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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Rank 546 580 583
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +3
Permanent jobs citing SDH 61 58 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.139% 0.108% 0.072%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.760% 0.649% 0.529%
Number of salaries quoted 58 44 39
Average salary £41,250 £45,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +32.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £28,400 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-23.00% +11.11%
All Communications & Networking
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
8022 8939 7757
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 18.25% 16.59% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6603 7586 6554
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SDH
England

SDH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London SDH Salary Trend

SDH
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SDH across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London SDH Salary Histogram

SDH
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the London 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
City of London +9 26 £36,000 -31.42%
Docklands, London - 1 £80,000 -
Canary Wharf - 1 - -
SDH
England

SDH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 101 (84.87%) Telecoms
2 75 (63.03%) DWDM
3 66 (55.46%) Cisco
4 57 (47.90%) Ethernet
5 55 (46.22%) MPLS
6 44 (36.97%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (35.29%) TCP/IP
8 37 (31.09%) VPN
9 34 (28.57%) WAN
9 34 (28.57%) BGP
9 34 (28.57%) Huawei
10 33 (27.73%) CCNA
11 31 (26.05%) OSPF
12 28 (23.53%) Internet
12 28 (23.53%) VoIP
13 27 (22.69%) Juniper
13 27 (22.69%) LAN
14 25 (21.01%) Project Management
15 24 (20.17%) ATM
15 24 (20.17%) SONET
16 22 (18.49%) VPLS
17 21 (17.65%) DNS
17 21 (17.65%) Network Design
18 19 (15.97%) CCNP
19 18 (15.13%) Electronics
20 17 (14.29%) Firewall
20 17 (14.29%) Finance
21 16 (13.45%) Migration
21 16 (13.45%) H.323
21 16 (13.45%) Alcatel-Lucent

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.882%) Lync
Applications
1 14 (11.76%) MS Visio
2 12 (10.08%) MS PowerPoint
2 12 (10.08%) MS Excel
3 4 (3.361%) MS Project
3 4 (3.361%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 75 (63.03%) DWDM
2 57 (47.90%) Ethernet
3 55 (46.22%) MPLS
4 42 (35.29%) TCP/IP
5 37 (31.09%) VPN
6 34 (28.57%) WAN
6 34 (28.57%) BGP
7 31 (26.05%) OSPF
8 28 (23.53%) Internet
8 28 (23.53%) VoIP
9 27 (22.69%) LAN
10 24 (20.17%) ATM
10 24 (20.17%) SONET
11 22 (18.49%) VPLS
12 21 (17.65%) DNS
13 17 (14.29%) Firewall
14 16 (13.45%) H.323
14 16 (13.45%) SS7
14 16 (13.45%) xDSL
15 14 (11.76%) IPv6
General
1 101 (84.87%) Telecoms
2 18 (15.13%) Electronics
3 17 (14.29%) Finance
4 10 (8.403%) Billing
5 7 (5.882%) Marketing
6 4 (3.361%) Spanish Language
6 4 (3.361%) Mandarin Language
6 4 (3.361%) French Language
7 2 (1.681%) German Language
8 1 (0.840%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 33 (27.73%) Network Engineer
2 16 (13.45%) Sales Engineer
3 12 (10.08%) Implementation Engineer
4 9 (7.563%) Operations Manager
5 7 (5.882%) IP Engineer
5 7 (5.882%) Voice Engineer
5 7 (5.882%) Senior Implementation Engineer
6 6 (5.042%) Provisioning Engineer
7 5 (4.202%) Trainer
7 5 (4.202%) Support Manager
7 5 (4.202%) VoIP Engineer
7 5 (4.202%) Operations Engineer
7 5 (4.202%) Network Implementation Engineer
7 5 (4.202%) Senior IP Engineer
7 5 (4.202%) Network Operations Engineer
8 4 (3.361%) Implementation Specialist
8 4 (3.361%) Technical Specialist
8 4 (3.361%) Architect
9 3 (2.521%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.521%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.45%) Mathematics
1 16 (13.45%) Physics
2 14 (11.76%) Streaming Video
3 9 (7.563%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (2.521%) Equities
5 1 (0.840%) Derivative
5 1 (0.840%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.361%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (3.361%) UNIX
1 4 (3.361%) Windows
2 1 (0.840%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (21.01%) Project Management
2 21 (17.65%) Network Design
3 16 (13.45%) Migration
4 13 (10.92%) Service Delivery
5 10 (8.403%) ITIL
6 9 (7.563%) Product Management
7 7 (5.882%) CRM
7 7 (5.882%) ERP
7 7 (5.882%) Network Architecture
8 6 (5.042%) Incident Management
8 6 (5.042%) Network Planning
9 4 (3.361%) Workflow
10 3 (2.521%) PRINCE2
10 3 (2.521%) Time Management
11 2 (1.681%) WAN Optimisation
11 2 (1.681%) Capacity Planning
11 2 (1.681%) Network Management
11 2 (1.681%) Business Development
11 2 (1.681%) Service Management
12 1 (0.840%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.202%) Java
2 1 (0.840%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (36.97%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (27.73%) CCNA
3 19 (15.97%) CCNP
4 13 (10.92%) Degree
5 8 (6.723%) CCIE
6 7 (5.882%) CCDA
7 5 (4.202%) JNCIE
8 4 (3.361%) JNCIS
9 3 (2.521%) CCDP
9 3 (2.521%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.681%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.840%) ISEB
11 1 (0.840%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.61%) SLA
2 7 (5.882%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.361%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.361%) Netcool
2 1 (0.840%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 66 (55.46%) Cisco
2 34 (28.57%) Huawei
3 27 (22.69%) Juniper
4 16 (13.45%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 15 (12.61%) Microsoft
5 15 (12.61%) Nortel
6 12 (10.08%) Telcordia
7 7 (5.882%) Siebel
7 7 (5.882%) NEC
7 7 (5.882%) Polycom
7 7 (5.882%) Tandberg
8 6 (5.042%) Riverbed
9 5 (4.202%) Nokia Siemens Networks
10 4 (3.361%) Brocade
10 4 (3.361%) BT
10 4 (3.361%) VMware
10 4 (3.361%) Nokia
10 4 (3.361%) CheckPoint
10 4 (3.361%) Sun
11 2 (1.681%) Ericsson
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