The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cheshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 55 57 70
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +13
Contract jobs citing VoIP 12 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.655% 1.227% 0.322%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.571% 6.757% 1.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
Average daily rate £110 £281 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-60.88% -37.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £296 £306 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.26% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £14.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 £22.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+8.88% -27.41%
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
140 148 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 19.31% 18.16% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 68 123
Average daily rate £325 £318 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.36% -9.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £184 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 5
Average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% +92.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.10 £14.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.30 £25.00 £28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
VoIP
North West

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Crewe - 7 £110 -
Chester -3 1 £275 - 1
Macclesfield - - - -
Northwich - - - -
Runcorn - - - -
Warrington - - - - 1
VoIP
North West

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 8 (53.33%) Cisco
1 8 (53.33%) Telecoms
2 7 (46.67%) Siemens
2 7 (46.67%) IP Telephony
3 5 (33.33%) PBX
3 5 (33.33%) WAN
3 5 (33.33%) DHCP
3 5 (33.33%) Firewall
4 4 (26.67%) Migration
4 4 (26.67%) OSPF
4 4 (26.67%) BGP
4 4 (26.67%) EIGRP
4 4 (26.67%) IGRP
5 3 (20.00%) Network Architecture
5 3 (20.00%) IVR
5 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (20.00%) CCNP
5 3 (20.00%) CCNA
6 2 (13.33%) Avaya
6 2 (13.33%) Juniper
6 2 (13.33%) Finance
6 2 (13.33%) LAN
6 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) JNCIA
7 1 (6.667%) Business Analysis
7 1 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (6.667%) VLAN
7 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) IP Telephony
2 5 (33.33%) PBX
2 5 (33.33%) WAN
2 5 (33.33%) DHCP
2 5 (33.33%) Firewall
3 4 (26.67%) OSPF
3 4 (26.67%) BGP
3 4 (26.67%) EIGRP
3 4 (26.67%) IGRP
4 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (13.33%) LAN
6 1 (6.667%) VLAN
6 1 (6.667%) Network Security
General
1 8 (53.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.667%) Banking
3 1 (6.667%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Voice Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Firewall Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) VoIP Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Trainee
3 1 (6.667%) Voice Network Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Business Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Support Technician
3 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (6.667%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) IVR
2 1 (6.667%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
1 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
1 1 (6.667%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Migration
2 3 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (6.667%) Business Analysis
3 1 (6.667%) Problem Management
3 1 (6.667%) Use Case
3 1 (6.667%) Security Management
3 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
3 1 (6.667%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (20.00%) CCNP
1 3 (20.00%) CCNA
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) JNCIA
3 1 (6.667%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Cisco
2 7 (46.67%) Siemens
3 2 (13.33%) Avaya
3 2 (13.33%) Juniper
4 1 (6.667%) Speakerbus
4 1 (6.667%) VMware
4 1 (6.667%) Nortel
4 1 (6.667%) Citrix
Chester, North West
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Argyll Scott International
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Warrington, North West
The Senior Support Engineer will assist my client during a period of transition. They are implementing several technologies and require assistance with the workload.
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Posted: 10 June 2013