The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Voice Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Voice Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles 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.

Voice Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank530558517
Rank change year-on-year
Up+28Down-41
Matching contract IT job ads472022
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.080 %0.033 %0.040 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.087 %0.036 %0.043 %
Number of daily rates quoted25913
Average daily rate£375£325£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38 %-23.52 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£226£265£212
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£415£480£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£273£400
% change year-on-year
+37.61 %-31.87 %
Number of hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
540465575050709
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK92.46 %92.67 %91.88 %
Number of daily rates quoted297953035424474
Average daily rate£400£425£413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88 %+3.03 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£240£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted258528802752
Average hourly rate£18.50£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50 %+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£10.58
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£41.25£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+11.11 %

Voice Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Voice Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Voice Engineer Demand Trend

Voice Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Voice Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Voice Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Voice Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

Voice Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Voice Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Voice Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Voice Engineer
Top 26 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Voice Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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+2743£388+19.23 %
LondonUp+4328£388-13.98 %
City of LondonUp+3013£400-11.20 %
South EastUp+95£375-
South WestNew entry-5£400-
SwindonNew entry-4£400-
WiltshireNew entry-4£400-
ScotlandUp+93£375-
West LothianUp+33£375-
LivingstonUp+23£375-
HampshireNew entry-2--
BerkshireNew entry-2£280-
HertfordshireDown-41--
East of EnglandDown-51--
BirminghamDown-111--
West MidlandsDown-171--
Isle of ManNew entry-1£200-
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
YorkshireNew entry-1£265-
West YorkshireNew entry-1£265-
LeicestershireNew entry-1--
KentNew entry-1£400-
SittingbourneNew entry-1£400-
ReadingNew entry-1£375-
LeedsNew entry-1£265-
BristolNew entry-1--

Voice Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Voice Engineer in their job title 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 with Voice Engineer in their job title.

153 (68.83 %)Cisco
226 (33.77 %)Cisco Certification
324 (31.17 %)Avaya
324 (31.17 %)VoIP
422 (28.57 %)CCNP
521 (27.27 %)CCVP
615 (19.48 %)PBX
714 (18.18 %)Cisco CUCM
810 (12.99 %)Telecoms
810 (12.99 %)Migration
99 (11.69 %)H.323
108 (10.39 %)LAN
108 (10.39 %)Finance
117 (9.091 %)Banking
117 (9.091 %)IP Telephony
117 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
117 (9.091 %)CCIE
117 (9.091 %)CCNA
117 (9.091 %)MGCP
126 (7.792 %)DPNSS
126 (7.792 %)QSIG
126 (7.792 %)WAN
126 (7.792 %)Degree
126 (7.792 %)Wireless
126 (7.792 %)IVR
126 (7.792 %)SC Cleared
135 (6.494 %)CyberTech
135 (6.494 %)BT
135 (6.494 %)Network Design
135 (6.494 %)Cisco ICM

Voice Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Voice Engineer in their job title 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 with Voice Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (3.896 %)XMPP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (2.597 %)SharePoint
12 (2.597 %)CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (2.597 %)MS Visio
21 (1.299 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
124 (31.17 %)VoIP
215 (19.48 %)PBX
39 (11.69 %)H.323
48 (10.39 %)LAN
57 (9.091 %)IP Telephony
57 (9.091 %)MGCP
66 (7.792 %)DPNSS
66 (7.792 %)QSIG
66 (7.792 %)WAN
66 (7.792 %)Wireless
75 (6.494 %)Cisco ICM
75 (6.494 %)Cisco IOS
75 (6.494 %)TCP/IP
84 (5.195 %)CTI
84 (5.195 %)Firewall
84 (5.195 %)ISDN
84 (5.195 %)PABX
93 (3.896 %)Unified Communications
93 (3.896 %)Softphone
93 (3.896 %)Wireshark
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (12.99 %)Telecoms
28 (10.39 %)Finance
37 (9.091 %)Banking
43 (3.896 %)Electronics
43 (3.896 %)Retail
52 (2.597 %)Retail Banking
61 (1.299 %)French Language
61 (1.299 %)German Language
61 (1.299 %)Italian Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (7.792 %)IVR
21 (1.299 %)Handset
21 (1.299 %)Video Conferencing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (6.494 %)Windows
15 (6.494 %)Linux
21 (1.299 %)UNIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (12.99 %)Migration
25 (6.494 %)Network Design
34 (5.195 %)Project Management
43 (3.896 %)Capacity Planning
52 (2.597 %)ITIL
52 (2.597 %)CRM
52 (2.597 %)Time Management
52 (2.597 %)Network Management
52 (2.597 %)Network Architecture
52 (2.597 %)Root Cause Analysis
61 (1.299 %)Validation
61 (1.299 %)Project Planning
61 (1.299 %)ITSM
61 (1.299 %)Service Management
61 (1.299 %)Service Delivery
61 (1.299 %)Change Management
61 (1.299 %)Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (5.195 %)Erlang
23 (3.896 %)C
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
126 (33.77 %)Cisco Certification
222 (28.57 %)CCNP
321 (27.27 %)CCVP
47 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
47 (9.091 %)CCIE
47 (9.091 %)CCNA
56 (7.792 %)Degree
56 (7.792 %)SC Cleared
63 (3.896 %)DV Cleared
63 (3.896 %)CCIP
71 (1.299 %)MCITP
71 (1.299 %)CCDA
71 (1.299 %)CCDP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.896 %)SLA
21 (1.299 %)JSP 440
21 (1.299 %)ISO/IEC 27001
21 (1.299 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (5.195 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
114 (18.18 %)Cisco CUCM
24 (5.195 %)Cisco UCCX
33 (3.896 %)Cisco IPCC
33 (3.896 %)Nagios
33 (3.896 %)CiscoWorks
41 (1.299 %)Cisco UCCE
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
153 (68.83 %)Cisco
224 (31.17 %)Avaya
35 (6.494 %)CyberTech
35 (6.494 %)BT
35 (6.494 %)Nortel
44 (5.195 %)VMware
53 (3.896 %)Mitel
61 (1.299 %)Verint
61 (1.299 %)Riverbed
61 (1.299 %)Brocade
61 (1.299 %)HP
61 (1.299 %)Genesys
61 (1.299 %)Ericsson
61 (1.299 %)CheckPoint