The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 17 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 Essex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 38 40 49
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +9
Contract jobs citing VoIP 8 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.966% 0.976% 0.253%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.59% 8.889% 2.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
Average daily rate £413 £175 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+135.71% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -32.82%
All Communications & Networking
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
69 45 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 16.95% 10.98% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 17 9
Average daily rate £325 £363 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.34% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £137 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 16
Average hourly rate £25.00 £21.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.27% -6.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.70 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.92 £28.30 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
VoIP
East of England

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex VoIP Daily Rate Trend

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Colchester +3 4 £413 -
Basildon - 1 £345 -
VoIP
East of England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 10 (83.33%) Cisco
2 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (58.33%) CCNP
3 7 (58.33%) VMware
3 7 (58.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (41.67%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (41.67%) Network Security
4 5 (41.67%) CCIE
4 5 (41.67%) HP
4 5 (41.67%) Citrix
4 5 (41.67%) Project Management
5 4 (33.33%) NetScreen
5 4 (33.33%) Juniper
5 4 (33.33%) Siemens
5 4 (33.33%) DNS
5 4 (33.33%) C
5 4 (33.33%) Linux
5 4 (33.33%) E-Commerce
5 4 (33.33%) DHCP
5 4 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (33.33%) Fat Client
5 4 (33.33%) Blue Coat
5 4 (33.33%) ProxySG
5 4 (33.33%) CCSE
5 4 (33.33%) BIG-IP
5 4 (33.33%) Firewall
5 4 (33.33%) Thin Client
5 4 (33.33%) CheckPoint
5 4 (33.33%) OSPF
5 4 (33.33%) Infoblox

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Network Security
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (33.33%) BIG-IP
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (33.33%) NetScreen
2 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 4 (33.33%) DHCP
2 4 (33.33%) DNS
2 4 (33.33%) OSPF
2 4 (33.33%) DMVPN
3 3 (25.00%) MPLS
3 3 (25.00%) Wireless
4 2 (16.67%) IP Telephony
4 2 (16.67%) Q.931
4 2 (16.67%) H.323
4 2 (16.67%) Unified Communications
4 2 (16.67%) WAN
4 2 (16.67%) DPNSS
5 1 (8.333%) BGP
5 1 (8.333%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Network Specialist
1 4 (33.33%) Network Security Specialist
1 4 (33.33%) E-Commerce Specialist
1 4 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (8.333%) Operations Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Telephony Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Network Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) IT Operations Manager
3 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Thin Client
1 4 (33.33%) Fat Client
2 2 (16.67%) NHS
3 1 (8.333%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (8.333%) IaaS
3 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (58.33%) CCNP
3 5 (41.67%) CCIE
4 4 (33.33%) CCSE
5 3 (25.00%) CCNA
6 2 (16.67%) CCDP
6 2 (16.67%) CCIP
7 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (8.333%) Avaya Certification
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (33.33%) ProxySG
3 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (8.333%) Hyper-V
4 1 (8.333%) UAG
4 1 (8.333%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco UCCX
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Cisco
2 7 (58.33%) VMware
3 5 (41.67%) HP
3 5 (41.67%) Citrix
4 4 (33.33%) Juniper
4 4 (33.33%) Siemens
4 4 (33.33%) CheckPoint
4 4 (33.33%) Blue Coat
4 4 (33.33%) Infoblox
4 4 (33.33%) Imperva
4 4 (33.33%) F5
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (16.67%) BT
7 1 (8.333%) Avaya
7 1 (8.333%) Tandberg
Basildon, Essex
Required skills and experience: -Solid experience of Supporting Avaya telephony solutions including project based work -Excellent knowledge of converged VoIP/Voice/Data networks -Avaya certification(s) (e.g...
Connectus
Rate: £345 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013