Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VoIP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VoIP over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 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.

LinkVoice Over IP (VoIP)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank216161151
Rank change year-on-year
Down-55Down-10
Matching permanent IT job ads73812582622
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.937 %1.245 %1.297 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category6.492 %7.312 %7.784 %
Salaries quoted59911152195
Average salary£37,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.250 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£27,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£62,500£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£38,500
% change year-on-year
--9.090 %
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
113671720533686
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.44 %17.02 %16.67 %
Salaries quoted94921473227742
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-1.310 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-

VoIP
Demand Trend

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

VoIP Demand Trend

VoIP
Salary Trend

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

VoIP Salary Trend

VoIP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VoIP over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

VoIP Salary Histogram

VoIP
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. 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
EnglandDown-63696£37,500-6.25 %
LondonDown-86274£43,750-2.77 %
South EastUp+45213£35,500-17.44 %
City of LondonDown-2692£43,500+1.16 %
North WestUp+3575£34,000-15.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4272£27,500-21.42 %
BerkshireUp+3772£37,500-11.76 %
Milton KeynesUp+3838£26,000-13.33 %
YorkshireDown-937£28,250-19.28 %
ManchesterUp+1735£33,750-15.62 %
West MidlandsDown-3335£32,500-13.33 %
West YorkshireUp+1129£27,000-22.85 %
BirminghamDown-225£35,000-
ReadingUp+3424£38,750-22.50 %
BracknellUp+1924£37,500+25.00 %
HuddersfieldUp+924£27,000-22.85 %
SurreyDown-623£45,500+1.11 %
East of EnglandDown-2619£35,000-2.77 %
East SussexUp+2017£38,000+8.57 %
HampshireUp+3616£35,000-12.50 %
CheshireUp+1816£32,500+1.56 %
WalesUp+216£33,500-8.21 %
BrightonUp+1715£38,000+8.57 %
South WestDown-1413£31,000-4.61 %
SloughUp+1412£27,000-22.85 %
South WalesDown-312£34,250-6.16 %
MidlandsUp+1311£47,500-5.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+511£35,000-30.00 %
CambridgeUp+311£35,000-30.00 %
ScotlandUp+1010£28,000-13.84 %

VoIP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1667 (46.84 %)Cisco
2476 (33.43 %)Windows
3393 (27.60 %)Cisco Certification
4373 (26.19 %)Telecoms
5359 (25.21 %)LAN
6351 (24.65 %)Firewall
7350 (24.58 %)WAN
8307 (21.56 %)TCP/IP
9277 (19.45 %)VPN
10276 (19.38 %)CCNA
11273 (19.17 %)Linux
12263 (18.47 %)Active Directory
13245 (17.21 %)Microsoft
14192 (13.48 %)Windows Server 2003
15188 (13.20 %)CCNP
16181 (12.71 %)Finance
17176 (12.36 %)Microsoft Certification
18167 (11.73 %)MPLS
19165 (11.59 %)ITIL
20162 (11.38 %)Degree
21155 (10.88 %)MCSE
22139 (9.761 %)MS Exchange
23138 (9.691 %)SQL Server
24134 (9.410 %)SQL
25126 (8.848 %)VMware
26124 (8.708 %)Oracle
27122 (8.567 %)DNS
28121 (8.497 %)Wireless
29118 (8.287 %)IP Telephony
30112 (7.865 %)DHCP

