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This section looks at the demand for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DSL over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank223281
Rank change on same period last yearUp+58
Matching permanent IT job ads3920
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.008 %
As % of the category below1.498 %0.608 %
Salaries quoted3019
Average minimum salary£50,233£34,500
Average salary£52,283£40,370
% change on same period last year+29.51 %
Average maximum salary£54,333£46,240
UK excluding London average salary£43,658£36,623
% change on same period last year+19.21 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads26033288
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.421 %1.381 %
Salaries quoted22422602
Average minimum salary£38,999£39,682
Average salary£42,285£42,987
% change on same period last year-1.63 %
Average maximum salary£45,571£46,292
UK excluding London average salary£37,625£39,458
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
DSL South EastDSL
South East

DSL
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire DSL Demand Trend

DSL
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DSL across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire DSL Salary Trend

DSL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DSL across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Berkshire DSL Salary Histogram

DSL
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DSL within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+4427£51,295+45.02 %
NewburyDown-191£55,000+34.88 %
MaidenheadNew entry-1£45,000-
DSL South EastDSL
South East

DSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing DSL 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 DSL.

144 (77.19 %)Cisco
240 (70.18 %)MPLS
338 (66.67 %)Telecoms
436 (63.16 %)Wireless
535 (61.40 %)WAN
633 (57.89 %)LAN
731 (54.39 %)ISDN
830 (52.63 %)CCNP
830 (52.63 %)Cisco Certification
929 (50.88 %)CCNA
1028 (49.12 %)Security Cleared
1116 (28.07 %)VoIP
1210 (17.54 %)Ethernet
139 (15.79 %)VPN
148 (14.04 %)Internet
148 (14.04 %)VDSL
148 (14.04 %)Marketing
156 (10.53 %)Juniper
165 (8.772 %)HP
165 (8.772 %)DSLAM
165 (8.772 %)Back Office
165 (8.772 %)Degree
165 (8.772 %)Spreadsheet
165 (8.772 %)WatchGuard
165 (8.772 %)SonicWALL
174 (7.018 %)VPLS
174 (7.018 %)NGN
174 (7.018 %)Huawei
174 (7.018 %)WiMAX
174 (7.018 %)Firewall

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing DSL 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 DSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (3.509 %)XSL
21 (1.754 %)Middleware
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (8.772 %)Spreadsheet
21 (1.754 %)CA Clarity
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
140 (70.18 %)MPLS
236 (63.16 %)Wireless
335 (61.40 %)WAN
433 (57.89 %)LAN
531 (54.39 %)ISDN
616 (28.07 %)VoIP
710 (17.54 %)Ethernet
89 (15.79 %)VPN
98 (14.04 %)Internet
98 (14.04 %)VDSL
105 (8.772 %)DSLAM
114 (7.018 %)BGP
114 (7.018 %)Firewall
114 (7.018 %)WiMAX
114 (7.018 %)VPLS
114 (7.018 %)NGN
123 (5.263 %)Cisco IPT
123 (5.263 %)TCP/IP
132 (3.509 %)OSPF
141 (1.754 %)L2TP
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (66.67 %)Telecoms
28 (14.04 %)Marketing
35 (8.772 %)Back Office
43 (5.263 %)Education
52 (3.509 %)Pensions
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
128 (49.12 %)Design Engineer
128 (49.12 %)Cisco Engineer
28 (14.04 %)Senior Product Manager
28 (14.04 %)Product Manager
28 (14.04 %)Senior Manager
35 (8.772 %)Solutions Architect
35 (8.772 %)Architect
35 (8.772 %)Consultant
43 (5.263 %)Developer
52 (3.509 %)Network Engineer
52 (3.509 %)Support Engineer
52 (3.509 %)Test Engineer
61 (1.754 %)Network Support Engineer
61 (1.754 %)Senior Network Engineer
61 (1.754 %)PL/SQL Developer
61 (1.754 %)Implementation Project Manager
61 (1.754 %)NOC Engineer
61 (1.754 %)Portfolio Manager
61 (1.754 %)Provisioning Engineer
61 (1.754 %)OSS Consultant
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (3.509 %)IPTV
21 (1.754 %)Computer Science
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (5.263 %)UNIX
13 (5.263 %)Windows
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (49.12 %)Security Cleared
23 (5.263 %)Workflow
32 (3.509 %)Validation
32 (3.509 %)eTOM
41 (1.754 %)Test Scripting
41 (1.754 %)ITIL
41 (1.754 %)Project Management
41 (1.754 %)Change Management
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (7.018 %)Java
14 (7.018 %)PL/SQL
22 (3.509 %)SQL
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (52.63 %)CCNP
130 (52.63 %)Cisco Certification
229 (50.88 %)CCNA
35 (8.772 %)Degree
41 (1.754 %)JNCIA
41 (1.754 %)JNCIS
41 (1.754 %)CCIP
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
144 (77.19 %)Cisco
26 (10.53 %)Juniper
35 (8.772 %)HP
35 (8.772 %)WatchGuard
35 (8.772 %)SonicWALL
44 (7.018 %)Lucent
44 (7.018 %)Alcatel
44 (7.018 %)Ericsson
44 (7.018 %)Siemens
44 (7.018 %)BT
44 (7.018 %)Huawei
52 (3.509 %)Oracle
61 (1.754 %)Microsoft