The first table below looks at the demand for PSTN skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PSTN over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN)
Rank 508 559 567
Rank change year-on-year
+51 +8
Contract jobs citing PSTN 26 27 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.055% 0.046% 0.032%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.379% 0.290% 0.244%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 9
Average daily rate £431 £365 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.15% +12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £310 £157
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £494 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £365 £325
% change year-on-year
+16.43% +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £26.50 - £24.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 - £24.50
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6869 9298 7776
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.58% 15.68% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3351 4212 3539
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
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 549 624 790
Average hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.85 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%

PSTN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

PSTN Jobs Demand Trend

PSTN
Daily Rate Trend

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

PSTN Daily Rate Trend

PSTN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PSTN within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

PSTN Daily Rate Histogram

PSTN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PSTN Hourly Rate Trend

PSTN
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PSTN within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 18 £438 +19.86%
South East +21 11 £431 +27.77%
Hampshire +8 10 £425 -3.40%
Scotland -10 8 £423 -
London +31 5 £450 -2.70%
Andover - 4 £500 -
Dunfermline - 4 £423 -
Fife - 4 £423 -
City of London +9 2 £450 +28.57%
West Midlands - 2 - -
Glasgow - 2 - -
Berkshire +11 1 £438 +41.12%
Edinburgh +2 1 - -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Bracknell - 1 £438 -

PSTN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PSTN 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 PSTN.

1 32 (62.75%) WAN
2 27 (52.94%) VoIP
3 26 (50.98%) LAN
4 24 (47.06%) Cisco
5 18 (35.29%) Wireless
5 18 (35.29%) Telecoms
5 18 (35.29%) Migration
6 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
6 14 (27.45%) GPRS
7 12 (23.53%) CCNA
7 12 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (23.53%) 3G
8 11 (21.57%) SAN
8 11 (21.57%) Oracle
8 11 (21.57%) MS Excel
8 11 (21.57%) Cisco IPCC
8 11 (21.57%) Cisco IPT
8 11 (21.57%) Security Cleared
9 10 (19.61%) Oracle Linux
9 10 (19.61%) Windows Server 2003
9 10 (19.61%) Windows
9 10 (19.61%) Linux
9 10 (19.61%) Red Hat
10 9 (17.65%) DHCP
10 9 (17.65%) ITIL
10 9 (17.65%) Firewall
10 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
11 8 (15.69%) UNIX
11 8 (15.69%) GSM
11 8 (15.69%) Broadband

PSTN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PSTN 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 PSTN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.922%) COM
2 1 (1.961%) WAP
2 1 (1.961%) VXML
Application Platforms
1 5 (9.804%) Lync
2 4 (7.843%) CMS
3 1 (1.961%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (21.57%) MS Excel
2 7 (13.73%) MS Office
3 5 (9.804%) MS Visio
3 5 (9.804%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 32 (62.75%) WAN
2 27 (52.94%) VoIP
3 26 (50.98%) LAN
4 18 (35.29%) Wireless
5 14 (27.45%) GPRS
6 12 (23.53%) 3G
7 11 (21.57%) SAN
7 11 (21.57%) Cisco IPT
8 9 (17.65%) DHCP
8 9 (17.65%) Firewall
9 8 (15.69%) GSM
9 8 (15.69%) Broadband
10 6 (11.76%) Internet
10 6 (11.76%) MPLS
10 6 (11.76%) Ethernet
11 5 (9.804%) ATM
11 5 (9.804%) IP Telephony
12 4 (7.843%) ISDN
13 3 (5.882%) WLAN
13 3 (5.882%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.804%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.843%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (7.843%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (7.843%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (7.843%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.961%) MS Access
3 1 (1.961%) RDBMS
General
1 18 (35.29%) Telecoms
2 6 (11.76%) Finance
3 4 (7.843%) Banking
4 2 (3.922%) Legal
5 1 (1.961%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.961%) Back Office
5 1 (1.961%) Electronics
5 1 (1.961%) Games
5 1 (1.961%) Military
5 1 (1.961%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.961%) Billing
Job Titles
1 10 (19.61%) Analyst
2 9 (17.65%) Consultant
3 8 (15.69%) Voice Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Senior Voice Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (9.804%) Architect
6 4 (7.843%) Voice Analyst
6 4 (7.843%) Technical Writer
6 4 (7.843%) Technical Architect
7 3 (5.882%) Network Consultant
7 3 (5.882%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.882%) Technical Leader
8 2 (3.922%) Provisioning Engineer
8 2 (3.922%) Business Consultant
8 2 (3.922%) Author
8 2 (3.922%) Technical Author
8 2 (3.922%) Network Engineer
9 1 (1.961%) Support Analyst
9 1 (1.961%) Project Manager
9 1 (1.961%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Management Information System
1 7 (13.73%) SCADA
2 4 (7.843%) PKI
3 2 (3.922%) Mobile Computing
3 2 (3.922%) Robotics
3 2 (3.922%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.961%) Streaming Video
4 1 (1.961%) IVR
4 1 (1.961%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.961%) SecurID
4 1 (1.961%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 10 (19.61%) Oracle Linux
1 10 (19.61%) Windows Server 2003
1 10 (19.61%) Windows
1 10 (19.61%) Linux
2 8 (15.69%) UNIX
3 4 (7.843%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (3.922%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) Migration
2 9 (17.65%) ITIL
3 7 (13.73%) Configuration Management
3 7 (13.73%) Risk Management
3 7 (13.73%) Information Security
4 6 (11.76%) Project Management
5 5 (9.804%) PRINCE2
5 5 (9.804%) Time Management
6 3 (5.882%) ERP
6 3 (5.882%) Business Continuity
6 3 (5.882%) Network Management
7 2 (3.922%) Cyber Security
7 2 (3.922%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (3.922%) Logistics
7 2 (3.922%) Network Design
7 2 (3.922%) Programme Management
7 2 (3.922%) Service Management
8 1 (1.961%) RDF
8 1 (1.961%) BCP
8 1 (1.961%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.76%) C
2 2 (3.922%) Embedded C
2 2 (3.922%) SQL
3 1 (1.961%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) CCNA
1 12 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (21.57%) Security Cleared
3 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
4 6 (11.76%) CCIE
5 4 (7.843%) DV Cleared
6 3 (5.882%) Degree
7 2 (3.922%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.961%) HNC
8 1 (1.961%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.922%) JSP 440
1 2 (3.922%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.843%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (7.843%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (7.843%) Hyper-V
2 4 (7.843%) Xen
2 4 (7.843%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (21.57%) Cisco IPCC
2 3 (5.882%) OpenView
3 1 (1.961%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (1.961%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 24 (47.06%) Cisco
2 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
3 11 (21.57%) Oracle
4 10 (19.61%) Red Hat
5 7 (13.73%) Nortel
5 7 (13.73%) HP
5 7 (13.73%) Avaya
6 5 (9.804%) VMware
7 4 (7.843%) 3PAR
7 4 (7.843%) Verint
7 4 (7.843%) Mitel
8 3 (5.882%) Remedy
8 3 (5.882%) Infovista
8 3 (5.882%) Juniper
8 3 (5.882%) CheckPoint
9 2 (3.922%) Cramer
9 2 (3.922%) BT
9 2 (3.922%) Ericsson
10 1 (1.961%) Sybase
10 1 (1.961%) Citrix
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