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 Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 18 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 Suffolk region.

 Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank22-8
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching contract IT job ads4023
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk3.738 %-9.914 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category36.36 %-37.70 %
Daily rates quoted109
Average daily rate£325-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£344£325
% change year-on-year
+5.450 %+5.760 %
Hourly rates quoted006
Average hourly rate--£13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.00£22.50£25.00
% change year-on-year
-24.44 %-10.00 %
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
111661
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk10.28 %15.69 %26.29 %
Daily rates quoted4320
Average daily rate£325£208£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+56.62 %-44.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£301£165£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£340£325£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted1113
Average hourly rate£15.00£20.50£13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.82 %+57.69 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
VoIP East of EnglandVoIP
East of 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 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 18 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
IpswichNew entry-4£325-
VoIP East of EnglandVoIP
East of England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

15 (71.43 %)Telecoms
15 (71.43 %)MPLS
23 (42.86 %)ITIL
32 (28.57 %)Oracle
32 (28.57 %)H.323
32 (28.57 %)Cisco
41 (14.29 %)CCIE
41 (14.29 %)HP
41 (14.29 %)Nortel
41 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
41 (14.29 %)Borland
41 (14.29 %)Netcool
41 (14.29 %)L2TP
41 (14.29 %)MGCP
41 (14.29 %)ISUP
41 (14.29 %)BT
41 (14.29 %)Borland Together
41 (14.29 %)SQL Server
41 (14.29 %)WebLogic
41 (14.29 %)PeopleSoft
41 (14.29 %)XML
41 (14.29 %)XSD
41 (14.29 %)Java
41 (14.29 %)SQL
41 (14.29 %).NET
41 (14.29 %)J2EE
41 (14.29 %)UNIX
41 (14.29 %)Linux
41 (14.29 %)UML
41 (14.29 %)OO

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (14.29 %)XML
11 (14.29 %)XSD
11 (14.29 %).NET
11 (14.29 %)J2EE
11 (14.29 %)Spring
11 (14.29 %)WebSphere
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)WebLogic
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (71.43 %)MPLS
22 (28.57 %)H.323
31 (14.29 %)L2TP
31 (14.29 %)MGCP
31 (14.29 %)ISUP
31 (14.29 %)Broadband
31 (14.29 %)SDH
31 (14.29 %)Ethernet
31 (14.29 %)PPP
31 (14.29 %)IP Telephony
31 (14.29 %)Cisco ICM
31 (14.29 %)C7
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
11 (14.29 %)Oracle 9i
11 (14.29 %)TOAD
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)Borland Together
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (71.43 %)Telecoms
21 (14.29 %)Government
21 (14.29 %)Multimedia
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Designer
21 (14.29 %)Project Manager
21 (14.29 %)Tester
21 (14.29 %)Consultant
21 (14.29 %)Cisco Consultant
21 (14.29 %)Voice Consultant
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)UNIX
11 (14.29 %)Linux
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)ITIL
21 (14.29 %)UML
21 (14.29 %)OO
21 (14.29 %)RUP
21 (14.29 %)SOA
21 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
21 (14.29 %)TOGAF
21 (14.29 %)Automated Testing
21 (14.29 %)eTOM
21 (14.29 %)Use Case
21 (14.29 %)Test Scripting
21 (14.29 %)ERD
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)Java
11 (14.29 %)SQL
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (14.29 %)CCIE
11 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
11 (14.29 %)CCVP
11 (14.29 %)SC Cleared
11 (14.29 %)Security Cleared
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (14.29 %)Netcool
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (28.57 %)Oracle
12 (28.57 %)Cisco
21 (14.29 %)HP
21 (14.29 %)Nortel
21 (14.29 %)Borland
21 (14.29 %)BT
21 (14.29 %)PeopleSoft
21 (14.29 %)Siebel
21 (14.29 %)Cramer