The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 21 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Broadband
Rank 52 - 97
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 29 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 2.968% - 0.398%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.55% - 2.591%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
Average salary - - £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% -
All Communications & Networking
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
231 186 193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 23.64% 13.35% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 181 151 169
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Broadband
East of England

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Broadband Jobs Demand Trend

Broadband
Salary Trend

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

Essex Broadband Salary Trend

Broadband
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 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
Brentwood - 22 - -
Broadband
East of England

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing Broadband 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 Broadband.

1 27 (79.41%) C
2 23 (67.65%) Linux
3 20 (58.82%) Degree
4 18 (52.94%) STB
5 17 (50.00%) DVB
6 14 (41.18%) POSIX
6 14 (41.18%) Software Architecture
7 13 (38.24%) DTV
8 9 (26.47%) Finance
8 9 (26.47%) C++
8 9 (26.47%) JavaScript
8 9 (26.47%) Middleware
9 8 (23.53%) Wireless
10 7 (20.59%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (20.59%) Embedded Linux
11 6 (17.65%) Korn
11 6 (17.65%) Subversion
11 6 (17.65%) Debian
11 6 (17.65%) VMware
11 6 (17.65%) VMware ESX
11 6 (17.65%) Red Hat
11 6 (17.65%) Perl
11 6 (17.65%) PHP
11 6 (17.65%) Change Control
11 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
11 6 (17.65%) vSphere
11 6 (17.65%) Bash shell
12 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
13 4 (11.76%) Automated Testing
13 4 (11.76%) Software Engineering

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing Broadband 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 Broadband. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (41.18%) POSIX
2 9 (26.47%) Middleware
3 3 (8.824%) CGI
3 3 (8.824%) HTML
Applications
1 3 (8.824%) Quicktime
2 2 (5.882%) MS Office
2 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (50.00%) DVB
2 8 (23.53%) Wireless
3 7 (20.59%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (11.76%) TELNET
4 4 (11.76%) Bluetooth
4 4 (11.76%) LAN
4 4 (11.76%) FTP
4 4 (11.76%) HTTP
4 4 (11.76%) Firewall
5 3 (8.824%) 4G
5 3 (8.824%) DLNA
5 3 (8.824%) 802.11
5 3 (8.824%) DSL
5 3 (8.824%) TCP/IP
5 3 (8.824%) DNS
5 3 (8.824%) WAN
5 3 (8.824%) DHCP
5 3 (8.824%) UPnP
6 1 (2.941%) NAS
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Subversion
2 4 (11.76%) JIRA
2 4 (11.76%) Trac
3 3 (8.824%) ClearCase
4 1 (2.941%) Redmine
4 1 (2.941%) JUnit
4 1 (2.941%) Bugzilla
4 1 (2.941%) Selenium
4 1 (2.941%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 9 (26.47%) Finance
2 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
2 4 (11.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Systems Administrator
2 6 (17.65%) Administrator
3 5 (14.71%) Senior Software Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Hardware Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Graduate
4 4 (11.76%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Test Leader
5 3 (8.824%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Test Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Design Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Software Tester
6 2 (5.882%) Tester
6 2 (5.882%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (52.94%) STB
2 13 (38.24%) DTV
3 3 (8.824%) MPEG
3 3 (8.824%) Streaming Video
4 1 (2.941%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 23 (67.65%) Linux
2 7 (20.59%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (17.65%) Debian
4 4 (11.76%) UNIX
5 3 (8.824%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Software Architecture
2 6 (17.65%) Change Control
3 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
4 4 (11.76%) Automated Testing
4 4 (11.76%) Software Engineering
4 4 (11.76%) Stress Testing
4 4 (11.76%) Test Scripting
4 4 (11.76%) Risk Management
4 4 (11.76%) Regression Testing
5 3 (8.824%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.941%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (2.941%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 27 (79.41%) C
2 9 (26.47%) C++
2 9 (26.47%) JavaScript
3 6 (17.65%) Korn
3 6 (17.65%) Perl
3 6 (17.65%) PHP
3 6 (17.65%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 20 (58.82%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) ISEB
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) VMware ESX
1 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (17.65%) vSphere
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) VMware
1 6 (17.65%) Red Hat
2 4 (11.76%) EMC
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Salary: Bonus & bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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