East of England VoIP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Voice Over IP (VoIP) skills within the East of England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Bicester Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chichester City of London Crawley Docklands, London Dorchester Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Huddersfield Hull Inverness Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Oxfordshire Pontefract Poole Portsmouth Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Witham Woking Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	123	94
Rank change on same period last year	-29
Matching contract IT job ads	24	60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.032 %	0.061 %
As % of the category below	3.409 %	7.444 %
Daily rates quoted	2	15
Average minimum daily rate	£425	£313
Average daily rate	£456	£322
% change on same period last year	+41.83 %
Average maximum daily rate	£488	£330
UK excluding London average daily rate	£312	£353
% change on same period last year	-11.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£46.00	£25.25
Average hourly rate	£46.80	£26.75
% change on same period last year	+74.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£47.60	£28.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.89	£26.86
% change on same period last year	+7.59 %
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	704	806
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.938 %	0.815 %
Daily rates quoted	214	203
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£338
Average daily rate	£336	£358
% change on same period last year	-6.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	122	155
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.63	£25.82
Average hourly rate	£30.44	£27.69
% change on same period last year	+9.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.24	£29.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
VoIP England

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VoIP across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VoIP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VoIP across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VoIP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	-24	9	-	-
Suffolk	+1	6	-	-
Hertfordshire	+3	5	£456	+31.76 %
Norfolk	+4	4	-	-
Essex	+2	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 37 (36.27 %) Windows 2 34 (33.33 %) LAN 2 34 (33.33 %) Cisco 3 30 (29.41 %) WAN 4 27 (26.47 %) Firewall 5 26 (25.49 %) Telecoms 6 25 (24.51 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 21 (20.59 %) Microsoft 7 21 (20.59 %) MS Exchange 8 19 (18.63 %) Linux 9 17 (16.67 %) Windows Server 2003 9 17 (16.67 %) MPLS 10 15 (14.71 %) TCP/IP 10 15 (14.71 %) DNS 11 14 (13.73 %) ISDN

11 14 (13.73 %) Windows 2000 12 13 (12.75 %) Windows NT 12 13 (12.75 %) Exchange Server 2007 13 12 (11.76 %) Active Directory 14 11 (10.78 %) HP 14 11 (10.78 %) Dell 14 11 (10.78 %) Cisco Certification 14 11 (10.78 %) ITIL 14 11 (10.78 %) C++ 14 11 (10.78 %) Exchange Server 2000 15 10 (9.804 %) Network Design 15 10 (9.804 %) MS Office 15 10 (9.804 %) ADSL 15 10 (9.804 %) Nortel 16 9 (8.824 %) Microsoft Certification

