The first table below looks at the demand for VXML 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 VXML over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Development 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VoiceXML (VXML)
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VXML 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.127% - -
As % of the Application Development category 0.471% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £375 £320
% change year-on-year
- +17.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
637 918 732
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 26.98% 29.11% 24.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 504 424
Average daily rate £300 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 32 22
Average hourly rate £29.96 £18.51 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+61.90% -32.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.50 £17.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.37 £33.31 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
VXML
England

VXML
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VXML across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West VXML Jobs Demand Trend

VXML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VXML within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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 - 3 - -
VXML
England

VXML
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing VXML 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 VXML.

1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco UCCE
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco ICM
2 4 (80.00%) IVR

VXML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing VXML 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 VXML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco ICM
General
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Voice Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Voice Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco