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The table below looks at the demand for Voice Over IP (VoIP) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVoice Over IP (VoIP)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank157121
Rank change on same period last yearDown-36
Matching permanent IT job ads103197
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.057 %0.083 %
As % of the category below5.635 %9.811 %
Salaries quoted85172
Average minimum salary£32,866£47,127
Average salary£35,121£49,636
% change on same period last year-29.24 %
Average maximum salary£37,375£52,145
UK excluding London average salary£40,472£42,379
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads18282008
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.012 %0.842 %
Salaries quoted16141709
Average minimum salary£30,162£34,833
Average salary£32,795£37,474
% change on same period last year-12.48 %
Average maximum salary£35,428£40,115
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
VoIP EnglandVoIP
England

VoIP
Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West VoIP Salary Trend

VoIP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VoIP across the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LancashireUp+1031£31,232-32.01 %
ManchesterDown-8022£31,608-37.37 %
CheshireUp+718£40,031+53.96 %
MerseysideUp+1612£42,542-11.98 %
CumbriaNew entry-4£25,119-
VoIP EnglandVoIP
England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1159 (58.89 %)Cisco
2104 (38.52 %)Cisco Certification
3103 (38.15 %)WAN
482 (30.37 %)Firewall
570 (25.93 %)LAN
664 (23.70 %)Windows
756 (20.74 %)CCNA
852 (19.26 %)Internet
951 (18.89 %)VPN
1049 (18.15 %)TCP/IP
1144 (16.30 %)CCNP
1144 (16.30 %)Microsoft
1144 (16.30 %)MPLS
1144 (16.30 %)IP Telephony
1243 (15.93 %)Windows Server 2003
1339 (14.44 %)DNS
1437 (13.70 %)Avaya
1437 (13.70 %)Project Management
1437 (13.70 %)Cisco PIX
1535 (12.96 %)DHCP
1634 (12.59 %)Active Directory
1731 (11.48 %)Wireless
1731 (11.48 %)Telecoms
1829 (10.74 %)MS Exchange
1927 (10.00 %)Nortel
2026 (9.630 %)VMware
2125 (9.259 %)C
2125 (9.259 %)Network Security
2125 (9.259 %)Security Cleared
2224 (8.889 %)SC Cleared

