The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Broadband
Rank 106 96 91
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -5
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 3 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.178% 0.409% 0.147%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.955% 2.098% 0.810%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 1
Average salary £55,000 £46,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.91% +54.16%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
314 286 247
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 18.64% 19.48% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 253 249 224
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Broadband
West Midlands

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Broadband across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Birmingham Broadband Jobs Demand Trend

Broadband
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Broadband across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Broadband Salary Trend

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Broadband 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 Broadband.

1 7 (77.78%) Telecoms
2 5 (55.56%) Business Development
2 5 (55.56%) B2B
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (11.11%) Wireless
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 1 (11.11%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (11.11%) Cantonese Language
4 1 (11.11%) OpenUP
4 1 (11.11%) SaaS
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Management
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (11.11%) Lotus
4 1 (11.11%) 3G
4 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
4 1 (11.11%) DSL
4 1 (11.11%) MS Office
4 1 (11.11%) Windows
4 1 (11.11%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (11.11%) ERP
4 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
4 1 (11.11%) LAN
4 1 (11.11%) WLAN

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Broadband 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 Broadband. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
1 1 (11.11%) 3G
1 1 (11.11%) DSL
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) WLAN
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 7 (77.78%) Telecoms
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Mandarin Language
3 1 (11.11%) Cantonese Language
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Business Development Manager
1 5 (55.56%) Development Manager
1 5 (55.56%) Business Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Sales Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Installations Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Deskside Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Business Development
1 5 (55.56%) B2B
2 1 (11.11%) OpenUP
2 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (11.11%) Capacity Management
2 1 (11.11%) ERP
2 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Lotus