VoIP Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 24 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 North West 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 105 90 96
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +6
Contract jobs citing VoIP 13 42 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.558% 1.350% 0.984%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.362% 7.460% 6.342%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 11
Average daily rate £110 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-63.33% -7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 11
Average hourly rate £23.25 £16.50 £39.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.90% -57.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.25 £14.00 £35.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.25 £52.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -32.82%
Search 18 VoIP jobs in the North West
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 298 563 473
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.78% 18.10% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 222 238
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £462 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 36 45
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.13% -38.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.65 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
VoIP
England

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West VoIP Daily Rate Trend

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VoIP across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West VoIP Daily Rate Histogram

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cheshire +2 10 £110 -63.33%
Manchester -14 3 £313 +4.16%
VoIP
England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 11 (45.83%) Cisco
2 8 (33.33%) Siemens
2 8 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 7 (29.17%) Firewall
3 7 (29.17%) IP Telephony
4 6 (25.00%) DHCP
5 5 (20.83%) WAN
5 5 (20.83%) TCP/IP
6 4 (16.67%) LAN
6 4 (16.67%) CCNA
6 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 4 (16.67%) Windows
6 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (16.67%) VMware
7 3 (12.50%) Migration
7 3 (12.50%) IVR
7 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
7 3 (12.50%) Avaya
7 3 (12.50%) SAN
7 3 (12.50%) Citrix
7 3 (12.50%) OSPF
7 3 (12.50%) EIGRP
7 3 (12.50%) ITIL
7 3 (12.50%) MS Exchange
7 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
7 3 (12.50%) PBX
8 2 (8.333%) Windows XP
8 2 (8.333%) VPN
8 2 (8.333%) DNS

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (4.167%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) MS Exchange
2 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (4.167%) GroupWise
3 1 (4.167%) CICS
3 1 (4.167%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (4.167%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Office
1 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) Firewall
1 7 (29.17%) IP Telephony
2 6 (25.00%) DHCP
3 5 (20.83%) WAN
3 5 (20.83%) TCP/IP
4 4 (16.67%) LAN
5 3 (12.50%) SAN
5 3 (12.50%) OSPF
5 3 (12.50%) EIGRP
5 3 (12.50%) PBX
6 2 (8.333%) VPN
6 2 (8.333%) DNS
6 2 (8.333%) Ethernet
6 2 (8.333%) IGRP
6 2 (8.333%) BGP
6 2 (8.333%) MPLS
6 2 (8.333%) Wireless
7 1 (4.167%) Frame Relay
7 1 (4.167%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (4.167%) Cisco ASA
General
1 8 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.333%) Banking
2 2 (8.333%) Finance
3 1 (4.167%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Voice Engineer
2 2 (8.333%) Analyst
2 2 (8.333%) Network Manager
2 2 (8.333%) Firewall Engineer
2 2 (8.333%) Architect
3 1 (4.167%) Project Manager
3 1 (4.167%) Business Analyst
3 1 (4.167%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (4.167%) Telephony Engineer
3 1 (4.167%) Network Specialist
3 1 (4.167%) VoIP Engineer
3 1 (4.167%) Trainee
3 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (4.167%) Security Architect
3 1 (4.167%) ICT Project Manager
3 1 (4.167%) Technical Design Leader
3 1 (4.167%) Support Technician
3 1 (4.167%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) IVR
2 2 (8.333%) NHS
3 1 (4.167%) VSAM
3 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.167%) CMDB
3 1 (4.167%) CESG
3 1 (4.167%) CESG CLAS
3 1 (4.167%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.167%) Visualisation
3 1 (4.167%) PMI
3 1 (4.167%) EPoS
3 1 (4.167%) Blackberry
3 1 (4.167%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (8.333%) Windows XP
3 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (4.167%) Windows Vista
4 1 (4.167%) VME
4 1 (4.167%) MVS
4 1 (4.167%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.50%) Migration
1 3 (12.50%) ITIL
2 2 (8.333%) Network Architecture
2 2 (8.333%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.167%) Workflow
3 1 (4.167%) Change Management
3 1 (4.167%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (4.167%) ITSM
3 1 (4.167%) Security Management
3 1 (4.167%) Business Continuity
3 1 (4.167%) Data Management
3 1 (4.167%) TOGAF
3 1 (4.167%) Business Analysis
3 1 (4.167%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (4.167%) Problem Management
3 1 (4.167%) Use Case
3 1 (4.167%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (4.167%) Network Management
3 1 (4.167%) High Availability
3 1 (4.167%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) COBOL
1 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) CCNA
1 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.167%) JNCIA
3 1 (4.167%) Degree
3 1 (4.167%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.167%) BC Cleared
3 1 (4.167%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.167%) CCIE
3 1 (4.167%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.167%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (4.167%) Foglight
1 1 (4.167%) DameWare
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Cisco
2 8 (33.33%) Siemens
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.67%) VMware
4 3 (12.50%) Avaya
4 3 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (4.167%) Mitel
5 1 (4.167%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.167%) CA
5 1 (4.167%) Nokia
5 1 (4.167%) Juniper
5 1 (4.167%) Lotus
5 1 (4.167%) Nortel
Implementations Engineer / Project Manager
Manchester, Lancashire
Our client is about to undertake a VOIP project that will run for approx... They require an IT contractor with the following experience: - Strong project management/co-ordination...
Solutions Recruitment
Rate: From £15 to £25 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
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