VoIP Contracts in the South 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 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 23 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 South 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 89 101 104
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +3
Contract jobs citing VoIP 22 40 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.095% 1.233% 0.801%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.534% 7.449% 6.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 24 7
Average daily rate £268 £340 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.26% +74.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £235 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £425 £382
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
Average hourly rate - £26.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -8.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.25
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -31.78%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 292 537 380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.53% 16.55% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 276 154
Average daily rate £353 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.87% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £265 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 38 54
Average hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.93 £18.95 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.10 £42.50 £41.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
VoIP
England

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South 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 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 23 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
Dorset +4 8 £210 -10.63%
Somerset +7 6 £290 +23.66%
Devon +1 3 £268 -18.93%
Wiltshire -20 3 £328 -13.90%
Bristol +14 2 £325 -
VoIP
England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 26 (57.78%) Cisco
2 18 (40.00%) ITIL
2 18 (40.00%) Windows
3 17 (37.78%) LAN
4 14 (31.11%) Active Directory
4 14 (31.11%) TCP/IP
4 14 (31.11%) Windows XP
4 14 (31.11%) Security Cleared
5 13 (28.89%) Windows 7
6 12 (26.67%) WAN
7 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
7 11 (24.44%) Wireless
7 11 (24.44%) Windows Server 2008
7 11 (24.44%) Network Management
8 10 (22.22%) SC Cleared
8 10 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (22.22%) VPN
9 9 (20.00%) CCNA
9 9 (20.00%) Firewall
9 9 (20.00%) Handset
9 9 (20.00%) JSP 440
10 8 (17.78%) Problem Management
10 8 (17.78%) Open Source
10 8 (17.78%) Service Management
10 8 (17.78%) Internet
11 7 (15.56%) Remedy
11 7 (15.56%) Change Management
11 7 (15.56%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (15.56%) Citrix

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.222%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 5 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.889%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (8.889%) MS Exchange
3 3 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.222%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.222%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (8.889%) MS Office
2 1 (2.222%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (37.78%) LAN
2 14 (31.11%) TCP/IP
3 12 (26.67%) WAN
4 11 (24.44%) Wireless
5 10 (22.22%) VPN
6 9 (20.00%) Firewall
7 8 (17.78%) Internet
8 7 (15.56%) SNMP
8 7 (15.56%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (13.33%) PABX
10 5 (11.11%) Unified Communications
11 4 (8.889%) IPsec
11 4 (8.889%) PBX
12 3 (6.667%) ATM
13 2 (4.444%) Asterisk PBX
13 2 (4.444%) DHCP
13 2 (4.444%) DNS
14 1 (2.222%) SAN
14 1 (2.222%) VLAN
14 1 (2.222%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.222%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.222%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 4 (8.889%) Military
2 3 (6.667%) Finance
3 1 (2.222%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 13 (28.89%) Desktop Support
3 10 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 4 (8.889%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (8.889%) Analyst
6 3 (6.667%) Support Technician
6 3 (6.667%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 3 (6.667%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.444%) Cisco Engineer
7 2 (4.444%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 2 (4.444%) Desktop Analyst
7 2 (4.444%) VoIP Specialist
7 2 (4.444%) Voice Support Technician
7 2 (4.444%) Support Analyst
8 1 (2.222%) Technical Support
8 1 (2.222%) Architect
8 1 (2.222%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.222%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Handset
2 8 (17.78%) Open Source
3 5 (11.11%) Blackberry
3 5 (11.11%) IVR
4 4 (8.889%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.222%) iPad
5 1 (2.222%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (40.00%) Windows
2 14 (31.11%) Windows XP
3 13 (28.89%) Windows 7
4 11 (24.44%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (8.889%) Windows Vista
7 2 (4.444%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) ITIL
2 11 (24.44%) Network Management
3 8 (17.78%) Problem Management
3 8 (17.78%) Service Management
4 7 (15.56%) Change Management
4 7 (15.56%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (15.56%) Workflow
5 4 (8.889%) Information Management
5 4 (8.889%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (6.667%) Supplier Management
7 1 (2.222%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.222%) Configuration Management
7 1 (2.222%) Project Management
7 1 (2.222%) Migration
7 1 (2.222%) Capacity Management
7 1 (2.222%) Software Deployment
7 1 (2.222%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (2.222%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (2.222%) Project Planning
7 1 (2.222%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.889%) SQL
2 2 (4.444%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (31.11%) Security Cleared
2 10 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 10 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (20.00%) CCNA
4 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (15.56%) MCSE
5 6 (13.33%) DV Cleared
5 6 (13.33%) CCNP
6 5 (11.11%) MCDST
7 2 (4.444%) CCVP
7 2 (4.444%) MCTS
7 2 (4.444%) MCITP
7 2 (4.444%) MCP
8 1 (2.222%) MCSA
8 1 (2.222%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.00%) JSP 440
2 6 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.222%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (31.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.222%) vSphere
2 1 (2.222%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (13.33%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (2.222%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 26 (57.78%) Cisco
2 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
3 7 (15.56%) Remedy
3 7 (15.56%) Citrix
3 7 (15.56%) SolarWinds
4 5 (11.11%) HP
5 4 (8.889%) Siemens
5 4 (8.889%) Oracle
5 4 (8.889%) Avaya
6 1 (2.222%) Juniper
6 1 (2.222%) Nokia
6 1 (2.222%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.222%) Dell
6 1 (2.222%) BT
6 1 (2.222%) Blue Coat
6 1 (2.222%) VMware
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