CCNP Voice Salary

drkat

What should the CCNP V salary be?

pitviper

Have you checked out the free Robert Half technology salary guide? Might be a good place to start (be sure to factor in the local variances and additional skills).

Robert Half International - Salary Guides

Around here (CT) 90k-110k is common for folks with CUCM/Contact Center experience, with the really high end guys commanding much more (but those guys are few and far between).

matt333

honestly from what I have heard, Voice is one of the most in-demand tech out there. So i can guess that its going to be pretty good as far as salary. I would get the CCNP (V) then see where you stand. Once you have it, look around you will be in the drivers seat... unless you like the company leave for more money. IMO
humble guess maybe 70-80k.. could be way off tho

networker050184

Too many factors to give any kind of half way decent answer in my opinion.

drkat

pitviper wrote: »

Have you checked out the free Robert Half technology salary guide? Might be a good place to start (be sure to factor in the local variances and additional skills).

Robert Half International - Salary Guides

Around here (CT) 90k-110k is common for folks with CUCM/Contact Center experience, with the really high end guys commanding much more (but those guys are few and far between).

According to RH I should be making at the low end 68k so i'm definitely gonna be underpaid

drkat

networker050184 wrote: »

Too many factors to give any kind of half way decent answer in my opinion.

Well would you consider between $50-$60k good for NP voice

shodown

as a example, I'll use some of my experience. I usually get between 65-75 a hour as a contractor, and I've had offers up to 120 with CCNP V and I have about 4 years of experience in the voice arena

pitviper

drkat wrote: »

Well would you consider between $50-$60k good for NP voice

No, BUT if your employer will be footing the bill for certification, AND you’ll be inline to get some solid voice experience I say big picture wise it's more than worth the effort now...

networker050184

Where in NY? How much do you really know about voice? Having a certification doesn't mean you actually have the skills (tech and non-tech) that would pull in the big bucks.

If you really want to know look for a new job and see what they are offering.

drkat

pitviper wrote: »

No, BUT if your employer will be footing the bill for certification, AND you’ll be inline to get some solid voice experience I say big picture wise it's more than worth the effort now...

They'll be footin the bill yes

My experience in voice is more on the provider side - I do a bit of CME work now but honestly... it's voice - a call is a call whether it terminates off a PRI or a SIP trunk or a H.323 gateway. I just think I'm gettin low-balled.

shodown

Voice is small if you are on the small business side. When you work in larger enterprises 1K phones and up with call center and so on it will fell more like a provider as you have complex dial plans and call routing to deal with.

ColbyG

drkat wrote: »

Well would you consider between $50-$60k good for NP voice

With a good amount of experience and knowledge, no, not good at all. For someone just starting out, maybe.

drkat

ColbyG wrote: »

With a good amount of experience and knowledge, no, not good at all. For someone just starting out, maybe.

Yeah I think that im just going to deal with it for now and use it all as resume fodder.

skinsFan202

where do you work? NYC?

PsychoFin

I definitely also think that if they're gonna foot the bill, you probably should hang around for a bit and try to talk your way into bigger projects. Maybe even suggest how the current setup could be improved. Think beyond your role and responsibilitie

drkat

skinsFan202 wrote: »

where do you work? NYC?

Western

skinsFan202

so that's Buffalo/Rochester type area? I would think maybe 10k higher would be fair for that area... $60-70k

VAHokie56

Hmm I feel good voice people/IPCC experts around Richmond VA are looking at 50 to 60/hr...so I would think it would be higher in NY..but who knows

drkat

skinsFan202 wrote: »

so that's Buffalo/Rochester type area? I would think maybe 10k higher would be fair for that area... $60-70k

with the NP i'd be just under 60K - but it may be fair for this area. Like I said I have no idea that's why I asked. I dont see many CCNP Voice jobs out there (not that I'm looking) but was trying to get a ball park idea. I'm desperately trying to break 70K by 30 and I'm 28 now

ciscoman2012

I'm not sure if you have a 4 year degree like Bachelor's or not but if not do you think that may be affecting it? Not trying to downplay your experience at all since I know 0 about voice but do you think degree / no degree is affecting salary?

stlsmoore

I think I'm still low balling my self a little bit even with just my CCNA: Voice and 3 good years experience. I will be making more than 60k for sure, but I know the market for good voice engineers will easily command six figures. I plan on knocking out at least my CCNP: Voice within the next 18 months and seeing how I feel about the CCIE level of things.

drkat

ciscoman2012 wrote: »

I'm not sure if you have a 4 year degree like Bachelor's or not but if not do you think that may be affecting it? Not trying to downplay your experience at all since I know 0 about voice but do you think degree / no degree is affecting salary?

Possibly. I guess we'll see how it goes

ciscoman2012

drkat wrote: »

Possibly. I guess we'll see how it goes

Honestly, I would just keep sticking to it. The BS may be hurting you now but I feel once you have 5, 10, 15 years experience with voice the BS won't really matter at that point.

MrBishop

ciscoman2012 wrote: »

Honestly, I would just keep sticking to it. The BS may be hurting you now but I feel once you have 5, 10, 15 years experience with voice the BS won't really matter at that point.

You can achieve a bachelors degree in less time