The first table below looks at the demand for VXML skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VXML over the 3 months to 22 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 Application Development category for the England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VoiceXML (VXML)
Rank 510 566 560
Rank change year-on-year
+56 -6
Contract jobs citing VXML 4 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.009% 0.007% 0.007%
As % of the Application Development category 0.035% 0.028% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £313 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.19%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £375 £320
% change year-on-year
- +17.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11460 14244 15606
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.15% 26.26% 28.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7340 8537 9258
Average daily rate £375 £353 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% -11.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 373 551
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.45 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.35 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
VXML
UK

VXML
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VXML across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England VXML Jobs Demand Trend

VXML
Daily Rate Trend

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

England VXML Daily Rate Trend

VXML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England VXML Hourly Rate Trend

VXML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VXML within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London +32 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
VXML
UK

VXML
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing VXML 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 VXML.

1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco UCCE
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 5 (71.43%) IVR
3 4 (57.14%) Incident Management
3 4 (57.14%) Cisco ICM
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (14.29%) WFM
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
4 1 (14.29%) PBX
4 1 (14.29%) PSTN
4 1 (14.29%) BCP
4 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 1 (14.29%) Back Office

VXML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing VXML 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 VXML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco ICM
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
2 1 (14.29%) PBX
2 1 (14.29%) PSTN
General
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Voice Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Voice Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Project Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Project Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Incident Management
2 1 (14.29%) WFM
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 1 (14.29%) BCP
2 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
London
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Posted: 25 April 2013