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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Manchester region.

 Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank616053
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Down-7
Matching contract IT job ads5119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester0.573 %0.124 %1.581 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category4.464 %0.781 %9.845 %
Daily rates quoted101
Average daily rate£200-£401
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£344£325
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %+5.760 %
Hourly rates quoted202
Average hourly rate£20.50-£40.00
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.90-£36.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£28.10-£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£25.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %-10.00 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
112128193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester12.83 %15.86 %16.06 %
Daily rates quoted252423
Average daily rate£220£375£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.33 %+7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£158£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£425£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted171332
Average hourly rate£30.00£16.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£10.60£11.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.50£32.50£38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
VoIP North WestVoIP
North West

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.

VoIP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VoIP across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Manchester VoIP Demand Trend

VoIP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester VoIP Daily Rate Trend

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester VoIP Hourly Rate Trend

VoIP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VoIP across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Manchester VoIP Hourly Rate Histogram

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

16 (66.67 %)Windows
16 (66.67 %)LAN
25 (55.56 %)Cisco
34 (44.44 %)Cisco Certification
34 (44.44 %)Firewall
34 (44.44 %)MS Exchange
34 (44.44 %)DHCP
34 (44.44 %)DNS
34 (44.44 %)CCNA
43 (33.33 %)Active Directory
43 (33.33 %)Citrix
43 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
43 (33.33 %)Blackberry
43 (33.33 %)SolarWinds
52 (22.22 %)Fat Client
52 (22.22 %)Backup Exec
52 (22.22 %)CCNP
52 (22.22 %)Thin Client
52 (22.22 %)CheckPoint
52 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (22.22 %)Telecoms
52 (22.22 %)MetaFrame
52 (22.22 %)WAN
52 (22.22 %)ITIL
61 (11.11 %)HNC
61 (11.11 %)HND
61 (11.11 %)Windows XP
61 (11.11 %)ADSL
61 (11.11 %)SQL Server
61 (11.11 %)VMware

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (44.44 %)MS Exchange
21 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (66.67 %)LAN
24 (44.44 %)Firewall
24 (44.44 %)DHCP
24 (44.44 %)DNS
33 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
42 (22.22 %)WAN
51 (11.11 %)ADSL
51 (11.11 %)DSLAM
51 (11.11 %)LLU
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (11.11 %)SQL Server
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Telecoms
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Network Engineer
23 (33.33 %)Support Engineer
32 (22.22 %)1st Line Support Engineer
32 (22.22 %)Helpdesk Support
32 (22.22 %)Network Manager
32 (22.22 %)Helpdesk Engineer
32 (22.22 %)1st Line Support
41 (11.11 %)Infrastructure Engineer
41 (11.11 %)2nd Line Support
41 (11.11 %)Cisco Engineer
41 (11.11 %)Cisco Network Engineer
41 (11.11 %)Senior Network Engineer
41 (11.11 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
41 (11.11 %)IP Engineer
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (33.33 %)Blackberry
22 (22.22 %)Fat Client
22 (22.22 %)Thin Client
31 (11.11 %)Video Conferencing
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (66.67 %)Windows
22 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (11.11 %)Windows XP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)ITIL
21 (11.11 %)Project Management
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (44.44 %)Cisco Certification
14 (44.44 %)CCNA
22 (22.22 %)CCNP
31 (11.11 %)HNC
31 (11.11 %)HND
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (33.33 %)Active Directory
22 (22.22 %)MetaFrame
31 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (22.22 %)Backup Exec
21 (11.11 %)Cacti
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (55.56 %)Cisco
23 (33.33 %)Citrix
23 (33.33 %)SolarWinds
32 (22.22 %)CheckPoint
41 (11.11 %)VMware
41 (11.11 %)Redback
41 (11.11 %)Huawei
41 (11.11 %)Fujitsu