Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Bedfordshire region.

 Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank354564
Rank change year-on-year
Up+10Up+19
Matching permanent IT job ads2516
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire0.704 %1.235 %1.700 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category5.882 %8.929 %8.602 %
Salaries quoted2515
Average salary£21,000£35,000£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.00 %-10.25 %
UK excluding London average salary£34,500£35,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-1.420 %-12.50 %
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
3456186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire11.97 %13.83 %19.77 %
Salaries quoted3251158
Average salary£37,500£30,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00 %-14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£23,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£60,000£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
VoIP East of EnglandVoIP
East of England

VoIP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VoIP across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedfordshire VoIP Demand Trend

VoIP
Salary Trend

The 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
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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BedfordUp+82£21,000-27.58 %
VoIP East of EnglandVoIP
East of England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

15 (100.00 %)Active Directory
23 (60.00 %)Firewall
23 (60.00 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (60.00 %)VPN
23 (60.00 %)Cisco
23 (60.00 %)Windows
23 (60.00 %)MCSE
23 (60.00 %)LAN
23 (60.00 %)WAN
23 (60.00 %)Blue Coat
23 (60.00 %)Cisco PIX
32 (40.00 %)ProCurve
32 (40.00 %)Insurance
32 (40.00 %)Pensions
32 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (40.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (40.00 %)DHCP
32 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
32 (40.00 %)Lotus Notes
32 (40.00 %)Lotus Domino
32 (40.00 %)MS Office
32 (40.00 %)Microsoft
32 (40.00 %)CCNA
32 (40.00 %)DNS
32 (40.00 %)HP
32 (40.00 %)Citrix
32 (40.00 %)Cisco Certification
32 (40.00 %)Lotus
32 (40.00 %)Symantec
32 (40.00 %)MPLS

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)Lotus Notes
12 (40.00 %)Lotus Domino
12 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
12 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (40.00 %)MS Office
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)LAN
13 (60.00 %)WAN
13 (60.00 %)VPN
13 (60.00 %)Firewall
13 (60.00 %)Cisco PIX
22 (40.00 %)DNS
22 (40.00 %)MPLS
22 (40.00 %)DHCP
31 (20.00 %)ADSL
31 (20.00 %)IP Telephony
31 (20.00 %)VLAN
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Health
12 (40.00 %)Insurance
12 (40.00 %)Pensions
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Support Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Infrastructure Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Desktop Support Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Desktop Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Desktop Support
31 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)Blackberry
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (60.00 %)Windows
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (60.00 %)MCSE
13 (60.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (40.00 %)CCNA
22 (40.00 %)Cisco Certification
31 (20.00 %)MCP
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (20.00 %)SLA
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (100.00 %)Active Directory
22 (40.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (40.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
12 (40.00 %)Backup Exec
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (60.00 %)Cisco
13 (60.00 %)Blue Coat
22 (40.00 %)ProCurve
22 (40.00 %)Microsoft
22 (40.00 %)HP
22 (40.00 %)Citrix
22 (40.00 %)Lotus
22 (40.00 %)Symantec
22 (40.00 %)McAfee