The first table below looks at the demand for QSIG skills in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
QSIG
Rank 824 869 824
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -45
Permanent jobs citing QSIG 16 3 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.016% 0.003% 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.081% 0.015% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 12
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £37,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £45,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £20,500 £45,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-54.44% +40.62%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19864 20332 18445
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.53% 17.65% 15.93%
Number of salaries quoted 16165 17109 15401
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,127 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
QSIG
UK

QSIG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England QSIG Salary Trend

QSIG
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QSIG across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England QSIG Salary Histogram

QSIG
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QSIG within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London +57 10 £45,000 +28.57%
North West - 4 - -
East of England +10 2 £20,500 -54.44%
QSIG
UK

QSIG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 32 (91.43%) Avaya
2 28 (80.00%) PBX
3 26 (74.29%) VoIP
4 17 (48.57%) Cisco
4 17 (48.57%) Oracle
4 17 (48.57%) Nortel
5 16 (45.71%) DPNSS
6 15 (42.86%) Firewall
7 13 (37.14%) IVR
7 13 (37.14%) Q.931
7 13 (37.14%) CTI
8 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
8 12 (34.29%) Telecoms
9 11 (31.43%) CCNA
9 11 (31.43%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (28.57%) Dell
10 10 (28.57%) Intel
10 10 (28.57%) H.323
10 10 (28.57%) CCNP
10 10 (28.57%) SQL
10 10 (28.57%) MySQL
10 10 (28.57%) Windows
10 10 (28.57%) Linux
10 10 (28.57%) Finance
10 10 (28.57%) Server+ Certification
11 8 (22.86%) IP Telephony
12 7 (20.00%) WFM
12 7 (20.00%) Test Management
12 7 (20.00%) Unified Communications
12 7 (20.00%) ATM

QSIG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 7 (20.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.857%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (80.00%) PBX
2 26 (74.29%) VoIP
3 16 (45.71%) DPNSS
4 15 (42.86%) Firewall
5 13 (37.14%) Q.931
5 13 (37.14%) CTI
6 10 (28.57%) H.323
7 8 (22.86%) IP Telephony
8 7 (20.00%) Unified Communications
8 7 (20.00%) ATM
8 7 (20.00%) ISDN
8 7 (20.00%) Ethernet
8 7 (20.00%) TCP/IP
9 5 (14.29%) PABX
9 5 (14.29%) LAN
10 4 (11.43%) Network Security
11 1 (2.857%) DEFINITY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (28.57%) MySQL
General
1 12 (34.29%) Telecoms
2 10 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (2.857%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (31.43%) Support Engineer
2 10 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Architect
3 7 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (14.29%) VoIP Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Designer
5 3 (8.571%) Avaya Engineer
6 2 (5.714%) Senior Designer
6 2 (5.714%) Customer Support Engineer
6 2 (5.714%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (5.714%) Customer Engineer
6 2 (5.714%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (2.857%) Systems Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Support Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Telephony Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) Platform Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Network Designer
7 1 (2.857%) Lead Designer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) IVR
2 6 (17.14%) Management Information System
3 5 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (28.57%) Windows
1 10 (28.57%) Linux
2 7 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) WFM
1 7 (20.00%) Test Management
2 6 (17.14%) Problem Management
3 2 (5.714%) Data Entry
4 1 (2.857%) Workflow
4 1 (2.857%) ITSM
4 1 (2.857%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (31.43%) CCNA
1 11 (31.43%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (28.57%) CCNP
2 10 (28.57%) Server+ Certification
3 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
3 6 (17.14%) Security Cleared
4 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (14.29%) CCIE
4 5 (14.29%) MCSE
4 5 (14.29%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 32 (91.43%) Avaya
2 17 (48.57%) Cisco
2 17 (48.57%) Oracle
2 17 (48.57%) Nortel
3 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
4 10 (28.57%) Dell
4 10 (28.57%) Intel
5 7 (20.00%) Citrix
6 5 (14.29%) VMware