The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the West Yorkshire region.

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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 82 89 67
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -22
Contract jobs citing VoIP 10 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.779% 0.374% 0.457%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.274% 3.061% 5.747%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 3
Average daily rate £300 £135 £590
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+122.22% -77.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £100.00 £32.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+207.69% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -32.82%
All Communications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
234 196 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 18.22% 12.22% 7.945%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 98 32
Average daily rate £275 £280 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.78% -16.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £201 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £420 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 23 18
Average hourly rate £16.50 £15.00 £23.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -35.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £12.00 £11.53
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £33.75 £31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
VoIP
Yorkshire

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VoIP across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Yorkshire VoIP Jobs Demand Trend

VoIP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VoIP across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire VoIP Daily Rate Trend

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VoIP across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire VoIP Hourly Rate Trend

VoIP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VoIP across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Yorkshire VoIP Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Bradford +5 5 £250 -
Leeds -6 4 £300 +122.22%
VoIP
Yorkshire

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 20 (90.91%) Cisco
2 10 (45.45%) PABX
3 8 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (27.27%) ITIL
5 5 (22.73%) Windows
5 5 (22.73%) CCNA
5 5 (22.73%) SAN
5 5 (22.73%) VMware
6 4 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (18.18%) Cisco UCCE
6 4 (18.18%) Firewall
6 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
6 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 4 (18.18%) MCSE
6 4 (18.18%) MCSA
6 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
7 3 (13.64%) Windows XP
7 3 (13.64%) Lotus Notes
7 3 (13.64%) Lotus Domino
7 3 (13.64%) CCNP
7 3 (13.64%) Citrix
7 3 (13.64%) Wireless
7 3 (13.64%) Lotus
7 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (13.64%) SCCP
7 3 (13.64%) H.323
7 3 (13.64%) Cisco UCCX

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 3 (13.64%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (13.64%) Lotus Domino
Communications & Networking
1 10 (45.45%) PABX
2 5 (22.73%) SAN
3 4 (18.18%) Firewall
4 3 (13.64%) Wireless
4 3 (13.64%) SCCP
4 3 (13.64%) H.323
5 1 (4.545%) LAN
5 1 (4.545%) WAN
5 1 (4.545%) WAAS
5 1 (4.545%) NAS
5 1 (4.545%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Voice Engineer
1 8 (36.36%) Network Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Support Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Support Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Voice Network Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Junior
5 1 (4.545%) Network Support Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Cisco VoIP Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Junior Support Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Cisco Voice Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) IT Assistant
5 1 (4.545%) VoIP Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Network Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Network Support
5 1 (4.545%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Replication
1 3 (13.64%) IVR
2 1 (4.545%) NHS
2 1 (4.545%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (13.64%) Windows XP
3 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) ITIL
2 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
2 1 (4.545%) Service Delivery
2 1 (4.545%) Change Control
2 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (4.545%) Matrix Management
2 1 (4.545%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (22.73%) CCNA
3 4 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (18.18%) MCSE
3 4 (18.18%) MCSA
4 3 (13.64%) CCNP
4 3 (13.64%) CCVP
5 2 (9.091%) CCIE
6 1 (4.545%) CCIP
6 1 (4.545%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Cisco UCCE
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco UCCX
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 20 (90.91%) Cisco
2 5 (22.73%) VMware
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 3 (13.64%) Citrix
4 3 (13.64%) Lotus
4 3 (13.64%) LANDesk
5 1 (4.545%) Siemens