The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 22 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 Reading 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 61 35 60
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +25
Contract jobs citing VoIP 10 46 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.161% 4.042% 1.649%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.076% 9.603% 8.252%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 6
Average daily rate £300 £330 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +26.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -32.30%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
197 479 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 22.88% 42.09% 19.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 110 70
Average daily rate £275 £285 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.50% -24.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £213 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 7
Average hourly rate £17.00 £15.58 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.14% -2.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £14.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £44.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
VoIP
Berkshire

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading VoIP Daily Rate Trend

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading VoIP Hourly Rate Trend

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 8 (61.54%) Avaya
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco
3 5 (38.46%) Linux
3 5 (38.46%) TCP/IP
3 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
4 3 (23.08%) Redback
4 3 (23.08%) Windows
4 3 (23.08%) DNS
4 3 (23.08%) LAN
4 3 (23.08%) WAN
4 3 (23.08%) DHCP
5 2 (15.38%) Back Office
5 2 (15.38%) Retail
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (15.38%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (15.38%) Verint
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (15.38%) SNMP
5 2 (15.38%) SMTP
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 2 (15.38%) HP
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (15.38%) DEFINITY
5 2 (15.38%) Juniper
5 2 (15.38%) CTI
5 2 (15.38%) 3G
5 2 (15.38%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) WFM
5 2 (15.38%) Workforce Management Optimization

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 2 (15.38%) CMS
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.692%) Lync
2 1 (7.692%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) TCP/IP
2 3 (23.08%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) LAN
2 3 (23.08%) WAN
2 3 (23.08%) DHCP
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (15.38%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (15.38%) SNMP
3 2 (15.38%) SMTP
3 2 (15.38%) DEFINITY
3 2 (15.38%) CTI
3 2 (15.38%) 3G
3 2 (15.38%) Firewall
3 2 (15.38%) OSPF
3 2 (15.38%) BGP
4 1 (7.692%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (7.692%) MPLS
4 1 (7.692%) Internet
4 1 (7.692%) VPN
General
1 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Back Office
2 2 (15.38%) Retail
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Support Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Avaya Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) IP Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Team Leader
3 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Network Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Telephony Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Tester
4 1 (7.692%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Support
4 1 (7.692%) Network Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Tester
4 1 (7.692%) Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
2 3 (23.08%) Windows
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) ITIL
1 2 (15.38%) WFM
1 2 (15.38%) Workforce Management Optimization
2 1 (7.692%) Migration
2 1 (7.692%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) ACSA
2 1 (7.692%) Avaya Certification
2 1 (7.692%) Check Point Certification
2 1 (7.692%) CCIE
2 1 (7.692%) CCSP
2 1 (7.692%) CCNA
2 1 (7.692%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.692%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) WSUS
1 1 (7.692%) HP NNM
1 1 (7.692%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (7.692%) OpenView
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Avaya
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco
3 3 (23.08%) Redback
4 2 (15.38%) Verint
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) HP
4 2 (15.38%) Juniper
5 1 (7.692%) Sophos
5 1 (7.692%) Siemens
5 1 (7.692%) CheckPoint
5 1 (7.692%) SonicWALL
5 1 (7.692%) ProCurve
Reading, Berkshire
As a Technical Support Engineer you will have extensive experience in Session/System Manager, Avaya Communication Manager, Call Recording (ACR/Eventra/Red Box). You will have extensive Helpdesk...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £1 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013