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This section looks at the demand for Voice Over IP (VoIP) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVoice Over IP (VoIP)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank225214
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads468654
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.617 %0.694 %
As % of the category below4.834 %5.292 %
Daily rates quoted122178
Average minimum daily rate£318£360
Average daily rate£342£379
% change on same period last year-9.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£356
% change on same period last year-12.68 %
Hourly rates quoted7155
Average minimum hourly rate£25.06£28.89
Average hourly rate£27.06£30.43
% change on same period last year-11.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.07£31.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.71£27.33
% change on same period last year+5.02 %
Communications & Networking EnglandCommunications & Networking
England
Matching contract IT job ads968112359
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.77 %13.11 %
Daily rates quoted27013048
Average minimum daily rate£337£350
Average daily rate£359£369
% change on same period last year-2.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£344
% change on same period last year-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted11821593
Average minimum hourly rate£23.94£26.07
Average hourly rate£25.58£27.88
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.22£29.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.53
% change on same period last year-10.35 %
VoIP UKVoIP
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.

VoIP
Demand Trend

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

England VoIP Demand Trend

VoIP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England VoIP Daily Rate Trend

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VoIP across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England VoIP Daily Rate Histogram

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England VoIP Hourly Rate Trend

VoIP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VoIP across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England VoIP Hourly Rate Histogram

VoIP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing VoIP within the England region over the 3 months to 4 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+6187£368-7.13 %
South EastUp+42132£328-20.60 %
East of EnglandDown-2439£379+12.29 %
YorkshireUp+330£229-32.53 %
South WestUp+2724£328+19.09 %
North EastUp+2322£302+20.80 %
North WestDown-4114£318+27.33 %
West MidlandsDown-379£456+21.66 %
East MidlandsDown-68£185-15.90 %
MidlandsDown-92£250-23.22 %
VoIP UKVoIP
UK

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1542 (48.22 %)Cisco
2304 (27.05 %)Cisco Certification
3262 (23.31 %)WAN
4260 (23.13 %)LAN
5258 (22.95 %)Telecoms
6225 (20.02 %)Windows
7214 (19.04 %)Firewall
8177 (15.75 %)VPN
9172 (15.30 %)TCP/IP
10160 (14.23 %)CCNP
11157 (13.97 %)CCNA
12114 (10.14 %)Linux
13111 (9.875 %)Finance
14106 (9.431 %)Active Directory
15104 (9.253 %)Microsoft
16103 (9.164 %)MPLS
17100 (8.897 %)OSPF
1892 (8.185 %)ITIL
1990 (8.007 %)Nortel
2087 (7.740 %)BGP
2185 (7.562 %)Avaya
2185 (7.562 %)MS Exchange
2282 (7.295 %)Unix
2375 (6.673 %)DNS
2375 (6.673 %)Microsoft Certification
2474 (6.584 %)Project Management
2570 (6.228 %)CheckPoint
2570 (6.228 %)Exchange Server 2003
2669 (6.139 %)Network Design
2767 (5.961 %)HP

