The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term IVR in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IVR over the 3 months to 23 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Rank 188 160 167
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +7
Permanent jobs citing IVR 1 15 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.025% 0.412% 0.099%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.085% 1.521% 0.370%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 4
Average salary £35,000 £50,000 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% -33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+11.25% -5.88%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1173 986 1080
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 28.80% 27.07% 26.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1047 799 966
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,550 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
IVR
North West

IVR
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IVR across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Manchester IVR Jobs Demand Trend

IVR
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IVR across the Manchester region.

Manchester IVR Salary Trend

IVR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing IVR 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 IVR.

1 5 (100.00%) Avaya
2 4 (80.00%) CTI
2 4 (80.00%) WFM
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco
4 2 (40.00%) Nortel
4 2 (40.00%) Citrix
4 2 (40.00%) Genesys
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle
4 2 (40.00%) UNIX
4 2 (40.00%) ATM
4 2 (40.00%) ISDN
4 2 (40.00%) VoIP
4 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
4 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (40.00%) DPNSS
4 2 (40.00%) Q.931
4 2 (40.00%) QSIG
4 2 (40.00%) Test Management
4 2 (40.00%) Middleware
4 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Verint
5 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (20.00%) McAfee
5 1 (20.00%) SQL
5 1 (20.00%) SCCM
5 1 (20.00%) SCOM
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008

IVR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing IVR 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 IVR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) CTI
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) ATM
3 2 (40.00%) ISDN
3 2 (40.00%) VoIP
3 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (40.00%) DPNSS
3 2 (40.00%) Q.931
3 2 (40.00%) QSIG
3 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) WFM
2 2 (40.00%) Test Management
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) vSphere
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) SCOM
1 1 (20.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Avaya
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) Nortel
3 2 (40.00%) Citrix
3 2 (40.00%) Genesys
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) Verint
4 1 (20.00%) McAfee
4 1 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) NetApp
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft