The first table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 21 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 168 159 160
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +1
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 86 87 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.192% 1.228% 1.064%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.264% 8.365% 7.222%
Number of salaries quoted 68 78 63
Average salary £27,150 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.60% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £21,500 £21,800
10% offered a salary of more than £44,250 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.49% +2.66%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1184 1040 997
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 16.41% 14.68% 14.73%
Number of salaries quoted 954 910 843
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £70,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VoIP
England

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 North West region.

North West VoIP Salary Trend

VoIP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VoIP across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

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 21 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
Manchester -24 49 £26,500 -29.33%
Cheshire +28 29 £28,000 -15.15%
Merseyside +21 6 £25,000 -28.57%
Lancashire +3 5 £40,000 -
VoIP
England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 106 (56.38%) Windows
2 96 (51.06%) Cisco
3 77 (40.96%) MS Exchange
4 71 (37.77%) Firewall
4 71 (37.77%) VMware
5 65 (34.57%) Microsoft
6 63 (33.51%) WAN
6 63 (33.51%) Windows Server 2008
7 62 (32.98%) Active Directory
8 58 (30.85%) Linux
9 57 (30.32%) TCP/IP
10 55 (29.26%) LAN
11 52 (27.66%) Telecoms
12 51 (27.13%) MS Excel
13 48 (25.53%) DNS
13 48 (25.53%) HP
14 45 (23.94%) VPN
15 44 (23.40%) Cisco Certification
15 44 (23.40%) Exchange Server 2010
16 43 (22.87%) VMware Infrastructure
17 40 (21.28%) SAN
17 40 (21.28%) Windows Server 2003
17 40 (21.28%) Finance
18 38 (20.21%) ITIL
19 35 (18.62%) SQL Server
20 34 (18.09%) Microsoft Certification
20 34 (18.09%) CCNA
21 31 (16.49%) Windows XP
22 29 (15.43%) Broadband
23 28 (14.89%) MCSE

