The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 17 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 Cambridgeshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 35 60 50
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -10
Contract jobs citing VoIP 15 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 2.732% 0.289% 0.191%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.61% 1.835% 1.163%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
Average daily rate £265 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.63% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 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
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
119 109 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 21.68% 15.77% 16.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 48 30
Average daily rate £275 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £425 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 24
Average hourly rate £20.00 £42.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-52.94% +126.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.70 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
VoIP
East of England

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cambridge +15 9 £275 -
Peterborough - 2 - -
VoIP
East of England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 22 (75.86%) Cisco
2 15 (51.72%) VPN
3 14 (48.28%) LAN
3 14 (48.28%) Windows
4 13 (44.83%) WAN
5 10 (34.48%) VLAN
6 9 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (24.14%) Nagios
7 7 (24.14%) Firewall
7 7 (24.14%) Wireless
8 6 (20.69%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (20.69%) CCNA
9 5 (17.24%) Mac OS X
9 5 (17.24%) OSPF
9 5 (17.24%) DMZ
9 5 (17.24%) Avaya
9 5 (17.24%) DNS
9 5 (17.24%) DHCP
9 5 (17.24%) SNMP
9 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
9 5 (17.24%) IPsec
9 5 (17.24%) PCI DSS
9 5 (17.24%) iPhone
9 5 (17.24%) Cacti
9 5 (17.24%) WhatsUp Gold
9 5 (17.24%) iPad
9 5 (17.24%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (17.24%) HSRP
10 4 (13.79%) BT
10 4 (13.79%) Avaya Certification

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (10.34%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (6.897%) MS Excel
1 2 (6.897%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 15 (51.72%) VPN
2 14 (48.28%) LAN
3 13 (44.83%) WAN
4 10 (34.48%) VLAN
5 7 (24.14%) Wireless
5 7 (24.14%) Firewall
6 6 (20.69%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (17.24%) SNMP
7 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
7 5 (17.24%) IPsec
7 5 (17.24%) DHCP
7 5 (17.24%) DNS
7 5 (17.24%) DMZ
7 5 (17.24%) OSPF
7 5 (17.24%) HSRP
8 2 (6.897%) IP Telephony
9 1 (3.448%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (3.448%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (3.448%) HTTP
General
1 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.897%) Finance
2 2 (6.897%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.448%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Network Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Support Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Desktop Support
4 4 (13.79%) Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Telephony Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Solutions Designer
6 2 (6.897%) Designer
6 2 (6.897%) Mac Engineer
6 2 (6.897%) Desktop Team Leader
6 2 (6.897%) Avaya Engineer
6 2 (6.897%) Team Leader
6 2 (6.897%) Support Team Leader
6 2 (6.897%) Desktop Support Team Leader
6 2 (6.897%) Consultant
6 2 (6.897%) Architect
6 2 (6.897%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) iPhone
1 5 (17.24%) iPad
2 2 (6.897%) Hedge funds
3 1 (3.448%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (48.28%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Mac OS X
3 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.79%) ITIL
2 1 (3.448%) E-Commerce
2 1 (3.448%) Project Management
2 1 (3.448%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (3.448%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (20.69%) CCNA
3 4 (13.79%) Avaya Certification
4 2 (6.897%) Degree
4 2 (6.897%) CCNP
5 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.448%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) Nagios
2 5 (17.24%) Cacti
2 5 (17.24%) WhatsUp Gold
2 5 (17.24%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (3.448%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (3.448%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 22 (75.86%) Cisco
2 5 (17.24%) Avaya
3 4 (13.79%) BT
4 2 (6.897%) CheckPoint
4 2 (6.897%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.448%) Genesys
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
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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 Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £250 to £270 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013