The first table below looks at the demand for H.323 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited H.323 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 for the West Midlands region.

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
H.323 (H323)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing H.323 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £350 £430
% change year-on-year
-10.71% -18.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 - £30.00
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
234 278 275
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 14.08% 12.35% 14.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 103 114
Average daily rate £279 £275 £314
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.36% -12.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £138 £150 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 38 45
Average hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
H.323
England

H.323
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing H.323 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands H.323 Jobs Demand Trend

H.323
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing H.323 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands H.323 Daily Rate Trend

H.323
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing H.323 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 H.323.

1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software

H.323
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing H.323 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 H.323. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft