The first part of the table below looks at the demand for IP Telephony skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IP Telephony over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

IP Telephony
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank563568459
Rank change year-on-year
Up+5Down-109
Matching permanent IT job ads338309322
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.280 %0.252 %0.337 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category1.596 %1.601 %2.188 %
Number of salaries quoted289265293
Average salary£40,000£35,000£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-26.31 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£24,100
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£58,500£62,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,750£32,750£44,500
% change year-on-year
+3.05 %-26.40 %
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
211741929914719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK17.56 %15.74 %15.42 %
Number of salaries quoted176421597812153
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£61,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-

IP Telephony
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IP Telephony within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

IP Telephony Demand Trend

IP Telephony
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IP Telephony within the UK.

IP Telephony Salary Trend

IP Telephony
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IP Telephony over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

IP Telephony Salary Histogram

IP Telephony
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IP Telephony within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+11308£40,000+13.47 %
LondonDown-20123£45,000-2.17 %
South EastUp+26101£37,500+14.50 %
City of LondonUp+1454£50,000-
HampshireUp+1434£42,500+30.37 %
BerkshireDown-827£37,500+7.14 %
North WestUp+326£40,000+55.33 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2120£28,000-47.66 %
ScotlandUp+1120£22,500-
West MidlandsDown-520£28,500-35.77 %
ManchesterUp+718£40,000+66.66 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-14£28,500-
East MidlandsDown-1813£28,500+14.00 %
East of EnglandUp+112£44,000+10.00 %
YorkshireDown-1312£45,000+42.85 %
SurreyDown-1812£40,000+22.13 %
South WestDown-3012£28,333-30.89 %
ReadingNew entry-11£45,000-
GlasgowUp+910£22,500-
BoltonNew entry-10£40,000-
NorthamptonUp+119£28,000+24.44 %
NorthamptonshireUp+69£28,000+24.44 %
BirminghamDown-69£42,500+61.90 %
SouthamptonDown-229£35,000-12.50 %
CoventryNew entry-8£28,250-
CambridgeshireDown-27£44,000-16.19 %
West YorkshireDown-57£42,500+102.38 %
PeterboroughNew entry-7£44,000-
AberdeenDown-55£25,000+28.20 %
SloughDown-85£47,500-

IP Telephony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing IP Telephony 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 IP Telephony.

1438 (60.83 %)Cisco
2309 (42.92 %)Cisco Certification
3216 (30.00 %)CCNA
4213 (29.58 %)LAN
5205 (28.47 %)WAN
6196 (27.22 %)Windows
7188 (26.11 %)Microsoft
8151 (20.97 %)Telecoms
9150 (20.83 %)VoIP
10141 (19.58 %)CCVP
11138 (19.17 %)CCNP
12137 (19.03 %)Wireless
13135 (18.75 %)ITIL
13135 (18.75 %)Cisco IPT
14134 (18.61 %)Firewall
15124 (17.22 %)Active Directory
16118 (16.39 %)TCP/IP
16118 (16.39 %)Finance
17110 (15.28 %)Linux
17110 (15.28 %)Degree
18108 (15.00 %)VMware
19105 (14.58 %)Avaya
20102 (14.17 %)Unified Communications
2195 (13.19 %)DNS
2285 (11.81 %)MS Excel
2384 (11.67 %)VPN
2474 (10.28 %)MS Office
2474 (10.28 %)VMware Infrastructure
2572 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2008
2572 (10.00 %)MS Exchange

IP Telephony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing IP Telephony 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 IP Telephony. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (0.833 %)Web Services
16 (0.833 %)TAPI
25 (0.694 %)HTML
25 (0.694 %)XML
34 (0.556 %).NET
43 (0.417 %)ASP.NET
43 (0.417 %)Application Packaging
52 (0.278 %)LAMP
52 (0.278 %)COM
61 (0.139 %)CSS
61 (0.139 %)SOAP
61 (0.139 %)DOM
61 (0.139 %)SAX
61 (0.139 %)VXML
61 (0.139 %)Hibernate
61 (0.139 %)Spring
61 (0.139 %)XMPP
61 (0.139 %)Dojo
61 (0.139 %)Zend Framework
61 (0.139 %)YUI
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
172 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
243 (5.972 %)Exchange Server 2010
328 (3.889 %)Exchange Server 2007
426 (3.611 %)Lync
521 (2.917 %)SharePoint
620 (2.778 %)CMS
719 (2.639 %)Exchange Server 2003
817 (2.361 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
915 (2.083 %)Office Communications Server
1014 (1.944 %)IIS
1113 (1.806 %)Apache
1210 (1.389 %)WebLogic
135 (0.694 %)SharePoint Server
135 (0.694 %)Amazon AWS
135 (0.694 %)SharePoint 2010
143 (0.417 %)Lotus Notes
152 (0.278 %)Lotus Domino
152 (0.278 %)SugarCRM
161 (0.139 %)Magento
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
185 (11.81 %)MS Excel
274 (10.28 %)MS Office
327 (3.750 %)MS Visio
45 (0.694 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.556 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.556 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.139 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1213 (29.58 %)LAN
2205 (28.47 %)WAN
3150 (20.83 %)VoIP
4137 (19.03 %)Wireless
5135 (18.75 %)Cisco IPT
6134 (18.61 %)Firewall
7118 (16.39 %)TCP/IP
8102 (14.17 %)Unified Communications
995 (13.19 %)DNS
1084 (11.67 %)VPN
1165 (9.028 %)DHCP
1263 (8.750 %)H.323
1362 (8.611 %)MPLS
1452 (7.222 %)Network Security
1551 (7.083 %)Internet
1649 (6.806 %)PBX
1747 (6.528 %)OSPF
1845 (6.250 %)MGCP
1943 (5.972 %)SNMP
2039 (5.417 %)Cisco ASA
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
137 (5.139 %)SQL Server
28 (1.111 %)Crystal Reports
37 (0.972 %)MySQL
46 (0.833 %)SQL Server Integration Services
55 (0.694 %)Oracle Reports
63 (0.417 %)SQL Server 2005
72 (0.278 %)SQL Server 2008
72 (0.278 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.139 %)Subversion
11 (0.139 %)Git (software)
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1151 (20.97 %)Telecoms
2118 (16.39 %)Finance
347 (6.528 %)Banking
416 (2.222 %)Multimedia
416 (2.222 %)Billing
515 (2.083 %)Investment Banking
614 (1.944 %)German Language
711 (1.528 %)Advertising
810 (1.389 %)Law
98 (1.111 %)Electronics
107 (0.972 %)Legal
114 (0.556 %)Games
114 (0.556 %)Marketing
123 (0.417 %)Music
132 (0.278 %)Retail
132 (0.278 %)Back Office
132 (0.278 %)Welsh Language
141 (0.139 %)Manufacturing
141 (0.139 %)Arabic Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1102 (14.17 %)Support Engineer
297 (13.47 %)Analyst
389 (12.36 %)Consultant
478 (10.83 %)Network Engineer
555 (7.639 %)Architect
649 (6.806 %)Support Analyst
748 (6.667 %)Cisco Engineer
847 (6.528 %)Voice Engineer
934 (4.722 %)Cisco Support
1030 (4.167 %)Project Manager
1030 (4.167 %)IT Support
1125 (3.472 %)Voice Consultant
1125 (3.472 %)Service Desk Engineer
1222 (3.056 %)Technical Support
1222 (3.056 %)IT Support Engineer
1321 (2.917 %)2nd Line Support
1420 (2.778 %)Desktop Support
1420 (2.778 %)Cisco Support Engineer
1519 (2.639 %)Cisco Voice Engineer
1519 (2.639 %)Network Architect
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
152 (7.222 %)Blackberry
234 (4.722 %)Management Information System
234 (4.722 %)Video Conferencing
326 (3.611 %)Computer Science
418 (2.500 %)IVR
517 (2.361 %)Thin Client
517 (2.361 %)Fat Client
615 (2.083 %)Hedge funds
615 (2.083 %)Firmware
714 (1.944 %)SecurID
811 (1.528 %)Cloud Computing
98 (1.111 %)Clustering
98 (1.111 %)PMI
106 (0.833 %)Handset
