Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Nortel Meridian skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Nortel Meridian over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 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.

LinkNortel Meridian
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank476417539
Rank change year-on-year
Down-59Up+122
Matching contract IT job ads112267
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.023 %0.056 %0.082 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.202 %0.369 %0.624 %
Daily rates quoted5842
Average daily rate£300£313£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.000 %-21.87 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£230£232£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£330£325£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£300-£300
Hourly rates quoted242
Average hourly rate£16.50£72.50£30.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-77.24 %+139.66 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.70£35.40£26.05
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.30£72.50£34.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£19.50£30.25
% change year-on-year
-10.25 %-35.53 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5458596310740
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.37 %15.07 %13.07 %
Daily rates quoted210915092824
Average daily rate£350£340£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£200£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£475£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted5286201509
Average hourly rate£22.50£23.62£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.740 %-9.150 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£11.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %

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.

Nortel Meridian
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Nortel Meridian within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Nortel Meridian Demand Trend

Nortel Meridian
Daily Rate Trend

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

Nortel Meridian Daily Rate Trend

Nortel Meridian
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Nortel Meridian within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Nortel Meridian Daily Rate Histogram

Nortel Meridian
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Nortel Meridian Hourly Rate Trend

Nortel Meridian
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Nortel Meridian within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. 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
EnglandDown-4811£300-4.00 %
South WestNew entry-4£300-
WiltshireNew entry-4£300-
LondonDown-783£238-24.00 %
SwindonNew entry-3£325-
City of LondonDown-692£275-12.00 %
North WestDown-81--
South EastDown-91--
CheshireDown-171--
Tyne and WearNew entry-1--
West MidlandsNew entry-1--
North EastNew entry-1--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1--
Newcastle Upon TyneNew entry-1--
BirminghamNew entry-1--
High WycombeNew entry-1--

Nortel Meridian
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Nortel Meridian 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 Nortel Meridian.

125 (100.00 %)Nortel
210 (40.00 %)Avaya
210 (40.00 %)Siemens
39 (36.00 %)PBX
48 (32.00 %)VoIP
57 (28.00 %)Telecoms
57 (28.00 %)IVR
66 (24.00 %)CTI
75 (20.00 %)Toshiba
75 (20.00 %)Mitel
75 (20.00 %)Nortel Norstar
75 (20.00 %)WAN
75 (20.00 %)Cisco
75 (20.00 %)LAN
75 (20.00 %)Ericsson
75 (20.00 %)Video Conferencing
75 (20.00 %)Panasonic
84 (16.00 %)Symposium
84 (16.00 %)Multimedia
93 (12.00 %)Genesys
93 (12.00 %)MPLS
93 (12.00 %)DPNSS
93 (12.00 %)Windows
93 (12.00 %)Security Cleared
102 (8.000 %)SC Cleared
102 (8.000 %)Network Design
102 (8.000 %)TCP/IP
102 (8.000 %)IP Telephony
111 (4.000 %)Fault Management
111 (4.000 %)Integration Testing

Nortel Meridian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Nortel Meridian 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 Nortel Meridian. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (4.000 %)SharePoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (4.000 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (4.000 %)Nortel Periphonics
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (36.00 %)PBX
28 (32.00 %)VoIP
36 (24.00 %)CTI
45 (20.00 %)Nortel Norstar
45 (20.00 %)WAN
45 (20.00 %)LAN
54 (16.00 %)Symposium
63 (12.00 %)MPLS
63 (12.00 %)DPNSS
72 (8.000 %)TCP/IP
72 (8.000 %)IP Telephony
81 (4.000 %)Firewall
81 (4.000 %)VPN
81 (4.000 %)DNS
81 (4.000 %)EIGRP
81 (4.000 %)IGRP
81 (4.000 %)QSIG
81 (4.000 %)H.323
81 (4.000 %)OSPF
81 (4.000 %)BGP
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (28.00 %)Telecoms
24 (16.00 %)Multimedia
31 (4.000 %)Banking
31 (4.000 %)Chemicals
31 (4.000 %)Government
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (20.00 %)Analyst
15 (20.00 %)Support Analyst
15 (20.00 %)Telephony Engineer
23 (12.00 %)Telecoms Engineer
23 (12.00 %)Network Support
23 (12.00 %)Network Analyst
23 (12.00 %)Network Support Analyst
32 (8.000 %)Architect
32 (8.000 %)Applications Architect
41 (4.000 %)Network Specialist
41 (4.000 %)Voice Specialist
41 (4.000 %)Desktop Support Analyst
41 (4.000 %)Desktop Analyst
41 (4.000 %)Desktop Support
41 (4.000 %)Applications Support
41 (4.000 %)Consultant
41 (4.000 %)Network Engineer
41 (4.000 %)Cisco Support
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (28.00 %)IVR
25 (20.00 %)Video Conferencing
31 (4.000 %)Handset
31 (4.000 %)Blackberry
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (12.00 %)Windows
21 (4.000 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (4.000 %)Solaris
21 (4.000 %)Windows 2000
21 (4.000 %)UNIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (8.000 %)Network Design
21 (4.000 %)Fault Management
21 (4.000 %)Integration Testing
21 (4.000 %)Time Management
21 (4.000 %)Capacity Planning
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (4.000 %)C
11 (4.000 %)SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (12.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (8.000 %)SC Cleared
31 (4.000 %)Citrix Certification
31 (4.000 %)Cisco Certification
31 (4.000 %)CCNP
31 (4.000 %)CCNA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (4.000 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
125 (100.00 %)Nortel
210 (40.00 %)Avaya
210 (40.00 %)Siemens
35 (20.00 %)Toshiba
35 (20.00 %)Mitel
35 (20.00 %)Cisco
35 (20.00 %)Ericsson
35 (20.00 %)Panasonic
43 (12.00 %)Genesys
51 (4.000 %)BT
51 (4.000 %)Remedy
51 (4.000 %)IBM
51 (4.000 %)Microsoft