The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 21 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 Lancashire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 31 40 14
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -26
Contract jobs citing VoIP 1 3 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.495% 0.703% 7.328%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.333% 5.085% 31.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
Average hourly rate - - £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -32.82%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
30 59 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 14.85% 13.82% 23.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 17
Average daily rate £325 £380 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.47% +38.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £155 £128
10% offered a daily rate of more than £336 £490 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 20
Average hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £29.75 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
VoIP
North West

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Blackpool - 1 - -
VoIP
North West

VoIP
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) MVS
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) CESG
2 1 (50.00%) CESG CLAS
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) VME
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) RAD
2 1 (50.00%) SSADM
2 1 (50.00%) DSDM
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) ATM
2 1 (50.00%) ISDN
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) SLA

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) ATM
1 1 (50.00%) ISDN
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CESG
1 1 (50.00%) CESG CLAS
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) MVS
1 1 (50.00%) VME
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) RAD
1 1 (50.00%) SSADM
1 1 (50.00%) DSDM
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft