The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP 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 Communications & Networking category for the Leicestershire 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
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank - 21 -
Contract jobs citing VoIP 0 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire - 1.852% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 12.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -32.30%
All Communications & Networking
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
13 32 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 6.132% 14.81% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 6
Average daily rate £275 £200 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% -33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £180 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £547 £343 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 4
Average hourly rate £16.50 £18.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -44.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
VoIP
East Midlands

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire VoIP Hourly Rate Trend

VoIP
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) PBX
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 3 (100.00%) Lync
1 3 (100.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Siemens

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (100.00%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) PBX
1 3 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 3 (100.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Telephony Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Siemens