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This section looks at the demand for Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PPP over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPoint-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank772861
Rank change on same period last yearUp+89
Matching permanent IT job ads126116
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.049 %
As % of the category below0.415 %0.308 %
Salaries quoted9580
Average minimum salary£48,768£40,177
Average salary£51,553£43,628
% change on same period last year+18.16 %
Average maximum salary£54,337£47,079
UK excluding London average salary£40,585£45,379
% change on same period last year-10.56 %
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
England
Matching permanent IT job ads3034837607
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled16.57 %15.79 %
Salaries quoted2589230407
Average minimum salary£37,725£39,081
Average salary£40,635£41,976
% change on same period last year-3.19 %
Average maximum salary£43,544£44,870
UK excluding London average salary£37,625£39,458
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
PPP UKPPP
UK

PPP
Demand Trend

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

England PPP Demand Trend

PPP
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PPP across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England PPP Salary Histogram

PPP
Job Locations

This section 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 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+10153£60,714+39.71 %
South EastUp+3927£52,813+25.03 %
YorkshireUp+314£45,179-4.42 %
East MidlandsNew entry-13£30,000-
North WestUp+612£42,900-13.33 %
East of EnglandNew entry-5£42,500-
West MidlandsNew entry-1£55,000-
South WestDown-191£38,000+10.72 %
PPP UKPPP
UK

PPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

1122 (58.94 %)Cisco
2105 (50.72 %)BGP
3104 (50.24 %)OSPF
497 (46.86 %)VPN
595 (45.89 %)ATM
690 (43.48 %)Cisco Certification
785 (41.06 %)Ethernet
882 (39.61 %)Firewall
979 (38.16 %)MPLS
1071 (34.30 %)EIGRP
1170 (33.82 %)LAN
1269 (33.33 %)WAN
1269 (33.33 %)IPsec
1360 (28.99 %)VoIP
1459 (28.50 %)Finance
1558 (28.02 %)TCP/IP
1657 (27.54 %)ISDN
1754 (26.09 %)CCNP
1853 (25.60 %)SDH
1951 (24.64 %)CCIE
2047 (22.71 %)Frame Relay
2146 (22.22 %)DWDM
2244 (21.26 %)CCSP
2342 (20.29 %)RIP
2342 (20.29 %)Fast Ethernet
2441 (19.81 %)SSH
2441 (19.81 %)PKI
2441 (19.81 %)VLAN
2441 (19.81 %)SSL
2540 (19.32 %)Financial Institution

PPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (0.966 %)J2EE
12 (0.966 %)CSS
12 (0.966 %)Fusebox
21 (0.483 %)ColdSpring
21 (0.483 %).NET
21 (0.483 %)Middleware
21 (0.483 %)WebSphere
21 (0.483 %).NET Framework
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (2.415 %)SharePoint
22 (0.966 %)ColdFusion
22 (0.966 %)IIS
31 (0.483 %)WebSphere MQ
31 (0.483 %)Rendezvous
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
124 (11.59 %)MS Excel
28 (3.865 %)MS Office
36 (2.899 %)MS Project
36 (2.899 %)MS PowerPoint
45 (2.415 %)MS Visio
54 (1.932 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.483 %)RMDS
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1105 (50.72 %)BGP
2104 (50.24 %)OSPF
397 (46.86 %)VPN
495 (45.89 %)ATM
585 (41.06 %)Ethernet
682 (39.61 %)Firewall
779 (38.16 %)MPLS
871 (34.30 %)EIGRP
970 (33.82 %)LAN
1069 (33.33 %)WAN
1069 (33.33 %)IPsec
1160 (28.99 %)VoIP
1258 (28.02 %)TCP/IP
1357 (27.54 %)ISDN
1453 (25.60 %)SDH
1547 (22.71 %)Frame Relay
1646 (22.22 %)DWDM
1742 (20.29 %)RIP
1742 (20.29 %)Fast Ethernet
1841 (19.81 %)SSH
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (2.415 %)SQL Server
23 (1.449 %)EDRMS
23 (1.449 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (0.966 %)DB2
32 (0.966 %)Informix
32 (0.966 %)SQL Server 2000
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.483 %)Visual Studio
11 (0.483 %)XDE
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
159 (28.50 %)Finance
240 (19.32 %)Financial Institution
336 (17.39 %)Telecoms
424 (11.59 %)Health
515 (7.246 %)Pensions
515 (7.246 %)Marketing
611 (5.314 %)Banking
710 (4.831 %)Education
86 (2.899 %)Government
95 (2.415 %)Insurance
104 (1.932 %)Police
104 (1.932 %)Electric
104 (1.932 %)Electronics
113 (1.449 %)Local Government
122 (0.966 %)Criminal Justice
131 (0.483 %)Military
131 (0.483 %)Law
131 (0.483 %)Construction
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
164 (30.92 %)Network Engineer
228 (13.53 %)Architect
323 (11.11 %)Network Architect
421 (10.14 %)Consultant
520 (9.662 %)Network Designer
612 (5.797 %)Analyst
710 (4.831 %)Software Engineer
710 (4.831 %)Support Analyst
710 (4.831 %)Senior Analyst
710 (4.831 %)Design Engineer
710 (4.831 %)Network Design Engineer
710 (4.831 %)Senior Network Engineer
710 (4.831 %)Senior Support Analyst
89 (4.348 %)Technical Consultant
89 (4.348 %)Senior Consultant
98 (3.865 %)Sales Consultant
98 (3.865 %)Cisco Engineer
98 (3.865 %)Presales Technical Consultant
98 (3.865 %)Presales Consultant
107 (3.382 %)Cisco Network Engineer
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
141 (19.81 %)PKI
26 (2.899 %)Device Driver
35 (2.415 %)Video Conferencing
44 (1.932 %)Firmware
53 (1.449 %)IPTV
62 (0.966 %)Statistics
62 (0.966 %)Management Information System
71 (0.483 %)Economics
71 (0.483 %)PMI
71 (0.483 %)Computer Science
71 (0.483 %)French Language
71 (0.483 %)German Language
71 (0.483 %)Italian Language
71 (0.483 %)Spanish Language
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (6.280 %)Windows
113 (6.280 %)Linux
210 (4.831 %)Windows 2000
210 (4.831 %)Windows NT
37 (3.382 %)Solaris
46 (2.899 %)FreeBSD
54 (1.932 %)VxWorks
54 (1.932 %)Nucleus RTOS
62 (0.966 %)UNIX
62 (0.966 %)ThreadX
62 (0.966 %)Windows Server 2003
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
139 (18.84 %)Problem Management
233 (15.94 %)Security Cleared
322 (10.63 %)SC Cleared
416 (7.729 %)Network Design
511 (5.314 %)Project Management
67 (3.382 %)PRINCE2
76 (2.899 %)UML
85 (2.415 %)Document Management
94 (1.932 %)Programme Management
94 (1.932 %)CRM
103 (1.449 %)RUP
103 (1.449 %)Benchmarking
112 (0.966 %)B2B
112 (0.966 %)Data Management
112 (0.966 %)Service Management
112 (0.966 %)Data Architecture
112 (0.966 %)Business Analysis
112 (0.966 %)Use Case
121 (0.483 %)Software Engineering
121 (0.483 %)Systems Analysis
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (8.213 %)C
212 (5.797 %)Assembly Language
38 (3.865 %)Embedded C
44 (1.932 %)C#
44 (1.932 %)C++
44 (1.932 %)Java
53 (1.449 %)JavaScript
53 (1.449 %)Perl
53 (1.449 %)SQL
62 (0.966 %)Transact-SQL
62 (0.966 %)Embedded C++
62 (0.966 %)ActionScript
71 (0.483 %)VC++
71 (0.483 %)Shell Script
71 (0.483 %)VB
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
190 (43.48 %)Cisco Certification
254 (26.09 %)CCNP
351 (24.64 %)CCIE
444 (21.26 %)CCSP
525 (12.08 %)CCNA
69 (4.348 %)CCIP
76 (2.899 %)Degree
83 (1.449 %)Microsoft Certification
83 (1.449 %)CCSA
83 (1.449 %)CCSE
83 (1.449 %)JNCIS
83 (1.449 %)JNCIP
92 (0.966 %)HND
92 (0.966 %)MCSE
92 (0.966 %)CCDP
101 (0.483 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
101 (0.483 %)MAPM
101 (0.483 %)CCDA
101 (0.483 %)PhD
101 (0.483 %)MCAD
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (7.246 %)SLA
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (1.932 %)Active Directory
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (1.449 %)CiscoWorks
21 (0.483 %)Tivoli
21 (0.483 %)Netcool
21 (0.483 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
21 (0.483 %)Netcool/Proviso
21 (0.483 %)Netcool/Webtop
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1122 (58.94 %)Cisco
229 (14.01 %)CheckPoint
316 (7.729 %)Nortel
415 (7.246 %)Microsoft
510 (4.831 %)Juniper
69 (4.348 %)BT
76 (2.899 %)Huawei
76 (2.899 %)Nokia
85 (2.415 %)Polycom
85 (2.415 %)Tandberg
85 (2.415 %)Adobe
94 (1.932 %)EMC
103 (1.449 %)Lucent
103 (1.449 %)Alcatel
112 (0.966 %)Citrix
112 (0.966 %)Oracle
121 (0.483 %)Reuters
121 (0.483 %)Bloomberg
121 (0.483 %)Fortinet
121 (0.483 %)IBM