VoIP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
144 (3.090 %).NET
236 (2.528 %)XML
311 (0.772 %)HTML
410 (0.702 %)Web Services
59 (0.632 %)J2EE
59 (0.632 %)CSS
59 (0.632 %)ASP
59 (0.632 %)ASP.NET
59 (0.632 %)AJAX
68 (0.562 %).NET Framework
68 (0.562 %)WAMP
77 (0.492 %)LAMP
86 (0.421 %)VXML
93 (0.211 %)Adobe Flex
102 (0.140 %)Application Packaging
102 (0.140 %)Grails
102 (0.140 %)Spring
102 (0.140 %)WMI
102 (0.140 %)Middleware
102 (0.140 %)J2ME
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1139 (9.761 %)MS Exchange
275 (5.267 %)IIS
363 (4.424 %)Exchange Server 2003
454 (3.792 %)Exchange Server 2007
552 (3.652 %)SharePoint
646 (3.230 %)Apache
724 (1.685 %)Lotus Notes
823 (1.615 %)Office Communications Server
915 (1.053 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1014 (0.983 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1113 (0.913 %)GroupWise
129 (0.632 %)Tomcat
134 (0.281 %)Exchange Server 2000
143 (0.211 %)Lotus Domino
152 (0.140 %)CICS
152 (0.140 %)CMS
161 (0.070 %)WebLogic
161 (0.070 %)Confluence
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
189 (6.250 %)MS Office
284 (5.899 %)MS Excel
314 (0.983 %)MS Visio
47 (0.492 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.351 %)MS Project
61 (0.070 %)AutoCAD
61 (0.070 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
117 (1.194 %)Oracle Applications
215 (1.053 %)RMDS
314 (0.983 %)Dynamics CRM
412 (0.843 %)Dynamics GP
52 (0.140 %)AWD
61 (0.070 %)Microsoft CRM
61 (0.070 %)SalesLogix
61 (0.070 %)assyst
61 (0.070 %)Apache OFBiz
61 (0.070 %)SAP Business One
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1359 (25.21 %)LAN
2351 (24.65 %)Firewall
3350 (24.58 %)WAN
4307 (21.56 %)TCP/IP
5277 (19.45 %)VPN
6167 (11.73 %)MPLS
7122 (8.567 %)DNS
8121 (8.497 %)Wireless
9118 (8.287 %)IP Telephony
10112 (7.865 %)DHCP
11110 (7.725 %)VLAN
12102 (7.163 %)Internet
12102 (7.163 %)Network Security
1385 (5.969 %)BGP
1477 (5.407 %)PBX
1575 (5.267 %)SAN
1666 (4.635 %)ISDN
1758 (4.073 %)OSPF
1855 (3.862 %)EIGRP
1949 (3.441 %)ATM
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1138 (9.691 %)SQL Server
247 (3.301 %)MySQL
326 (1.826 %)SQL Server 2005
416 (1.124 %)SQL Server 2000
59 (0.632 %)Oracle 8/8i
66 (0.421 %)SQL Server 2008
66 (0.421 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
66 (0.421 %)OLAP
66 (0.421 %)Crystal Reports
66 (0.421 %)DTS
75 (0.351 %)Datawarehouse
75 (0.351 %)MS Access
75 (0.351 %)Oracle Reports
75 (0.351 %)ETL
75 (0.351 %)SQL Server Integration Services
75 (0.351 %)Oracle OLAP
84 (0.281 %)Informix
93 (0.211 %)Oracle 10g
102 (0.140 %)Oracle 11g
111 (0.070 %)PostgreSQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
128 (1.966 %)JIRA
215 (1.053 %)Subversion
34 (0.281 %)Eclipse
42 (0.140 %)Visual Studio
42 (0.140 %)CruiseControl
51 (0.070 %)Maven
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1373 (26.19 %)Telecoms
2181 (12.71 %)Finance
351 (3.581 %)Banking
436 (2.528 %)Health
535 (2.458 %)Pensions
628 (1.966 %)Education
724 (1.685 %)Government
823 (1.615 %)Games
922 (1.545 %)Manufacturing
1021 (1.475 %)Billing
1021 (1.475 %)Insurance
1116 (1.124 %)Financial Institution
1215 (1.053 %)Marketing
1314 (0.983 %)Retail
1413 (0.913 %)Law
1512 (0.843 %)Front Office
1611 (0.772 %)Investment Banking
1710 (0.702 %)Legal
189 (0.632 %)Multimedia
189 (0.632 %)Auditing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1244 (17.13 %)Network Engineer
2181 (12.71 %)Analyst
3150 (10.53 %)Support Engineer
490 (6.320 %)Senior Network Engineer
580 (5.618 %)Administrator
675 (5.267 %)Support Analyst
773 (5.126 %)Technical Support
867 (4.705 %)Systems Engineer
965 (4.565 %)Architect
1064 (4.494 %)Consultant
1160 (4.213 %)Network Analyst
1255 (3.862 %)Systems Administrator
1352 (3.652 %)IT Support
1442 (2.949 %)Developer
1442 (2.949 %)Network Support
1540 (2.809 %)Project Manager
1638 (2.669 %)Team Leader
1732 (2.247 %)Sales Manager
1831 (2.177 %)Network Administrator
1831 (2.177 %)Account Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
176 (5.337 %)Blackberry
254 (3.792 %)German Language
348 (3.371 %)Clustering
441 (2.879 %)Client/Server
537 (2.598 %)Video Conferencing
635 (2.458 %)Dutch Language
725 (1.756 %)French Language