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (0.741 %)CSS
12 (0.741 %)HTML
21 (0.370 %)J2EE
21 (0.370 %)Struts
21 (0.370 %)J2ME
21 (0.370 %)SVG
21 (0.370 %)VXML
21 (0.370 %)UIQ
21 (0.370 %)Series 60
21 (0.370 %)BREW
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
129 (10.74 %)MS Exchange
216 (5.926 %)Exchange Server 2003
311 (4.074 %)Exchange Server 2007
47 (2.593 %)SharePoint
54 (1.481 %)Apache
54 (1.481 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
63 (1.111 %)IIS
72 (0.741 %)Tomcat
81 (0.370 %)Exchange Server 2000
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
122 (8.148 %)MS Office
220 (7.407 %)MS Excel
36 (2.222 %)MS Visio
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.741 %)Oracle Applications
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1103 (38.15 %)WAN
282 (30.37 %)Firewall
370 (25.93 %)LAN
452 (19.26 %)Internet
551 (18.89 %)VPN
649 (18.15 %)TCP/IP
744 (16.30 %)MPLS
744 (16.30 %)IP Telephony
839 (14.44 %)DNS
937 (13.70 %)Cisco PIX
1035 (12.96 %)DHCP
1131 (11.48 %)Wireless
1225 (9.259 %)Network Security
1322 (8.148 %)ADSL
1420 (7.407 %)CTI
1516 (5.926 %)VLAN
1615 (5.556 %)Ethernet
1714 (5.185 %)Cisco ASA
1812 (4.444 %)Nortel Meridian
1812 (4.444 %)Cisco IOS
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (5.185 %)SQL Server
26 (2.222 %)SQL Server 2000
26 (2.222 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (0.741 %)MySQL
41 (0.370 %)Crystal Reports
41 (0.370 %)RDBMS
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.370 %)Flash
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
131 (11.48 %)Telecoms
221 (7.778 %)Finance
318 (6.667 %)Health
417 (6.296 %)Pensions
510 (3.704 %)Government
66 (2.222 %)Local Government
66 (2.222 %)Marketing
75 (1.852 %)Billing
75 (1.852 %)Retail
84 (1.481 %)Banking
93 (1.111 %)Insurance
93 (1.111 %)Manufacturing
102 (0.741 %)Games
102 (0.741 %)Education
111 (0.370 %)Legal
111 (0.370 %)Automotive
111 (0.370 %)Construction
111 (0.370 %)Military
111 (0.370 %)Multimedia
111 (0.370 %)Auditing
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
143 (15.93 %)Network Engineer
239 (14.44 %)Consultant
325 (9.259 %)Software Engineer
423 (8.519 %)Support Engineer
518 (6.667 %)Senior Network Engineer
617 (6.296 %)Cisco Engineer
617 (6.296 %)Analyst
716 (5.926 %)Network Consultant
815 (5.556 %)Architect
913 (4.815 %)Infrastructure Manager
1012 (4.444 %)Network Support
1012 (4.444 %)Team Leader
1012 (4.444 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1012 (4.444 %)DSP Engineer
1012 (4.444 %)DSP Software Engineer
1111 (4.074 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1111 (4.074 %)Cisco Support
1111 (4.074 %)Support Team Leader
1210 (3.704 %)Technical Analyst
138 (2.963 %)Cisco Specialist
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (7.778 %)IVR
212 (4.444 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
310 (3.704 %)Blackberry
47 (2.593 %)Thin Client
47 (2.593 %)Fat Client
47 (2.593 %)Video Conferencing
54 (1.481 %)Clustering
62 (0.741 %)Handset
71 (0.370 %)Client/Server
71 (0.370 %)MPEG
71 (0.370 %)PMI
71 (0.370 %)Management Information System
71 (0.370 %)AS400
71 (0.370 %)Device Driver
71 (0.370 %)CCTV
71 (0.370 %)Computer Science
71 (0.370 %)Speech Recognition
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
164 (23.70 %)Windows
243 (15.93 %)Windows Server 2003
324 (8.889 %)Linux
414 (5.185 %)UNIX
513 (4.815 %)Windows XP
610 (3.704 %)Windows 2000
79 (3.333 %)Windows Server 2008
87 (2.593 %)Windows 2000 Server
87 (2.593 %)Windows Vista
96 (2.222 %)Solaris
105 (1.852 %)NetWare
113 (1.111 %)Mac OS X
113 (1.111 %)Windows Mobile
121 (0.370 %)Nucleus RTOS
121 (0.370 %)NetBSD
121 (0.370 %)FreeBSD
121 (0.370 %)Windows NT
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
137 (13.70 %)Project Management
225 (9.259 %)Security Cleared
324 (8.889 %)SC Cleared
416 (5.926 %)ITIL
510 (3.704 %)PRINCE2
69 (3.333 %)Network Design
78 (2.963 %)Communications Security
86 (2.222 %)Business Development
95 (1.852 %)Critical Path Analysis
95 (1.852 %)Programme Management
95 (1.852 %)Disaster Recovery
95 (1.852 %)Risk Management
104 (1.481 %)BCP
113 (1.111 %)Service Management
113 (1.111 %)Load Balancing
122 (0.741 %)Project Planning
122 (0.741 %)Information Security
122 (0.741 %)Service Delivery
122 (0.741 %)Change Management
122 (0.741 %)PRINCE
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (9.259 %)C
224 (8.889 %)Embedded C
316 (5.926 %)SQL
412 (4.444 %)Assembly Language
52 (0.741 %)PHP
52 (0.741 %)Java
52 (0.741 %)JavaScript
61 (0.370 %)Perl
61 (0.370 %)C++
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1104 (38.52 %)Cisco Certification
256 (20.74 %)CCNA
344 (16.30 %)CCNP
421 (7.778 %)CCIE
520 (7.407 %)Degree
617 (6.296 %)Microsoft Certification
714 (5.185 %)MCSE
89 (3.333 %)CCDP
97 (2.593 %)CCVP
105 (1.852 %)CNE
105 (1.852 %)Novell Certification
113 (1.111 %)CCIP
122 (0.741 %)MCSA
122 (0.741 %)CCSP
122 (0.741 %)A+ Certification
122 (0.741 %)Network+ Certification
122 (0.741 %)MCP
131 (0.370 %)ITIL Certification
131 (0.370 %)CCDA
131 (0.370 %)HP AIS
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (6.296 %)SLA
22 (0.741 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.370 %)ISO9000
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
134 (12.59 %)Active Directory
214 (5.185 %)Backup Exec
313 (4.815 %)VMware Infrastructure
45 (1.852 %)Terminal Services
53 (1.111 %)ISA Server
62 (0.741 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
71 (0.370 %)VMware ESX
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.481 %)OpenView
14 (1.481 %)Norton AntiVirus
14 (1.481 %)WSUS
23 (1.111 %)NNM
32 (0.741 %)CiscoWorks
41 (0.370 %)Netcool
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1159 (58.89 %)Cisco
244 (16.30 %)Microsoft
337 (13.70 %)Avaya
427 (10.00 %)Nortel
526 (9.630 %)VMware
624 (8.889 %)Citrix
722 (8.148 %)CheckPoint
818 (6.667 %)HP
911 (4.074 %)VERITAS
1010 (3.704 %)Nokia
1010 (3.704 %)Mitel
118 (2.963 %)Juniper
125 (1.852 %)Ericsson
125 (1.852 %)Sun
125 (1.852 %)Novell
125 (1.852 %)Siemens
125 (1.852 %)Polycom
134 (1.481 %)Symantec
134 (1.481 %)Huawei
134 (1.481 %)WatchGuard