The first table below looks at the demand for PABX skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PABX over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Private Automatic Branch Exchange
Rank 516 540 580
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +40
Contract jobs citing PABX 17 33 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.037% 0.057% 0.013%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.251% 0.362% 0.103%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 4
Average daily rate £381 £237 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+60.69% -22.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £130 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £410 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £323 £263
% change year-on-year
+18.21% +22.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £31.75 - £22.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.75 - £22.32
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6781 9109 7754
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.57% 15.61% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3315 4137 3529
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 £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 537 608 773
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 £44.65 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%

PABX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

PABX Jobs Demand Trend

PABX
Daily Rate Trend

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

PABX Daily Rate Trend

PABX
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PABX within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

PABX Daily Rate Histogram

PABX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PABX Hourly Rate Trend

PABX
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 PABX within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +50 15 £381 +125.92%
South West +27 7 £300 +27.93%
Somerset +5 6 £200 -14.71%
Taunton +4 6 £200 -14.71%
East Midlands - 4 £400 -
Lincoln - 3 £400 -
Lincolnshire - 3 £400 -
South East +20 2 £344 -
Scotland -12 2 - -
Aberdeen - 2 - -
London +14 1 - -
Staffordshire +1 1 £263 -
West Midlands -4 1 £263 -
Surrey - 1 £400 -
Southampton - 1 £288 -
Bournemouth - 1 £400 -
Woking - 1 £400 -
Derbyshire - 1 £363 -
Dorset - 1 £400 -
Hampshire - 1 £288 -

PABX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PABX 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 PABX.

1 26 (55.32%) VoIP
2 24 (51.06%) Cisco
3 14 (29.79%) Telecoms
4 13 (27.66%) LAN
5 8 (17.02%) Project Management
5 8 (17.02%) IVR
5 8 (17.02%) ITIL
5 8 (17.02%) CCTV
6 7 (14.89%) WAN
6 7 (14.89%) Firewall
7 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
7 6 (12.77%) Citrix
7 6 (12.77%) Windows
7 6 (12.77%) C
7 6 (12.77%) Supplier Management
7 6 (12.77%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (10.64%) Unified Communications
8 5 (10.64%) Technical Architecture
8 5 (10.64%) SCADA
8 5 (10.64%) IP Telephony
8 5 (10.64%) MCSE
8 5 (10.64%) MCSA
8 5 (10.64%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (10.64%) CCNA
8 5 (10.64%) TCP/IP
8 5 (10.64%) Handset
9 4 (8.511%) Change Management
9 4 (8.511%) Nortel
9 4 (8.511%) Siemens

PABX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.128%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (2.128%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.128%) SAS
Business Applications
1 3 (6.383%) Maximo
2 2 (4.255%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (4.255%) Oracle iStore
Communications & Networking
1 26 (55.32%) VoIP
2 13 (27.66%) LAN
3 7 (14.89%) WAN
3 7 (14.89%) Firewall
4 5 (10.64%) Unified Communications
4 5 (10.64%) IP Telephony
4 5 (10.64%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.383%) DPNSS
5 3 (6.383%) Q.931
6 2 (4.255%) DMS-100
6 2 (4.255%) VSAT
6 2 (4.255%) PSTN
7 1 (2.128%) Wireless
7 1 (2.128%) NAS
7 1 (2.128%) QSIG
7 1 (2.128%) Internet
7 1 (2.128%) PBX
7 1 (2.128%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.128%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.128%) TOAD
General
1 14 (29.79%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.255%) Finance
3 1 (2.128%) Banking
3 1 (2.128%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Network Engineer
2 6 (12.77%) Architect
2 6 (12.77%) Voice Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Project Manager
3 5 (10.64%) Technical Architect
4 4 (8.511%) Support Technician
5 3 (6.383%) Consultant
5 3 (6.383%) Mitel Engineer
6 2 (4.255%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
6 2 (4.255%) Oracle CRM Functional Consultant
6 2 (4.255%) Voice Support Technician
6 2 (4.255%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 2 (4.255%) Oracle Consultant
6 2 (4.255%) CRM Consultant
6 2 (4.255%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (4.255%) Functional Consultant
6 2 (4.255%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.255%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (4.255%) Oracle CRM Consultant
6 2 (4.255%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) IVR
1 8 (17.02%) CCTV
2 6 (12.77%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (10.64%) SCADA
3 5 (10.64%) Handset
4 2 (4.255%) Blackberry
5 1 (2.128%) EPoS
5 1 (2.128%) Thin Client
5 1 (2.128%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.128%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.77%) Windows
2 1 (2.128%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.02%) ITIL
1 8 (17.02%) Project Management
2 6 (12.77%) Supplier Management
3 5 (10.64%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (8.511%) Change Management
5 2 (4.255%) CRM
5 2 (4.255%) Time Management
6 1 (2.128%) Data Migration
6 1 (2.128%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.128%) Change Control
6 1 (2.128%) Software Distribution
6 1 (2.128%) B2B
6 1 (2.128%) PRINCE2
6 1 (2.128%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.128%) E-business
6 1 (2.128%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) C
2 2 (4.255%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) MCSE
1 5 (10.64%) MCSA
1 5 (10.64%) CCNA
1 5 (10.64%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (6.383%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (6.383%) Degree
3 1 (2.128%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.255%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.128%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.128%) Terminal Services
1 1 (2.128%) VMware ESX
1 1 (2.128%) VMware Workstation
1 1 (2.128%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 24 (51.06%) Cisco
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.77%) Citrix
3 4 (8.511%) Mitel
3 4 (8.511%) Nortel
3 4 (8.511%) Siemens
4 2 (4.255%) Oracle
4 2 (4.255%) Avaya
5 1 (2.128%) LANDesk
5 1 (2.128%) Tandberg
5 1 (2.128%) HP
5 1 (2.128%) Remedy
5 1 (2.128%) BT
5 1 (2.128%) VMware