The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 79 76 65
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -11
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 18 5 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.642% 0.511% 1.186%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.593% 2.075% 9.346%
Number of salaries quoted 18 5 10
Average salary £45,000 £65,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.76% +30.00%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.49% +2.66%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
273 241 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 24.91% 24.64% 12.69%
Number of salaries quoted 247 194 100
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,800 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VoIP
East of England

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire VoIP Salary Trend

VoIP
Salary Histogram

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

Bedfordshire VoIP Salary Histogram

VoIP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the Bedfordshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton - 14 £50,000 -
Bedford +1 11 £32,000 -28.88%
VoIP
East of England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 23 (58.97%) TCP/IP
2 21 (53.85%) WAN
2 21 (53.85%) Cisco
3 20 (51.28%) LAN
4 17 (43.59%) CCNP
4 17 (43.59%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (41.03%) VPN
6 15 (38.46%) DHCP
6 15 (38.46%) Change Management
6 15 (38.46%) Network Security
7 14 (35.90%) Network Management
7 14 (35.90%) Degree
7 14 (35.90%) Firewall
7 14 (35.90%) MPLS
7 14 (35.90%) DNS
7 14 (35.90%) RIP
7 14 (35.90%) C
8 13 (33.33%) CISSP
8 13 (33.33%) CISA
8 13 (33.33%) CISM
8 13 (33.33%) CEH
8 13 (33.33%) VLAN
9 10 (25.64%) Network Design
9 10 (25.64%) Windows
9 10 (25.64%) Linux
10 9 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (23.08%) Unified Communications
11 8 (20.51%) Capacity Planning
11 8 (20.51%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 8 (20.51%) Intrusion Detection

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 (7.692%) CMS
2 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (2.564%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 23 (58.97%) TCP/IP
2 21 (53.85%) WAN
3 20 (51.28%) LAN
4 16 (41.03%) VPN
5 15 (38.46%) DHCP
5 15 (38.46%) Network Security
6 14 (35.90%) Firewall
6 14 (35.90%) MPLS
6 14 (35.90%) DNS
6 14 (35.90%) RIP
7 13 (33.33%) VLAN
8 9 (23.08%) Unified Communications
9 8 (20.51%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (20.51%) IP Telephony
9 8 (20.51%) Wireless
9 8 (20.51%) SS7
10 4 (10.26%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (7.692%) Cisco IPT
11 3 (7.692%) Internet
11 3 (7.692%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (2.564%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.128%) Eclipse
General
1 8 (20.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Support Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Software Support Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) C Software Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Security Officer
2 8 (20.51%) Software Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Graduate
3 7 (17.95%) Network Engineer
4 6 (15.38%) Network Manager
5 5 (12.82%) Network Security Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Security Engineer
6 3 (7.692%) Voice Engineer
6 3 (7.692%) Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) Cisco Engineer
7 2 (5.128%) Telephony Analyst
8 1 (2.564%) Senior Sales Consultant
8 1 (2.564%) Cisco Voice Engineer
8 1 (2.564%) Network Support
8 1 (2.564%) Communications Engineer
8 1 (2.564%) Telephony Engineer
8 1 (2.564%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Computer Science
2 3 (7.692%) IVR
3 1 (2.564%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.564%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.64%) Windows
1 10 (25.64%) Linux
2 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.564%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (2.564%) UNIX
2 1 (2.564%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) Change Management
2 14 (35.90%) Network Management
3 10 (25.64%) Network Design
4 9 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (20.51%) Capacity Planning
5 8 (20.51%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 8 (20.51%) Software Engineering
6 6 (15.38%) Capacity Management
7 5 (12.82%) Ethical Hacking
7 5 (12.82%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (7.692%) Workflow
9 2 (5.128%) ITIL
9 2 (5.128%) ITIL V3
10 1 (2.564%) Data Security
10 1 (2.564%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (35.90%) C
2 8 (20.51%) Python
2 8 (20.51%) C#
2 8 (20.51%) C++
2 8 (20.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (43.59%) CCNP
1 17 (43.59%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (35.90%) Degree
3 13 (33.33%) CISSP
3 13 (33.33%) CISA
3 13 (33.33%) CISM
3 13 (33.33%) CEH
4 7 (17.95%) CCDP
5 3 (7.692%) CCVP
5 3 (7.692%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.564%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.564%) XenApp
2 1 (2.564%) XenDesktop
2 1 (2.564%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (2.564%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 3 (7.692%) Cisco CUCM
1 3 (7.692%) Cisco IPCC
2 2 (5.128%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 21 (53.85%) Cisco
2 7 (17.95%) VMware
3 6 (15.38%) F5
3 6 (15.38%) Citrix
4 3 (7.692%) Mitel
4 3 (7.692%) Avaya
4 3 (7.692%) Genesys
5 2 (5.128%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.128%) Siemens
5 2 (5.128%) BT
6 1 (2.564%) Sonus
6 1 (2.564%) BroadSoft
6 1 (2.564%) Acme Packet
6 1 (2.564%) AirMagnet
6 1 (2.564%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.564%) Juniper
Luton
Responsibilities include the analysis of network components, upgrades/changes, security procedures, policies management, assessing the Universities current and future LAN/WAN/Wireless/VoIP/Mobile needs, overseeing the design,...
University of Bedfordshire
Salary: c£50,000
Posted: 20 May 2013