The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 20 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 East Midlands 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 71 61 67
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +6
Contract jobs citing VoIP 12 20 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.954% 1.465% 0.890%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.792% 11.98% 7.453%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 3
Average daily rate £295 £308 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.06% -5.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £166 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £473 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £14.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -27.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -32.82%
All Communications & Networking
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
154 167 161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 12.24% 12.23% 11.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 72 42
Average daily rate £313 £250 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £175 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £462 £416
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 23 18
Average hourly rate £16.00 £33.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-52.23% +67.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £11.14 £9.74
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £57.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
VoIP
England

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Lincolnshire - 7 £263 -
Nottinghamshire -2 5 £325 +96.96%
VoIP
England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 15 (55.56%) Cisco
2 14 (51.85%) Microsoft
3 13 (48.15%) Firewall
4 12 (44.44%) Windows
5 8 (29.63%) TCP/IP
5 8 (29.63%) CheckPoint
6 7 (25.93%) LAN
6 7 (25.93%) Project Management
6 7 (25.93%) Telecoms
6 7 (25.93%) Finance
7 6 (22.22%) VMware
7 6 (22.22%) Internet
7 6 (22.22%) Nokia
7 6 (22.22%) Citrix
7 6 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (18.52%) CCNA
8 5 (18.52%) Juniper
8 5 (18.52%) DHCP
8 5 (18.52%) Linux
8 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
8 5 (18.52%) Blue Coat
9 4 (14.81%) IP Telephony
9 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (14.81%) MCSE
9 4 (14.81%) PBX
9 4 (14.81%) ITIL
9 4 (14.81%) MS Exchange
9 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (14.81%) Migration
10 3 (11.11%) MPLS

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 Development
1 1 (3.704%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.81%) MS Exchange
2 3 (11.11%) Lync
2 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Office
1 2 (7.407%) Office 365
2 1 (3.704%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (48.15%) Firewall
2 8 (29.63%) TCP/IP
3 7 (25.93%) LAN
4 6 (22.22%) Internet
5 5 (18.52%) DHCP
6 4 (14.81%) IP Telephony
6 4 (14.81%) PBX
7 3 (11.11%) WAN
7 3 (11.11%) MPLS
7 3 (11.11%) EIGRP
7 3 (11.11%) VLAN
7 3 (11.11%) Unified Communications
7 3 (11.11%) PABX
7 3 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (7.407%) VPN
8 2 (7.407%) DNS
9 1 (3.704%) SAN
9 1 (3.704%) CTI
9 1 (3.704%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (3.704%) Wireless
General
1 7 (25.93%) Telecoms
1 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Banking
2 1 (3.704%) Retail
2 1 (3.704%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Project Manager
2 6 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Network Support
4 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Architect
5 3 (11.11%) Technical Architect
5 3 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Cisco Support
5 3 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
6 2 (7.407%) Telephony Project Manager
6 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (7.407%) Network Support Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Support Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) Network Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.407%) IVR
2 1 (3.704%) NHS
2 1 (3.704%) Clustering
2 1 (3.704%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 12 (44.44%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Linux
3 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 3 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Project Management
2 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
3 4 (14.81%) ITIL
3 4 (14.81%) Migration
3 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (7.407%) Resource Management
5 2 (7.407%) Matrix Management
5 2 (7.407%) Performance Management
5 2 (7.407%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (7.407%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.704%) ITIL V3
6 1 (3.704%) Release Management
6 1 (3.704%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (18.52%) CCNA
3 4 (14.81%) MCSE
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (11.11%) MCSA
4 3 (11.11%) CCNP
5 2 (7.407%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (7.407%) PMP
5 2 (7.407%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.704%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.704%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (3.704%) ISA Server
2 1 (3.704%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Cisco
2 14 (51.85%) Microsoft
3 8 (29.63%) CheckPoint
4 6 (22.22%) VMware
4 6 (22.22%) Citrix
4 6 (22.22%) Nokia
5 5 (18.52%) Juniper
5 5 (18.52%) Blue Coat
6 3 (11.11%) HP
7 2 (7.407%) Siemens
8 1 (3.704%) Hitachi
8 1 (3.704%) Avaya
8 1 (3.704%) Veeam