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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 19 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.

LinkVoice Over IP (VoIP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank295189177
Rank change year-on-year
Down-106Down-12
Matching contract IT job ads218293736
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.451 %0.743 %0.895 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category3.964 %4.922 %6.854 %
Daily rates quoted7785196
Average daily rate£363£335£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.200 %+3.070 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£185£222
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£474
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£344£325
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %+5.760 %
Hourly rates quoted345788
Average hourly rate£17.00£22.50£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.44 %+2.270 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.15£12.40£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.25£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£25.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %-10.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5500595310738
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.39 %15.09 %13.06 %
Daily rates quoted212715172824
Average daily rate£350£340£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£200£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£475£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted5306221508
Average hourly rate£23.00£23.31£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.320 %-10.34 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£11.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VoIP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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 within the UK.

VoIP Daily Rate Trend

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VoIP within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

VoIP Daily Rate Histogram

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VoIP Hourly Rate Trend

VoIP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VoIP within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

VoIP Hourly Rate Histogram

VoIP
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 VoIP within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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
EnglandDown-82209£363+7.40 %
LondonDown-7092£363+14.17 %
City of LondonDown-5441£394+18.86 %
South EastDown-1429£375+7.14 %
East of EnglandUp+1727£368+53.12 %
East MidlandsUp+623£450-
North WestDown-3712£243-19.16 %
HampshireUp+111£375-6.25 %
HertfordshireUp+1510--
West MidlandsUp+110£190-62.00 %
NottinghamshireNew entry-10--
CambridgeshireUp+99£260+8.33 %
South WestDown-89£500-4.76 %
NottinghamNew entry-9--
WiltshireUp+108£500-
LincolnshireUp+48£450-
SwindonUp+125£500-
BerkshireUp+15£350+16.66 %
ManchesterDown-15£200-
ScotlandDown-235£240-20.00 %
North EastUp+134£340-
EssexUp+54£413+37.50 %
EdinburghDown-154£276-
BasingstokeNew entry-4£375-
CoventryNew entry-4--
IpswichNew entry-4£325-
Newcastle Upon TyneNew entry-4£340-
SuffolkNew entry-4£325-
West SussexNew entry-4--
Tyne and WearNew entry-4£340-

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1225 (52.33 %)Cisco
2142 (33.02 %)Firewall
3130 (30.23 %)WAN
4126 (29.30 %)LAN
5108 (25.12 %)Telecoms
6105 (24.42 %)Cisco Certification
779 (18.37 %)MPLS
877 (17.91 %)Windows
971 (16.51 %)VPN
1053 (12.33 %)CCNP
1152 (12.09 %)CheckPoint
1249 (11.40 %)CCNA
1346 (10.70 %)Security Cleared
1444 (10.23 %)OSPF
1444 (10.23 %)BGP
1543 (10.00 %)Microsoft
1642 (9.767 %)Avaya
1741 (9.535 %)TCP/IP
1741 (9.535 %)Finance
1840 (9.302 %)Active Directory
1840 (9.302 %)Windows Server 2003
1939 (9.070 %)Juniper
1939 (9.070 %)Citrix
2038 (8.837 %)SC Cleared
2137 (8.605 %)C
2234 (7.907 %)Nokia
2333 (7.674 %)DNS
2432 (7.442 %)Ethernet
2531 (7.209 %)Wireless
2630 (6.977 %)DHCP