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 9 (8.824 %) .NET 1 9 (8.824 %) AJAX 2 8 (7.843 %) .NET Framework 2 8 (7.843 %) WebServices 3 6 (5.882 %) ASP.NET 4 4 (3.922 %) WCF 4 4 (3.922 %) WPF 4 4 (3.922 %) Silverlight 5 2 (1.961 %) CSS 6 1 (0.980 %) POSIX 6 1 (0.980 %) WinForms	Application Platforms 1 25 (24.51 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 21 (20.59 %) MS Exchange 3 13 (12.75 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 11 (10.78 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 1 (0.980 %) CMS
Applications 1 10 (9.804 %) MS Office 2 6 (5.882 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.980 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 34 (33.33 %) LAN 2 30 (29.41 %) WAN 3 27 (26.47 %) Firewall 4 17 (16.67 %) MPLS 5 15 (14.71 %) TCP/IP 5 15 (14.71 %) DNS 6 14 (13.73 %) ISDN 7 10 (9.804 %) ADSL 8 9 (8.824 %) CTI 8 9 (8.824 %) Intrusion Detection 9 8 (7.843 %) OSPF 9 8 (7.843 %) PBX 10 7 (6.863 %) SMTP 11 6 (5.882 %) TETRA 12 5 (4.902 %) IP Telephony 12 5 (4.902 %) BGP 12 5 (4.902 %) Wireless 12 5 (4.902 %) DHCP 12 5 (4.902 %) PSTN 12 5 (4.902 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (3.922 %) SQL Server 2 1 (0.980 %) RDBMS	General 1 26 (25.49 %) Telecoms 2 5 (4.902 %) Retail 3 4 (3.922 %) Finance 4 3 (2.941 %) Financial Institution 5 2 (1.961 %) Electronics 5 2 (1.961 %) Government 5 2 (1.961 %) Health 5 2 (1.961 %) Manufacturing 5 2 (1.961 %) Local Government 5 2 (1.961 %) Pharmaceutical 6 1 (0.980 %) Marketing 6 1 (0.980 %) Multimedia 6 1 (0.980 %) Insurance 6 1 (0.980 %) Education
Job Titles 1 21 (20.59 %) Analyst 2 15 (14.71 %) Network Support 3 14 (13.73 %) Network Engineer 3 14 (13.73 %) Support Engineer 4 11 (10.78 %) 3rd Line Support 5 10 (9.804 %) Network Support Engineer 6 9 (8.824 %) Software Engineer 7 7 (6.863 %) Developer 7 7 (6.863 %) .NET Developer 8 6 (5.882 %) C# Developer 8 6 (5.882 %) Support Analyst 8 6 (5.882 %) Business Analyst 8 6 (5.882 %) Consultant 9 5 (4.902 %) Project Manager 9 5 (4.902 %) Network Support Analyst 9 5 (4.902 %) Network Analyst 10 4 (3.922 %) Server Engineer 10 4 (3.922 %) Telecoms Analyst 10 4 (3.922 %) Voice Analyst 11 3 (2.941 %) Telecoms Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 4 (3.922 %) Client/Server 2 3 (2.941 %) NHS 2 3 (2.941 %) Device Driver 3 2 (1.961 %) IVR 3 2 (1.961 %) Computer Science 4 1 (0.980 %) IPTV 4 1 (0.980 %) Streaming Video 4 1 (0.980 %) Firmware
Operating Systems 1 37 (36.27 %) Windows 2 19 (18.63 %) Linux 3 17 (16.67 %) Windows Server 2003 4 14 (13.73 %) Windows 2000 5 13 (12.75 %) Windows NT 6 8 (7.843 %) UNIX 7 7 (6.863 %) Embedded Linux 8 1 (0.980 %) Solaris 8 1 (0.980 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (10.78 %) ITIL 2 10 (9.804 %) Network Design 3 7 (6.863 %) Security Cleared 4 6 (5.882 %) Migration 5 5 (4.902 %) Stakeholder Management 5 5 (4.902 %) Data Migration 5 5 (4.902 %) SC Cleared 5 5 (4.902 %) Project Management 6 3 (2.941 %) PRINCE2 7 2 (1.961 %) PRINCE 7 2 (1.961 %) Workflow 8 1 (0.980 %) Configuration Management 8 1 (0.980 %) Change Management 8 1 (0.980 %) UML 8 1 (0.980 %) B2C 8 1 (0.980 %) Business Analysis 8 1 (0.980 %) Supplier Management 8 1 (0.980 %) WFM 8 1 (0.980 %) Internet Marketing 8 1 (0.980 %) Unit Testing
Programming Languages 1 11 (10.78 %) C++ 2 9 (8.824 %) VB.NET 2 9 (8.824 %) C# 3 7 (6.863 %) C 4 3 (2.941 %) Embedded C 5 1 (0.980 %) Embedded C++	Qualifications 1 11 (10.78 %) Cisco Certification 2 9 (8.824 %) Microsoft Certification 2 9 (8.824 %) MCSE 3 6 (5.882 %) CCNA 4 3 (2.941 %) CCVP 4 3 (2.941 %) Degree 5 2 (1.961 %) ISEB 5 2 (1.961 %) CCNP 6 1 (0.980 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.980 %) SLA	System Software 1 12 (11.76 %) Active Directory 2 2 (1.961 %) VMware ESX 2 2 (1.961 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.980 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 8 (7.843 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 34 (33.33 %) Cisco 2 21 (20.59 %) Microsoft 3 11 (10.78 %) HP 3 11 (10.78 %) Dell 4 10 (9.804 %) Nortel 5 9 (8.824 %) Avaya 6 8 (7.843 %) McAfee Security 6 8 (7.843 %) 3Com 6 8 (7.843 %) VMware 7 7 (6.863 %) BT 8 5 (4.902 %) Siemens 9 3 (2.941 %) Juniper 9 3 (2.941 %) Novell 9 3 (2.941 %) Citrix 9 3 (2.941 %) ProCurve 10 2 (1.961 %) Sophos 10 2 (1.961 %) Genesys 10 2 (1.961 %) VERITAS 10 2 (1.961 %) Red Hat 10 2 (1.961 %) CheckPoint