823 (1.615 %)IVR
823 (1.615 %)Spanish Language
919 (1.334 %)Handset
919 (1.334 %)Mainframe
919 (1.334 %)Computer Science
1014 (0.983 %)Open Source
1113 (0.913 %)Management Information System
1113 (0.913 %)Streaming Media
1113 (0.913 %)Spread Betting
1212 (0.843 %)PDA
1311 (0.772 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1410 (0.702 %)iPhone
159 (0.632 %)Replication
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1476 (33.43 %)Windows
2273 (19.17 %)Linux
3192 (13.48 %)Windows Server 2003
4109 (7.654 %)Windows XP
592 (6.461 %)UNIX
665 (4.565 %)Red Hat Linux
754 (3.792 %)Windows Server 2008
853 (3.722 %)Windows 2000
945 (3.160 %)Windows 2000 Server
1033 (2.317 %)Solaris
1033 (2.317 %)Windows Vista
1125 (1.756 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1213 (0.913 %)CentOS
139 (0.632 %)NetWare
148 (0.562 %)Android
148 (0.562 %)Windows NT
148 (0.562 %)Debian
156 (0.421 %)Windows 7
156 (0.421 %)Mac OS X
156 (0.421 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1165 (11.59 %)ITIL
290 (6.320 %)Project Management
378 (5.478 %)Network Design
467 (4.705 %)Incident Management
551 (3.581 %)E-Commerce
551 (3.581 %)PRINCE2
644 (3.090 %)CRM
742 (2.949 %)Service Delivery
834 (2.388 %)Load Balancing
933 (2.317 %)Change Management
1027 (1.896 %)Load Testing
1027 (1.896 %)Capacity Planning
1126 (1.826 %)Disaster Recovery
1223 (1.615 %)Time Management
1318 (1.264 %)Problem Management
1318 (1.264 %)Business Development
1417 (1.194 %)Asset Management
1417 (1.194 %)Programme Management
1417 (1.194 %)Web Design
1417 (1.194 %)Network Architecture
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1134 (9.410 %)SQL
263 (4.424 %)C
359 (4.143 %)C++
447 (3.301 %)C#
538 (2.669 %)Perl
627 (1.896 %)Python
725 (1.756 %)Java
813 (0.913 %)PHP
813 (0.913 %)VB
910 (0.702 %)Assembly Language
910 (0.702 %)VB.NET
108 (0.562 %)Bash shell
108 (0.562 %)T-SQL
108 (0.562 %)VB6
117 (0.492 %)Groovy
126 (0.421 %)Shell Script
126 (0.421 %)Delphi
133 (0.211 %)JavaScript
133 (0.211 %)Ruby
142 (0.140 %)JCL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1393 (27.60 %)Cisco Certification
2276 (19.38 %)CCNA
3188 (13.20 %)CCNP
4176 (12.36 %)Microsoft Certification
5162 (11.38 %)Degree
6155 (10.88 %)MCSE
775 (5.267 %)CCIE
856 (3.933 %)CCDP
955 (3.862 %)MCP
1042 (2.949 %)CCVP
1139 (2.739 %)Security Cleared
1234 (2.388 %)MCSA
1325 (1.756 %)CCDA
1418 (1.264 %)CCIP
1418 (1.264 %)CISSP
1418 (1.264 %)CCSP
1517 (1.194 %)ITIL Certification
1615 (1.053 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1714 (0.983 %)SC Cleared
1714 (0.983 %)MCITP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
154 (3.792 %)SLA
222 (1.545 %)QA
310 (0.702 %)ISO27001
43 (0.211 %)BS15000
51 (0.070 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.070 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1263 (18.47 %)Active Directory
261 (4.284 %)VMware Infrastructure
323 (1.615 %)VMware ESX
419 (1.334 %)Backup Exec
514 (0.983 %)Terminal Services
612 (0.843 %)MetaFrame
710 (0.702 %)ISA Server
87 (0.492 %)Citrix Presentation Server
87 (0.492 %)XenServer
96 (0.421 %)Hyper-V
103 (0.211 %)Terminal Server
103 (0.211 %)OpenLDAP
112 (0.140 %)vSphere
121 (0.070 %)NetBackup
121 (0.070 %)Samba
121 (0.070 %)VMware Workstation
121 (0.070 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
132 (2.247 %)CiscoWorks
220 (1.404 %)OpenView
316 (1.124 %)Nagios
411 (0.772 %)MOM
59 (0.632 %)SCOM
68 (0.562 %)SCCM
77 (0.492 %)YUM
86 (0.421 %)Cisco IPCC
95 (0.351 %)Netcool
95 (0.351 %)ZENworks
95 (0.351 %)WSUS
104 (0.281 %)Munin
104 (0.281 %)Tivoli
104 (0.281 %)DameWare
113 (0.211 %)Norton AntiVirus
113 (0.211 %)MSI
113 (0.211 %)OpenNMS
122 (0.140 %)Foglight
131 (0.070 %)Tivoli NetView
131 (0.070 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1667 (46.84 %)Cisco
2245 (17.21 %)Microsoft
3126 (8.848 %)VMware
4124 (8.708 %)Oracle
5110 (7.725 %)Citrix
692 (6.461 %)Avaya
791 (6.390 %)Nortel
882 (5.758 %)CheckPoint
975 (5.267 %)Juniper
1061 (4.284 %)HP
1153 (3.722 %)Red Hat
1233 (2.317 %)Nokia
1331 (2.177 %)Mitel
1430 (2.107 %)JBoss
1526 (1.826 %)Novell
1625 (1.756 %)Lotus
1724 (1.685 %)IBM
1823 (1.615 %)Genesys
1922 (1.545 %)LANDesk
2021 (1.475 %)TippingPoint