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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 106 120 86
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -34
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 43 22 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 1.675% 1.004% 1.809%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.958% 6.145% 11.83%
Number of salaries quoted 33 21 31
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £40,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
480 358 279
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 18.70% 16.33% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 386 280 237
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VoIP
West Yorkshire

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds VoIP Salary Trend

VoIP
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds VoIP Salary Histogram

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 46 (67.65%) Firewall
2 42 (61.76%) Cisco
3 34 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (44.12%) Windows
4 30 (44.12%) WAN
5 27 (39.71%) CCNP
6 25 (36.76%) CheckPoint
6 25 (36.76%) LAN
7 24 (35.29%) Cisco ASA
8 23 (33.82%) VPN
9 22 (32.35%) MPLS
10 21 (30.88%) Microsoft
11 19 (27.94%) CCNA
11 19 (27.94%) DMZ
11 19 (27.94%) CCSP
11 19 (27.94%) Windows Server 2008
12 18 (26.47%) MS Excel
13 17 (25.00%) ITIL
14 16 (23.53%) BGP
15 15 (22.06%) VMware
16 14 (20.59%) Wireless
16 14 (20.59%) MS Office
16 14 (20.59%) MS Exchange
16 14 (20.59%) Linux
16 14 (20.59%) Active Directory
16 14 (20.59%) Network Security
17 13 (19.12%) Capacity Planning
17 13 (19.12%) Juniper
18 12 (17.65%) Internet
18 12 (17.65%) SQL

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 2 (2.941%) HTML
1 2 (2.941%) CSS
2 1 (1.471%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 14 (20.59%) MS Exchange
2 11 (16.18%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (13.24%) SharePoint
4 7 (10.29%) Lync
4 7 (10.29%) IIS
5 3 (4.412%) Office Communications Server
5 3 (4.412%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (1.471%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (26.47%) MS Excel
2 14 (20.59%) MS Office
3 4 (5.882%) Google Apps
4 1 (1.471%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 46 (67.65%) Firewall
2 30 (44.12%) WAN
3 25 (36.76%) LAN
4 24 (35.29%) Cisco ASA
5 23 (33.82%) VPN
6 22 (32.35%) MPLS
7 19 (27.94%) DMZ
8 16 (23.53%) BGP
9 14 (20.59%) Wireless
9 14 (20.59%) Network Security
10 12 (17.65%) Internet
10 12 (17.65%) VLAN
11 8 (11.76%) TCP/IP
11 8 (11.76%) DNS
12 7 (10.29%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (10.29%) DHCP
12 7 (10.29%) SAN
12 7 (10.29%) PBX
13 6 (8.824%) FWSM
14 4 (5.882%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.76%) MySQL
2 3 (4.412%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.353%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (10.29%) Telecoms
2 4 (5.882%) Finance
3 1 (1.471%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (32.35%) Network Engineer
2 13 (19.12%) Analyst
3 12 (17.65%) Administrator
4 9 (13.24%) IT Administrator
4 9 (13.24%) Security Engineer
5 8 (11.76%) Systems Administrator
6 7 (10.29%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (10.29%) Network Security Engineer
6 7 (10.29%) Support Analyst
7 6 (8.824%) Service Desk Analyst
7 6 (8.824%) Service Analyst
7 6 (8.824%) IT Support
8 5 (7.353%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 5 (7.353%) Team Leader
9 4 (5.882%) Network Analyst
9 4 (5.882%) Security Analyst
9 4 (5.882%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (5.882%) Network Team Leader
9 4 (5.882%) Network Security Analyst
10 3 (4.412%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.65%) PKI
2 4 (5.882%) Thin Client
2 4 (5.882%) EqualLogic
2 4 (5.882%) Fat Client
2 4 (5.882%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.941%) Open Source
4 1 (1.471%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.471%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 30 (44.12%) Windows
2 19 (27.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (20.59%) Linux
4 12 (17.65%) Windows 7
5 6 (8.824%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (7.353%) Windows XP
6 5 (7.353%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (5.882%) Windows 8
8 3 (4.412%) UNIX
9 1 (1.471%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.471%) CentOS
9 1 (1.471%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.471%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.00%) ITIL
2 13 (19.12%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (11.76%) Incident Management
4 6 (8.824%) Document Management
4 6 (8.824%) E-Commerce
5 5 (7.353%) ERP
5 5 (7.353%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (5.882%) Change Management
6 4 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (5.882%) Network Design
6 4 (5.882%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (4.412%) Load Balancing
7 3 (4.412%) Cyber Security
7 3 (4.412%) Change Control
7 3 (4.412%) Data Security
8 2 (2.941%) OOP
8 2 (2.941%) Time Management
8 2 (2.941%) Problem Management
9 1 (1.471%) Trend Analysis
9 1 (1.471%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.65%) SQL
2 3 (4.412%) PHP
3 2 (2.941%) T-SQL
3 2 (2.941%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.471%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 34 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (39.71%) CCNP
3 19 (27.94%) CCNA
3 19 (27.94%) CCSP
4 5 (7.353%) MCITP
5 3 (4.412%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (4.412%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.412%) MCP
5 3 (4.412%) MCSE
5 3 (4.412%) MCSA
6 2 (2.941%) MCTS
7 1 (1.471%) Degree
7 1 (1.471%) CCA
7 1 (1.471%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.471%) HND
7 1 (1.471%) CCSA
7 1 (1.471%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.24%) PCI DSS
2 6 (8.824%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (20.59%) Active Directory
2 10 (14.71%) vSphere
3 8 (11.76%) Forefront TMG
3 8 (11.76%) UAG
4 5 (7.353%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (7.353%) Terminal Services
5 4 (5.882%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.941%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.471%) XenServer
7 1 (1.471%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 5 (7.353%) SCCM
1 5 (7.353%) Cacti
1 5 (7.353%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 5 (7.353%) Nagios
2 4 (5.882%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (5.882%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.471%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.471%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 42 (61.76%) Cisco
2 25 (36.76%) CheckPoint
3 21 (30.88%) Microsoft
4 15 (22.06%) VMware
5 13 (19.12%) Juniper
6 11 (16.18%) HP
7 10 (14.71%) Avaya
8 8 (11.76%) ProCurve
9 7 (10.29%) Riverbed
10 6 (8.824%) Google
11 5 (7.353%) WatchGuard
11 5 (7.353%) Symantec
11 5 (7.353%) Remedy
12 4 (5.882%) McAfee
12 4 (5.882%) Dell
12 4 (5.882%) Citrix
12 4 (5.882%) F5
12 4 (5.882%) NETGEAR
12 4 (5.882%) SolarWinds
12 4 (5.882%) Veeam
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