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 12 (6.383%) Middleware
2 11 (5.851%) OpenGL
3 7 (3.723%) Flash
4 5 (2.660%) J2ME
4 5 (2.660%) SVG
4 5 (2.660%) BREW
4 5 (2.660%) Qt
4 5 (2.660%) OpenAL
5 4 (2.128%) Web Services
6 3 (1.596%) COM
7 2 (1.064%) TAPI
7 2 (1.064%) JSON
7 2 (1.064%) XHTML
7 2 (1.064%) XML
8 1 (0.532%) .NET
8 1 (0.532%) Application Packaging
8 1 (0.532%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 77 (40.96%) MS Exchange
2 44 (23.40%) Exchange Server 2010
3 26 (13.83%) SharePoint
4 24 (12.77%) Exchange Server 2007
5 22 (11.70%) Exchange Server 2003
6 17 (9.043%) IIS
7 13 (6.915%) Lync
8 8 (4.255%) SharePoint Server
8 8 (4.255%) Apache
9 5 (2.660%) Exchange Server 2000
10 3 (1.596%) Office Communications Server
11 2 (1.064%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.532%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.532%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 51 (27.13%) MS Excel
2 27 (14.36%) MS Office
3 13 (6.915%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 6 (3.191%) assyst
2 4 (2.128%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.532%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 71 (37.77%) Firewall
2 63 (33.51%) WAN
3 57 (30.32%) TCP/IP
4 55 (29.26%) LAN
5 48 (25.53%) DNS
6 45 (23.94%) VPN
7 40 (21.28%) SAN
8 29 (15.43%) Broadband
9 26 (13.83%) Internet
10 20 (10.64%) DHCP
10 20 (10.64%) Ethernet
10 20 (10.64%) Unified Communications
11 19 (10.11%) MPLS
12 18 (9.574%) Network Security
13 14 (7.447%) PBX
14 13 (6.915%) Wireless
15 11 (5.851%) NAS
15 11 (5.851%) SSH
16 10 (5.319%) Cisco ASA
16 10 (5.319%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (18.62%) SQL Server
2 25 (13.30%) SQL Server 2008
3 24 (12.77%) SQL Server 2005
4 17 (9.043%) SQL Server 2012
5 8 (4.255%) MySQL
6 6 (3.191%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.128%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.532%) Informix
Development Applications
1 6 (3.191%) Subversion
General
1 52 (27.66%) Telecoms
2 40 (21.28%) Finance
3 6 (3.191%) Music
3 6 (3.191%) Billing
3 6 (3.191%) Electronics
4 5 (2.660%) Multimedia
4 5 (2.660%) Music Industry
4 5 (2.660%) Marketing
5 4 (2.128%) Advertising
6 3 (1.596%) Retail
7 1 (0.532%) Banking
7 1 (0.532%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (13.83%) Support Engineer
2 22 (11.70%) Analyst
3 19 (10.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 16 (8.511%) Architect
5 14 (7.447%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
5 14 (7.447%) Senior Analyst
5 14 (7.447%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (6.915%) Administrator
6 13 (6.915%) Support Technician
7 12 (6.383%) Technical Manager
8 10 (5.319%) Windows Administrator
8 10 (5.319%) Windows Systems Administrator
8 10 (5.319%) Systems Administrator
9 9 (4.787%) Network Engineer
9 9 (4.787%) 3rd Line Support
10 8 (4.255%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (4.255%) Infrastructure Architect
10 8 (4.255%) Server Engineer
10 8 (4.255%) Senior Server Engineer
10 8 (4.255%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.11%) Cloud Computing
2 10 (5.319%) iPhone
3 7 (3.723%) IVR
3 7 (3.723%) Blackberry
4 6 (3.191%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 5 (2.660%) Replication
5 5 (2.660%) Device Driver
5 5 (2.660%) MPEG
5 5 (2.660%) SWIFT
5 5 (2.660%) Speech Recognition
6 4 (2.128%) iPad
7 3 (1.596%) Clustering
8 2 (1.064%) Open Source
8 2 (1.064%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.064%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.064%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.532%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.532%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.532%) Statistics
9 1 (0.532%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 106 (56.38%) Windows
2 63 (33.51%) Windows Server 2008
3 58 (30.85%) Linux
4 40 (21.28%) Windows Server 2003
5 31 (16.49%) Windows XP
6 27 (14.36%) UNIX
7 23 (12.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (9.043%) Windows Vista
9 15 (7.979%) Windows 7
10 12 (6.383%) Android
11 8 (4.255%) Windows 8
12 7 (3.723%) Windows Phone
13 6 (3.191%) Embedded Linux
13 6 (3.191%) AIX
14 5 (2.660%) Windows Phone 7
14 5 (2.660%) Windows Phone 8
14 5 (2.660%) Nucleus RTOS
14 5 (2.660%) Windows Mobile
14 5 (2.660%) Windows 2000 Server
15 4 (2.128%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (20.21%) ITIL
2 16 (8.511%) Service Delivery
2 16 (8.511%) Project Management
3 15 (7.979%) Network Design
4 14 (7.447%) Change Control
4 14 (7.447%) Migration
5 13 (6.915%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (6.915%) Capacity Management
6 12 (6.383%) E-Commerce
7 10 (5.319%) Time Management
7 10 (5.319%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (5.319%) Service Management
8 8 (4.255%) Business Development
9 7 (3.723%) WFM
9 7 (3.723%) Performance Management
9 7 (3.723%) Integration Testing
9 7 (3.723%) Test Management
10 6 (3.191%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (3.191%) PRINCE2
10 6 (3.191%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.11%) SQL
2 18 (9.574%) C++
3 17 (9.043%) C
4 8 (4.255%) Perl
4 8 (4.255%) PHP
5 7 (3.723%) Java
6 5 (2.660%) Embedded C++
7 2 (1.064%) Bash shell
7 2 (1.064%) Ruby
7 2 (1.064%) Embedded C
7 2 (1.064%) Python
7 2 (1.064%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.532%) C#
8 1 (0.532%) VBScript
8 1 (0.532%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (23.40%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (18.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (18.09%) CCNA
3 28 (14.89%) MCSE
4 16 (8.511%) CCNP
5 13 (6.915%) ITIL Certification
5 13 (6.915%) MCITP
6 10 (5.319%) MCP
7 9 (4.787%) CCIE
8 7 (3.723%) CCDP
9 3 (1.596%) MCSA
9 3 (1.596%) Degree
10 2 (1.064%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.532%) CCSA
11 1 (0.532%) CCVP
11 1 (0.532%) HNC
11 1 (0.532%) HND
11 1 (0.532%) CCIP
11 1 (0.532%) ISEB
11 1 (0.532%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.319%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (5.319%) SLA
2 7 (3.723%) PCI DSS
3 5 (2.660%) ISO 9001
4 4 (2.128%) ISO 14001
5 2 (1.064%) QA
6 1 (0.532%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 62 (32.98%) Active Directory
2 43 (22.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (10.11%) vSphere
4 10 (5.319%) ISA Server
5 9 (4.787%) Hyper-V
6 6 (3.191%) Sendmail
6 6 (3.191%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (3.191%) SpamAssassin
6 6 (3.191%) FreeRADIUS
6 6 (3.191%) NFS
7 4 (2.128%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 4 (2.128%) VMware ESX
7 4 (2.128%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (1.596%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (1.064%) XenApp
10 1 (0.532%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.532%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.532%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.532%) Xen
10 1 (0.532%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (10.11%) Backup Exec
2 17 (9.043%) SCCM
3 13 (6.915%) SolarWinds Orion
4 12 (6.383%) Nagios
5 6 (3.191%) SCOM
5 6 (3.191%) Cacti
5 6 (3.191%) Tivoli
5 6 (3.191%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 6 (3.191%) MOM
5 6 (3.191%) OpenView
6 5 (2.660%) WSUS
7 4 (2.128%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 4 (2.128%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.064%) HP SIM
8 2 (1.064%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.532%) CiscoWorks
9 1 (0.532%) ARCserve
9 1 (0.532%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 96 (51.06%) Cisco
2 71 (37.77%) VMware
3 65 (34.57%) Microsoft
4 48 (25.53%) HP
5 26 (13.83%) NetApp
6 19 (10.11%) SolarWinds
7 18 (9.574%) Avaya
8 17 (9.043%) Citrix
9 16 (8.511%) Nortel
10 15 (7.979%) IBM
11 14 (7.447%) Juniper
11 14 (7.447%) Mitel
12 10 (5.319%) CheckPoint
13 9 (4.787%) Oracle
14 8 (4.255%) FrontRange
15 7 (3.723%) 3Com
15 7 (3.723%) Ericsson
16 5 (2.660%) Redback
16 5 (2.660%) EMC
16 5 (2.660%) Symantec
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