The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 41 - 46
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VoIP 8 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.852% - 1.351%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.756% - 7.229%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £340 - £155
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £11.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -32.82%
All Communications & Networking
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
82 69 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 18.98% 10.78% 18.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 24 35
Average daily rate £305 £325 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% +62.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £221 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £400 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 18 20
Average hourly rate £14.63 £16.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.36% +13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.28 £17.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
VoIP
South East

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxford - 6 £340 -
Witney - 1 - -
Abingdon - 1 £145 -
VoIP
South East

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (50.00%) Citrix
3 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 4 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
4 3 (37.50%) MS Office
5 2 (25.00%) Juniper
5 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
5 2 (25.00%) LAN
5 2 (25.00%) PBX
5 2 (25.00%) WAN
5 2 (25.00%) DHCP
5 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (25.00%) MPLS
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco
5 2 (25.00%) Firewall
5 2 (25.00%) Handset
5 2 (25.00%) IP Telephony
5 2 (25.00%) Blue Coat
5 2 (25.00%) Riverbed
5 2 (25.00%) F5
5 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
5 2 (25.00%) VLAN
5 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (12.50%) Marketing

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Lync
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (37.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) LAN
1 2 (25.00%) PBX
1 2 (25.00%) WAN
1 2 (25.00%) DHCP
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (25.00%) MPLS
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) IP Telephony
1 2 (25.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Support Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Support Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Support
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Handset
2 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (12.50%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL
1 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Project Management
1 1 (12.50%) Service Management
1 1 (12.50%) Change Management
1 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
1 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (25.00%) Juniper
2 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (25.00%) Blue Coat
2 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (25.00%) Riverbed
2 2 (25.00%) F5
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
Abingdon, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £170 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £170 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013