The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 24 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Broadband
Rank 93 97 89
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -8
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 2 5 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.227% 0.401% 0.424%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.722% 1.953% 2.203%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 4
Average salary £33,500 £38,500 £24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.98% +57.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,700 £34,500 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,300 £42,400 £28,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Communications & Networking
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
277 256 227
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 31.48% 20.55% 19.25%
Number of salaries quoted 236 194 188
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +23.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Broadband
South West

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Broadband Salary Trend

Broadband
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Broadband across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Gloucestershire Broadband Salary Histogram

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cheltenham - 2 £33,500 -
Broadband
South West

Broadband
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 2 (100.00%) AppSense
1 2 (100.00%) Terminal Services
1 2 (100.00%) Symantec
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Websense
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) PDA
2 1 (50.00%) CCA
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (50.00%) MCITP
1 1 (50.00%) CCA
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 2 (100.00%) Terminal Services
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) AppSense
1 2 (100.00%) Symantec
2 1 (50.00%) Websense
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
The successful candidate must have excellent knowledge of VMWare ESX, Storage Area Networking, Citrix / Terminal Services, Citrix VDI, Remote Access solutions and all Windows Server technologies and associated...
Commercial Group
Salary: From £38,000 to £42,000 per annum
Posted: 29 April 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
PROFILE OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT: Applicants are required to have had proven project design and technical implementation experience with desktop and server virtualization offerings from Citrix and VMware... The...
Commercial Group
Salary: From £45,000 to £54,000 per annum
Posted: 29 April 2013