Ribbon Contracts in England

Ribbon
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Ribbon products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ribbon over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Ribbon Communications (formerly Sonus Networks).

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 527 643 779
Rank change year-on-year +116 +136 -175
Contract jobs citing Ribbon 11 12 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.024% 0.007%
As % of the Vendors category 0.070% 0.057% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile £460 £379 £356
25th Percentile £472 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.58% -9.52% +20.00%
75th Percentile £648 £544 £538
90th Percentile £668 £570 £554
UK median daily rate £483 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +1.58% -9.52% +16.67%

All Vendors
England

Ribbon is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,612 21,154 27,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.23% 41.91% 39.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,915 14,568 19,044
10th Percentile £256 £270 £270
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,002 601 794
10th Percentile £12.01 £15.10 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £18.75 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.40 £39.55 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.36% +88.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.50 £43.91
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £43.75 £21.00
% change year-on-year -49.71% +108.33% -6.67%

Ribbon
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Ribbon as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Ribbon in England

Ribbon
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ribbon in England.

Daily rate trend for Ribbon in England

Ribbon
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ribbon in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Ribbon in England

Ribbon
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ribbon in England.

Hourly rate trend for Ribbon in England

Ribbon
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ribbon within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West - 9 £644 - 2
North of England - 2 £474 -
Yorkshire - 2 £474 -
Ribbon
UK

Ribbon
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) AWS
1 9 (81.82%) PaaS
1 9 (81.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) PBX
2 10 (90.91%) VoIP
3 1 (9.09%) Firewall
3 1 (9.09%) Softswitch
Development Applications
1 9 (81.82%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (63.64%) Digital Economy
3 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Architect
1 9 (81.82%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Design Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Network Design Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Design Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) VoIP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Blackberry
1 9 (81.82%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) ArchiMate
1 9 (81.82%) BPMN
1 9 (81.82%) Enterprise Architecture
1 9 (81.82%) ITIL
1 9 (81.82%) TOGAF
2 8 (72.73%) Zero Trust
3 7 (63.64%) Architecture Governance
3 7 (63.64%) Customer Engagement
3 7 (63.64%) Decision-Making
3 7 (63.64%) Digital Strategy
3 7 (63.64%) PQQ
3 7 (63.64%) Roadmaps
3 7 (63.64%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) Commercial Awareness
4 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Defect Management
6 1 (9.09%) Presales
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) DV Cleared
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 8 (72.73%) TOGAF Certification
3 7 (63.64%) Degree
3 7 (63.64%) HND
4 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
5 3 (27.27%) CCNP
5 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (27.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
3 9 (81.82%) Avaya
3 9 (81.82%) Ericsson
3 9 (81.82%) Google
3 9 (81.82%) IBM
3 9 (81.82%) Juniper
3 9 (81.82%) Nokia
4 3 (27.27%) VMware