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The table below looks at the demand for Voice Over IP (VoIP) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVoice Over IP (VoIP)
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank6761
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads413
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.014 %
As % of the category below2.299 %7.471 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£500£225
Average daily rate£500£249
% change on same period last year+101.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£273
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£362
% change on same period last year-9.36 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£28.33-
Average hourly rate£30.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£32.67-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.88£29.83
% change on same period last year-6.53 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads174174
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.273 %0.189 %
Daily rates quoted3032
Average minimum daily rate£320£306
Average daily rate£341£326
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.60 %
Hourly rates quoted2233
Average minimum hourly rate£24.31£17.98
Average hourly rate£25.81£19.65
% change on same period last year+31.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.31£21.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.98£29.13
% change on same period last year-3.95 %
VoIP North WestVoIP
North West

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.

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
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, 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.

19 (75.00 %)Cisco
26 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
34 (33.33 %)LAN
34 (33.33 %)WAN
34 (33.33 %)CCNA
43 (25.00 %)Active Directory
43 (25.00 %)Citrix
43 (25.00 %)Firewall
43 (25.00 %)Telecoms
43 (25.00 %)VMware
43 (25.00 %)VPN
43 (25.00 %)CCNP
43 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (16.67 %)VSAT
52 (16.67 %)Cisco PIX
52 (16.67 %)CCIE
52 (16.67 %)MCSE
52 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (16.67 %)IP Telephony
52 (16.67 %)VLAN
52 (16.67 %)Construction
61 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (8.333 %)MPLS
61 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
61 (8.333 %)Windows

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, 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 PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (33.33 %)LAN
14 (33.33 %)WAN
23 (25.00 %)VPN
23 (25.00 %)Firewall
32 (16.67 %)IP Telephony
32 (16.67 %)VLAN
32 (16.67 %)Cisco PIX
32 (16.67 %)VSAT
41 (8.333 %)MPLS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (25.00 %)Telecoms
22 (16.67 %)Construction
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (25.00 %)Cisco Engineer
22 (16.67 %)Technical Project Leader
22 (16.67 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
22 (16.67 %)Analyst
22 (16.67 %)Support Analyst
22 (16.67 %)3rd Line Support
22 (16.67 %)Project Leader
31 (8.333 %)Senior Network Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Support Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Consultant
31 (8.333 %)Network Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Sales Consultant
31 (8.333 %)Data Consultant
31 (8.333 %)Voice Consultant
31 (8.333 %)Presales Consultant
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (8.333 %)Windows
11 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
24 (33.33 %)CCNA
33 (25.00 %)CCNP
42 (16.67 %)MCSE
42 (16.67 %)CCIE
42 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (25.00 %)Active Directory
13 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (75.00 %)Cisco
23 (25.00 %)Citrix
23 (25.00 %)VMware