The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridge 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 28 46 33
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -13
Contract jobs citing VoIP 8 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.432% 0.472% 0.391%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.81% 2.667% 1.786%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £275 £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 £47.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-66.31% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -32.82%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
74 75 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.49% 17.69% 21.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 34 19
Average daily rate £298 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.80% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 22 12
Average hourly rate £37.00 £41.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.30% +17.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £10.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
VoIP
Cambridgeshire

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge VoIP Daily Rate Trend

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge VoIP Hourly Rate Trend

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 14 (73.68%) Cisco
2 12 (63.16%) VPN
3 11 (57.89%) Windows
4 9 (47.37%) LAN
4 9 (47.37%) WAN
5 7 (36.84%) VLAN
6 5 (26.32%) Nagios
6 5 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (26.32%) Avaya
6 5 (26.32%) Mac OS X
6 5 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (26.32%) iPhone
6 5 (26.32%) iPad
7 4 (21.05%) Firewall
7 4 (21.05%) Wireless
7 4 (21.05%) BT
7 4 (21.05%) DMZ
7 4 (21.05%) Avaya Certification
7 4 (21.05%) DNS
7 4 (21.05%) DHCP
7 4 (21.05%) ITIL
7 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
8 3 (15.79%) SNMP
8 3 (15.79%) OSPF
8 3 (15.79%) CMS
8 3 (15.79%) IPsec
8 3 (15.79%) PCI DSS
8 3 (15.79%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (15.79%) HSRP
8 3 (15.79%) Cacti

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (63.16%) VPN
2 9 (47.37%) LAN
2 9 (47.37%) WAN
3 7 (36.84%) VLAN
4 5 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (21.05%) Firewall
5 4 (21.05%) Wireless
5 4 (21.05%) DMZ
5 4 (21.05%) DNS
5 4 (21.05%) DHCP
5 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
6 3 (15.79%) SNMP
6 3 (15.79%) OSPF
6 3 (15.79%) IPsec
6 3 (15.79%) HSRP
7 2 (10.53%) IP Telephony
8 1 (5.263%) Cisco IOS
General
1 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Support Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Network Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Desktop Support
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Telephony Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Mac Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Desktop Team Leader
4 2 (10.53%) Avaya Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Team Leader
4 2 (10.53%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (10.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support Team Leader
5 1 (5.263%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) iPhone
1 5 (26.32%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) ITIL
2 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
2 1 (5.263%) Project Management
2 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (21.05%) Avaya Certification
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
3 2 (10.53%) CCNA
4 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.263%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) Nagios
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (15.79%) Cacti
2 3 (15.79%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Cisco
2 5 (26.32%) Avaya
3 4 (21.05%) BT
Cambridge, East Anglia
CISCO, Network, Networking, Network Engineer, WAN, LAN, VoIP, My client is looking for an experienced Network Support Engineer to join their IT team- The successful candidate will be...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP270 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013