The first table below looks at the demand for PABX 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 PABX 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Private Automatic Branch Exchange
Rank 98 96 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing PABX 1 14 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.613% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.415% 4.828% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £263 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £323 £263
% change year-on-year
+24.03% +22.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.75 £7.90 £22.32
% change year-on-year
+301.89% -64.59%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
241 290 271
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 14.37% 12.69% 14.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 105 115
Average daily rate £283 £275 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.72% -11.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £147 £150 £157
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £421 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 38 43
Average hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.85 £12.50 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.50 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
PABX
England

PABX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands PABX Daily Rate Trend

PABX
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PABX across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands PABX Hourly Rate Trend

PABX
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 West Midlands region 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
Staffordshire +4 1 £263 -
PABX
England

PABX
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 4 (57.14%) VoIP
1 4 (57.14%) Mitel
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Control
4 1 (14.29%) PBX
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Nortel
4 1 (14.29%) Avaya
4 1 (14.29%) EPoS

PABX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) VoIP
2 1 (14.29%) PBX
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Mitel Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Manager
2 1 (14.29%) VoIP Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) VoIP Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) Change Control
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Mitel
2 1 (14.29%) Nortel
2 1 (14.29%) Avaya