The first table below looks at the demand for xDSL skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited xDSL over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
xDSL
Rank 787 826 806
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -20
Permanent jobs citing xDSL 43 37 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.043% 0.033% 0.045%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.218% 0.185% 0.286%
Number of salaries quoted 29 33 45
Average salary £27,000 £47,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-43.15% +15.85%
UK excluding London average salary £27,000 £39,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year
-30.76% -44.28%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19754 20019 18514
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.59% 17.62% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 16094 16857 15453
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
xDSL
UK

xDSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England xDSL Jobs Demand Trend

xDSL
Salary Trend

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

England xDSL Salary Trend

xDSL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing xDSL across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England xDSL Salary Histogram

xDSL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing xDSL within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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 +24 16 £57,500 +21.05%
South West - 10 £42,500 -
South East +6 9 £30,250 -24.37%
West Midlands - 7 £27,000 -
East Midlands - 7 £27,000 -
East of England - 1 £70,000 -
xDSL
UK

xDSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing xDSL 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 xDSL.

1 59 (63.44%) MPLS
2 50 (53.76%) VPN
3 49 (52.69%) Ethernet
3 49 (52.69%) Cisco Certification
4 46 (49.46%) Cisco
5 43 (46.24%) TCP/IP
6 41 (44.09%) Telecoms
7 40 (43.01%) VoIP
8 39 (41.94%) WAN
8 39 (41.94%) CCNA
9 35 (37.63%) Firewall
10 33 (35.48%) LAN
11 31 (33.33%) Internet
12 30 (32.26%) Microsoft
13 28 (30.11%) ATM
14 25 (26.88%) Windows
14 25 (26.88%) ISDN
14 25 (26.88%) OSPF
15 24 (25.81%) BGP
16 23 (24.73%) SDH
17 22 (23.66%) ITIL
17 22 (23.66%) CCNP
18 21 (22.58%) Linux
18 21 (22.58%) IPsec
19 20 (21.51%) VMware
19 20 (21.51%) Degree
20 18 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
20 18 (19.35%) MS Office
21 17 (18.28%) DNS
21 17 (18.28%) 3G

xDSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing xDSL 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 xDSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (4.301%) SOAP
1 4 (4.301%) CORBA
2 1 (1.075%) Flash
2 1 (1.075%) Silverlight
2 1 (1.075%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 6 (6.452%) IIS
1 6 (6.452%) Lync
2 1 (1.075%) Apache
2 1 (1.075%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.075%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (1.075%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 18 (19.35%) MS Office
2 9 (9.677%) MS Excel
3 6 (6.452%) MS Visio
3 6 (6.452%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 59 (63.44%) MPLS
2 50 (53.76%) VPN
3 49 (52.69%) Ethernet
4 43 (46.24%) TCP/IP
5 40 (43.01%) VoIP
6 39 (41.94%) WAN
7 35 (37.63%) Firewall
8 33 (35.48%) LAN
9 31 (33.33%) Internet
10 28 (30.11%) ATM
11 25 (26.88%) ISDN
11 25 (26.88%) OSPF
12 24 (25.81%) BGP
13 23 (24.73%) SDH
14 21 (22.58%) IPsec
15 17 (18.28%) DSL
15 17 (18.28%) 3G
15 17 (18.28%) DNS
16 15 (16.13%) SS7
16 15 (16.13%) H.323
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.452%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.075%) MySQL
General
1 41 (44.09%) Telecoms
2 15 (16.13%) Electronics
3 9 (9.677%) Marketing
4 7 (7.527%) Billing
5 6 (6.452%) Finance
6 4 (4.301%) French Language
Job Titles
1 15 (16.13%) Sales Engineer
2 12 (12.90%) Consultant
2 12 (12.90%) Network Engineer
3 10 (10.75%) Technical Support
4 9 (9.677%) Support Engineer
5 8 (8.602%) Support Consultant
5 8 (8.602%) Technical Engineer
6 7 (7.527%) Network Administrator
6 7 (7.527%) Technical Support Engineer
6 7 (7.527%) Administrator
6 7 (7.527%) Systems Administrator
6 7 (7.527%) IT Administrator
6 7 (7.527%) Voice Engineer
7 6 (6.452%) Network Support
7 6 (6.452%) Analyst
7 6 (6.452%) Network Support Engineer
8 5 (5.376%) Cisco Engineer
8 5 (5.376%) Services Delivery Manager
8 5 (5.376%) Service Manager
8 5 (5.376%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.13%) Mathematics
1 15 (16.13%) Physics
2 13 (13.98%) Streaming Video
3 9 (9.677%) Computer Science
4 8 (8.602%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (5.376%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (5.376%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (5.376%) IaaS
6 2 (2.151%) Handset
7 1 (1.075%) Firmware
7 1 (1.075%) Streaming Media
7 1 (1.075%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 25 (26.88%) Windows
2 21 (22.58%) Linux
3 14 (15.05%) Solaris
4 12 (12.90%) UNIX
5 9 (9.677%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (7.527%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (5.376%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.075%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.66%) ITIL
2 16 (17.20%) Migration
3 15 (16.13%) Performance Management
4 11 (11.83%) Network Design
5 10 (10.75%) Project Management
5 10 (10.75%) Product Management
6 6 (6.452%) Service Delivery
6 6 (6.452%) CRM
6 6 (6.452%) ERP
6 6 (6.452%) Problem Management
7 5 (5.376%) Use Case
7 5 (5.376%) Validation
7 5 (5.376%) PRINCE2
7 5 (5.376%) Change Management
7 5 (5.376%) Network Architecture
7 5 (5.376%) High Availability
7 5 (5.376%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (5.376%) Requirements Analysis
8 4 (4.301%) Workflow
8 4 (4.301%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.151%) SQL
2 1 (1.075%) Python
2 1 (1.075%) C++
Qualifications
1 49 (52.69%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (41.94%) CCNA
3 22 (23.66%) CCNP
4 20 (21.51%) Degree
5 12 (12.90%) CCIE
5 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (11.83%) MCSE
7 10 (10.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (10.75%) MCITP
8 9 (9.677%) CCIP
9 6 (6.452%) CCDA
10 5 (5.376%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (4.301%) MCTS
12 3 (3.226%) MCP
13 2 (2.151%) CCDP
13 2 (2.151%) MBA
14 1 (1.075%) JNCIA
14 1 (1.075%) Postgraduate
14 1 (1.075%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.05%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (17.20%) Hyper-V
3 11 (11.83%) VMware ESX
4 6 (6.452%) Terminal Services
5 3 (3.226%) Active Directory
6 2 (2.151%) VMware Server
7 1 (1.075%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (1.075%) SCOM
Vendors
1 46 (49.46%) Cisco
2 30 (32.26%) Microsoft
3 20 (21.51%) VMware
4 16 (17.20%) Redback
5 14 (15.05%) Ericsson
6 11 (11.83%) Juniper
6 11 (11.83%) Adobe
7 10 (10.75%) Avaya
7 10 (10.75%) Sage
8 7 (7.527%) Citrix
9 6 (6.452%) Siebel
9 6 (6.452%) Polycom
9 6 (6.452%) Tandberg
10 5 (5.376%) EMC
10 5 (5.376%) Oracle
10 5 (5.376%) Veritas
11 4 (4.301%) Sybase
12 3 (3.226%) HP
13 2 (2.151%) Dell
13 2 (2.151%) CheckPoint
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
CCNA, Cisco, French, Telecommunications, IP configuration, VPN, MPLS, troubleshooting, Routing services, Technologies, , , IPSEC, DMVPN, , Radius, TACACS, QoS, Layer 1/2 protocols, ATM, xDSL, Ethernet, Leased lines, Wireless, Security,...
DCL Search & Selection
Salary: £30k - 32k per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Dorking, Surrey, South East
Desktop productivity applications including Microsoft Office, Adobe, Sage etc... Solid IP networking, (Network + / CCNA level) with exposure to: Ethernet switches, routers (DSL / Ethernet), Firewalls and a wide range...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £20,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 18 May 2013
East London
General understanding of IP, VoIP (specifically SIP and h.323, voice codecs), SS7 (ISUP/ANSI), Q.931, Local Access Services (xDSL/Ethernet). Juniper/Cisco experience an advantage, but...
Inspire People
Salary: £45000.00 per annum + up to 30% bonus, benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Data Communications, Data Networks, MPLS, VPLS, DWDM, DS / IPS, SIEM, NAC/NAP, Cisco, Juniper... Suitable candidates will have the following experience: Experience of building, securing and supporting...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
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,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £62k + 5% bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Data Communications, Data Networks, MPLS, VPLS, DWDM, DS / IPS, SIEM, NAC/NAP, Team Leading, Cisco, Juniper... Suitable candidates will have the following experience: Proven Team Leader Experience...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
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,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
An exciting opportunity to work with leading Data Communication Consultancy Main purpose of the role: - Responsible for the installation, maintenance and health of our clients Data Network - Evaluating...
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Middlesex, South East
We currently have an excellent opportunity in the Product Engineering team within our PDD Department for a Systems & Compliance Engineer who will be responsible for ensuring that both...
British Sky Broadcasting
Posted: 18 May 2013