Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 15 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the South West region.

 Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank10610096
Rank change year-on-year
Down-6Down-4
Matching contract IT job ads61256
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West0.242 %0.422 %1.104 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category1.802 %3.209 %7.778 %
Daily rates quoted5121
Average daily rate£500£525£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.760 %+61.53 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£369£350£325
% change year-on-year
+5.350 %+7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted028
Average hourly rate-£26.00£26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--1.880 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£22.50£25.00
% change year-on-year
-26.66 %-10.00 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
333374720
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West13.42 %13.16 %14.19 %
Daily rates quoted13778165
Average daily rate£315£400£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.25 %+23.07 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£415£450£488
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£338
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-
Hourly rates quoted3582146
Average hourly rate£15.50£25.00£28.52
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.00 %-12.34 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£12.00£15.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£24.00£28.50
% change year-on-year
+2.080 %-15.78 %
VoIP EnglandVoIP
England

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.

VoIP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VoIP across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West VoIP Daily Rate Trend

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VoIP across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010.

South West VoIP Daily Rate Histogram

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
WiltshireUp+126£500-
VoIP EnglandVoIP
England

VoIP
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

16 (66.67 %)PBX
25 (55.56 %)Avaya
25 (55.56 %)Security Cleared
34 (44.44 %)SC Cleared
43 (33.33 %)Nortel Meridian
43 (33.33 %)Multimedia
43 (33.33 %)IVR
43 (33.33 %)Siemens
43 (33.33 %)Active Directory
43 (33.33 %)Nortel
43 (33.33 %)CTI
43 (33.33 %)DPNSS
43 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
43 (33.33 %)MS Office
43 (33.33 %)Windows
52 (22.22 %)Windows 2000
52 (22.22 %)Cisco
52 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (22.22 %)Citrix
52 (22.22 %)Video Conferencing
61 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (11.11 %)Network Design
61 (11.11 %)Wireless
61 (11.11 %)Apple
61 (11.11 %)QSIG
61 (11.11 %)Microsoft
61 (11.11 %)C
61 (11.11 %)Windows XP
61 (11.11 %)iPhone

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
21 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (33.33 %)MS Office
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (66.67 %)PBX
23 (33.33 %)CTI
23 (33.33 %)DPNSS
23 (33.33 %)Nortel Meridian
31 (11.11 %)QSIG
31 (11.11 %)Wireless
South West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (33.33 %)Multimedia
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (33.33 %)Project Manager
22 (22.22 %)Analyst
22 (22.22 %)Service Desk Analyst
22 (22.22 %)Service Analyst
31 (11.11 %)Desktop Support Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Desktop Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Network Specialist
31 (11.11 %)Voice Specialist
31 (11.11 %)Support Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Desktop Support
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (33.33 %)IVR
22 (22.22 %)Video Conferencing
31 (11.11 %)iPhone
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (33.33 %)Windows
22 (22.22 %)Windows 2000
22 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (11.11 %)Windows XP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)Network Design
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)C
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (55.56 %)Security Cleared
24 (44.44 %)SC Cleared
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (33.33 %)Active Directory
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (55.56 %)Avaya
23 (33.33 %)Siemens
23 (33.33 %)Nortel
32 (22.22 %)Citrix
32 (22.22 %)Cisco
41 (11.11 %)Microsoft
41 (11.11 %)Apple