The first table below looks at the demand for SDH skills in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SDH 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 Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Rank 80 79 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Permanent jobs citing SDH 4 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 0.446% 0.273% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.681% 2.020% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £43,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-23.00% +11.11%
All Communications & Networking
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
238 99 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 26.53% 13.52% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 177 97 56
Average salary £41,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.33% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,548 £27,400 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SDH
Surrey

SDH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford SDH Jobs Demand Trend

SDH
Salary Trend

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

Guildford SDH Salary Trend

SDH
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford region citing SDH 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 SDH.

1 4 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (75.00%) VHDL
2 3 (75.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
2 3 (75.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) SONET
2 3 (75.00%) ASIC
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 3 (75.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (75.00%) Xilinx
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Altera
2 3 (75.00%) CUDA
3 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (25.00%) ATM
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Cramer
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) 3G

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford region citing SDH 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 SDH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (75.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
2 3 (75.00%) SONET
3 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (25.00%) ATM
3 1 (25.00%) 3G
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (75.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) VHDL
1 3 (75.00%) ASIC
1 3 (75.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 3 (75.00%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
1 3 (75.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Xilinx
1 3 (75.00%) Altera
2 1 (25.00%) Cramer