The first table below looks at the demand for PPP skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PPP 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Rank 819 816 829
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +13
Permanent jobs citing PPP 17 44 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.017% 0.039% 0.034%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.087% 0.220% 0.215%
Number of salaries quoted 16 30 38
Average salary £36,000 £43,750 £38,385
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.71% +13.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £34,750 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £40,000 £38,385
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +4.20%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19648 19988 19081
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.52% 17.63% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 15983 16808 15943
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £64,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
PPP
UK

PPP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England PPP Jobs Demand Trend

PPP
Salary Trend

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

England PPP Salary Trend

PPP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PPP across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England PPP Salary Histogram

PPP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PPP within the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +1 13 £36,000 -11.11%
South West -2 2 £30,375 -22.11%
West Midlands - 2 £30,000 -
PPP
UK

PPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing PPP 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 PPP.

1 41 (69.49%) Cisco
2 40 (67.80%) MPLS
3 35 (59.32%) OSPF
3 35 (59.32%) BGP
4 33 (55.93%) VPN
5 32 (54.24%) Ethernet
5 32 (54.24%) IPsec
6 26 (44.07%) Firewall
6 26 (44.07%) ATM
7 24 (40.68%) TCP/IP
7 24 (40.68%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (37.29%) CCNP
8 22 (37.29%) EIGRP
9 21 (35.59%) WAN
9 21 (35.59%) LAN
9 21 (35.59%) Linux
10 20 (33.90%) VoIP
11 18 (30.51%) ISDN
12 17 (28.81%) DSL
13 16 (27.12%) Windows
13 16 (27.12%) Load Balancing
14 15 (25.42%) DHCP
14 15 (25.42%) CCNA
15 14 (23.73%) Telecoms
15 14 (23.73%) Finance
16 12 (20.34%) DNS
16 12 (20.34%) VLAN
16 12 (20.34%) Degree
16 12 (20.34%) HSRP
17 11 (18.64%) xDSL

PPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (6.780%) CSS
2 2 (3.390%) .NET
3 1 (1.695%) XML
3 1 (1.695%) XSLT
3 1 (1.695%) JMS
3 1 (1.695%) J2SE
3 1 (1.695%) XMPP
3 1 (1.695%) Silverlight
3 1 (1.695%) AppFabric
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.780%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (11.86%) MS Office
2 2 (3.390%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 40 (67.80%) MPLS
2 35 (59.32%) OSPF
2 35 (59.32%) BGP
3 33 (55.93%) VPN
4 32 (54.24%) Ethernet
4 32 (54.24%) IPsec
5 26 (44.07%) Firewall
5 26 (44.07%) ATM
6 24 (40.68%) TCP/IP
7 22 (37.29%) EIGRP
8 21 (35.59%) WAN
8 21 (35.59%) LAN
9 20 (33.90%) VoIP
10 18 (30.51%) ISDN
11 17 (28.81%) DSL
12 15 (25.42%) DHCP
13 12 (20.34%) DNS
13 12 (20.34%) VLAN
13 12 (20.34%) HSRP
14 11 (18.64%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.085%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.695%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 14 (23.73%) Telecoms
1 14 (23.73%) Finance
2 5 (8.475%) Banking
3 4 (6.780%) Legal
3 4 (6.780%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.390%) Back Office
5 1 (1.695%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.695%) Marketing
5 1 (1.695%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (50.85%) Network Engineer
2 16 (27.12%) Support Engineer
3 12 (20.34%) Network Support Engineer
3 12 (20.34%) Network Support
4 8 (13.56%) NOC Engineer
5 7 (11.86%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (10.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 6 (10.17%) Technical Support
6 6 (10.17%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (10.17%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (8.475%) Service Manager
8 4 (6.780%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (5.085%) Services Delivery Manager
9 3 (5.085%) Team Leader
9 3 (5.085%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (5.085%) Client Services Manager
9 3 (5.085%) Implementation Engineer
9 3 (5.085%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (5.085%) IP Engineer
10 2 (3.390%) Senior Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Computer Science
2 5 (8.475%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (6.780%) CCTV
3 4 (6.780%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.695%) EMV
4 1 (1.695%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.695%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.695%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.695%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.695%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 21 (35.59%) Linux
2 16 (27.12%) Windows
3 11 (18.64%) Solaris
3 11 (18.64%) UNIX
4 4 (6.780%) Windows 2000
4 4 (6.780%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.12%) Load Balancing
2 8 (13.56%) ITIL
3 7 (11.86%) Service Management
3 7 (11.86%) Network Design
4 6 (10.17%) Network Planning
4 6 (10.17%) Network Architecture
4 6 (10.17%) Network Management
5 4 (6.780%) Performance Management
5 4 (6.780%) Logistics
6 3 (5.085%) ITSM
6 3 (5.085%) Validation
6 3 (5.085%) Service Delivery
6 3 (5.085%) Risk Management
6 3 (5.085%) Product Management
6 3 (5.085%) Change Control
6 3 (5.085%) Business Development
7 2 (3.390%) Problem Management
7 2 (3.390%) PRINCE2
7 2 (3.390%) Change Management
7 2 (3.390%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.390%) C
1 2 (3.390%) C#
1 2 (3.390%) C++
1 2 (3.390%) Java
1 2 (3.390%) SQL
2 1 (1.695%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (40.68%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (37.29%) CCNP
3 15 (25.42%) CCNA
4 12 (20.34%) Degree
5 9 (15.25%) CCIP
6 5 (8.475%) CCIE
6 5 (8.475%) CCSP
7 4 (6.780%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (6.780%) CNE
7 4 (6.780%) Novell Certification
7 4 (6.780%) MCSE
8 3 (5.085%) JNCIA
9 2 (3.390%) JNCIS
10 1 (1.695%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.695%) CCDP
10 1 (1.695%) MCITP
10 1 (1.695%) CCDE
10 1 (1.695%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.695%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) SLA
2 4 (6.780%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.475%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.695%) VMware ESX
2 1 (1.695%) NFS
2 1 (1.695%) vSphere
2 1 (1.695%) XenApp
2 1 (1.695%) XenDesktop
2 1 (1.695%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (13.56%) Netcool
2 5 (8.475%) OpenView
2 5 (8.475%) SolarWinds Orion
2 5 (8.475%) Cacti
3 4 (6.780%) CiscoWorks
3 4 (6.780%) Cisco IPCC
3 4 (6.780%) Nagios
Vendors
1 41 (69.49%) Cisco
2 11 (18.64%) Juniper
3 10 (16.95%) CheckPoint
4 6 (10.17%) Infoblox
4 6 (10.17%) Imperva
4 6 (10.17%) Blue Coat
4 6 (10.17%) F5
4 6 (10.17%) HP
5 4 (6.780%) Redback
5 4 (6.780%) Microsoft
5 4 (6.780%) SAP
5 4 (6.780%) Ericsson
5 4 (6.780%) Novell
6 2 (3.390%) Oracle
6 2 (3.390%) VMware
7 1 (1.695%) Remedy
7 1 (1.695%) TIBCO
7 1 (1.695%) Citrix
7 1 (1.695%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (1.695%) Huawei
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
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Salary: to £62k + 5% bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013