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The table below looks at the demand for Voice Over IP (VoIP) skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVoice Over IP (VoIP)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4134
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads225
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.025 %
As % of the category below2.105 %12.63 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£357
% change on same period last year-5.70 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£18.00£26.67
Average hourly rate£18.00£30.00
% change on same period last year-39.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.00£33.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.72£29.55
% change on same period last year-6.19 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads95198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.133 %0.199 %
Daily rates quoted1122
Average minimum daily rate£230£290
Average daily rate£256£313
% change on same period last year-18.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£282£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
Hourly rates quoted3938
Average minimum hourly rate£25.61£32.30
Average hourly rate£27.92£34.94
% change on same period last year-20.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.23£37.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£28.52
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
VoIP CambridgeshireVoIP
Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VoIP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VoIP across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cambridge VoIP Demand Trend

VoIP
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 6 October 2008, 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.

117 (85.00 %)MS Exchange
216 (80.00 %)Windows
216 (80.00 %)Windows Server 2003
315 (75.00 %)LAN
315 (75.00 %)WAN
414 (70.00 %)Microsoft
511 (55.00 %)DNS
511 (55.00 %)Linux
610 (50.00 %)MPLS
610 (50.00 %)Firewall
610 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
79 (45.00 %)Microsoft Certification
79 (45.00 %)MCSE
88 (40.00 %)ITIL
88 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
97 (35.00 %)Telecoms
97 (35.00 %)Cisco
106 (30.00 %)Windows 2000
115 (25.00 %)MS Excel
115 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
115 (25.00 %)Active Directory
124 (20.00 %)MS Office
124 (20.00 %)VMware
133 (15.00 %)3Com
133 (15.00 %)Intrusion Detection
133 (15.00 %)ADSL
133 (15.00 %)ISDN
133 (15.00 %)Windows NT
133 (15.00 %)OpenView
133 (15.00 %)HP

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (85.00 %)MS Exchange
210 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
38 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (15.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (25.00 %)MS Excel
24 (20.00 %)MS Office
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (75.00 %)LAN
115 (75.00 %)WAN
211 (55.00 %)DNS
310 (50.00 %)MPLS
310 (50.00 %)Firewall
45 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
53 (15.00 %)ADSL
53 (15.00 %)ISDN
53 (15.00 %)Intrusion Detection
61 (5.000 %)Cisco IPT
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.000 %)Crystal Reports
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (35.00 %)Telecoms
21 (5.000 %)Manufacturing
21 (5.000 %)Multimedia
21 (5.000 %)Electronics
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (40.00 %)3rd Line Support
27 (35.00 %)Support Engineer
34 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
34 (20.00 %)Server Engineer
34 (20.00 %)Network Support
34 (20.00 %)Network Support Engineer
42 (10.00 %)Analyst
42 (10.00 %)Server Support Engineer
42 (10.00 %)Windows Server Engineer
42 (10.00 %)Server Support
42 (10.00 %)Desktop Support
51 (5.000 %)Software Engineer
51 (5.000 %)Support Specialist
51 (5.000 %)Support Analyst
51 (5.000 %)Technical Support
51 (5.000 %)Audio Engineer
51 (5.000 %)Audio Software Engineer
51 (5.000 %)Voice Engineer
51 (5.000 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
51 (5.000 %)IT Support Analyst
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)Streaming Video
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (80.00 %)Windows
116 (80.00 %)Windows Server 2003
211 (55.00 %)Linux
36 (30.00 %)Windows 2000
43 (15.00 %)Windows NT
43 (15.00 %)Windows Vista
51 (5.000 %)Windows XP
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (40.00 %)ITIL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.000 %)C
11 (5.000 %)C++
11 (5.000 %)SQL
11 (5.000 %)Embedded C
11 (5.000 %)Embedded C++
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (45.00 %)MCSE
19 (45.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (10.00 %)Cisco Certification
31 (5.000 %)CCVP
31 (5.000 %)CCNP
31 (5.000 %)CCNA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (25.00 %)Active Directory
21 (5.000 %)VMware ESX
21 (5.000 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (15.00 %)OpenView
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (70.00 %)Microsoft
27 (35.00 %)Cisco
34 (20.00 %)VMware
43 (15.00 %)HP
43 (15.00 %)Dell
43 (15.00 %)McAfee Security
43 (15.00 %)3Com