The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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 28 - 32
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VoIP 6 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 2.239% - 2.456%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.77% - 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
Average daily rate £355 - £163
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £12.00 - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -32.82%
All Communications & Networking
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
47 46 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 17.54% 18.04% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 28 25
Average daily rate £360 £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% +30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £214 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £525 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 10
Average hourly rate £15.00 £30.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% -17.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.00 £24.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.25 £35.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
VoIP
Yorkshire

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Doncaster - 5 £355 -
Sheffield - 1 £160 -
VoIP
Yorkshire

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 9 (75.00%) Cisco
2 7 (58.33%) Cisco UCCX
2 7 (58.33%) LAN
3 6 (50.00%) WAN
3 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
3 6 (50.00%) Network Design
4 5 (41.67%) SLA
4 5 (41.67%) Network Security
4 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Windows
6 2 (16.67%) CCNP
6 2 (16.67%) Firewall
6 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (16.67%) Hyper-V
6 2 (16.67%) MCDST
6 2 (16.67%) MCITP
7 1 (8.333%) Incident Management
7 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
7 1 (8.333%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (8.333%) Siemens
7 1 (8.333%) Lotus
7 1 (8.333%) CheckPoint
7 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
7 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
7 1 (8.333%) Project Management

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (8.333%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) LAN
2 6 (50.00%) WAN
2 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 5 (41.67%) Network Security
4 2 (16.67%) Firewall
5 1 (8.333%) Wireless
5 1 (8.333%) IPsec
5 1 (8.333%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (8.333%) SSL
General
1 1 (8.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Voice Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) Cisco Voice Engineer
3 6 (50.00%) Network Engineer
4 5 (41.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (25.00%) Voice Network Engineer
6 2 (16.67%) IT Support
6 2 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (16.67%) Support Technician
7 1 (8.333%) Technical Support
7 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
7 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 1 (8.333%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (8.333%) Network Specialist
7 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
7 1 (8.333%) Network Consultant
7 1 (8.333%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Network Design
2 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (8.333%) Incident Management
3 1 (8.333%) ERP
3 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
3 1 (8.333%) Project Management
3 1 (8.333%) Service Management
3 1 (8.333%) Change Management
3 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) CCNP
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (16.67%) MCDST
1 2 (16.67%) MCITP
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.333%) CCNA
2 1 (8.333%) MCP
2 1 (8.333%) CCIE
2 1 (8.333%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco UCCX
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Cisco
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Siemens
2 1 (8.333%) Lotus
2 1 (8.333%) CheckPoint