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The table below looks at the demand for Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) skills within the Surrey region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SDH over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSynchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank213235
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching permanent IT job ads1529
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.012 %
As % of the category below1.127 %1.423 %
Salaries quoted1524
Average minimum salary£40,588£39,583
Average salary£44,059£42,562
% change on same period last year+3.51 %
Average maximum salary£47,529£45,542
UK excluding London average salary£40,858£38,245
% change on same period last year+6.83 %
Surrey IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Surrey
Matching permanent IT job ads13312038
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.770 %0.877 %
Salaries quoted11391697
Average minimum salary£35,811£37,776
Average salary£38,591£40,943
% change on same period last year-5.74 %
Average maximum salary£41,371£44,109
UK excluding London average salary£37,928£38,940
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
SDH South EastSDH
South East

SDH
Demand Trend

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

Surrey SDH Demand Trend

SDH
Salary Trend

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

Surrey SDH Salary Trend

SDH
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SDH across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Surrey SDH Salary Histogram

SDH
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 10 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
LeatherheadUp+272£44,250+31.11 %
EpsomNew entry-2£44,250-
SDH South EastSDH
South East

SDH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

135 (68.63 %)Telecoms
233 (64.71 %)DWDM
330 (58.82 %)Nortel
426 (50.98 %)Huawei
525 (49.02 %)Ethernet
618 (35.29 %)GSM
715 (29.41 %)ATM
812 (23.53 %)UMTS
99 (17.65 %)Cisco
99 (17.65 %)MPLS
108 (15.69 %)GPRS
108 (15.69 %)SOA
108 (15.69 %)C#
108 (15.69 %)C++
108 (15.69 %).NET
108 (15.69 %)WebServices
108 (15.69 %)XML
108 (15.69 %)XSL
108 (15.69 %)WCF
108 (15.69 %)WPF
117 (13.73 %)SQL
126 (11.76 %)MS Office
126 (11.76 %)Alcatel
126 (11.76 %)WCDMA
126 (11.76 %)LTE
126 (11.76 %).NET Framework
126 (11.76 %)Agile Software Development
126 (11.76 %)WiMAX
126 (11.76 %)Network Planning
126 (11.76 %)Software Engineering

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (15.69 %).NET
18 (15.69 %)WebServices
18 (15.69 %)XML
18 (15.69 %)XSL
18 (15.69 %)WCF
18 (15.69 %)WPF
26 (11.76 %).NET Framework
Surrey IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (11.76 %)MS Office
25 (9.804 %)MS Excel
31 (1.961 %)MS Visio
Surrey IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
133 (64.71 %)DWDM
225 (49.02 %)Ethernet
318 (35.29 %)GSM
415 (29.41 %)ATM
512 (23.53 %)UMTS
69 (17.65 %)MPLS
78 (15.69 %)GPRS
86 (11.76 %)WiMAX
86 (11.76 %)WCDMA
86 (11.76 %)LTE
95 (9.804 %)SIGTRAN
95 (9.804 %)SS7
95 (9.804 %)Internet
95 (9.804 %)CDMA2000
103 (5.882 %)VPN
103 (5.882 %)VoIP
112 (3.922 %)WAN
112 (3.922 %)3G
112 (3.922 %)Wireless
112 (3.922 %)2G
Surrey IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (7.843 %)SQL Server
21 (1.961 %)Crystal Reports
21 (1.961 %)Oracle Reports
21 (1.961 %)BusinessObjects
Surrey IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (68.63 %)Telecoms
Surrey IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (52.94 %)Support Engineer
210 (19.61 %)Network Engineer
210 (19.61 %)Network Support Engineer
210 (19.61 %)Network Support
210 (19.61 %)Senior Support Engineer
38 (15.69 %)Software Engineer
46 (11.76 %)Senior Software Engineer
54 (7.843 %)Senior Consultant
54 (7.843 %)Consultant
63 (5.882 %)NOC Engineer
63 (5.882 %)Senior NOC Engineer
72 (3.922 %)Lead Software Engineer
72 (3.922 %)Project Engineer
81 (1.961 %)C++ Software Engineer
81 (1.961 %)Telecoms Engineer
81 (1.961 %)RF Engineer
81 (1.961 %)Products Support Engineer
81 (1.961 %)Graduate
81 (1.961 %)Junior
81 (1.961 %)Systems Engineer
Surrey IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (3.922 %)Computer Science
Surrey IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (3.922 %)UNIX
12 (3.922 %)Windows
21 (1.961 %)HPUX
21 (1.961 %)Solaris
Surrey IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (15.69 %)SOA
26 (11.76 %)Agile Software Development
26 (11.76 %)Network Planning
26 (11.76 %)Software Engineering
33 (5.882 %)Service Delivery
42 (3.922 %)Network Design
51 (1.961 %)Migration
51 (1.961 %)Data Modelling
Surrey IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (15.69 %)C#
18 (15.69 %)C++
27 (13.73 %)SQL
32 (3.922 %)XAML
32 (3.922 %)C
41 (1.961 %)Perl
41 (1.961 %)PL/SQL
Surrey IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (5.882 %)CCNA
13 (5.882 %)Cisco Certification
22 (3.922 %)PhD
31 (1.961 %)Degree
Surrey IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (58.82 %)Nortel
226 (50.98 %)Huawei
39 (17.65 %)Cisco
46 (11.76 %)Alcatel
55 (9.804 %)Ericsson
64 (7.843 %)Remedy
73 (5.882 %)Oracle
81 (1.961 %)Business Objects
81 (1.961 %)Lucent