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (1.395 %)HTML
16 (1.395 %)CSS
23 (0.698 %)Web Services
23 (0.698 %)XML
32 (0.465 %)XSD
32 (0.465 %)Spring
32 (0.465 %)FIX Protocol
41 (0.233 %)WebSphere
41 (0.233 %)WPF
41 (0.233 %)WinForms
41 (0.233 %).NET
41 (0.233 %)J2EE
41 (0.233 %)ODBC
41 (0.233 %)SOAP
41 (0.233 %)Flash
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
123 (5.349 %)MS Exchange
210 (2.326 %)Exchange Server 2003
39 (2.093 %)Exchange Server 2007
46 (1.395 %)IIS
52 (0.465 %)Lotus Notes
52 (0.465 %)Lotus Domino
52 (0.465 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.233 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
61 (0.233 %)WebLogic
61 (0.233 %)SharePoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
121 (4.884 %)MS Office
215 (3.488 %)MS Excel
35 (1.163 %)MS Visio
44 (0.930 %)Spreadsheet
52 (0.465 %)MS Project
61 (0.233 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (0.698 %)RMDS
21 (0.233 %)SAP ERP
21 (0.233 %)Remedy ITSM
21 (0.233 %)Oracle EBS R12
21 (0.233 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1142 (33.02 %)Firewall
2130 (30.23 %)WAN
3126 (29.30 %)LAN
479 (18.37 %)MPLS
571 (16.51 %)VPN
644 (10.23 %)OSPF
644 (10.23 %)BGP
741 (9.535 %)TCP/IP
833 (7.674 %)DNS
932 (7.442 %)Ethernet
1031 (7.209 %)Wireless
1130 (6.977 %)DHCP
1225 (5.814 %)PBX
1323 (5.349 %)Internet
1421 (4.884 %)SAN
1520 (4.651 %)IP Telephony
1619 (4.419 %)Cisco ASA
1718 (4.186 %)Cisco PIX
1817 (3.953 %)VLAN
1817 (3.953 %)SDH
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (1.628 %)MySQL
17 (1.628 %)SQL Server
23 (0.698 %)Ingres
32 (0.465 %)Datawarehouse
32 (0.465 %)Oracle 9i
41 (0.233 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.233 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.233 %)TOAD
41 (0.233 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.233 %)FlexUnit
11 (0.233 %)AsUnit
11 (0.233 %)Borland Together
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1108 (25.12 %)Telecoms
241 (9.535 %)Finance
330 (6.977 %)Banking
423 (5.349 %)Government
512 (2.791 %)Investment Banking
611 (2.558 %)Multimedia
77 (1.628 %)Retail
86 (1.395 %)Insurance
94 (0.930 %)Police
94 (0.930 %)Billing
103 (0.698 %)Marketing
103 (0.698 %)Local Government
103 (0.698 %)Electric
103 (0.698 %)Back Office
103 (0.698 %)Law
112 (0.465 %)Financial Institution
112 (0.465 %)Front Office
112 (0.465 %)Legal
121 (0.233 %)Pensions
121 (0.233 %)Retail Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
172 (16.74 %)Network Engineer
262 (14.42 %)Analyst
348 (11.16 %)Project Manager
431 (7.209 %)Consultant
530 (6.977 %)Architect
625 (5.814 %)Network Analyst
721 (4.884 %)Support Engineer
820 (4.651 %)Cisco Engineer
917 (3.953 %)Support Analyst
1014 (3.256 %)Network Support
1014 (3.256 %)Senior Analyst
1113 (3.023 %)Design Engineer
1113 (3.023 %)Network Manager
1113 (3.023 %)Software Engineer
1212 (2.791 %)Desktop Support
1212 (2.791 %)Deployment Engineer
1311 (2.558 %)Network Architect
1311 (2.558 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1311 (2.558 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1410 (2.326 %)2nd Line Support
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
119 (4.419 %)German Language
217 (3.953 %)French Language
217 (3.953 %)Blackberry
313 (3.023 %)NHS
412 (2.791 %)Danish Language
511 (2.558 %)Video Conferencing
511 (2.558 %)IVR
511 (2.558 %)Handset
610 (2.326 %)Thin Client
610 (2.326 %)Fat Client
78 (1.860 %)Replication
78 (1.860 %)Dutch Language
85 (1.163 %)Spanish Language
94 (0.930 %)Russian Language