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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
118 (1.601 %).NET
216 (1.423 %)XML
39 (0.801 %)WebServices
39 (0.801 %)AJAX
48 (0.712 %).NET Framework
57 (0.623 %)Middleware
57 (0.623 %)COM+
57 (0.623 %)DCOM
66 (0.534 %)ASP.NET
66 (0.534 %)J2EE
66 (0.534 %)CSS
74 (0.356 %)Servlets
74 (0.356 %)HTML
74 (0.356 %)EJB
74 (0.356 %)XSLT
74 (0.356 %)CGI
74 (0.356 %)WCF
74 (0.356 %)WPF
74 (0.356 %)Silverlight
83 (0.267 %)JSF
Application Platforms
185 (7.562 %)MS Exchange
270 (6.228 %)Exchange Server 2003
330 (2.669 %)Exchange Server 2007
425 (2.224 %)Exchange Server 2000
511 (0.979 %)CMS
511 (0.979 %)IIS
69 (0.801 %)GroupWise
78 (0.712 %)SharePoint
85 (0.445 %)Exchange Server 5.5
94 (0.356 %)Lotus Notes
103 (0.267 %)Apache
103 (0.267 %)WebLogic
112 (0.178 %)Tomcat
112 (0.178 %)GlassFish
121 (0.089 %)Office Communications Server
121 (0.089 %)Lotus Domino
121 (0.089 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
161 (5.427 %)MS Office
232 (2.847 %)MS Excel
35 (0.445 %)MS Project
44 (0.356 %)DeltaView
53 (0.267 %)MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1262 (23.31 %)WAN
2260 (23.13 %)LAN
3214 (19.04 %)Firewall
4177 (15.75 %)VPN
5172 (15.30 %)TCP/IP
6103 (9.164 %)MPLS
7100 (8.897 %)OSPF
887 (7.740 %)BGP
975 (6.673 %)DNS
1067 (5.961 %)Ethernet
1165 (5.783 %)IP Telephony
1255 (4.893 %)PBX
1348 (4.270 %)Wireless
1447 (4.181 %)Internet
1545 (4.004 %)CTI
1545 (4.004 %)VLAN
1643 (3.826 %)ISDN
1740 (3.559 %)Network Security
1836 (3.203 %)Broadband
1933 (2.936 %)ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
140 (3.559 %)SQL Server
210 (0.890 %)RDBMS
39 (0.801 %)SQL Server 2000
48 (0.712 %)Oracle 10g
48 (0.712 %)Datawarehouse
54 (0.356 %)ObjectStore
63 (0.267 %)SQL Server 7
63 (0.267 %)SQL Server 2005
72 (0.178 %)MySQL
72 (0.178 %)PostgreSQL
81 (0.089 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.089 %)Informix
81 (0.089 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.089 %)MS Access
Development Applications
127 (2.402 %)ClearCase
224 (2.135 %)ClearQuest
35 (0.445 %)WinRunner
35 (0.445 %)QuickTest Pro
44 (0.356 %)MSI
53 (0.267 %)Visual Studio
62 (0.178 %)Ant
62 (0.178 %)Eclipse
71 (0.089 %)TestDirector
71 (0.089 %)Rational Rose
71 (0.089 %)Subversion
General
1258 (22.95 %)Telecoms
2111 (9.875 %)Finance
348 (4.270 %)Banking
439 (3.470 %)Government
522 (1.957 %)Financial Institution
617 (1.512 %)Multimedia
713 (1.157 %)Investment Banking
713 (1.157 %)Marketing
713 (1.157 %)Back Office
810 (0.890 %)Billing
99 (0.801 %)Insurance
99 (0.801 %)Education
99 (0.801 %)Legal
108 (0.712 %)Military
108 (0.712 %)Health
108 (0.712 %)Electronics
115 (0.445 %)Construction
115 (0.445 %)Retail
124 (0.356 %)Law
124 (0.356 %)Electric
Job Titles
1183 (16.28 %)Network Engineer
2147 (13.08 %)Analyst
396 (8.541 %)Support Engineer
489 (7.918 %)Cisco Engineer
579 (7.028 %)Network Support
579 (7.028 %)Support Analyst
673 (6.495 %)Project Manager
755 (4.893 %)VoIP Engineer
854 (4.804 %)Network Analyst
952 (4.626 %)Software Engineer
1051 (4.537 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1150 (4.448 %)Consultant
1242 (3.737 %)Voice Engineer
1338 (3.381 %)Desktop Support
1338 (3.381 %)Architect
1435 (3.114 %)Test Engineer
1435 (3.114 %)Voice Specialist
1533 (2.936 %)Cisco Support
1533 (2.936 %)Systems Engineer
1632 (2.847 %)Network Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
139 (3.470 %)Blackberry
236 (3.203 %)IVR
327 (2.402 %)Handset
424 (2.135 %)NHS
519 (1.690 %)Video Conferencing
618 (1.601 %)Fat Client
618 (1.601 %)Thin Client
716 (1.423 %)IPTV
813 (1.157 %)Asset Management
911 (0.979 %)Derivative
109 (0.801 %)N-Tier
