The first table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IP Telephony over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IP Telephony
Rank 437 478 494
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +16
Contract jobs citing IP Telephony 103 103 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.218% 0.176% 0.143%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.500% 1.123% 1.108%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 48 49
Average daily rate £290 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £129 £143 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £525 £501
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £380 £410
% change year-on-year
-27.63% -7.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 16
Average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+44.00% +19.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.70 £17.80 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £130.00 £34.30 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+9.99% +6.38%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6868 9171 7760
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.55% 15.69% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3354 4160 3539
Average daily rate £350 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% +4.28%
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 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 546 614 779
Average hourly rate £22.00 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.50 £45.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%

IP Telephony
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

IP Telephony Daily Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

IP Telephony Daily Rate Histogram

IP Telephony
Hourly Rate Trend

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

IP Telephony Hourly Rate Trend

IP Telephony
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IP Telephony within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

IP Telephony Hourly Rate Histogram

IP Telephony
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 21 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 85 £275 -21.42%
London +22 43 £303 +34.44%
South East +27 20 £248 -34.00%
Scotland -8 12 £375 -
Hampshire -8 11 £181 -39.73%
North West +19 8 £110 -79.04%
City of London +9 8 £375 +8.30%
Aberdeen +7 8 £375 -6.25%
Crewe +11 6 £110 -
Cheshire +7 6 £110 -
South West +24 5 £300 -17.24%
East of England +15 5 £290 -
Basingstoke - 5 £126 -
Kent -1 3 £275 +96.42%
West Sussex - 3 £388 -
Bedfordshire - 3 £290 -
Bristol - 3 £300 -
West Midlands +13 2 £225 +5.88%
East Midlands 0 2 - -
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Crawley - 2 £450 -
Uxbridge - 2 £250 -
Oxford - 2 £340 -
Essex - 2 - -
Oxfordshire - 2 £340 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 - -
Manchester +15 1 - -
Tyne and Wear +6 1 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne +5 1 - -
Yorkshire +1 1 £345 -

IP Telephony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 146 (69.52%) Cisco
2 80 (38.10%) LAN
3 76 (36.19%) WAN
4 68 (32.38%) Cisco Certification
5 65 (30.95%) Telecoms
6 57 (27.14%) VoIP
7 50 (23.81%) Wireless
7 50 (23.81%) Microsoft
8 48 (22.86%) BGP
9 43 (20.48%) Firewall
10 41 (19.52%) MPLS
11 39 (18.57%) Windows
12 38 (18.10%) VPN
13 37 (17.62%) HP
14 36 (17.14%) ITIL
15 34 (16.19%) CCNA
16 33 (15.71%) CCNP
16 33 (15.71%) TCP/IP
16 33 (15.71%) DHCP
16 33 (15.71%) Active Directory
16 33 (15.71%) VMware
16 33 (15.71%) Cisco IPT
17 31 (14.76%) EIGRP
18 30 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
19 29 (13.81%) Citrix
19 29 (13.81%) CCIE
19 29 (13.81%) Finance
20 25 (11.90%) MS Exchange
20 25 (11.90%) SAN
21 23 (10.95%) OSPF

