Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VSAT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VSAT over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 934 1234
Rank change year-on-year +404 +300 -300
Permanent jobs citing VSAT 417 27 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.028% 0.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.07% 0.17% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 17 17 2
10th Percentile - £31,931 £22,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +27.27% -54.17%
75th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £31,250
90th Percentile £57,600 - £32,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +27.27% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

VSAT is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,562 15,535 22,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.13% 15.99% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,412 7,743 11,780
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

VSAT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VSAT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VSAT in the UK

VSAT
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VSAT.

Salary trend for VSAT in the UK

VSAT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VSAT over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VSAT in the UK

VSAT
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VSAT within the UK over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +281 355 £37,500 +7.14% 5
England +270 249 £37,500 +7.14% 5
North of England +127 99 - - 1
Scotland - 69 - - 1
North West - 67 - - 1
South West - 43 £45,000 - 2
South East +15 41 £31,000 -17.88% 1
London - 35 £54,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 35 - -
Wales - 33 - -
Yorkshire - 32 - -
East Midlands - 31 - -
Midlands - 31 - -
Work from Home +40 10 £31,000 -11.43% 2
Isle of Man - 4 £37,500 -

VSAT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 5 (1.20%) Azure
1 5 (1.20%) GCP
1 5 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.40%) Firewall
2 6 (1.44%) 3G
2 6 (1.44%) 4G
2 6 (1.44%) LTE
2 6 (1.44%) Wireless
3 5 (1.20%) GSM
3 5 (1.20%) LAN
3 5 (1.20%) MPLS
3 5 (1.20%) NetScaler
3 5 (1.20%) Network Security
3 5 (1.20%) PABX
3 5 (1.20%) VLAN
3 5 (1.20%) WAN
3 5 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.20%) WLAN
4 3 (0.72%) SD-WAN
General
1 8 (1.92%) Telecoms
2 7 (1.68%) Military
2 7 (1.68%) Social Skills
3 5 (1.20%) French Language
3 5 (1.20%) Portuguese Language
3 5 (1.20%) Retail
4 4 (0.96%) Electronics
5 1 (0.24%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 392 (94.00%) Architect
1 392 (94.00%) Software Architect
2 15 (3.60%) Technical Support
3 10 (2.40%) Support Engineer
3 10 (2.40%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (2.40%) Technical Support Engineer
4 6 (1.44%) Systems Support Engineer
5 5 (1.20%) Analyst
5 5 (1.20%) Network Engineer
5 5 (1.20%) Support Analyst
5 5 (1.20%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (1.20%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (0.48%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (0.48%) Service Delivery Manager
6 2 (0.48%) Service Manager
7 1 (0.24%) Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (0.96%) Driving Licence
3 2 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.96%) Mac OS
1 4 (0.96%) Windows
1 4 (0.96%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.24%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (94.00%) Model Validation
1 392 (94.00%) Network Architecture
1 392 (94.00%) Network Management
1 392 (94.00%) Requirements Management
1 392 (94.00%) Validation
2 386 (92.57%) Technical Architecture
2 386 (92.57%) TOGAF
3 339 (81.29%) Actionable Insight
4 11 (2.64%) Customer Service
5 7 (1.68%) ITIL
5 7 (1.68%) Service Management
6 5 (1.20%) B2B
6 5 (1.20%) Case Management
6 5 (1.20%) Cloud Security
6 5 (1.20%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (1.20%) Service Catalogue
7 4 (0.96%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (0.96%) Project Management
7 4 (0.96%) Time Management
8 3 (0.72%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 10 (2.40%) Degree
2 7 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.44%) GCSC
4 5 (1.20%) CCNA
4 5 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.24%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.12%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.20%) Nagios
1 5 (1.20%) OfficeScan
1 5 (1.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (3.84%) Cisco
2 10 (2.40%) Microsoft
3 6 (1.44%) HP
4 5 (1.20%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 5 (1.20%) Centreon
4 5 (1.20%) CheckPoint
4 5 (1.20%) Fortinet
4 5 (1.20%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.48%) Google