The first table below looks at the demand for PSTN skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PSTN over the 3 months to 19 June 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN)
Rank 322 315 332
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +17
Permanent jobs citing PSTN 1 8 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.008% 0.061% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.047% 0.378% 0.208%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 3
Average salary £54,000 £57,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.08% +71.64%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -17.64%
All Communications & Networking
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2136 2115 1926
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 17.79% 16.06% 12.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1900 1904 1762
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
PSTN
London

PSTN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London PSTN Jobs Demand Trend

PSTN
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PSTN across the City of London region.

City of London PSTN Salary Trend

PSTN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing PSTN 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 PSTN.

1 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) Firewall
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (44.44%) Business Transformation
3 4 (44.44%) IPFX
3 4 (44.44%) SecurID
3 4 (44.44%) Nokia
3 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
3 4 (44.44%) Advertising
4 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (22.22%) GSM
5 2 (22.22%) SLA
5 2 (22.22%) OpenSTA
5 2 (22.22%) HP
5 2 (22.22%) Perl
5 2 (22.22%) UNIX
5 2 (22.22%) Solaris
5 2 (22.22%) WAN
6 1 (11.11%) DHCP
6 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
6 1 (11.11%) DNS
6 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
6 1 (11.11%) Windows
6 1 (11.11%) EMC
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (11.11%) Juniper
6 1 (11.11%) CCIE
6 1 (11.11%) CCNP

PSTN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing PSTN 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 PSTN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) LAMP
1 1 (11.11%) FIX Protocol
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (22.22%) GSM
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) DHCP
3 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (11.11%) DNS
3 1 (11.11%) MPLS
3 1 (11.11%) OSPF
3 1 (11.11%) BGP
3 1 (11.11%) EIGRP
3 1 (11.11%) H.323
3 1 (11.11%) PABX
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) SMS
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco PIX
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) OpenSTA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Advertising
2 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Test Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Network Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Team Leader
2 1 (11.11%) Network Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Expert
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) SecurID
2 1 (11.11%) CLARiiON
2 1 (11.11%) EMC Centera
2 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) UNIX
1 2 (22.22%) Solaris
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Business Transformation
2 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
2 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
2 1 (11.11%) CAD
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
2 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
2 1 (11.11%) Use Case
2 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
2 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Perl
2 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (11.11%) CCIE
1 1 (11.11%) CCNP
1 1 (11.11%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
2 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco IPCC
2 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) IPFX
2 4 (44.44%) Nokia
2 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
3 2 (22.22%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) EMC
4 1 (11.11%) Juniper
4 1 (11.11%) Huawei