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This section looks at the demand for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DSL over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank168205
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching permanent IT job ads175
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.952 %0.489 %
Salaries quoted135
Average minimum salary£28,923£27,400
Average salary£34,500£28,000
% change on same period last year+23.21 %
Average maximum salary£40,077£28,600
UK excluding London average salary£43,658£36,623
% change on same period last year+19.21 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads8711022
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.476 %0.429 %
Salaries quoted765895
Average minimum salary£29,564£38,587
Average salary£32,113£41,690
% change on same period last year-22.97 %
Average maximum salary£34,662£44,794
UK excluding London average salary£37,625£39,458
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
DSL North WestDSL
North West

DSL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing DSL across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Manchester DSL Demand Trend

DSL
Salary Trend

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

Manchester DSL Salary Trend

DSL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DSL across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Manchester DSL Salary Histogram

DSL
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DSL within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SalfordNew entry-2£38,000-
DSL North WestDSL
North West

DSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing DSL 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 DSL.

113 (61.90 %)ADSL
113 (61.90 %)HDSL
113 (61.90 %)Telecoms
113 (61.90 %)Degree
212 (57.14 %)Electronics
39 (42.86 %)Computer Science
39 (42.86 %)BT 21CN
48 (38.10 %)Firewall
48 (38.10 %)Cisco Certification
48 (38.10 %)WAN
48 (38.10 %)Windows
48 (38.10 %)Windows 2000
48 (38.10 %)VPN
48 (38.10 %)DNS
48 (38.10 %)Cisco
48 (38.10 %)CCNA
48 (38.10 %)Active Directory
48 (38.10 %)Intel
57 (33.33 %)MCSE
57 (33.33 %)DHCP
57 (33.33 %)VDSL
57 (33.33 %)Government
57 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
57 (33.33 %)Back Office
66 (28.57 %).NET Framework
66 (28.57 %)C#
66 (28.57 %)SQL
66 (28.57 %).NET
66 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
66 (28.57 %)WebServices

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing DSL 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 DSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (28.57 %).NET
16 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
16 (28.57 %)WebServices
16 (28.57 %)XML
16 (28.57 %).NET Framework
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (61.90 %)ADSL
113 (61.90 %)HDSL
29 (42.86 %)BT 21CN
38 (38.10 %)WAN
38 (38.10 %)VPN
38 (38.10 %)DNS
38 (38.10 %)Firewall
47 (33.33 %)DHCP
47 (33.33 %)VDSL
51 (4.762 %)SHDSL
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (61.90 %)Telecoms
212 (57.14 %)Electronics
37 (33.33 %)Back Office
37 (33.33 %)Government
41 (4.762 %)Electric
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (52.38 %)Network Engineer
28 (38.10 %)Senior Network Engineer
35 (23.81 %)Network Manager
35 (23.81 %)Product Manager
43 (14.29 %)Telecoms Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Performance Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Consultant
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (42.86 %)Computer Science
21 (4.762 %)CESG
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (38.10 %)Windows
18 (38.10 %)Windows 2000
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (4.762 %)Network Design
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (28.57 %)C#
16 (28.57 %)SQL
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (61.90 %)Degree
28 (38.10 %)CCNA
28 (38.10 %)Cisco Certification
37 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (33.33 %)MCSE
41 (4.762 %)CISSP
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.762 %)CESG Infosec
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (38.10 %)Active Directory
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (38.10 %)Cisco
18 (38.10 %)Intel
21 (4.762 %)Microsoft