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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 53 - 54
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 12 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 1.884% - 0.210%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.37% - 1.852%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 1
Average salary £50,000 - £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +1.33%
All Communications & Networking
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
97 46 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 15.23% 10.43% 11.32%
Number of salaries quoted 87 44 50
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £60,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
VoIP
South West

VoIP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset VoIP Salary Trend

VoIP
Salary Histogram

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

Somerset 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 Somerset 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
Bath - 7 £25,000 -
Wells - 1 £40,000 -
VoIP
South West

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 16 (80.00%) Cisco
2 13 (65.00%) Windows
3 11 (55.00%) ITIL
4 10 (50.00%) SLA
5 8 (40.00%) WAN
5 8 (40.00%) Performance Management
6 7 (35.00%) Firewall
6 7 (35.00%) MPLS
7 6 (30.00%) BGP
7 6 (30.00%) L2TP
7 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (30.00%) Internet
7 6 (30.00%) 3G
7 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
7 6 (30.00%) VPN
7 6 (30.00%) HND
7 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
7 6 (30.00%) Linux
7 6 (30.00%) ISDN
7 6 (30.00%) IPsec
7 6 (30.00%) Problem Management
7 6 (30.00%) Windows 7
8 5 (25.00%) xDSL
8 5 (25.00%) Time Management
8 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (25.00%) Redback
8 5 (25.00%) VMware
8 5 (25.00%) SQL
8 5 (25.00%) CCNA
8 5 (25.00%) Ericsson

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 3 (15.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) WAN
2 7 (35.00%) MPLS
2 7 (35.00%) Firewall
3 6 (30.00%) L2TP
3 6 (30.00%) BGP
3 6 (30.00%) IPsec
3 6 (30.00%) ISDN
3 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (30.00%) VPN
3 6 (30.00%) Internet
3 6 (30.00%) 3G
4 5 (25.00%) OSPF
4 5 (25.00%) xDSL
5 4 (20.00%) VLAN
5 4 (20.00%) LLU
5 4 (20.00%) Ethernet
5 4 (20.00%) LAN
5 4 (20.00%) ADSL
5 4 (20.00%) ATM
6 3 (15.00%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (20.00%) Back Office
1 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Field Service Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Field Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Service Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Team Leader
3 3 (15.00%) Applications Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Performance Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Application Performance Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Performance Management Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Management Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (10.00%) Administrator
4 2 (10.00%) IT Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (15.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (10.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 13 (65.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) Linux
2 6 (30.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) ITIL
2 8 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 6 (30.00%) Problem Management
4 5 (25.00%) Time Management
5 4 (20.00%) Change Management
6 3 (15.00%) Business Development
7 2 (10.00%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) C
3 3 (15.00%) Java
3 3 (15.00%) Perl
3 3 (15.00%) VB
3 3 (15.00%) Python
3 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) HND
1 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (25.00%) CCNA
2 5 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (20.00%) MCDST
3 4 (20.00%) HNC
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (20.00%) MCSE
4 3 (15.00%) Degree
4 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (10.00%) CCNP
6 1 (5.000%) CCIP
6 1 (5.000%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (15.00%) Terminal Services
3 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Nagios
2 3 (15.00%) SolarWinds Orion
2 3 (15.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) Cisco
2 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (25.00%) Citrix
3 5 (25.00%) Ericsson
3 5 (25.00%) VMware
3 5 (25.00%) Redback
4 4 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 3 (15.00%) F5
5 3 (15.00%) NetScout
5 3 (15.00%) OPNET
5 3 (15.00%) Juniper
5 3 (15.00%) BMC
5 3 (15.00%) CA
5 3 (15.00%) Compuware
5 3 (15.00%) HP
6 2 (10.00%) Oracle
6 2 (10.00%) NetApp
6 2 (10.00%) Symantec
6 2 (10.00%) Riverbed
6 2 (10.00%) Exinda
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £62k + 5% bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013