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The table below looks at the demand for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) skills within the Birmingham 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank116112
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads718
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.008 %
As % of the category below1.724 %4.700 %
Salaries quoted03
Average minimum salary-£28,000
Average salary-£29,833
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£31,667
UK excluding London average salary£43,273£35,957
% change on same period last year+20.34 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads406383
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.225 %0.161 %
Salaries quoted342293
Average minimum salary£33,137£33,910
Average salary£35,490£36,292
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Average maximum salary£37,844£38,674
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
DSL West MidlandsDSL
West Midlands

DSL
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham DSL Salary Trend

DSL
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

17 (100.00 %)SDH
17 (100.00 %)VoIP
17 (100.00 %)Ethernet
17 (100.00 %)Telecoms
26 (85.71 %)WiMAX
26 (85.71 %)MPLS
35 (71.43 %)NGN
41 (14.29 %)Megaco
41 (14.29 %)SNMP
41 (14.29 %)C#
41 (14.29 %)C++
41 (14.29 %)HTML
41 (14.29 %)Java
41 (14.29 %)JavaScript
41 (14.29 %)Perl
41 (14.29 %).NET
41 (14.29 %)XML
41 (14.29 %)XSLT
41 (14.29 %)UNIX
41 (14.29 %)Solaris
41 (14.29 %)Linux
41 (14.29 %)UML
41 (14.29 %)OOD
41 (14.29 %)ATM
41 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %)HTML
11 (14.29 %).NET
11 (14.29 %)XML
11 (14.29 %)XSLT
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (100.00 %)SDH
17 (100.00 %)VoIP
17 (100.00 %)Ethernet
26 (85.71 %)MPLS
26 (85.71 %)WiMAX
35 (71.43 %)NGN
41 (14.29 %)Megaco
41 (14.29 %)SNMP
41 (14.29 %)ATM
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Consultant
14 (57.14 %)Solutions Consultant
21 (14.29 %)Software Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Solutions Designer
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)UNIX
11 (14.29 %)Solaris
11 (14.29 %)Linux
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)UML
11 (14.29 %)OOD
11 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)C#
11 (14.29 %)C++
11 (14.29 %)Java
11 (14.29 %)JavaScript
11 (14.29 %)Perl