The first table below looks at the demand for the Voice Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Voice Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the City of London 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 Engineer
Rank 188 206 239
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Voice Engineer 15 12 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.235% 0.153% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.254% 0.167% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 6
Average daily rate £248 £394 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.14% +1.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £218 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £400 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £375 £320
% change year-on-year
-17.53% +17.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5894 7192 8993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.40% 91.44% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4333 5169 6545
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 186 197
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £133.00 £41.28 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Voice Engineer
London

Voice Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Voice Engineer across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Voice Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Voice Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Voice Engineer across the City of London region.

City of London Voice Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Voice Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Voice Engineer across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Voice Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Voice Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Voice Engineer across the City of London region.

City of London Voice Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Voice Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Voice Engineer in their job title 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 with Voice Engineer in their job title.

1 18 (75.00%) Cisco
2 13 (54.17%) VoIP
3 10 (41.67%) Avaya
4 8 (33.33%) Nortel
4 8 (33.33%) Banking
5 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
5 7 (29.17%) Finance
5 7 (29.17%) LAN
5 7 (29.17%) WAN
5 7 (29.17%) Lync
6 6 (25.00%) Network Management
6 6 (25.00%) Verint
6 6 (25.00%) Firewall
7 5 (20.83%) Mitel
7 5 (20.83%) CMS
7 5 (20.83%) H.323
7 5 (20.83%) Ethernet
7 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
7 5 (20.83%) PSTN
7 5 (20.83%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (20.83%) Cisco UCCE
8 4 (16.67%) OmniPeek
8 4 (16.67%) Infovista
8 4 (16.67%) Juniper
8 4 (16.67%) CheckPoint
8 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
8 4 (16.67%) OpenView
8 4 (16.67%) HP
8 4 (16.67%) IPv6

Voice Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Voice Engineer in their job title 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 with Voice Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 7 (29.17%) Lync
2 5 (20.83%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.167%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 13 (54.17%) VoIP
2 7 (29.17%) LAN
2 7 (29.17%) WAN
3 6 (25.00%) Firewall
4 5 (20.83%) H.323
4 5 (20.83%) Ethernet
4 5 (20.83%) PSTN
5 4 (16.67%) OmniPeek
5 4 (16.67%) IPv6
5 4 (16.67%) WLAN
5 4 (16.67%) Q.931
5 4 (16.67%) Wireless
5 4 (16.67%) Wireshark
6 3 (12.50%) Megaco
6 3 (12.50%) DPNSS
6 3 (12.50%) MGCP
6 3 (12.50%) SS7
7 2 (8.333%) Softswitch
7 2 (8.333%) RTP
7 2 (8.333%) Softphone
General
1 8 (33.33%) Banking
2 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
2 7 (29.17%) Finance
3 2 (8.333%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) PKI
2 3 (12.50%) Digital Media
3 2 (8.333%) Handset
4 1 (4.167%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (8.333%) Windows
1 2 (8.333%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Network Management
2 4 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (8.333%) Project Management
4 1 (4.167%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (4.167%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (12.50%) Degree
3 2 (8.333%) HND
3 2 (8.333%) CCNP
4 1 (4.167%) CCNA
4 1 (4.167%) Avaya Certification
4 1 (4.167%) CCIE
4 1 (4.167%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Cisco CUCM
1 5 (20.83%) Cisco UCCE
2 4 (16.67%) OpenView
3 2 (8.333%) Cisco UCCX
3 2 (8.333%) Netcool
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Cisco
2 10 (41.67%) Avaya
3 8 (33.33%) Nortel
4 6 (25.00%) Verint
5 5 (20.83%) Mitel
5 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
6 4 (16.67%) Infovista
6 4 (16.67%) Juniper
6 4 (16.67%) CheckPoint
6 4 (16.67%) HP
6 4 (16.67%) BT
7 2 (8.333%) CyberTech
7 2 (8.333%) Huawei
7 2 (8.333%) Sun
8 1 (4.167%) Acme Packet