The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 17 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 terms in our General category for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 45 38 37
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 5 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 1.984% 1.456% 1.176%
As % of the General category 23.81% 6.000% 6.667%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 1
Average salary £55,000 £25,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+120.00% -23.07%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
All of the General Category
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
21 50 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 8.333% 24.27% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 17 49 29
Average salary £45,000 £40,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +10.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £21,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £44,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Telecoms
Bedfordshire

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Bedford Telecoms Jobs Demand Trend

Telecoms
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Bedford region.

Bedford Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Telecoms 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Telecoms.

1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 3 (50.00%) CCNP
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Avaya
3 2 (33.33%) Genesys
3 2 (33.33%) Internet
3 2 (33.33%) VoIP
3 2 (33.33%) Workflow
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (33.33%) CMS
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco IPCC
3 2 (33.33%) IVR
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (16.67%) SaaS
4 1 (16.67%) Twitter
4 1 (16.67%) Automotive
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
4 1 (16.67%) C
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) TickIT

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Telecoms also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Telecoms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (33.33%) VoIP
2 2 (33.33%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco IPT
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Voice Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Voice Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Installations Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Quality Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) IVR
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CCNP
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 1 (16.67%) TickIT
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Avaya
2 2 (33.33%) Genesys
3 1 (16.67%) Twitter
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The Cisco Voice Engineer will be responsible for the configuration and installation of large international Cisco Unified Communications projects for our international clients. Unified Communications entails basic IPT,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The Cisco Voice Engineer will be responsible for the configuration and installation of large international Cisco Unified Communications projects for our international clients. Unified Communications entails basic IPT,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013