The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 93 102 79
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -23
Contract jobs citing VoIP 17 10 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.915% 0.448% 1.039%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.414% 3.559% 9.794%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 14
Average daily rate £300 £181 £163
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+65.51% +11.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
Average hourly rate £25.00 £12.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+108.33% -67.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.60 £10.95 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £145.00 £26.35 £55.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £22.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
-10.79% -32.82%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
314 281 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 16.90% 12.58% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 141 81
Average daily rate £300 £280 £336
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -16.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £190 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 37 32
Average hourly rate £16.50 £14.25 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.78% -54.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £11.90 £11.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £35.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
VoIP
England

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire VoIP Daily Rate Trend

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VoIP across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire VoIP Daily Rate Histogram

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Yorkshire +7 10 £300 +71.42%
South Yorkshire +8 6 £355 -1.38%
North Yorkshire +2 1 £413 -
VoIP
England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 28 (84.85%) Cisco
2 12 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (33.33%) Cisco UCCX
4 10 (30.30%) Cisco CUCM
5 8 (24.24%) PABX
5 8 (24.24%) Windows
5 8 (24.24%) LAN
6 7 (21.21%) WAN
6 7 (21.21%) CCNA
6 7 (21.21%) CCNP
6 7 (21.21%) Firewall
7 6 (18.18%) Network Design
7 6 (18.18%) VMware
7 6 (18.18%) Network Security
7 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
7 6 (18.18%) Active Directory
7 6 (18.18%) ITIL
8 5 (15.15%) SLA
8 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
8 5 (15.15%) SAN
8 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
9 4 (12.12%) Cisco UCCE
9 4 (12.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (12.12%) CCVP
9 4 (12.12%) Lotus
9 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (12.12%) Wireless

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 (12.12%) Lotus Notes
1 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.091%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 1 (3.030%) MS Office
1 1 (3.030%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) PABX
1 8 (24.24%) LAN
2 7 (21.21%) WAN
2 7 (21.21%) Firewall
3 6 (18.18%) Network Security
3 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
4 5 (15.15%) SAN
5 4 (12.12%) Wireless
6 3 (9.091%) SCCP
6 3 (9.091%) H.323
7 2 (6.061%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (3.030%) NetScreen
8 1 (3.030%) IPsec
8 1 (3.030%) OSPF
8 1 (3.030%) DHCP
8 1 (3.030%) DNS
8 1 (3.030%) SSL
8 1 (3.030%) BIG-IP
8 1 (3.030%) NAS
8 1 (3.030%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.091%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.030%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Network Engineer
1 13 (39.39%) Voice Engineer
2 11 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco Voice Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Voice Network Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Support Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Senior Support Analyst
7 2 (6.061%) IT Support
7 2 (6.061%) Network Specialist
7 2 (6.061%) IT Support Technician
7 2 (6.061%) Support Technician
7 2 (6.061%) Support Engineer
8 1 (3.030%) Technical Support
8 1 (3.030%) Network Support Analyst
8 1 (3.030%) Desktop Support
8 1 (3.030%) Junior
8 1 (3.030%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.091%) Replication
1 3 (9.091%) IVR
2 1 (3.030%) Handset
2 1 (3.030%) NHS
2 1 (3.030%) Thin Client
2 1 (3.030%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.030%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (12.12%) Windows XP
4 1 (3.030%) Linux
4 1 (3.030%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) Network Design
1 6 (18.18%) ITIL
2 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (6.061%) Project Management
4 1 (3.030%) Service Management
4 1 (3.030%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.030%) Change Management
4 1 (3.030%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.030%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2
4 1 (3.030%) E-Commerce
4 1 (3.030%) ERP
4 1 (3.030%) Incident Management
4 1 (3.030%) Matrix Management
4 1 (3.030%) Test Scripting
4 1 (3.030%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (3.030%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.030%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (21.21%) CCNA
2 7 (21.21%) CCNP
3 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (12.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (12.12%) CCVP
4 4 (12.12%) CCIE
4 4 (12.12%) MCSE
4 4 (12.12%) MCSA
5 2 (6.061%) MCDST
5 2 (6.061%) MCITP
6 1 (3.030%) MCP
6 1 (3.030%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (3.030%) CCSP
6 1 (3.030%) CCIP
6 1 (3.030%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 5 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.091%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (6.061%) Hyper-V
5 1 (3.030%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 11 (33.33%) Cisco UCCX
2 10 (30.30%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 28 (84.85%) Cisco
2 6 (18.18%) VMware
3 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
4 4 (12.12%) Lotus
4 4 (12.12%) Citrix
5 3 (9.091%) LANDesk
6 2 (6.061%) Siemens
6 2 (6.061%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.030%) HP
7 1 (3.030%) Juniper
7 1 (3.030%) Blue Coat
7 1 (3.030%) Infoblox
7 1 (3.030%) Imperva
7 1 (3.030%) F5