117 (0.623 %)Clustering
126 (0.534 %)Device Driver
135 (0.445 %)Management Information System
135 (0.445 %)Computer Science
135 (0.445 %)German Language
144 (0.356 %)French Language
144 (0.356 %)Client/Server
153 (0.267 %)PMI
153 (0.267 %)PDA
Operating Systems
1225 (20.02 %)Windows
2114 (10.14 %)Linux
382 (7.295 %)Unix
452 (4.626 %)Windows Server 2003
544 (3.915 %)Windows 2000
544 (3.915 %)Windows XP
630 (2.669 %)Windows NT
722 (1.957 %)Windows Mobile
818 (1.601 %)Solaris
912 (1.068 %)Embedded Linux
1010 (0.890 %)NetWare
113 (0.267 %)Windows Vista
113 (0.267 %)VxWorks
121 (0.089 %)Windows CE
121 (0.089 %)AIX
121 (0.089 %)HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
192 (8.185 %)ITIL
274 (6.584 %)Project Management
369 (6.139 %)Network Design
465 (5.783 %)Security Cleared
550 (4.448 %)PRINCE2
644 (3.915 %)Migration
644 (3.915 %)SC Cleared
731 (2.758 %)Test Scripting
827 (2.402 %)Change Management
922 (1.957 %)Disaster Recovery
1021 (1.868 %)UML
1119 (1.690 %)Service Delivery
1119 (1.690 %)WFM
1216 (1.423 %)OO
1216 (1.423 %)Service Management
1315 (1.335 %)Validation
1315 (1.335 %)Load Balancing
1315 (1.335 %)Incident Management
1413 (1.157 %)Risk Management
1512 (1.068 %)Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
150 (4.448 %)C++
246 (4.093 %)C
338 (3.381 %)SQL
426 (2.313 %)C#
520 (1.779 %)Java
613 (1.157 %)Perl
79 (0.801 %)VB.NET
87 (0.623 %)Embedded C
96 (0.534 %)Delphi
105 (0.445 %)JavaScript
114 (0.356 %)Pascal
114 (0.356 %)Transact-SQL
114 (0.356 %)VB
122 (0.178 %)Smalltalk
131 (0.089 %)VBA
131 (0.089 %)VC++
131 (0.089 %)Shell Script
131 (0.089 %)Embedded C++
131 (0.089 %)PHP
Qualifications
1304 (27.05 %)Cisco Certification
2160 (14.23 %)CCNP
3157 (13.97 %)CCNA
475 (6.673 %)Microsoft Certification
558 (5.160 %)CCIE
654 (4.804 %)MCSE
753 (4.715 %)CCVP
840 (3.559 %)Degree
923 (2.046 %)MCP
1019 (1.690 %)CCDP
1114 (1.246 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1213 (1.157 %)ITIL Certification
1312 (1.068 %)MCSA
149 (0.801 %)CCIP
157 (0.623 %)Citrix Certification
165 (0.445 %)ISEB
165 (0.445 %)CCDA
165 (0.445 %)CCSP
165 (0.445 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
173 (0.267 %)Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
117 (1.512 %)SLA
27 (0.623 %)GCP
34 (0.356 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.178 %)QA
51 (0.089 %)ISO27001
System Software
1106 (9.431 %)Active Directory
219 (1.690 %)VMware ESX
317 (1.512 %)VMware Infrastructure
413 (1.157 %)Backup Exec
512 (1.068 %)ISA Server
610 (0.890 %)Citrix Presentation Server
75 (0.445 %)VMware Server
75 (0.445 %)Terminal Services
75 (0.445 %)MetaFrame
84 (0.356 %)NetBackup
92 (0.178 %)Snort
101 (0.089 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
101 (0.089 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
122 (1.957 %)CiscoWorks
216 (1.423 %)OpenView
315 (1.335 %)ZENworks
413 (1.157 %)BMC PATROL
512 (1.068 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
610 (0.890 %)Netcool
76 (0.534 %)MOM
76 (0.534 %)MAILsweeper
85 (0.445 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
94 (0.356 %)WSUS
103 (0.267 %)DameWare
103 (0.267 %)Norton AntiVirus
112 (0.178 %)Unicenter
121 (0.089 %)SCCM
Vendors
1542 (48.22 %)Cisco
2104 (9.253 %)Microsoft
390 (8.007 %)Nortel
485 (7.562 %)Avaya
570 (6.228 %)CheckPoint
667 (5.961 %)HP
758 (5.160 %)Juniper
852 (4.626 %)VMware
939 (3.470 %)Citrix
939 (3.470 %)Nokia
1037 (3.292 %)BT
1132 (2.847 %)Siemens
1229 (2.580 %)Mitel
1327 (2.402 %)Novell
1327 (2.402 %)Dell
1423 (2.046 %)Genesys
1521 (1.868 %)Remedy
1619 (1.690 %)Oracle
1715 (1.335 %)Lucent
1715 (1.335 %)McAfee Security
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