The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sonus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sonus 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 Vendors currently tracked.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Sonus Networks, Inc.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sonus
Rank 529 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Sonus 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.018% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21868 27126 28034
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.50% 46.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11659 13853 14018
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1197 1299 1587
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Sonus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Sonus within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Sonus Jobs Demand Trend

Sonus
Daily Rate Trend

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

Sonus Daily Rate Trend

Sonus
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Sonus Hourly Rate Trend

Sonus
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sonus 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
London - 4 £500 -
England - 4 £500 -
City of London - 3 £500 -

Sonus
Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Juniper
1 4 (100.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Nortel
1 4 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) CMDB
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Network Management
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) ATM
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) SDH

Sonus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) ATM
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) SDH
1 1 (25.00%) MPLS
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Consultant
1 3 (75.00%) Security Consultant
2 2 (50.00%) IT Security Consultant
2 2 (50.00%) IT Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Nortel
1 4 (100.00%) Juniper
1 4 (100.00%) Alcatel-Lucent