The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 49 57 53
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 8 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.778% 1.575% 1.523%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.921% 12.31% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 6
Average salary £39,250 £50,000 £36,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.50% +36.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,850 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,900 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
101 65 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 22.44% 12.80% 13.20%
Number of salaries quoted 90 58 51
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,150 £24,500 £20,850
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £43,250 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VoIP
North West

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire VoIP Salary Trend

VoIP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VoIP across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Blackpool - 4 £39,250 - 2
Blackburn - 2 £37,000 -
Darwen +1 1 £18,500 -30.18%
VoIP
North West

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) VMware
2 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (50.00%) SAN
4 4 (40.00%) WAN
4 4 (40.00%) Cisco
4 4 (40.00%) Firewall
5 3 (30.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (30.00%) SCCM
5 3 (30.00%) LAN
5 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (30.00%) Project Management
5 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
6 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (20.00%) Internet
6 2 (20.00%) MPLS
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL
6 2 (20.00%) Linux
6 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 2 (20.00%) VPN
6 2 (20.00%) CCNP
6 2 (20.00%) CCNA
6 2 (20.00%) VLAN

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 Development
1 1 (10.00%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (10.00%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (50.00%) SAN
3 4 (40.00%) WAN
3 4 (40.00%) Firewall
4 3 (30.00%) LAN
5 2 (20.00%) Internet
5 2 (20.00%) MPLS
5 2 (20.00%) VPN
5 2 (20.00%) VLAN
6 1 (10.00%) Wireless
6 1 (10.00%) Frame Relay
6 1 (10.00%) IP Telephony
6 1 (10.00%) NAS
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (10.00%) WPA2
6 1 (10.00%) iSCSI
6 1 (10.00%) DNS
6 1 (10.00%) DHCP
6 1 (10.00%) TACACS
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (10.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (10.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Network Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Helpdesk Technician
2 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (30.00%) Project Management
1 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (10.00%) Business Development
3 1 (10.00%) Communications Security
3 1 (10.00%) WAN Optimisation
3 1 (10.00%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CCNP
2 2 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (10.00%) VMware ESX
4 1 (10.00%) Terminal Server
4 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) VMware
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco
4 1 (10.00%) 3Com
4 1 (10.00%) Huawei
4 1 (10.00%) Veeam
4 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Avaya
4 1 (10.00%) NetApp
4 1 (10.00%) Apple
Blackpool, Lancashire
Requirements On a technical front you will need knowledge on Microsoft Operating Systems such as Windows 7, Server 2008; Active Directory, setting up and fault finding printers, Microsoft...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £18000.00 - £20000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Blackpool, North West
Requirements On a technical front you will need knowledge on Microsoft Operating Systems such as Windows 7, Server 2008; Active Directory, setting up and fault finding printers, Microsoft...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000.00 - £20000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013