The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 24 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 Suffolk 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 26 36 32
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -4
Contract jobs citing VoIP 2 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.379% 2.016% 0.526%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 6.579% 3.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £179 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £23.94 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -32.82%
All Communications & Networking
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
12 76 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 8.276% 30.65% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 33 6
Average daily rate £133 £313 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-57.60% -0.79%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 3
Average hourly rate £11.25 £37.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.00% +100.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £23.30 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.25 £45.50 £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
VoIP
East of England

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk VoIP Hourly Rate Trend

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
3 5 (45.45%) Firewall
3 5 (45.45%) LAN
3 5 (45.45%) WAN
4 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (36.36%) SAN
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (36.36%) Project Management
4 4 (36.36%) Matrix Management
4 4 (36.36%) NAS
4 4 (36.36%) WAAS
4 4 (36.36%) Change Management
5 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (27.27%) Brocade
5 3 (27.27%) VMware
5 3 (27.27%) PRINCE
5 3 (27.27%) CCNP
5 3 (27.27%) ITIL
5 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
5 3 (27.27%) Windows
6 2 (18.18%) CCIP
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (18.18%) Wireless
6 2 (18.18%) Migration
6 2 (18.18%) CCDP
7 1 (9.091%) Degree
7 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (9.091%) Hyper-V

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (9.091%) MS Exchange
1 1 (9.091%) IIS
1 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Firewall
1 5 (45.45%) LAN
1 5 (45.45%) WAN
2 4 (36.36%) SAN
2 4 (36.36%) NAS
2 4 (36.36%) WAAS
3 2 (18.18%) Wireless
4 1 (9.091%) DNS
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Project Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Network Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
1 4 (36.36%) Matrix Management
1 4 (36.36%) Change Management
2 3 (27.27%) PRINCE
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CCNP
3 2 (18.18%) CCIP
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (18.18%) CCDP
4 1 (9.091%) Degree
4 1 (9.091%) CCNA
4 1 (9.091%) CCIE
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.091%) Hyper-V
3 1 (9.091%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (9.091%) UAG
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (27.27%) Brocade
2 3 (27.27%) VMware