The first table below looks at the demand for QSIG skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QSIG over the 3 months to 22 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
QSIG
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing QSIG 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £20,500 £45,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-54.44% +40.62%
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
394 249 288
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 21.88% 12.40% 17.80%
Number of salaries quoted 303 224 239
Average salary £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £23,800
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
QSIG
North West

QSIG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire QSIG Jobs Demand Trend

QSIG
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire QSIG Salary Trend

QSIG
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing QSIG 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 QSIG.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) ISDN
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Nortel
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Avaya
1 2 (100.00%) CTI
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) DPNSS
1 2 (100.00%) Q.931
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IVR
1 2 (100.00%) WFM
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications

QSIG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing QSIG 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 QSIG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) ISDN
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) CTI
1 2 (100.00%) DPNSS
1 2 (100.00%) Q.931
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) WFM
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Nortel
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Avaya