The first table below looks at the demand for PPP skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PPP over the 3 months to 23 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Rank 425 426 412
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -14
Permanent jobs citing PPP 13 15 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.059% 0.063% 0.086%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.250% 0.288% 0.455%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 20
Average salary £36,000 £40,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -19.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £36,500 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £40,000 £38,385
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +4.20%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5206 5206 4391
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 23.66% 21.94% 18.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4178 4413 3665
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
PPP
England

PPP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East PPP Jobs Demand Trend

PPP
Salary Trend

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

South East PPP Salary Trend

PPP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PPP across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East PPP Salary Histogram

PPP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PPP within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Surrey +16 6 £36,000 -4.00%
Buckinghamshire -4 5 £27,500 -30.81%
Hampshire +6 1 - -
Berkshire 0 1 £45,000 -2.70%
Middlesex - 1 £40,000 -
PPP
England

PPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing PPP 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 PPP.

1 24 (72.73%) MPLS
2 19 (57.58%) OSPF
2 19 (57.58%) BGP
2 19 (57.58%) Cisco
3 17 (51.52%) ATM
4 15 (45.45%) Ethernet
4 15 (45.45%) IPsec
5 13 (39.39%) Firewall
5 13 (39.39%) LAN
5 13 (39.39%) WAN
6 12 (36.36%) VoIP
6 12 (36.36%) TCP/IP
6 12 (36.36%) VPN
6 12 (36.36%) Linux
7 11 (33.33%) Degree
7 11 (33.33%) UNIX
7 11 (33.33%) EIGRP
8 10 (30.30%) Load Balancing
9 7 (21.21%) DSL
9 7 (21.21%) Juniper
9 7 (21.21%) DNS
9 7 (21.21%) ISDN
10 6 (18.18%) Solaris
10 6 (18.18%) SSL
10 6 (18.18%) CheckPoint
10 6 (18.18%) Netcool
10 6 (18.18%) CCNP
10 6 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (18.18%) X.21
10 6 (18.18%) Service Management

PPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing PPP 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 PPP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.030%) Silverlight
1 1 (3.030%) AppFabric
1 1 (3.030%) XMPP
1 1 (3.030%) XML
1 1 (3.030%) XSLT
1 1 (3.030%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 24 (72.73%) MPLS
2 19 (57.58%) OSPF
2 19 (57.58%) BGP
3 17 (51.52%) ATM
4 15 (45.45%) Ethernet
4 15 (45.45%) IPsec
5 13 (39.39%) Firewall
5 13 (39.39%) LAN
5 13 (39.39%) WAN
6 12 (36.36%) VoIP
6 12 (36.36%) TCP/IP
6 12 (36.36%) VPN
7 11 (33.33%) EIGRP
8 7 (21.21%) DSL
8 7 (21.21%) DNS
8 7 (21.21%) ISDN
9 6 (18.18%) SSL
9 6 (18.18%) X.21
9 6 (18.18%) xDSL
9 6 (18.18%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.061%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 6 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
2 4 (12.12%) Legal
3 2 (6.061%) Back Office
4 1 (3.030%) Marketing
4 1 (3.030%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 18 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 13 (39.39%) Support Engineer
3 12 (36.36%) Network Support Engineer
3 12 (36.36%) Network Support
4 6 (18.18%) Technical Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) NOC Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) Technical Support Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) Technical Support
5 5 (15.15%) Service Manager
6 3 (9.091%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (9.091%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (9.091%) Client Services Manager
6 3 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (9.091%) Services Delivery Manager
7 2 (6.061%) Transition Manager
8 1 (3.030%) IP Engineer
8 1 (3.030%) Network Specialist
8 1 (3.030%) Cisco Engineer
8 1 (3.030%) Software Engineer
8 1 (3.030%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.12%) CCTV
3 1 (3.030%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.030%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (3.030%) EMV
3 1 (3.030%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.030%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 12 (36.36%) Linux
2 11 (33.33%) UNIX
3 6 (18.18%) Solaris
4 5 (15.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Load Balancing
2 6 (18.18%) Service Management
2 6 (18.18%) Network Management
3 5 (15.15%) ITIL
4 3 (9.091%) Product Management
4 3 (9.091%) Change Control
4 3 (9.091%) Business Development
4 3 (9.091%) ITSM
4 3 (9.091%) Service Delivery
5 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2
5 2 (6.061%) Project Management
5 2 (6.061%) PRINCE
5 2 (6.061%) Six Sigma
5 2 (6.061%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.030%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (3.030%) Unit Testing
6 1 (3.030%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (3.030%) Network Load Balancing
6 1 (3.030%) Predictive Analytics
6 1 (3.030%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.030%) C
1 1 (3.030%) C#
1 1 (3.030%) C++
1 1 (3.030%) Java
1 1 (3.030%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) Degree
2 6 (18.18%) CCNP
2 6 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (15.15%) CCNA
4 4 (12.12%) MCSE
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (12.12%) CNE
4 4 (12.12%) Novell Certification
4 4 (12.12%) CCIE
5 1 (3.030%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.030%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.091%) SLA
2 2 (6.061%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.030%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Netcool
Vendors
1 19 (57.58%) Cisco
2 7 (21.21%) Juniper
3 6 (18.18%) CheckPoint
3 6 (18.18%) Infoblox
3 6 (18.18%) Imperva
3 6 (18.18%) F5
3 6 (18.18%) Blue Coat
4 4 (12.12%) Novell
5 1 (3.030%) Huawei
5 1 (3.030%) Oracle