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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
Rank 162 153 152
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -1
Permanent jobs citing VoIP 54 62 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 1.022% 1.119% 0.911%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.960% 6.674% 5.211%
Number of salaries quoted 44 58 48
Average salary £35,625 £40,000 £32,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.93% +22.13%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,325 £23,500 £28,900
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £45,000 £40,750
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.49% +2.66%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
906 929 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 17.15% 16.77% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 774 758 838
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,041 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South 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 South West region.

South West VoIP Salary Trend

VoIP
Salary Histogram

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

South 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 South 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
Bristol +5 18 £50,000 +33.33%
Wiltshire +10 13 £31,000 -31.11%
Somerset - 12 £50,000 -
Dorset -18 8 £35,000 +7.69%
Gloucestershire -18 1 - -
VoIP
England

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 67 (55.83%) Cisco
2 47 (39.17%) Windows
3 44 (36.67%) Cisco Certification
3 44 (36.67%) Firewall
4 41 (34.17%) Telecoms
4 41 (34.17%) CCNA
4 41 (34.17%) LAN
5 39 (32.50%) WAN
6 35 (29.17%) VPN
7 29 (24.17%) Microsoft
7 29 (24.17%) Juniper
8 28 (23.33%) TCP/IP
9 25 (20.83%) Avaya
10 24 (20.00%) ITIL
11 22 (18.33%) CCNP
11 22 (18.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (18.33%) Active Directory
12 19 (15.83%) MCSE
12 19 (15.83%) Wireless
13 18 (15.00%) VMware
13 18 (15.00%) Degree
13 18 (15.00%) MS Exchange
13 18 (15.00%) Internet
13 18 (15.00%) MPLS
13 18 (15.00%) Network Security
14 17 (14.17%) OSPF
15 16 (13.33%) BGP
15 16 (13.33%) CheckPoint
15 16 (13.33%) IPsec
16 15 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 5 (4.167%) HTML
2 3 (2.500%) Middleware
3 2 (1.667%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.667%) .NET
4 1 (0.833%) jQuery
4 1 (0.833%) Ajax
4 1 (0.833%) VXML
4 1 (0.833%) CSS
4 1 (0.833%) Web Services
4 1 (0.833%) XML
Application Platforms
1 18 (15.00%) MS Exchange
2 8 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (3.333%) IIS
3 4 (3.333%) Office Communications Server
3 4 (3.333%) Lync
4 3 (2.500%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (2.500%) NetWeaver
4 3 (2.500%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.667%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.667%) Windows Azure
6 1 (0.833%) DotNetNuke
6 1 (0.833%) SAS
6 1 (0.833%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (6.667%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.667%) MS Office
3 1 (0.833%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.833%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 44 (36.67%) Firewall
2 41 (34.17%) LAN
3 39 (32.50%) WAN
4 35 (29.17%) VPN
5 28 (23.33%) TCP/IP
6 19 (15.83%) Wireless
7 18 (15.00%) Internet
7 18 (15.00%) MPLS
7 18 (15.00%) Network Security
8 17 (14.17%) OSPF
9 16 (13.33%) BGP
9 16 (13.33%) IPsec
10 13 (10.83%) Unified Communications
11 12 (10.00%) PBX
11 12 (10.00%) VLAN
12 11 (9.167%) PABX
12 11 (9.167%) CTI
13 10 (8.333%) 3G
13 10 (8.333%) ISDN
14 8 (6.667%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.667%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (0.833%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.833%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (0.833%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.667%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.833%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.833%) LabVIEW
General
1 41 (34.17%) Telecoms
2 7 (5.833%) Legal
3 6 (5.000%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.167%) Advertising
4 5 (4.167%) Back Office
4 5 (4.167%) Electronics
4 5 (4.167%) Finance
5 4 (3.333%) Retail
5 4 (3.333%) Marketing
6 2 (1.667%) Law
Job Titles
1 25 (20.83%) Analyst
2 18 (15.00%) Support Engineer
3 16 (13.33%) Network Engineer
4 9 (7.500%) Network Analyst
5 7 (5.833%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (5.000%) Technical Support
6 6 (5.000%) Design Engineer
6 6 (5.000%) Technical Analyst
6 6 (5.000%) Network Design Engineer
7 5 (4.167%) Designer
7 5 (4.167%) Business Manager
7 5 (4.167%) Business Development Manager
7 5 (4.167%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (4.167%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (4.167%) Field Engineer
7 5 (4.167%) Development Manager
7 5 (4.167%) Field Service Engineer
7 5 (4.167%) Architect
8 4 (3.333%) Developer
8 4 (3.333%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.167%) Video Conferencing
2 9 (7.500%) Computer Science
2 9 (7.500%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.667%) IVR
3 8 (6.667%) CESG
