Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Ethernet skills within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ethernet over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEthernet
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank9398
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads114
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.002 %
As % of the category below3.481 %1.375 %
Salaries quoted104
Average minimum salary£27,400£27,250
Average salary£31,150£29,750
% change on same period last year+4.70 %
Average maximum salary£34,900£32,250
UK excluding London average salary£38,110£38,791
% change on same period last year-1.75 %
South Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads316291
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.185 %0.128 %
Salaries quoted295254
Average minimum salary£36,559£33,530
Average salary£40,954£36,678
% change on same period last year+11.65 %
Average maximum salary£45,348£39,827
UK excluding London average salary£37,885£38,865
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
Ethernet WalesEthernet
Wales

Ethernet
Demand Trend

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

South Wales Ethernet Demand Trend

Ethernet
Salary Trend

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

South Wales Ethernet Salary Trend

Ethernet
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ethernet across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
CardiffUp+24£32,250+17.27 %
NewportNew entry-1--
Ethernet WalesEthernet
Wales

Ethernet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

123 (85.19 %)PPP
123 (85.19 %)Cisco
123 (85.19 %)Nortel
123 (85.19 %)Cisco Certification
123 (85.19 %)Telecoms
123 (85.19 %)3Com
222 (81.48 %)CCNP
313 (48.15 %)FDDI
313 (48.15 %)Change Management
313 (48.15 %)BGP
313 (48.15 %)EIGRP
313 (48.15 %)OSPF
313 (48.15 %)RIP
412 (44.44 %)Remedy
511 (40.74 %)Statistics
511 (40.74 %)Broadband
610 (37.04 %)BMC
610 (37.04 %)OpenView
74 (14.81 %)Assembly Language
74 (14.81 %)C
74 (14.81 %)Electronics
82 (7.407 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
82 (7.407 %)CPLD
82 (7.407 %)Windows
82 (7.407 %)Flash
82 (7.407 %)EMC
82 (7.407 %)CAD
82 (7.407 %)VHDL
82 (7.407 %)Verilog
91 (3.704 %)Firewall

Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (85.19 %)PPP
213 (48.15 %)RIP
213 (48.15 %)OSPF
213 (48.15 %)BGP
213 (48.15 %)EIGRP
213 (48.15 %)FDDI
311 (40.74 %)Broadband
41 (3.704 %)Cisco PIX
41 (3.704 %)Firewall
South Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (7.407 %)Flash
South Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (85.19 %)Telecoms
24 (14.81 %)Electronics
31 (3.704 %)Pensions
South Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (51.85 %)Support Engineer
114 (51.85 %)Telecoms Engineer
22 (7.407 %)Hardware Engineer
22 (7.407 %)Hardware Design Engineer
22 (7.407 %)Design Engineer
31 (3.704 %)C++ Developer
31 (3.704 %)Embedded Software Engineer
31 (3.704 %)Software Developer
31 (3.704 %)Software Engineer
31 (3.704 %)Developer
31 (3.704 %)Programmer
31 (3.704 %)C++ Programmer
31 (3.704 %)C++ Software Developer
31 (3.704 %)C Developer
31 (3.704 %)C Programmer
31 (3.704 %)Software Programmer
South Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (40.74 %)Statistics
22 (7.407 %)CPLD
22 (7.407 %)VHDL
22 (7.407 %)Verilog
22 (7.407 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
South Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (7.407 %)Windows
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (48.15 %)Change Management
22 (7.407 %)CAD
South Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (14.81 %)C
14 (14.81 %)Assembly Language
21 (3.704 %)C++
21 (3.704 %)Embedded C
21 (3.704 %)Embedded C++
South Wales IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
123 (85.19 %)Cisco Certification
222 (81.48 %)CCNP
31 (3.704 %)Degree
South Wales IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (37.04 %)OpenView
South Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (85.19 %)Nortel
123 (85.19 %)Cisco
123 (85.19 %)3Com
212 (44.44 %)Remedy
310 (37.04 %)BMC
42 (7.407 %)EMC
51 (3.704 %)Nokia
51 (3.704 %)CheckPoint