103 (0.698 %)Video on Demand
103 (0.698 %)PKI
103 (0.698 %)IPTV
103 (0.698 %)Italian Language
103 (0.698 %)DTV
112 (0.465 %)Management Information System
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
177 (17.91 %)Windows
240 (9.302 %)Windows Server 2003
321 (4.884 %)Windows XP
416 (3.721 %)Linux
514 (3.256 %)UNIX
514 (3.256 %)Windows Server 2008
69 (2.093 %)Windows 2000 Server
69 (2.093 %)Windows 2000
69 (2.093 %)Solaris
77 (1.628 %)Windows Vista
84 (0.930 %)AIX
92 (0.465 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (0.465 %)Windows Mobile
101 (0.233 %)Embedded Linux
101 (0.233 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
101 (0.233 %)Android
101 (0.233 %)Mac OS
101 (0.233 %)Windows 7
101 (0.233 %)Windows NT
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
130 (6.977 %)Network Design
227 (6.279 %)ITIL
227 (6.279 %)Project Management
322 (5.116 %)PRINCE2
411 (2.558 %)Load Balancing
59 (2.093 %)Contact Management
67 (1.628 %)Product Management
67 (1.628 %)Network Architecture
76 (1.395 %)Business Continuity
76 (1.395 %)Validation
76 (1.395 %)Stakeholder Management
85 (1.163 %)Supplier Management
85 (1.163 %)Test Scripting
85 (1.163 %)Service Delivery
85 (1.163 %)CRM
94 (0.930 %)Migration
94 (0.930 %)Software Engineering
94 (0.930 %)Integration Testing
94 (0.930 %)Business Analysis
94 (0.930 %)Project Planning
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
137 (8.605 %)C
211 (2.558 %)SQL
38 (1.860 %)Assembly Language
47 (1.628 %)Java
47 (1.628 %)JavaScript
47 (1.628 %)C++
56 (1.395 %)C#
65 (1.163 %)VBA
72 (0.465 %)Perl
72 (0.465 %)Embedded C
81 (0.233 %)TTCN
81 (0.233 %)Tcl
81 (0.233 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1105 (24.42 %)Cisco Certification
253 (12.33 %)CCNP
349 (11.40 %)CCNA
446 (10.70 %)Security Cleared
538 (8.837 %)SC Cleared
630 (6.977 %)CCIE
716 (3.721 %)Microsoft Certification
815 (3.488 %)MCSE
914 (3.256 %)CCVP
108 (1.860 %)Degree
117 (1.628 %)CCDP
117 (1.628 %)PRINCE2 Certification
126 (1.395 %)CCSP
134 (0.930 %)CCDA
134 (0.930 %)CCSA
134 (0.930 %)CCSE
142 (0.465 %)CCIP
142 (0.465 %)ITIL Certification
142 (0.465 %)ISEB
142 (0.465 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (2.558 %)SLA
23 (0.698 %)ISO27001
32 (0.465 %)ISO17799
41 (0.233 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
140 (9.302 %)Active Directory
219 (4.419 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (1.163 %)Citrix Presentation Server
43 (0.698 %)VMware ESX
43 (0.698 %)Terminal Services
43 (0.698 %)ISA Server
52 (0.465 %)NDS
52 (0.465 %)MetaFrame
61 (0.233 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
61 (0.233 %)XenApp
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
120 (4.651 %)CiscoWorks
27 (1.628 %)Backup Exec
27 (1.628 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
34 (0.930 %)OpenView
34 (0.930 %)Cisco IPCC
42 (0.465 %)Tivoli
51 (0.233 %)HP Data Protector
51 (0.233 %)Cacti
51 (0.233 %)SolarWinds Orion
51 (0.233 %)MOM
51 (0.233 %)Legato
51 (0.233 %)Netcool
51 (0.233 %)BMC PATROL
51 (0.233 %)Norton AntiVirus
51 (0.233 %)DameWare
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1225 (52.33 %)Cisco
252 (12.09 %)CheckPoint
343 (10.00 %)Microsoft
442 (9.767 %)Avaya
539 (9.070 %)Juniper
539 (9.070 %)Citrix
634 (7.907 %)Nokia
726 (6.047 %)Nortel
726 (6.047 %)VMware
819 (4.419 %)HP
918 (4.186 %)Mitel
1016 (3.721 %)BT
1016 (3.721 %)Siemens
1112 (2.791 %)SolarWinds
1211 (2.558 %)Oracle
1310 (2.326 %)Blue Coat
149 (2.093 %)McAfee
158 (1.860 %)Bloomberg
158 (1.860 %)Alcatel
167 (1.628 %)Reuters