3 8 (6.667%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (5.833%) FMCG
5 6 (5.000%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (4.167%) iPhone
6 5 (4.167%) Blackberry
7 4 (3.333%) Open Source
8 3 (2.500%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.500%) PDA
9 2 (1.667%) Clustering
9 2 (1.667%) SaaS
9 2 (1.667%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.667%) iPad
10 1 (0.833%) Mobile Computing
10 1 (0.833%) CMDB
10 1 (0.833%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 47 (39.17%) Windows
2 15 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 15 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (10.83%) Linux
4 10 (8.333%) Windows 7
5 7 (5.833%) Windows XP
6 6 (5.000%) Android
7 4 (3.333%) UNIX
8 3 (2.500%) Windows Mobile
9 2 (1.667%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.667%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.833%) BlackBerry OS
10 1 (0.833%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.833%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.833%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (20.00%) ITIL
2 15 (12.50%) Network Management
3 12 (10.00%) Network Design
3 12 (10.00%) Performance Management
4 10 (8.333%) B2B
5 9 (7.500%) Business Development
5 9 (7.500%) Service Delivery
6 8 (6.667%) E-Commerce
6 8 (6.667%) Network Planning
6 8 (6.667%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 8 (6.667%) Project Planning
6 8 (6.667%) Capacity Management
6 8 (6.667%) Network Architecture
7 6 (5.000%) Data Protection
7 6 (5.000%) Problem Management
7 6 (5.000%) Capacity Planning
8 5 (4.167%) Time Management
8 5 (4.167%) Change Management
8 5 (4.167%) Project Management
8 5 (4.167%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.50%) SQL
2 8 (6.667%) C
3 6 (5.000%) Java
4 4 (3.333%) Python
4 4 (3.333%) Perl
5 3 (2.500%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.500%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.500%) C#
5 3 (2.500%) VB
6 2 (1.667%) C++
7 1 (0.833%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.833%) Tcl
7 1 (0.833%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (36.67%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (34.17%) CCNA
3 22 (18.33%) CCNP
3 22 (18.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (15.83%) MCSE
5 18 (15.00%) Degree
6 10 (8.333%) CCDP
6 10 (8.333%) Security Cleared
7 9 (7.500%) HND
8 7 (5.833%) SC Cleared
9 6 (5.000%) MCDST
10 5 (4.167%) HNC
11 4 (3.333%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (2.500%) PMP
12 3 (2.500%) PMI Certification
12 3 (2.500%) MCSA
13 2 (1.667%) CCIP
13 2 (1.667%) CCVP
13 2 (1.667%) MCTS
13 2 (1.667%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.00%) SLA
2 3 (2.500%) QA
3 1 (0.833%) GCP
System Software
1 22 (18.33%) Active Directory
2 14 (11.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.333%) Terminal Services
4 3 (2.500%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (2.500%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.667%) Squid
5 2 (1.667%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.833%) XenApp
6 1 (0.833%) XenServer
6 1 (0.833%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 5 (4.167%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (3.333%) Nagios
3 3 (2.500%) OpenView
4 2 (1.667%) MOM
4 2 (1.667%) SCCM
5 1 (0.833%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.833%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.833%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 67 (55.83%) Cisco
2 29 (24.17%) Microsoft
2 29 (24.17%) Juniper
3 25 (20.83%) Avaya
4 18 (15.00%) VMware
5 16 (13.33%) CheckPoint
6 12 (10.00%) Citrix
7 10 (8.333%) Mitel
8 9 (7.500%) F5
9 6 (5.000%) Oracle
9 6 (5.000%) Nokia
9 6 (5.000%) McAfee
9 6 (5.000%) Polycom
9 6 (5.000%) SonicWALL
9 6 (5.000%) SolarWinds
10 5 (4.167%) Redback
10 5 (4.167%) Apple
10 5 (4.167%) Ericsson
11 4 (3.333%) Nortel
11 4 (3.333%) Blue Coat
Dorset, Dorset, United Kingdom, South West
Maximising the uptime of Bedside Units and therefore the availability of the system to customers.RESPONSIBILITIES: a) Maximising the uptime (technical availability to customers) of the Bedside Unit...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 20 May 2013
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, South East
Maximising the uptime of Bedside Units and therefore the availability of the system to customers.RESPONSIBILITIES: a) Maximising the uptime (technical availability to customers) of the Bedside Unit...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 20 May 2013
Dorchester, Dorset
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 15 May 2013
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 15 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 £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
Cardiff/Corsham, travel to client premises
Our services cover the full application lifecycle from modelling how applications will perform on the intended infrastructure, through to troubleshooting those already deployed, and capacity planning the network...
Net Consulting
Salary: Competitive salary + benefits + Car Allowance/Company Car
Posted: 20 May 2013