The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 50 77 59
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -18
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 6 5 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.345% 0.742% 2.790%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.955% 4.348% 15.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 13
Average salary £25,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +1.33%
All Communications & Networking
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
67 115 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 15.02% 17.06% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 55 102 62
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £31,350 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,750 £45,000 £50,750
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside VoIP Salary Trend

VoIP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VoIP across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
St Helens - 3 £25,000 -
Liverpool - 2 £40,000 -
Bootle - 1 £30,000 -
VoIP
North West

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 8 (72.73%) Cisco
2 6 (54.55%) WAN
2 6 (54.55%) Windows
3 5 (45.45%) MS Exchange
3 5 (45.45%) LAN
3 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
4 4 (36.36%) DNS
4 4 (36.36%) Project Management
4 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
4 4 (36.36%) Time Management
4 4 (36.36%) Unified Communications
5 3 (27.27%) MCITP
5 3 (27.27%) Resource Management
5 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
5 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (27.27%) DHCP
5 3 (27.27%) MCSE
5 3 (27.27%) MCSA
6 2 (18.18%) SQL
6 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
6 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
6 2 (18.18%) Service Management
6 2 (18.18%) VPN
6 2 (18.18%) Statistics
6 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (9.091%) Cisco UCCE
7 1 (9.091%) Windows 7

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 (9.091%) XML
1 1 (9.091%) Flash
1 1 (9.091%) XHTML
1 1 (9.091%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) MS Exchange
2 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
4 1 (9.091%) Apache
4 1 (9.091%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (9.091%) Lync
4 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) WAN
2 5 (45.45%) LAN
3 4 (36.36%) DNS
3 4 (36.36%) Unified Communications
4 3 (27.27%) DHCP
5 2 (18.18%) VPN
6 1 (9.091%) SNMP
6 1 (9.091%) SSL
6 1 (9.091%) Intranet
6 1 (9.091%) MPLS
6 1 (9.091%) Firewall
6 1 (9.091%) Wireless
6 1 (9.091%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.091%) MySQL
General
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Project Planner
4 1 (9.091%) Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Tester
4 1 (9.091%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (9.091%) Business Manager
4 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Development Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Support
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Statistics
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (9.091%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.091%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (9.091%) Android
3 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
3 1 (9.091%) Apple iOS
3 1 (9.091%) Solaris
3 1 (9.091%) Linux
3 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
1 4 (36.36%) Time Management
2 3 (27.27%) Resource Management
3 2 (18.18%) Service Management
4 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.091%) ITSM
4 1 (9.091%) Information Security
4 1 (9.091%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Business Development
4 1 (9.091%) ITIL
4 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.091%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.091%) Python
2 1 (9.091%) Ruby
2 1 (9.091%) Bash shell
2 1 (9.091%) Java
2 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.091%) Perl
2 1 (9.091%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (27.27%) MCSE
2 3 (27.27%) MCSA
2 3 (27.27%) MCITP
3 1 (9.091%) MCP
3 1 (9.091%) CCIE
3 1 (9.091%) CCDP
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (9.091%) PMP
3 1 (9.091%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) SLA
1 1 (9.091%) QA
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.091%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Backup Exec
1 1 (9.091%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.091%) Citrix
3 1 (9.091%) Symantec
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle