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The table below looks at the demand for Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) 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 SDH over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSynchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank185198
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads5588
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.039 %
As % of the category below2.577 %2.971 %
Salaries quoted4577
Average minimum salary£38,106£36,792
Average salary£42,915£41,110
% change on same period last year+4.38 %
Average maximum salary£47,723£45,429
UK excluding London average salary£38,536£38,728
% change on same period last year-0.49 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads21342962
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.377 %1.326 %
Salaries quoted17502330
Average minimum salary£38,859£39,456
Average salary£42,329£42,800
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
Average maximum salary£45,799£46,144
UK excluding London average salary£37,824£38,320
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
SDH South EastSDH
South East

SDH
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire SDH Demand Trend

SDH
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire SDH Salary Trend

SDH
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SDH across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire SDH Salary Histogram

SDH
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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+2023£43,174+12.27 %
BracknellUp+23£46,750+20.58 %
MaidenheadUp+172£50,000-9.09 %
SloughDown-81£33,500+26.41 %
SDH South EastSDH
South East

SDH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing SDH 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 SDH.

192 (75.41 %)MPLS
270 (57.38 %)Telecoms
367 (54.92 %)Ethernet
464 (52.46 %)ATM
555 (45.08 %)TCP/IP
652 (42.62 %)Cisco
751 (41.80 %)Nortel
842 (34.43 %)Frame Relay
938 (31.15 %)WAN
1036 (29.51 %)LAN
1132 (26.23 %)DWDM
1230 (24.59 %)OpenView
1329 (23.77 %)HP
1427 (22.13 %)Broadband
1522 (18.03 %)FTP
1522 (18.03 %)SNMP
1522 (18.03 %)TELNET
1522 (18.03 %)Netcool
1522 (18.03 %)MetaSolv
1522 (18.03 %)Cramer
1616 (13.11 %)SLA
1715 (12.30 %)BGP
1715 (12.30 %)OSPF
1715 (12.30 %)Cisco Certification
1814 (11.48 %)VoIP
1814 (11.48 %)Firewall
1912 (9.836 %)CCNA
1912 (9.836 %)CheckPoint
2011 (9.016 %)ISDN
2011 (9.016 %)VPN

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing SDH 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 SDH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (0.820 %)Middleware
11 (0.820 %)WebSphere
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (0.820 %)WebSphere MQ
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (2.459 %)MS Office
21 (0.820 %)MS Excel
21 (0.820 %)MS Visio
21 (0.820 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (0.820 %)Spreadsheet
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
192 (75.41 %)MPLS
267 (54.92 %)Ethernet
364 (52.46 %)ATM
455 (45.08 %)TCP/IP
542 (34.43 %)Frame Relay
638 (31.15 %)WAN
736 (29.51 %)LAN
832 (26.23 %)DWDM
927 (22.13 %)Broadband
1022 (18.03 %)FTP
1022 (18.03 %)SNMP
1022 (18.03 %)TELNET
1115 (12.30 %)OSPF
1115 (12.30 %)BGP
1214 (11.48 %)Firewall
1214 (11.48 %)VoIP
1311 (9.016 %)ISDN
1311 (9.016 %)VPN
1410 (8.197 %)PBX
1410 (8.197 %)PSTN
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (2.459 %)BusinessObjects
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
170 (57.38 %)Telecoms
25 (4.098 %)Government
32 (1.639 %)Finance
32 (1.639 %)Pensions
41 (0.820 %)Auditing
41 (0.820 %)Front Office
41 (0.820 %)Health
41 (0.820 %)Retail
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (15.57 %)Network Designer
214 (11.48 %)Architect
214 (11.48 %)Network Architect
313 (10.66 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
410 (8.197 %)NOC Engineer
58 (6.557 %)Network Engineer
58 (6.557 %)Support Engineer
67 (5.738 %)Sales Consultant
67 (5.738 %)Consultant
67 (5.738 %)Presales Consultant
75 (4.098 %)Network Operator
75 (4.098 %)Circuit Architect
84 (3.279 %)Design Engineer
93 (2.459 %)Test Engineer
93 (2.459 %)Technical Engineer
93 (2.459 %)Network Design Engineer
101 (0.820 %)Network Support Technician
101 (0.820 %)Real Time Engineer
101 (0.820 %)Provisioning Engineer
101 (0.820 %)Wireless Engineer
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (0.820 %)Management Information System
11 (0.820 %)PKI
11 (0.820 %)French Language
11 (0.820 %)German Language
11 (0.820 %)Italian Language
11 (0.820 %)Spanish Language
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (1.639 %)UNIX
12 (1.639 %)Solaris
21 (0.820 %)HPUX
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (5.738 %)Migration
25 (4.098 %)Validation
34 (3.279 %)Network Design
43 (2.459 %)Fault Management
52 (1.639 %)Network Planning
61 (0.820 %)Project Planning
61 (0.820 %)Problem Management
61 (0.820 %)PRINCE2
61 (0.820 %)UML
61 (0.820 %)Project Management
61 (0.820 %)Service Management
61 (0.820 %)Service Delivery
61 (0.820 %)Security Cleared
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (0.820 %)C
11 (0.820 %)C++
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (12.30 %)Cisco Certification
212 (9.836 %)CCNA
38 (6.557 %)CISSP
38 (6.557 %)MCSE
38 (6.557 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (4.098 %)CCNP
54 (3.279 %)CCIE
54 (3.279 %)CCDP
62 (1.639 %)CCDA
62 (1.639 %)CCIP
62 (1.639 %)CCSA
62 (1.639 %)CCVP
71 (0.820 %)Degree
71 (0.820 %)PMP
71 (0.820 %)PMI Certification
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (13.11 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
130 (24.59 %)OpenView
222 (18.03 %)Netcool
32 (1.639 %)TeMIP
41 (0.820 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
152 (42.62 %)Cisco
251 (41.80 %)Nortel
329 (23.77 %)HP
422 (18.03 %)MetaSolv
422 (18.03 %)Cramer
512 (9.836 %)CheckPoint
69 (7.377 %)Alcatel
76 (4.918 %)Lucent
85 (4.098 %)Huawei
94 (3.279 %)Remedy
94 (3.279 %)Ericsson
103 (2.459 %)Microsoft
103 (2.459 %)Business Objects
112 (1.639 %)Compaq
121 (0.820 %)Sun
121 (0.820 %)Nokia
121 (0.820 %)BT