The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 23 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 7 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 2.811% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.86% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
59 48 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 23.69% 24.00% 5.988%
Number of salaries quoted 58 46 8
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +19.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £28,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
Bedfordshire

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford Unified Communications Jobs Demand Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Trend

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

Bedford Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications.

1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) CCNP
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
3 4 (50.00%) CCIE
4 3 (37.50%) VoIP
4 3 (37.50%) CCVP
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (12.50%) Twitter
6 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (12.50%) AirMagnet
6 1 (12.50%) Network Management
6 1 (12.50%) FWSM
6 1 (12.50%) Network Design
6 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (12.50%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (12.50%) Network Security
6 1 (12.50%) CCDP
6 1 (12.50%) MGCP
6 1 (12.50%) H.323
6 1 (12.50%) Wireless

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) VoIP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (12.50%) FWSM
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) MGCP
2 1 (12.50%) H.323
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) Voice Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco Voice Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Installations Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Communications Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Sales Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Network Management
1 1 (12.50%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CCNP
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (50.00%) CCIE
3 3 (37.50%) CCVP
4 1 (12.50%) CCDP
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Twitter
2 1 (12.50%) AirMagnet