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

 Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank76106130
Rank change year-on-year
Up+30Up+24
Matching permanent IT job ads23214
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire1.578 %0.140 %0.432 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category7.591 %0.738 %2.622 %
Salaries quoted21213
Average salary£32,500£32,001£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.560 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,601£26,800
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£34,000£38,400£38,500
UK excluding London average salary£34,500£35,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-1.420 %-12.50 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
303271534
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire20.78 %18.98 %16.46 %
Salaries quoted275266493
Average salary£38,750£32,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.23 %+8.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£20,500£18,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£53,500£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
VoIP North WestVoIP
North West

VoIP
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire VoIP Salary Trend

VoIP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VoIP across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
ChesterNew entry-7£34,000-
CreweNew entry-7£32,500-
WarringtonUp+152£30,750-3.90 %
VoIP North WestVoIP
North West

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

125 (60.98 %)Cisco
221 (51.22 %)WAN
320 (48.78 %)TCP/IP
419 (46.34 %)Avaya
518 (43.90 %)Firewall
518 (43.90 %)Windows
616 (39.02 %)LAN
714 (34.15 %)CCNA
714 (34.15 %)Cisco Certification
714 (34.15 %)Microsoft Certification
714 (34.15 %)VMware
813 (31.71 %)Telecoms
910 (24.39 %)MCSE
109 (21.95 %)SQL Server
109 (21.95 %)Windows Server 2003
109 (21.95 %)Windows 2000 Server
118 (19.51 %)Windows Server 2008
118 (19.51 %)Finance
118 (19.51 %)Change Management
118 (19.51 %)MPLS
118 (19.51 %)Citrix
118 (19.51 %)SQL
118 (19.51 %)MS Exchange
127 (17.07 %)ADSL
127 (17.07 %)Solaris
127 (17.07 %)Oracle
127 (17.07 %)MCP
127 (17.07 %)UNIX
127 (17.07 %)Microsoft
127 (17.07 %)SLA

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (19.51 %)MS Exchange
26 (14.63 %)IIS
32 (4.878 %)CMS
41 (2.439 %)Exchange Server 2007
Cheshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (2.439 %)MS Office
11 (2.439 %)MS Excel
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
121 (51.22 %)WAN
220 (48.78 %)TCP/IP
318 (43.90 %)Firewall
416 (39.02 %)LAN
58 (19.51 %)MPLS
67 (17.07 %)ADSL
75 (12.20 %)Internet
84 (9.756 %)DNS
84 (9.756 %)ISDN
93 (7.317 %)VPN
93 (7.317 %)DHCP
93 (7.317 %)Nortel Meridian
102 (4.878 %)Cisco ICM
102 (4.878 %)VLAN
102 (4.878 %)IP Telephony
102 (4.878 %)Ethernet
102 (4.878 %)ATM
102 (4.878 %)PBX
102 (4.878 %)SMS
102 (4.878 %)SAN
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (21.95 %)SQL Server
22 (4.878 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (4.878 %)SQL Server 2008
Cheshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (31.71 %)Telecoms
28 (19.51 %)Finance
35 (12.20 %)Education
42 (4.878 %)Billing
51 (2.439 %)Pensions
51 (2.439 %)Health
51 (2.439 %)Games
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (21.95 %)Analyst
28 (19.51 %)Support Engineer
37 (17.07 %)Network Engineer
46 (14.63 %)Network Analyst
46 (14.63 %)Senior Support Engineer
55 (12.20 %)Systems Engineer
55 (12.20 %)Technical Support
55 (12.20 %)Cisco Network Analyst
55 (12.20 %)Cisco Analyst
55 (12.20 %)Technical Specialist
55 (12.20 %)Voice Specialist
64 (9.756 %)Senior Systems Engineer
64 (9.756 %)Systems Support
64 (9.756 %)Systems Support Engineer
73 (7.317 %)Cisco Network Engineer
73 (7.317 %)Cisco Engineer
73 (7.317 %)Network Support
73 (7.317 %)Server Analyst
82 (4.878 %)Operations Analyst
82 (4.878 %)IT Support
Cheshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (17.07 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
24 (9.756 %)IVR
31 (2.439 %)Statistics
31 (2.439 %)Video Conferencing
31 (2.439 %)Open Source
31 (2.439 %)Firmware
31 (2.439 %)Client/Server
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (43.90 %)Windows
29 (21.95 %)Windows Server 2003
29 (21.95 %)Windows 2000 Server
38 (19.51 %)Windows Server 2008
47 (17.07 %)UNIX
47 (17.07 %)Solaris
54 (9.756 %)Windows 2000
54 (9.756 %)Windows 7
63 (7.317 %)Linux
71 (2.439 %)Windows XP
71 (2.439 %)Ubuntu
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (19.51 %)Change Management
25 (12.20 %)Incident Management
25 (12.20 %)Problem Management
33 (7.317 %)ITIL
42 (4.878 %)Resource Management
51 (2.439 %)Migration
51 (2.439 %)Network Design
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18 (19.51 %)SQL
Cheshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
114 (34.15 %)CCNA
114 (34.15 %)Cisco Certification
114 (34.15 %)Microsoft Certification
210 (24.39 %)MCSE
37 (17.07 %)MCP
46 (14.63 %)HND
46 (14.63 %)Degree
53 (7.317 %)ITIL Certification
61 (2.439 %)CCA
61 (2.439 %)Citrix Certification
61 (2.439 %)MCSA
61 (2.439 %)CCNP
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (17.07 %)SLA
Cheshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (17.07 %)MetaFrame
17 (17.07 %)XenServer
24 (9.756 %)Active Directory
24 (9.756 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (2.439 %)VMware ESX
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (2.439 %)Backup Exec
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
125 (60.98 %)Cisco
219 (46.34 %)Avaya
314 (34.15 %)VMware
48 (19.51 %)Citrix
57 (17.07 %)Oracle
57 (17.07 %)Microsoft
57 (17.07 %)Mitel
57 (17.07 %)Siemens
66 (14.63 %)HP
75 (12.20 %)Nortel
81 (2.439 %)Alcatel
81 (2.439 %)Symantec
81 (2.439 %)3Com
81 (2.439 %)NETGEAR