London Voice Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Voice Engineer role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Voice Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf City of London Croydon Docklands, London East of England England Essex Hampshire Hertfordshire London North Yorkshire Shropshire South East South West Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley UK West Midlands Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	342	396
Rank change on same period last year	+54
Matching contract IT job ads	62	82
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.082 %	0.082 %
As % of the category below	0.205 %	0.188 %
Daily rates quoted	22	36
Average minimum daily rate	£309	£387
Average daily rate	£340	£411
% change on same period last year	-17.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£372	£434
UK excluding London average daily rate	£420	£375
% change on same period last year	+11.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£20.50
Average hourly rate	-	£21.25
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.84	£25.90
% change on same period last year	-38.84 %
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	30304	43510
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	39.99 %	43.33 %
Daily rates quoted	12933	16283
Average minimum daily rate	£407	£422
Average daily rate	£437	£451
% change on same period last year	-3.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£467	£479
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	1648	2229
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.96	£24.09
Average hourly rate	£24.58	£25.81
% change on same period last year	-4.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.20	£27.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Voice Engineer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Voice Engineer across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Voice Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
City of London	-19	22	£374	-15.63 %
Docklands, London	+32	5	-	-
Canary Wharf	+12	3	-	-
Croydon	-	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Voice Engineer in their job title 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 with Voice Engineer in their job title.

1 93 (76.23 %) Cisco 2 38 (31.15 %) Banking 3 35 (28.69 %) Cisco Certification 4 28 (22.95 %) Finance 5 25 (20.49 %) BT 6 23 (18.85 %) Cisco IPT 7 20 (16.39 %) LAN 8 18 (14.75 %) Investment Banking 9 17 (13.93 %) CCVP 9 17 (13.93 %) VoIP 9 17 (13.93 %) Nortel 10 16 (13.11 %) Avaya 10 16 (13.11 %) CCIE 11 15 (12.30 %) MS Office 11 15 (12.30 %) Change Management

11 15 (12.30 %) CTI 12 12 (9.836 %) Disaster Recovery 12 12 (9.836 %) PBX 13 11 (9.016 %) Back Office 14 10 (8.197 %) CCNP 15 9 (7.377 %) Cisco IOS 16 8 (6.557 %) Nortel Meridian 16 8 (6.557 %) MS Visio 16 8 (6.557 %) Financial Institution 16 8 (6.557 %) Siemens 17 7 (5.738 %) WAN 17 7 (5.738 %) Business Continuity 17 7 (5.738 %) IPCC 17 7 (5.738 %) Problem Management 18 6 (4.918 %) Front Office

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Voice Engineer in their job title 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 with Voice Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (0.820 %) IIS 1 1 (0.820 %) Lotus Notes 1 1 (0.820 %) Lotus Domino 1 1 (0.820 %) MS Exchange 1 1 (0.820 %) Exchange Server 2007	Applications 1 15 (12.30 %) MS Office 2 8 (6.557 %) MS Visio
Communications & Networking 1 23 (18.85 %) Cisco IPT 2 20 (16.39 %) LAN 3 17 (13.93 %) VoIP 4 15 (12.30 %) CTI 5 12 (9.836 %) PBX 6 9 (7.377 %) Cisco IOS 7 8 (6.557 %) Nortel Meridian 8 7 (5.738 %) WAN 8 7 (5.738 %) IPCC 9 5 (4.098 %) DEFINITY 9 5 (4.098 %) MD110 10 4 (3.279 %) Symposium 10 4 (3.279 %) OSPF 10 4 (3.279 %) BGP 11 3 (2.459 %) Cisco PIX 11 3 (2.459 %) IP Telephony 12 2 (1.639 %) MGCP 12 2 (1.639 %) Firewall 13 1 (0.820 %) Frame Relay 13 1 (0.820 %) Wireless	General 1 38 (31.15 %) Banking 2 28 (22.95 %) Finance 3 18 (14.75 %) Investment Banking 4 11 (9.016 %) Back Office 5 8 (6.557 %) Financial Institution 6 6 (4.918 %) Front Office 7 5 (4.098 %) Telecoms 8 3 (2.459 %) Billing 9 2 (1.639 %) Electronics 9 2 (1.639 %) Electric 10 1 (0.820 %) Law 10 1 (0.820 %) Legal 10 1 (0.820 %) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous 1 3 (2.459 %) Handset 2 2 (1.639 %) IVR 2 2 (1.639 %) PMI 3 1 (0.820 %) Blackberry	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (12.30 %) Change Management 2 12 (9.836 %) Disaster Recovery 3 7 (5.738 %) Business Continuity 3 7 (5.738 %) Problem Management 4 4 (3.279 %) Service Delivery 5 3 (2.459 %) Project Management 5 3 (2.459 %) PRINCE2 5 3 (2.459 %) Incident Management 5 3 (2.459 %) Migration 6 2 (1.639 %) Security Cleared 6 2 (1.639 %) PRINCE 7 1 (0.820 %) Configuration Management 7 1 (0.820 %) ITIL 7 1 (0.820 %) DNA 7 1 (0.820 %) SC Cleared 7 1 (0.820 %) DV Cleared 7 1 (0.820 %) Fault Management 7 1 (0.820 %) Network Design 7 1 (0.820 %) Supplier Management
Qualifications 1 35 (28.69 %) Cisco Certification 2 17 (13.93 %) CCVP 3 16 (13.11 %) CCIE 4 10 (8.197 %) CCNP 5 5 (4.098 %) CCNA 6 4 (3.279 %) Microsoft Certification 6 4 (3.279 %) MCSE 7 3 (2.459 %) MCSA 8 2 (1.639 %) HND	Vendors 1 93 (76.23 %) Cisco 2 25 (20.49 %) BT 3 17 (13.93 %) Nortel 4 16 (13.11 %) Avaya 5 8 (6.557 %) Siemens 6 4 (3.279 %) Speakerbus 6 4 (3.279 %) Lucent 6 4 (3.279 %) Remedy 7 3 (2.459 %) Genesys 8 2 (1.639 %) Polycom 8 2 (1.639 %) Alcatel 8 2 (1.639 %) Ericsson 8 2 (1.639 %) Lotus 9 1 (0.820 %) Juniper 9 1 (0.820 %) Microsoft 9 1 (0.820 %) Tandberg 9 1 (0.820 %) Mitel