The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CCVP in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CCVP over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

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.

Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank514548499
Rank change year-on-year
Up+34Down-49
Matching contract IT job ads653337
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.110 %0.054 %0.067 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.631 %0.341 %0.435 %
Number of daily rates quoted281718
Average daily rate£375£410£295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.53 %+38.98 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£232£325£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£458£495£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£418£288
% change year-on-year
-10.17 %+45.21 %
Number of hourly rates quoted111
Average hourly rate£40.00£25.00£16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00 %+51.51 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£16.50
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1030396828515
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.41 %15.78 %15.46 %
Number of daily rates quoted536946133867
Average daily rate£380£375£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.33 %+7.14 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£225£205
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£550£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted566663646
Average hourly rate£22.00£22.32£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.41 %+14.43 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£12.00£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£24.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-4.16 %+33.33 %

CCVP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CCVP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CCVP Demand Trend

CCVP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CCVP within the UK.

CCVP Daily Rate Trend

CCVP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CCVP within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

CCVP Daily Rate Histogram

CCVP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CCVP within the UK.

CCVP Hourly Rate Trend

CCVP
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCVP within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. 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
EnglandUp+4054£315-24.55 %
LondonUp+5438£388+10.71 %
City of LondonUp+6127£425+30.76 %
West LothianUp+89£375-
LivingstonUp+79£375-
ScotlandUp+19£375-8.53 %
South EastDown-36£388-10.91 %
SurreyUp+13--
East of EnglandDown-33--
East MidlandsNew entry-3£175-
EssexNew entry-3--
BerkshireDown-122£388-17.98 %
County AntrimNew entry-2--
BelfastNew entry-2--
South WestNew entry-2£275-
Northern IrelandNew entry-2--
ReadingDown-11£375-20.63 %
BirminghamDown-91£250-21.87 %
West MidlandsDown-141£250-21.87 %
West YorkshireNew entry-1£265-
WiltshireNew entry-1£275-
YorkshireNew entry-1£265-
Canary WharfNew entry-1£300-
CamberleyNew entry-1--
ColchesterNew entry-1--
ExeterNew entry-1--
GodalmingNew entry-1--
LeedsNew entry-1£265-
DevonNew entry-1--
LeicestershireNew entry-1--

CCVP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCVP 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 CCVP.

1100 (97.09 %)Cisco
295 (92.23 %)Cisco Certification
384 (81.55 %)CCNP
447 (45.63 %)CCIE
541 (39.81 %)VoIP
631 (30.10 %)Firewall
728 (27.18 %)Linux
728 (27.18 %)LAN
728 (27.18 %)Network Security
826 (25.24 %)Cisco IOS
925 (24.27 %)VMware
1024 (23.30 %)WAN
1123 (22.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
1221 (20.39 %)Cisco CUCM
1221 (20.39 %)CCNA
1221 (20.39 %)BGP
1319 (18.45 %)OSPF
1417 (16.50 %)Avaya
1417 (16.50 %)Blue Coat
1417 (16.50 %)F5
1516 (15.53 %)HP
1615 (14.56 %)Citrix
1615 (14.56 %)DNS
1615 (14.56 %)DHCP
1714 (13.59 %)C
1714 (13.59 %)CheckPoint
1714 (13.59 %)NetScreen
1714 (13.59 %)Cisco ICM
1813 (12.62 %)Cisco IPT
1813 (12.62 %)Fat Client

