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The table below looks at the demand for Voice Over IP (VoIP) skills within the Suffolk region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVoice Over IP (VoIP)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2122
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads69
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.009 %
As % of the category below12.00 %19.15 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£268
Average daily rate-£272
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£277
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£363
% change on same period last year-9.27 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.37£28.65
% change on same period last year-11.42 %
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Suffolk
Matching contract IT job ads5047
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.068 %0.047 %
Daily rates quoted610
Average minimum daily rate£255£300
Average daily rate£296£320
% change on same period last year-7.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£342
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
Hourly rates quoted2216
Average minimum hourly rate£23.73£17.33
Average hourly rate£24.58£18.30
% change on same period last year+34.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.44£19.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.46
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
VoIP East of EnglandVoIP
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk VoIP Daily Rate Trend

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
IpswichDown-44--
Bury St EdmundsNew entry-2--
VoIP East of EnglandVoIP
East of England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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.

18 (40.00 %)Cisco
25 (25.00 %)Nortel
25 (25.00 %)Active Directory
25 (25.00 %)CTI
25 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
25 (25.00 %)C#
25 (25.00 %)VB.NET
25 (25.00 %).NET
25 (25.00 %)Windows
25 (25.00 %)ADSL
25 (25.00 %)AJAX
25 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
25 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
34 (20.00 %).NET Framework
34 (20.00 %)WCF
34 (20.00 %)WPF
34 (20.00 %)Silverlight
34 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
34 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
34 (20.00 %)WebServices
34 (20.00 %)Intrusion Detection
34 (20.00 %)ISDN
34 (20.00 %)LAN
34 (20.00 %)Windows NT
34 (20.00 %)Client/Server
34 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
34 (20.00 %)WAN
34 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
34 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
34 (20.00 %)MS Office

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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.

Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (25.00 %).NET
15 (25.00 %)AJAX
24 (20.00 %).NET Framework
24 (20.00 %)WCF
24 (20.00 %)WPF
24 (20.00 %)Silverlight
24 (20.00 %)WebServices
32 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
41 (5.000 %)WinForms
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
14 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
14 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (5.000 %)IIS
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (20.00 %)MS Office
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (25.00 %)ADSL
15 (25.00 %)CTI
24 (20.00 %)WAN
24 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
24 (20.00 %)ISDN
24 (20.00 %)LAN
24 (20.00 %)Firewall
24 (20.00 %)IPCC
24 (20.00 %)Intrusion Detection
33 (15.00 %)TETRA
33 (15.00 %)PSTN
42 (10.00 %)MPLS
51 (5.000 %)DNS
51 (5.000 %)SDH
51 (5.000 %)C7
51 (5.000 %)NGN
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.00 %)Telecoms
21 (5.000 %)Back Office
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (20.00 %)Consultant
14 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
14 (20.00 %)Support Engineer
14 (20.00 %)Network Support Engineer
14 (20.00 %)Network Support
23 (15.00 %).NET Developer
23 (15.00 %)C# Developer
23 (15.00 %)Developer
32 (10.00 %)Software Engineer
41 (5.000 %)Tester
41 (5.000 %)Analyst
41 (5.000 %)Support Specialist
41 (5.000 %)Security Consultant
41 (5.000 %)Technical Support
41 (5.000 %)Technical Specialist
41 (5.000 %)Technical Support Specialist
41 (5.000 %)Server Analyst
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (20.00 %)Client/Server
21 (5.000 %)Clustering
21 (5.000 %)CCTV
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (25.00 %)Windows
15 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
24 (20.00 %)Windows NT
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
15 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (10.00 %)Network Design
31 (5.000 %)Unit Testing
31 (5.000 %)UML
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (25.00 %)C#
15 (25.00 %)VB.NET
22 (10.00 %)C++
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (20.00 %)OpenView
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (40.00 %)Cisco
25 (25.00 %)Nortel
34 (20.00 %)McAfee Security
34 (20.00 %)3Com
34 (20.00 %)Microsoft
34 (20.00 %)HP
34 (20.00 %)Dell
43 (15.00 %)Genesys