Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of OPNET products and/or services in IT jobs within the Slough region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OPNET over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOPNET
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank7979
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads36
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.622 %1.103 %
Salaries quoted15
Average minimum salary£50,000£49,000
Average salary£55,000£52,000
% change on same period last year+5.76 %
Average maximum salary£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£55,000£45,520
% change on same period last year+20.82 %
Slough IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Slough
Matching permanent IT job ads482544
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.312 %0.243 %
Salaries quoted434457
Average minimum salary£39,321£37,617
Average salary£42,739£40,498
% change on same period last year+5.53 %
Average maximum salary£46,157£43,380
UK excluding London average salary£40,830£41,986
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
OPNET BerkshireOPNET
Berkshire

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within OPNET Technologies, Inc.

OPNET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing OPNET across the Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Slough OPNET Demand Trend

OPNET
Salary Trend

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

Slough OPNET Salary Trend

OPNET
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Slough region citing OPNET 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 OPNET.

13 (60.00 %)WAN
13 (60.00 %)Cisco
13 (60.00 %)Juniper
22 (40.00 %)Validation
22 (40.00 %)Electric
22 (40.00 %)LAN
22 (40.00 %)Computer Science
31 (20.00 %)Government
31 (20.00 %)Blue Coat
31 (20.00 %)Degree
31 (20.00 %)Telecoms

OPNET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Slough region citing OPNET 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 OPNET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Slough IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)WAN
22 (40.00 %)LAN
Slough IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Electric
21 (20.00 %)Government
21 (20.00 %)Telecoms
Slough IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Consultant
21 (20.00 %)Technical Support Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Technical Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Technical Support
21 (20.00 %)Support Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Applications Consultant
21 (20.00 %)Network Consultant
Slough IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)Computer Science
Slough IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Validation
Slough IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)Degree
Slough IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Cisco
13 (60.00 %)Juniper
21 (20.00 %)Blue Coat