The first table below looks at the demand for SDH skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SDH over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing SDH 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+5.59% -15.26%
All Communications & Networking
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
99 61 113
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 15.47% 9.871% 20.07%
Number of salaries quoted 89 54 95
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £31,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SDH
West Midlands

SDH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire SDH Jobs Demand Trend

SDH
Salary Trend

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

Staffordshire SDH Salary Trend

SDH
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region citing SDH 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 SDH.

1 8 (100.00%) C++
1 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) VB
1 8 (100.00%) ADSL
1 8 (100.00%) Electronics
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 8 (100.00%) Degree

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region citing SDH 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 SDH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) ADSL
General
1 8 (100.00%) Electronics
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C++
1 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
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