The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of 3Com products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3Com over the 3 months to 20 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 Vendors for the Manchester region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within the 3Com Corporation.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3Com
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing 3Com 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £46,250 £30,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+54.16% -6.25%
All Vendors
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1834 1651 1946
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 45.37% 45.28% 49.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1538 1413 1752
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
3Com
North West

3Com
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 3Com across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Manchester 3Com Jobs Demand Trend

3Com
Salary Trend

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

Manchester 3Com Salary Trend

3Com
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing 3Com 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 3Com.

1 6 (100.00%) VoIP
1 6 (100.00%) HP
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) NetApp
3 4 (66.67%) Firewall
4 3 (50.00%) vSphere
4 3 (50.00%) Huawei
4 3 (50.00%) VLAN
4 3 (50.00%) Network Security
4 3 (50.00%) WAN Optimisation
4 3 (50.00%) CCNA
4 3 (50.00%) VMware ESX
4 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (50.00%) WAN
4 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 2 (33.33%) Juniper
5 2 (33.33%) SAN
5 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (16.67%) MCITP
6 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
6 1 (16.67%) Windows

3Com
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing 3Com 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 3Com. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) VoIP
2 4 (66.67%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) VLAN
3 3 (50.00%) Network Security
3 3 (50.00%) WAN
3 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (33.33%) SAN
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Administrator
1 3 (50.00%) Network Administrator
2 2 (33.33%) Network Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CCNA
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) VMware ESX
1 3 (50.00%) vSphere
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) HP
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) NetApp
3 3 (50.00%) Huawei
4 2 (33.33%) Juniper
5 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint