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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ethernet
Rank 210 206 163
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -43
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 33 41 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.459% 0.578% 1.048%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.882% 3.954% 7.080%
Number of salaries quoted 24 29 60
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,150 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +14.28%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1145 1037 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.94% 14.61% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 926 908 866
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Ethernet
England

Ethernet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Ethernet Jobs Demand Trend

Ethernet
Salary Trend

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

North West Ethernet Salary Trend

Ethernet
Salary Histogram

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

North West Ethernet Salary Histogram

Ethernet
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the North West 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
Manchester -28 16 £40,500 -4.70%
Lancashire +4 7 £36,250 +3.57%
Cheshire -1 6 £40,000 +23.07%
Merseyside +20 1 £30,000 -20.00%
Ethernet
England

Ethernet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Ethernet 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 Ethernet.

1 24 (42.11%) TCP/IP
1 24 (42.11%) Cisco
2 21 (36.84%) Firewall
3 18 (31.58%) LAN
3 18 (31.58%) VoIP
4 17 (29.82%) WAN
5 14 (24.56%) C
5 14 (24.56%) Linux
5 14 (24.56%) Telecoms
6 13 (22.81%) ATM
7 12 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (21.05%) MPLS
8 11 (19.30%) CCNP
8 11 (19.30%) UNIX
9 10 (17.54%) C++
9 10 (17.54%) Fibre Channel
10 9 (15.79%) ISDN
11 8 (14.04%) Citrix
11 8 (14.04%) Frame Relay
11 8 (14.04%) Cisco PIX
12 7 (12.28%) Test Management
12 7 (12.28%) Degree
12 7 (12.28%) WFM
12 7 (12.28%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
12 7 (12.28%) Embedded Systems
12 7 (12.28%) Unified Communications
12 7 (12.28%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (12.28%) IVR
12 7 (12.28%) CTI
12 7 (12.28%) Avaya

Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Ethernet 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 Ethernet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (12.28%) Middleware
2 4 (7.018%) OpenGL
3 3 (5.263%) Ajax
3 3 (5.263%) CGI
3 3 (5.263%) JSP
3 3 (5.263%) SOAP
3 3 (5.263%) Web Services
3 3 (5.263%) XML
3 3 (5.263%) XSLT
4 1 (1.754%) Application Packaging
4 1 (1.754%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.263%) Apache
2 1 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (1.754%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.772%) MS Office
2 1 (1.754%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 24 (42.11%) TCP/IP
2 21 (36.84%) Firewall
3 18 (31.58%) LAN
3 18 (31.58%) VoIP
4 17 (29.82%) WAN
5 13 (22.81%) ATM
6 12 (21.05%) MPLS
7 10 (17.54%) Fibre Channel
8 9 (15.79%) ISDN
9 8 (14.04%) Frame Relay
9 8 (14.04%) Cisco PIX
10 7 (12.28%) Unified Communications
10 7 (12.28%) CTI
10 7 (12.28%) DPNSS
10 7 (12.28%) Q.931
10 7 (12.28%) QSIG
11 6 (10.53%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (10.53%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (10.53%) FCoE
11 6 (10.53%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.263%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Subversion
2 3 (5.263%) Git (software)
2 3 (5.263%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (1.754%) JIRA
3 1 (1.754%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (24.56%) Telecoms
2 6 (10.53%) Finance
3 5 (8.772%) Music
3 5 (8.772%) Music Industry
4 3 (5.263%) Aerospace
4 3 (5.263%) Military
4 3 (5.263%) Advertising
5 2 (3.509%) Electronics
6 1 (1.754%) Marketing
6 1 (1.754%) Retail
6 1 (1.754%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (19.30%) Software Engineer
2 9 (15.79%) Architect
3 8 (14.04%) Network Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (10.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) Senior Software Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (8.772%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (7.018%) Network Consultant
7 4 (7.018%) Consultant
7 4 (7.018%) Support Engineer
8 3 (5.263%) Software Design Engineer
8 3 (5.263%) Senior Network Consultant
8 3 (5.263%) IP Engineer
8 3 (5.263%) Senior IP Engineer
8 3 (5.263%) Design Engineer
8 3 (5.263%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (3.509%) Technical Support
9 2 (3.509%) Cisco Support Engineer
9 2 (3.509%) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 7 (12.28%) Embedded Systems
1 7 (12.28%) IVR
2 5 (8.772%) SCADA
2 5 (8.772%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.509%) Firmware
3 2 (3.509%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.754%) Mobile Computing
4 1 (1.754%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.754%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 14 (24.56%) Linux
2 11 (19.30%) UNIX
3 6 (10.53%) Windows
4 5 (8.772%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (5.263%) Windows XP
6 2 (3.509%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.754%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.754%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (12.28%) Test Management
1 7 (12.28%) WFM
1 7 (12.28%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (10.53%) Load Balancing
3 5 (8.772%) Software Engineering
3 5 (8.772%) Migration
4 4 (7.018%) OO
4 4 (7.018%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (7.018%) Requirements Management
4 4 (7.018%) Integration Testing
5 3 (5.263%) Multithreading
5 3 (5.263%) Logistics
5 3 (5.263%) Software Testing
5 3 (5.263%) Change Control
5 3 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (5.263%) Change Management
5 3 (5.263%) UML
6 2 (3.509%) Network Management
6 2 (3.509%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.56%) C
2 10 (17.54%) C++
3 6 (10.53%) Embedded C
4 5 (8.772%) Embedded C++
5 4 (7.018%) Perl
5 4 (7.018%) Python
6 3 (5.263%) Bash shell
6 3 (5.263%) Assembly Language
6 3 (5.263%) Java
7 1 (1.754%) Ruby
7 1 (1.754%) C#
7 1 (1.754%) VBScript
7 1 (1.754%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (19.30%) CCNP
3 7 (12.28%) Degree
4 5 (8.772%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.263%) BC Cleared
5 3 (5.263%) CCDP
5 3 (5.263%) HND
6 1 (1.754%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.754%) JNCIP
6 1 (1.754%) JNCIE
6 1 (1.754%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.754%) CCNA
6 1 (1.754%) MCSE
6 1 (1.754%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.018%) SLA
2 3 (5.263%) DO-178B
System Software
1 4 (7.018%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.263%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.509%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.754%) ISA Server
Vendors
1 24 (42.11%) Cisco
2 8 (14.04%) Citrix
3 7 (12.28%) Avaya
3 7 (12.28%) Nortel
3 7 (12.28%) Oracle
4 5 (8.772%) Microsoft
5 4 (7.018%) VMware
6 3 (5.263%) Redback
7 2 (3.509%) EMC
7 2 (3.509%) Nokia
7 2 (3.509%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.754%) Cramer
8 1 (1.754%) SurfControl
8 1 (1.754%) Websense
8 1 (1.754%) Juniper
8 1 (1.754%) Intel
8 1 (1.754%) Dell
8 1 (1.754%) IBM
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