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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
xDSL
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing xDSL 7 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 1.092% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.368% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
Average salary £52,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £27,000 £39,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-30.76% -35.00%
All Communications & Networking
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
95 47 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 14.82% 10.38% 11.61%
Number of salaries quoted 85 45 50
Average salary £42,500 £30,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.66% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £60,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
xDSL
South West

xDSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset xDSL Jobs Demand Trend

xDSL
Salary Trend

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

Somerset xDSL Salary Trend

xDSL
Salary Histogram

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

Somerset xDSL Salary Histogram

xDSL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing xDSL within the Somerset 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
Shepton Mallet - 1 £42,500 -
xDSL
South West

xDSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing xDSL 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 xDSL.

1 16 (100.00%) ISDN
1 16 (100.00%) VPN
1 16 (100.00%) 3G
1 16 (100.00%) MPLS
1 16 (100.00%) IPsec
2 15 (93.75%) Performance Management
2 15 (93.75%) Cisco
3 14 (87.50%) Ericsson
3 14 (87.50%) Redback
4 12 (75.00%) BGP
5 11 (68.75%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (62.50%) CCNA
6 10 (62.50%) ITIL
7 9 (56.25%) Ethernet
7 9 (56.25%) WAN
7 9 (56.25%) OSPF
8 8 (50.00%) Internet
8 8 (50.00%) ADSL
9 6 (37.50%) Problem Management
9 6 (37.50%) EIGRP
9 6 (37.50%) L2TP
10 5 (31.25%) Change Management
10 5 (31.25%) Firewall
10 5 (31.25%) Validation
10 5 (31.25%) VoIP
10 5 (31.25%) CCIP
10 5 (31.25%) SLA
11 4 (25.00%) CCNP
11 4 (25.00%) PPP
11 4 (25.00%) SDH

xDSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing xDSL 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 xDSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Office
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) ISDN
1 16 (100.00%) VPN
1 16 (100.00%) 3G
1 16 (100.00%) MPLS
1 16 (100.00%) IPsec
2 12 (75.00%) BGP
3 9 (56.25%) Ethernet
3 9 (56.25%) WAN
3 9 (56.25%) OSPF
4 8 (50.00%) Internet
4 8 (50.00%) ADSL
5 6 (37.50%) EIGRP
5 6 (37.50%) L2TP
6 5 (31.25%) Firewall
6 5 (31.25%) VoIP
7 4 (25.00%) PPP
7 4 (25.00%) SDH
7 4 (25.00%) VLAN
8 3 (18.75%) LLU
8 3 (18.75%) SHDSL
General
1 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Team Leader
1 4 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Implementation Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Customer Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) IP Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Trainer
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Trainer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Performance Management
2 10 (62.50%) ITIL
3 6 (37.50%) Problem Management
4 5 (31.25%) Change Management
4 5 (31.25%) Validation
5 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (18.75%) Fault Management
7 1 (6.250%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (62.50%) CCNA
3 5 (31.25%) CCIP
4 4 (25.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Cisco
2 14 (87.50%) Ericsson
2 14 (87.50%) Redback
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.250%) Juniper
4 1 (6.250%) CheckPoint
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £62k + 5% bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013