The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 23 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 Buckinghamshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 57 71 75
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +4
Contract jobs citing VoIP 10 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.233% 0.203% 0.092%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.804% 1.333% 0.571%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £438 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.96 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.25
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -31.78%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
102 150 175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.58% 15.20% 16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 37 66
Average daily rate £425 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £173 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 22
Average hourly rate £14.96 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.81% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £10.05 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £41.25 £84.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
VoIP
South East

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire VoIP Jobs Demand Trend

VoIP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VoIP across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire VoIP Daily Rate Trend

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VoIP across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire VoIP Daily Rate Histogram

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire VoIP Hourly Rate Trend

VoIP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Milton Keynes +13 8 £431 -
VoIP
South East

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing VoIP 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 VoIP.

1 11 (57.89%) WAN
2 10 (52.63%) LAN
3 9 (47.37%) VMware
4 8 (42.11%) Windows
4 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
4 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (36.84%) Cisco
5 7 (36.84%) Citrix
6 6 (31.58%) Hyper-V
7 5 (26.32%) Load Balancing
7 5 (26.32%) SQL
7 5 (26.32%) VPN
8 4 (21.05%) WLAN
8 4 (21.05%) MS Exchange
8 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
8 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
8 4 (21.05%) Firewall
8 4 (21.05%) Wireless
8 4 (21.05%) Information Security
8 4 (21.05%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2003
8 4 (21.05%) Compatibility Testing
8 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (21.05%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (21.05%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (15.79%) F5
9 3 (15.79%) SCCM

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing VoIP 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 VoIP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) MS Exchange
1 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Project
2 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (57.89%) WAN
2 10 (52.63%) LAN
3 5 (26.32%) VPN
4 4 (21.05%) WLAN
4 4 (21.05%) Firewall
4 4 (21.05%) Wireless
5 3 (15.79%) Network Security
6 2 (10.53%) LDAP
6 2 (10.53%) SAN
6 2 (10.53%) CTI
6 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
6 2 (10.53%) IPsec
7 1 (5.263%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (5.263%) MPLS
7 1 (5.263%) Ethernet
7 1 (5.263%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (10.53%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Project Manager
1 4 (21.05%) VoIP Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Network Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco VoIP Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Information Specialist
4 1 (5.263%) VoIP Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Voice Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Security Specialist
4 1 (5.263%) Network Support
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Information Security Specialist
4 1 (5.263%) Storage Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Network Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (5.263%) e-Health
2 1 (5.263%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 8 (42.11%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Load Balancing
2 4 (21.05%) Information Security
2 4 (21.05%) Compatibility Testing
2 4 (21.05%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (10.53%) ITIL
3 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
3 2 (10.53%) Workflow
3 2 (10.53%) Service Management
3 2 (10.53%) Network Management
4 1 (5.263%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.263%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) CCNA
1 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.263%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) ISO 9001
2 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (31.58%) Hyper-V
3 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (10.53%) XenApp
4 2 (10.53%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) SCCM
2 2 (10.53%) OpenView
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco UCCX
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (5.263%) OVSD
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) VMware
2 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
3 7 (36.84%) Cisco
3 7 (36.84%) Citrix
4 3 (15.79%) F5
4 3 (15.79%) Websense
4 3 (15.79%) HP
5 2 (10.53%) Juniper
5 2 (10.53%) Verint
6 1 (5.263%) Mitel
6 1 (5.263%) Genesys
6 1 (5.263%) Avaya