 6 (1.749 %) Benchmarking 9 6 (1.749 %) SC Cleared 10 5 (1.458 %) Validation 11 4 (1.166 %) Programme Management 11 4 (1.166 %) Test Scripting 11 4 (1.166 %) Time Management 11 4 (1.166 %) Network Design 11 4 (1.166 %) Project Planning 12 3 (0.875 %) Product Marketing
Programming Languages 1 20 (5.831 %) SQL 2 6 (1.749 %) C 3 1 (0.292 %) C++ 3 1 (0.292 %) Java 3 1 (0.292 %) VC++	Qualifications 1 90 (26.24 %) Cisco Certification 2 45 (13.12 %) CCNA 3 43 (12.54 %) CCNP 4 24 (6.997 %) Microsoft Certification 5 18 (5.248 %) MCSE 6 14 (4.082 %) CCIE 7 9 (2.624 %) MCP 8 8 (2.332 %) Degree 9 7 (2.041 %) CCVP 10 4 (1.166 %) CCDP 10 4 (1.166 %) PRINCE2 Certification 11 2 (0.583 %) Avaya Certification 11 2 (0.583 %) PMP 11 2 (0.583 %) PMI Certification 11 2 (0.583 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 12 1 (0.292 %) CCSE 12 1 (0.292 %) CCSA 12 1 (0.292 %) ITIL Certification 12 1 (0.292 %) ISEB 12 1 (0.292 %) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.166 %) SLA 2 1 (0.292 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 35 (10.20 %) Active Directory 2 9 (2.624 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 8 (2.332 %) Terminal Services 4 2 (0.583 %) ISA Server 4 2 (0.583 %) Backup Exec 5 1 (0.292 %) MailMarshal 5 1 (0.292 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 12 (3.499 %) CiscoWorks 2 8 (2.332 %) ZENworks 3 2 (0.583 %) MOM 4 1 (0.292 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 190 (55.39 %) Cisco 2 42 (12.24 %) Avaya 3 40 (11.66 %) Microsoft 4 30 (8.746 %) Nortel 5 25 (7.289 %) Citrix 6 18 (5.248 %) Oracle 6 18 (5.248 %) CheckPoint 7 14 (4.082 %) Novell 8 12 (3.499 %) HP 9 11 (3.207 %) BT 10 7 (2.041 %) Lotus 10 7 (2.041 %) Siemens 11 6 (1.749 %) Red Hat 11 6 (1.749 %) SAP 12 5 (1.458 %) McAfee Security 12 5 (1.458 %) Genesys 13 4 (1.166 %) Nokia 13 4 (1.166 %) Juniper 13 4 (1.166 %) ProCurve 14 3 (0.875 %) Remedy