106 (0.833 %)Replication
115 (0.694 %)NHS
115 (0.694 %)iPhone
124 (0.556 %)Health Informatics
124 (0.556 %)Statistics
124 (0.556 %)Informatics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1196 (27.22 %)Windows
2110 (15.28 %)Linux
372 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2008
465 (9.028 %)Windows Server 2003
547 (6.528 %)Windows 7
645 (6.250 %)Windows XP
733 (4.583 %)UNIX
818 (2.500 %)AIX
818 (2.500 %)Solaris
915 (2.083 %)Windows Vista
108 (1.111 %)Windows 2000 Server
117 (0.972 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
117 (0.972 %)Windows 2000
125 (0.694 %)Debian
125 (0.694 %)CentOS
125 (0.694 %)Ubuntu
133 (0.417 %)Gentoo
141 (0.139 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1135 (18.75 %)ITIL
262 (8.611 %)Project Management
347 (6.528 %)Network Design
429 (4.028 %)CRM
528 (3.889 %)Service Delivery
625 (3.472 %)Disaster Recovery
625 (3.472 %)Incident Management
722 (3.056 %)Problem Management
722 (3.056 %)Network Management
722 (3.056 %)Validation
820 (2.778 %)Release Management
918 (2.500 %)Technical Architecture
918 (2.500 %)Service Management
1017 (2.361 %)Migration
1017 (2.361 %)Load Balancing
1115 (2.083 %)Workforce Management Optimization
1115 (2.083 %)Continuous Improvement
1115 (2.083 %)PRINCE2
1212 (1.667 %)User Acceptance Testing
1311 (1.528 %)Time Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
150 (6.944 %)SQL
220 (2.778 %)C
312 (1.667 %)C++
312 (1.667 %)Python
411 (1.528 %)C#
58 (1.111 %)PowerShell
65 (0.694 %)Java
65 (0.694 %)Perl
74 (0.556 %)PHP
74 (0.556 %)Shell Script
82 (0.278 %)Bash shell
91 (0.139 %)XPath
91 (0.139 %)PHP5
91 (0.139 %)XQuery
91 (0.139 %)VB
91 (0.139 %)JavaScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1309 (42.92 %)Cisco Certification
2216 (30.00 %)CCNA
3141 (19.58 %)CCVP
4138 (19.17 %)CCNP
5110 (15.28 %)Degree
666 (9.167 %)CCIE
764 (8.889 %)Microsoft Certification
833 (4.583 %)MCSE
931 (4.306 %)MCP
1023 (3.194 %)CCSP
1122 (3.056 %)MCITP
1220 (2.778 %)MCDST
1316 (2.222 %)CCDP
1412 (1.667 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1412 (1.667 %)Security Cleared
159 (1.250 %)ITIL Certification
168 (1.111 %)PMP
168 (1.111 %)PMI Certification
168 (1.111 %)SC Cleared
177 (0.972 %)Microsoft Certified Master
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
160 (8.333 %)SLA
26 (0.833 %)PCI DSS
33 (0.417 %)ISO/IEC 27001
42 (0.278 %)QA
51 (0.139 %)ISO 9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1124 (17.22 %)Active Directory
274 (10.28 %)VMware Infrastructure
320 (2.778 %)VMware ESX
418 (2.500 %)Hyper-V
57 (0.972 %)XenServer
57 (0.972 %)vSphere
66 (0.833 %)VMware ESXi
66 (0.833 %)XenApp
75 (0.694 %)Terminal Services
84 (0.556 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
84 (0.556 %)XenDesktop
93 (0.417 %)NFS
102 (0.278 %)VMware Server
111 (0.139 %)VMware Workstation
111 (0.139 %)Xen
111 (0.139 %)ISA Server
111 (0.139 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
147 (6.528 %)Cisco UCCX
242 (5.833 %)Cisco IPCC
320 (2.778 %)Cisco CUCM
414 (1.944 %)SCCM
512 (1.667 %)Backup Exec
610 (1.389 %)Cisco UCCE
79 (1.250 %)Norton AntiVirus
88 (1.111 %)WSUS
96 (0.833 %)CiscoWorks
105 (0.694 %)NetBackup
105 (0.694 %)WMI
105 (0.694 %)vCenter
114 (0.556 %)SolarWinds Orion
114 (0.556 %)Nagios
123 (0.417 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
123 (0.417 %)ZABBIX
132 (0.278 %)SCOM
132 (0.278 %)Netcool
132 (0.278 %)OpenView
132 (0.278 %)WhatsUp Gold
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1438 (60.83 %)Cisco
2188 (26.11 %)Microsoft
3108 (15.00 %)VMware
4105 (14.58 %)Avaya
543 (5.972 %)Citrix
543 (5.972 %)HP
641 (5.694 %)Mitel
736 (5.000 %)Juniper
825 (3.472 %)CheckPoint
825 (3.472 %)Symantec
922 (3.056 %)SolarWinds
1021 (2.917 %)Dell
1021 (2.917 %)Oracle
1118 (2.500 %)NetApp
1214 (1.944 %)Nortel
1311 (1.528 %)Genesys
1410 (1.389 %)Blue Coat
159 (1.250 %)Verint
159 (1.250 %)McAfee
159 (1.250 %)BT