The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 38 39 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 11 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 4.400% 1.951% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.30% 8.000% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 0
Average salary £32,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.88% -
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.49% +2.66%
All Communications & Networking
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
57 50 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 22.80% 24.39% 5.988%
Number of salaries quoted 56 48 8
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +19.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,900 £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%
VoIP
Bedfordshire

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford VoIP Jobs Demand Trend

VoIP
Salary Trend

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

Bedford VoIP Salary Trend

VoIP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VoIP across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bedford VoIP Salary Histogram

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VoIP.

1 22 (75.86%) TCP/IP
2 20 (68.97%) Cisco
3 17 (58.62%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (58.62%) CCNP
4 15 (51.72%) VPN
5 14 (48.28%) WAN
5 14 (48.28%) DHCP
5 14 (48.28%) RIP
5 14 (48.28%) MPLS
5 14 (48.28%) Firewall
5 14 (48.28%) Network Security
5 14 (48.28%) Network Management
6 13 (44.83%) VLAN
6 13 (44.83%) CISA
6 13 (44.83%) CISM
6 13 (44.83%) Change Management
6 13 (44.83%) CEH
6 13 (44.83%) CISSP
6 13 (44.83%) LAN
6 13 (44.83%) DNS
7 10 (34.48%) Network Design
8 9 (31.03%) Windows
8 9 (31.03%) Linux
9 8 (27.59%) Python
9 8 (27.59%) C
9 8 (27.59%) C#
9 8 (27.59%) C++
9 8 (27.59%) Java
9 8 (27.59%) SS7
9 8 (27.59%) Disaster Recovery

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VoIP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (75.86%) TCP/IP
2 15 (51.72%) VPN
3 14 (48.28%) WAN
3 14 (48.28%) DHCP
3 14 (48.28%) RIP
3 14 (48.28%) MPLS
3 14 (48.28%) Firewall
3 14 (48.28%) Network Security
4 13 (44.83%) VLAN
4 13 (44.83%) LAN
4 13 (44.83%) DNS
5 8 (27.59%) SS7
5 8 (27.59%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (27.59%) IP Telephony
6 4 (13.79%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (10.34%) Unified Communications
7 3 (10.34%) Cisco IPT
7 3 (10.34%) Internet
8 1 (3.448%) NGN
8 1 (3.448%) Cisco IOS
General
1 2 (6.897%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Support Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Graduate
2 8 (27.59%) Software Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Software Support Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) C Software Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Security Officer
3 7 (24.14%) Network Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Security Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Network Security Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Voice Engineer
6 2 (6.897%) Cisco Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Sales Consultant
7 1 (3.448%) Cisco Voice Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Network Support
7 1 (3.448%) Communications Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Network Support Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Telephony Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Sales Consultant
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (3.448%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Computer Science
2 3 (10.34%) IVR
3 1 (3.448%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) Windows
1 9 (31.03%) Linux
2 1 (3.448%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Network Management
2 13 (44.83%) Change Management
3 10 (34.48%) Network Design
4 8 (27.59%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (27.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 8 (27.59%) Software Engineering
4 8 (27.59%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (17.24%) Ethical Hacking
5 5 (17.24%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (10.34%) Workflow
7 1 (3.448%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) Python
1 8 (27.59%) C
1 8 (27.59%) C#
1 8 (27.59%) C++
1 8 (27.59%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (58.62%) Cisco Certification
1 17 (58.62%) CCNP
2 13 (44.83%) CISA
2 13 (44.83%) CISM
2 13 (44.83%) CEH
2 13 (44.83%) CISSP
3 8 (27.59%) Degree
4 7 (24.14%) CCDP
5 3 (10.34%) CCIE
5 3 (10.34%) CCVP
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Cisco CUCM
1 3 (10.34%) Cisco IPCC
2 2 (6.897%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 20 (68.97%) Cisco
2 6 (20.69%) VMware
2 6 (20.69%) F5
3 5 (17.24%) Citrix
4 3 (10.34%) Avaya
4 3 (10.34%) Genesys
5 1 (3.448%) AirMagnet
5 1 (3.448%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.448%) Juniper