CCVP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CCVP 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 CCVP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (2.913 %)XMPP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (6.796 %)SharePoint
24 (3.883 %)Office Communications Server
32 (1.942 %)Lync
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (1.942 %)MS Visio
21 (0.971 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.942 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
141 (39.81 %)VoIP
231 (30.10 %)Firewall
328 (27.18 %)LAN
328 (27.18 %)Network Security
426 (25.24 %)Cisco IOS
524 (23.30 %)WAN
621 (20.39 %)BGP
719 (18.45 %)OSPF
815 (14.56 %)DNS
815 (14.56 %)DHCP
914 (13.59 %)NetScreen
914 (13.59 %)Cisco ICM
1013 (12.62 %)Cisco IPT
1013 (12.62 %)BIG-IP
1112 (11.65 %)Cisco ASA
1211 (10.68 %)Wireless
1310 (9.709 %)WLAN
1310 (9.709 %)CTI
149 (8.738 %)MPLS
158 (7.767 %)RFID
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (9.709 %)Electronics
110 (9.709 %)Banking
28 (7.767 %)Finance
34 (3.883 %)Telecoms
42 (1.942 %)Investment Banking
51 (0.971 %)French Language
51 (0.971 %)German Language
51 (0.971 %)Italian Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
128 (27.18 %)Cisco Engineer
227 (26.21 %)Network Engineer
320 (19.42 %)Voice Engineer
415 (14.56 %)Network Specialist
514 (13.59 %)Senior Network Specialist
611 (10.68 %)Cisco Voice Engineer
78 (7.767 %)Security Specialist
78 (7.767 %)Network Security Specialist
78 (7.767 %)Consultant
87 (6.796 %)Senior Security Specialist
87 (6.796 %)Senior Network Security Specialist
96 (5.825 %)VoIP Specialist
96 (5.825 %)Senior VoIP Specialist
105 (4.854 %)Senior Network Engineer
114 (3.883 %)Network Support
114 (3.883 %)Cisco Network Engineer
114 (3.883 %)VoIP Engineer
114 (3.883 %)Cisco Support
123 (2.913 %)Cisco IPT Engineer
123 (2.913 %)Cisco VoIP Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (12.62 %)Fat Client
113 (12.62 %)Thin Client
211 (10.68 %)IVR
35 (4.854 %)Video Conferencing
42 (1.942 %)e-Health
51 (0.971 %)NHS
51 (0.971 %)Firmware
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
128 (27.18 %)Linux
213 (12.62 %)Windows
32 (1.942 %)UNIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (12.62 %)E-Commerce
212 (11.65 %)Project Management
39 (8.738 %)Load Balancing
48 (7.767 %)ITIL
48 (7.767 %)Root Cause Analysis
57 (6.796 %)Network Design
63 (2.913 %)Capacity Planning
63 (2.913 %)ITSM
63 (2.913 %)Migration
63 (2.913 %)Stakeholder Management
63 (2.913 %)Service Delivery
72 (1.942 %)Change Management
72 (1.942 %)B2B
72 (1.942 %)PRINCE2
72 (1.942 %)CRM
72 (1.942 %)WAN Optimisation
72 (1.942 %)Project Planning
81 (0.971 %)Incident Management
81 (0.971 %)Technical Architecture
81 (0.971 %)Network Architecture
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
114 (13.59 %)C
210 (9.709 %)Erlang
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
195 (92.23 %)Cisco Certification
284 (81.55 %)CCNP
347 (45.63 %)CCIE
421 (20.39 %)CCNA
511 (10.68 %)CCIP
610 (9.709 %)Degree
77 (6.796 %)CCSA
77 (6.796 %)CCSE
86 (5.825 %)CCSP
86 (5.825 %)CCDP
93 (2.913 %)CCDA
102 (1.942 %)MCSE
102 (1.942 %)Microsoft Certification
102 (1.942 %)Avaya Certification
102 (1.942 %)JNCIA
111 (0.971 %)SC Cleared
111 (0.971 %)DV Cleared
111 (0.971 %)Security Cleared
111 (0.971 %)JNCIS
111 (0.971 %)MCITP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.913 %)ISO/IEC 27001
21 (0.971 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
123 (22.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (1.942 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
121 (20.39 %)Cisco CUCM
28 (7.767 %)Cisco IPCC
28 (7.767 %)Cisco UCCX
35 (4.854 %)Cisco UCCE
43 (2.913 %)SolarWinds Orion
43 (2.913 %)CiscoWorks
43 (2.913 %)Nagios
52 (1.942 %)Netcool
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1100 (97.09 %)Cisco
225 (24.27 %)VMware
317 (16.50 %)Avaya
317 (16.50 %)Blue Coat
317 (16.50 %)F5
416 (15.53 %)HP
515 (14.56 %)Citrix
614 (13.59 %)CheckPoint
713 (12.62 %)Infoblox
713 (12.62 %)Imperva
713 (12.62 %)Nokia
810 (9.709 %)CyberTech
95 (4.854 %)Tandberg
95 (4.854 %)Microsoft
95 (4.854 %)Juniper
104 (3.883 %)Genesys
104 (3.883 %)Nortel
113 (2.913 %)SolarWinds
122 (1.942 %)BT
122 (1.942 %)Toshiba