IP Telephony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 4 (1.905%) XMPP
2 3 (1.429%) COM
3 2 (0.952%) Web Services
3 2 (0.952%) .NET
4 1 (0.476%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 25 (11.90%) MS Exchange
2 17 (8.095%) Exchange Server 2010
3 14 (6.667%) Lync
4 8 (3.810%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2003
5 7 (3.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (1.905%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.429%) CMS
7 3 (1.429%) IIS
8 2 (0.952%) Apache
8 2 (0.952%) Zimbra
8 2 (0.952%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.476%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.476%) LiveLink
9 1 (0.476%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 22 (10.48%) MS Office
2 15 (7.143%) MS Excel
3 5 (2.381%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.952%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.476%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.476%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.857%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 6 (2.857%) SAP CCM
1 6 (2.857%) SAP GTS
2 2 (0.952%) Maximo
2 2 (0.952%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.476%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 80 (38.10%) LAN
2 76 (36.19%) WAN
3 57 (27.14%) VoIP
4 50 (23.81%) Wireless
5 48 (22.86%) BGP
6 43 (20.48%) Firewall
7 41 (19.52%) MPLS
8 38 (18.10%) VPN
9 33 (15.71%) TCP/IP
9 33 (15.71%) DHCP
9 33 (15.71%) Cisco IPT
10 31 (14.76%) EIGRP
11 30 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
12 25 (11.90%) SAN
13 23 (10.95%) OSPF
13 23 (10.95%) DNS
14 21 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
15 19 (9.048%) PBX
16 18 (8.571%) Unified Communications
17 16 (7.619%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.857%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.429%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (0.952%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (0.952%) MySQL
3 2 (0.952%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.476%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.476%) EDRMS
General
1 65 (30.95%) Telecoms
2 29 (13.81%) Finance
3 6 (2.857%) Banking
4 5 (2.381%) Legal
5 3 (1.429%) German Language
6 2 (0.952%) Law
6 2 (0.952%) Financial Institution
6 2 (0.952%) French Language
7 1 (0.476%) Czech Language
7 1 (0.476%) Local Government
7 1 (0.476%) Marketing
7 1 (0.476%) Back Office
7 1 (0.476%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.476%) Billing
Job Titles
1 52 (24.76%) Network Engineer
2 37 (17.62%) Analyst
3 22 (10.48%) Project Manager
4 17 (8.095%) Support Analyst
4 17 (8.095%) Network Analyst
5 11 (5.238%) Network Support
5 11 (5.238%) VoIP Engineer
5 11 (5.238%) Architect
6 10 (4.762%) Senior Manager
7 9 (4.286%) Build Engineer
7 9 (4.286%) Support Engineer
7 9 (4.286%) Firewall Engineer
7 9 (4.286%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (3.810%) Network Support Analyst
8 8 (3.810%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (3.333%) Voice Engineer
9 7 (3.333%) Senior Project Manager
9 7 (3.333%) Deployment Engineer
10 6 (2.857%) Technical Manager
10 6 (2.857%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.524%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (4.762%) Thin Client
2 10 (4.762%) Fat Client
3 7 (3.333%) Blackberry
4 6 (2.857%) EqualLogic
5 5 (2.381%) SCADA
5 5 (2.381%) CCTV
5 5 (2.381%) NHS
6 4 (1.905%) Handset
6 4 (1.905%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.429%) Data Integration
7 3 (1.429%) IVR
8 2 (0.952%) Mathematics
8 2 (0.952%) Computer Science
9 1 (0.476%) iPad
9 1 (0.476%) SaaS
9 1 (0.476%) Clustering
9 1 (0.476%) Replication
9 1 (0.476%) ASIC
9 1 (0.476%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 39 (18.57%) Windows
2 17 (8.095%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (4.762%) Linux
3 10 (4.762%) Windows XP
4 9 (4.286%) Windows 7
4 9 (4.286%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.952%) Solaris
5 2 (0.952%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.476%) Android
6 1 (0.476%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.476%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (17.14%) ITIL
2 22 (10.48%) Migration
3 20 (9.524%) Service Delivery
4 18 (8.571%) PRINCE2
4 18 (8.571%) Project Management
4 18 (8.571%) Network Management
5 13 (6.190%) Network Architecture
6 11 (5.238%) Time Management
7 8 (3.810%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (3.333%) Project Planning
8 7 (3.333%) Change Management
8 7 (3.333%) Network Design
9 6 (2.857%) Data Management
9 6 (2.857%) Service Management
9 6 (2.857%) Software Deployment
10 5 (2.381%) Problem Management
11 4 (1.905%) Business Continuity
11 4 (1.905%) ITSM
11 4 (1.905%) Technical Architecture
11 4 (1.905%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.810%) C
2 7 (3.333%) SQL
3 1 (0.476%) VB
3 1 (0.476%) VBA
3 1 (0.476%) Perl
3 1 (0.476%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 68 (32.38%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (16.19%) CCNA
3 33 (15.71%) CCNP
4 29 (13.81%) CCIE
5 20 (9.524%) Degree
6 13 (6.190%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (5.714%) Security Cleared
8 11 (5.238%) MCSE
9 7 (3.333%) SC Cleared
9 7 (3.333%) JNCIE
10 6 (2.857%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (2.381%) JNCIP
12 4 (1.905%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.905%) CCDP
13 3 (1.429%) CCVP
14 2 (0.952%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 2 (0.952%) RHCE
14 2 (0.952%) MCP
14 2 (0.952%) CCIP
14 2 (0.952%) ACSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.762%) PCI DSS
2 6 (2.857%) ISO 9001
3 5 (2.381%) QA
4 4 (1.905%) SLA
4 4 (1.905%) TickIT
4 4 (1.905%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.476%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 33 (15.71%) Active Directory
2 20 (9.524%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.762%) XenApp
4 4 (1.905%) XenDesktop
4 4 (1.905%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.905%) vSphere
5 3 (1.429%) VMware ESX
6 2 (0.952%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (0.952%) Postfix
6 2 (0.952%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.476%) Xen
7 1 (0.476%) NLBS
7 1 (0.476%) NDS
7 1 (0.476%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 15 (7.143%) Cisco IPCC
2 12 (5.714%) Cisco CUCM
3 11 (5.238%) FortiGate
4 5 (2.381%) Cisco UCCX
4 5 (2.381%) Cisco UCCE
4 5 (2.381%) CiscoWorks
5 2 (0.952%) WSUS
6 1 (0.476%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.476%) SCOM
Vendors
1 146 (69.52%) Cisco
2 50 (23.81%) Microsoft
3 37 (17.62%) HP
4 33 (15.71%) VMware
5 29 (13.81%) Citrix
6 20 (9.524%) Juniper
7 19 (9.048%) Avaya
8 17 (8.095%) F5
8 17 (8.095%) Siemens
9 13 (6.190%) BT
9 13 (6.190%) Riverbed
10 11 (5.238%) Fortinet
11 9 (4.286%) Sourcefire
12 8 (3.810%) Remedy
12 8 (3.810%) CheckPoint
12 8 (3.810%) Nokia
13 7 (3.333%) Mitel
13 7 (3.333%) Dell
13 7 (3.333%) SAP
14 6 (2.857%) IBM
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