England Speech Recognition Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Speech Recognition skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Speech Recognition over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Speech Recognition
Location East of England England Hereford Herefordshire London Norfolk Norwich UK West Midlands	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	509	620
Rank change on same period last year	+111
Matching contract IT job ads	10	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.075 %	0.026 %
Daily rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£450
Average daily rate	£400	£500
% change on same period last year	-20.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£550
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£388
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous England
Matching contract IT job ads	13259	18984
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	20.88 %	20.34 %
Daily rates quoted	4895	6778
Average minimum daily rate	£413	£465
Average daily rate	£445	£497
% change on same period last year	-10.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£477	£530
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£343
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	1139	1507
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.45	£23.39
Average hourly rate	£25.23	£25.35
% change on same period last year	-0.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.01	£27.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.46	£25.58
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
Speech Recognition UK

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.

Speech Recognition
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Speech Recognition across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Speech Recognition
Daily Rate Trend

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

Speech Recognition
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Speech Recognition
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Speech Recognition within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
East of England	-	7	-	-
London	+92	2	£400	-33.33 %
West Midlands	-	1	-	-

Speech Recognition UK

Speech Recognition
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Speech Recognition 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 Speech Recognition.

1 7 (63.64 %) Finance 2 4 (36.36 %) IVR 3 2 (18.18 %) Insurance 3 2 (18.18 %) Banking 3 2 (18.18 %) Genesys 4 1 (9.091 %) TQM 4 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms 4 1 (9.091 %) 2.5G 4 1 (9.091 %) Alcatel 4 1 (9.091 %) CTI 4 1 (9.091 %) 3G 4 1 (9.091 %) VXML 4 1 (9.091 %) C 4 1 (9.091 %) C++ 4 1 (9.091 %) Java

4 1 (9.091 %) Perl 4 1 (9.091 %) J2EE 4 1 (9.091 %) SAP 4 1 (9.091 %) XML 4 1 (9.091 %) Python 4 1 (9.091 %) CRM 4 1 (9.091 %) IBM 4 1 (9.091 %) Sun 4 1 (9.091 %) Nortel 4 1 (9.091 %) Sun Certification 4 1 (9.091 %) Avaya 4 1 (9.091 %) IP Telephony 4 1 (9.091 %) Nortel Periphonics 4 1 (9.091 %) WFM 4 1 (9.091 %) Integration Testing

Speech Recognition
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Speech Recognition 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 Speech Recognition. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (9.091 %) J2EE 1 1 (9.091 %) XML 1 1 (9.091 %) VXML	Business Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) Nortel Periphonics
Communications & Networking 1 1 (9.091 %) CTI 1 1 (9.091 %) 3G 1 1 (9.091 %) 2.5G 1 1 (9.091 %) IP Telephony	General 1 7 (63.64 %) Finance 2 2 (18.18 %) Banking 2 2 (18.18 %) Insurance 3 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 4 (36.36 %) Project Manager 2 2 (18.18 %) Business Analyst 2 2 (18.18 %) Analyst 3 1 (9.091 %) Programmer 3 1 (9.091 %) Design Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) Interface Designer 3 1 (9.091 %) Java Developer 3 1 (9.091 %) RF Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) RF Design Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) C Programmer 3 1 (9.091 %) Software Programmer 3 1 (9.091 %) Developer	Miscellaneous 1 4 (36.36 %) IVR
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (9.091 %) CRM 1 1 (9.091 %) TQM 1 1 (9.091 %) WFM 1 1 (9.091 %) Integration Testing	Programming Languages 1 1 (9.091 %) C 1 1 (9.091 %) C++ 1 1 (9.091 %) Java 1 1 (9.091 %) Perl 1 1 (9.091 %) Python
Qualifications 1 1 (9.091 %) Sun Certification	Vendors 1 2 (18.18 %) Genesys 2 1 (9.091 %) Alcatel 2 1 (9.091 %) SAP 2 1 (9.091 %) IBM 2 1 (9.091 %) Sun 2 1 (9.091 %) Nortel 2 1 (9.091 %) Avaya