Telephony Engineer Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Telephony Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Telephony Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Telephony Engineer
Location England Horsham Livingston Scotland South East UK West Lothian West Sussex	3 months to 17 Mar 2010	Same period 2009	Same period 2008
Rank	471	438	581
Rank change year-on-year	-33 +143
Matching contract IT job ads	3	7	25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	0.006 %	0.018 %	0.031 %
As % of the Job Titles category	0.007 %	0.019 %	0.033 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3	5
Average daily rate	-	£300	£225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	- +33.33 %
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£300	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	1	0
Average hourly rate	-	£28.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£28.50	-
All Job Titles UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the Job Titles category	44244	36331	76008
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	91.49 %	91.40 %	93.07 %
Daily rates quoted	20180	11574	23442
Average daily rate	£400	£375	£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	+6.660 % -6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£225	£213	£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£550	£600
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£340	£350
% change year-on-year	-4.410 % -2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted	2536	3042	6701
Average hourly rate	£19.50	£20.00	£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	-2.500 % -9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.00	£11.00	£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£38.00	£37.50	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.60	£20.00	£22.00
% change year-on-year	-12.00 % -9.090 %

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.

Telephony Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Telephony Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Telephony Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Telephony Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Telephony Engineer
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telephony Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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.

Location	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
South East	-14	2	-	-
England	-50	2	-	-
West Sussex	-	2	-	-
Horsham	-	2	-	-
Scotland	-	1	-	-
West Lothian	-	1	-	-
Livingston	-	1	-	-

Telephony Engineer
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Telephony Engineer in their job title 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 with Telephony Engineer in their job title.

1 6 (54.55 %) Siemens 2 5 (45.45 %) Avaya 2 5 (45.45 %) Ericsson 2 5 (45.45 %) Cisco 2 5 (45.45 %) Nortel 2 5 (45.45 %) Toshiba 2 5 (45.45 %) Nortel Meridian 2 5 (45.45 %) Nortel Norstar 2 5 (45.45 %) Mitel 2 5 (45.45 %) Panasonic 3 3 (27.27 %) Telecoms 3 3 (27.27 %) PBX 4 2 (18.18 %) BT 4 2 (18.18 %) IP Telephony 4 2 (18.18 %) Cisco IPT

5 1 (9.091 %) MD110 5 1 (9.091 %) Cisco IPCC 5 1 (9.091 %) CCVP 5 1 (9.091 %) Nokia 5 1 (9.091 %) CheckPoint 5 1 (9.091 %) MPLS 5 1 (9.091 %) MGCP 5 1 (9.091 %) H.323 5 1 (9.091 %) VoIP 5 1 (9.091 %) WAN 5 1 (9.091 %) SLA 5 1 (9.091 %) Cisco Certification 5 1 (9.091 %) CCNP

Telephony Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Telephony Engineer in their job title 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 with Telephony Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 5 (45.45 %) Nortel Meridian 1 5 (45.45 %) Nortel Norstar 2 3 (27.27 %) PBX 3 2 (18.18 %) IP Telephony 3 2 (18.18 %) Cisco IPT 4 1 (9.091 %) MD110 4 1 (9.091 %) MPLS 4 1 (9.091 %) MGCP 4 1 (9.091 %) H.323 4 1 (9.091 %) VoIP 4 1 (9.091 %) WAN	General 1 3 (27.27 %) Telecoms
Qualifications 1 1 (9.091 %) CCVP 1 1 (9.091 %) Cisco Certification 1 1 (9.091 %) CCNP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (9.091 %) SLA
Systems Management 1 1 (9.091 %) Cisco IPCC	Vendors 1 6 (54.55 %) Siemens 2 5 (45.45 %) Avaya 2 5 (45.45 %) Ericsson 2 5 (45.45 %) Cisco 2 5 (45.45 %) Nortel 2 5 (45.45 %) Toshiba 2 5 (45.45 %) Mitel 2 5 (45.45 %) Panasonic 3 2 (18.18 %) BT 4 1 (9.091 %) Nokia 4 1 (9.091 %) CheckPoint