The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of 3Com products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3Com over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within the 3Com Corporation.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3Com
Rank 836 881 852
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -29
Permanent jobs citing 3Com 22 15 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.020% 0.012% 0.015%
As % of the Vendors category 0.042% 0.026% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 22 15 15
Average salary £43,750 £30,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.83% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,616 £22,600
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £46,250 £30,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+54.16% -6.25%
All Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
51873 57633 57889
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 48.12% 47.65% 46.89%
Number of salaries quoted 42427 48577 48007
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000

3Com
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 3Com within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

3Com Jobs Demand Trend

3Com
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 3Com within the UK.

3Com Salary Trend

3Com
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3Com over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

3Com Salary Histogram

3Com
Top 21 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3Com within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +40 21 £45,000 +50.00%
South East +18 12 £48,750 +62.50%
East Sussex - 6 £55,000 -
Brighton - 6 £55,000 -
London +29 4 £38,750 +29.16%
Hampshire - 4 £32,500 -
Basingstoke - 3 £32,500 -
Birmingham - 2 £60,000 -
Cheshire - 2 £35,000 -
West Sussex - 2 £47,500 -
Northwich - 2 £35,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £60,000 -
North West - 2 £35,000 -
East of England -1 1 £37,500 -11.76%
Scotland -3 1 £36,000 -1.36%
Argyll and Bute - 1 £36,000 -
City of London - 1 £42,500 -
Bedfordshire - 1 £37,500 -
Portsmouth - 1 £28,000 -
Helensburgh - 1 £36,000 -
Burgess Hill - 1 £50,000 -

3Com
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing 3Com 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 3Com.

1 38 (88.37%) Cisco
2 30 (69.77%) HP
2 30 (69.77%) WAN
3 27 (62.79%) VMware
4 22 (51.16%) Windows
5 19 (44.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (41.86%) NetApp
7 16 (37.21%) Citrix
8 15 (34.88%) LAN
8 15 (34.88%) Wireless
9 14 (32.56%) Firewall
10 13 (30.23%) Dell
10 13 (30.23%) EMC
10 13 (30.23%) SQL
11 12 (27.91%) DataCore
12 11 (25.58%) ITIL
12 11 (25.58%) MS Exchange
12 11 (25.58%) Active Directory
12 11 (25.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 9 (20.93%) Network Design
13 9 (20.93%) VoIP
13 9 (20.93%) TCP/IP
14 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
14 8 (18.60%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (18.60%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (16.28%) VLAN
15 7 (16.28%) Degree
15 7 (16.28%) Retail
15 7 (16.28%) MS Excel
16 6 (13.95%) CCNA

3Com
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing 3Com 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 3Com. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (6.977%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.326%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 11 (25.58%) MS Exchange
2 5 (11.63%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (6.977%) SharePoint
4 2 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (2.326%) IIS
5 1 (2.326%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (16.28%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.651%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.326%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 30 (69.77%) WAN
2 15 (34.88%) LAN
2 15 (34.88%) Wireless
3 14 (32.56%) Firewall
4 9 (20.93%) VoIP
4 9 (20.93%) TCP/IP
5 7 (16.28%) VLAN
6 6 (13.95%) DHCP
6 6 (13.95%) DNS
7 5 (11.63%) IP Telephony
8 4 (9.302%) Network Security
8 4 (9.302%) SAN
8 4 (9.302%) VPN
9 3 (6.977%) SNMP
9 3 (6.977%) Internet
10 2 (4.651%) MPLS
10 2 (4.651%) OSPF
10 2 (4.651%) BGP
10 2 (4.651%) SSL
10 2 (4.651%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.651%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.326%) Big Data
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 7 (16.28%) Retail
2 3 (6.977%) Finance
3 1 (2.326%) Marketing
3 1 (2.326%) Electronics
3 1 (2.326%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (32.56%) Consultant
2 7 (16.28%) Network Consultant
2 7 (16.28%) Network Design Consultant
3 5 (11.63%) Network Engineer
3 5 (11.63%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (9.302%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) Network Administrator
5 3 (6.977%) Administrator
5 3 (6.977%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.977%) Architect
5 3 (6.977%) Network Manager
5 3 (6.977%) Technical Manager
6 2 (4.651%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Technical Support
6 2 (4.651%) Team Leader
6 2 (4.651%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (2.326%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (2.326%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (2.326%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.977%) Thin Client
1 3 (6.977%) Replication
1 3 (6.977%) Fat Client
2 2 (4.651%) Clustering
3 1 (2.326%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.326%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.326%) EPoS
3 1 (2.326%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 22 (51.16%) Windows
2 8 (18.60%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (11.63%) Linux
3 5 (11.63%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (9.302%) Windows XP
5 3 (6.977%) Windows Vista
5 3 (6.977%) Windows 7
5 3 (6.977%) UNIX
6 2 (4.651%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.58%) ITIL
2 9 (20.93%) Network Design
3 5 (11.63%) PRINCE2
4 4 (9.302%) Project Management
4 4 (9.302%) WAN Optimisation
5 3 (6.977%) Service Delivery
5 3 (6.977%) Change Management
5 3 (6.977%) Migration
5 3 (6.977%) Data Management
6 2 (4.651%) E-Commerce
6 2 (4.651%) Load Balancing
6 2 (4.651%) ITIL V3
6 2 (4.651%) Service Desk Management
7 1 (2.326%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.326%) Change Control
7 1 (2.326%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (2.326%) Fault Management
7 1 (2.326%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (2.326%) Service Management
7 1 (2.326%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 8 (18.60%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (16.28%) Degree
4 6 (13.95%) CCNA
5 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
6 3 (6.977%) SC Cleared
6 3 (6.977%) CCNP
7 2 (4.651%) HP ASE
7 2 (4.651%) HP MASE
7 2 (4.651%) MCITP
7 2 (4.651%) CCDP
8 1 (2.326%) CCA
8 1 (2.326%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (2.326%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.326%) EMC Certification
8 1 (2.326%) CCVP
8 1 (2.326%) MCP
8 1 (2.326%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.302%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (44.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (25.58%) Active Directory
3 5 (11.63%) VMware ESX
3 5 (11.63%) vSphere
4 4 (9.302%) ISA Server
5 3 (6.977%) Terminal Server
5 3 (6.977%) DFS Replication
6 1 (2.326%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (2.326%) Hyper-V
6 1 (2.326%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (6.977%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 3 (6.977%) WSUS
1 3 (6.977%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (2.326%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (2.326%) SCCM
2 1 (2.326%) SCOM
2 1 (2.326%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 38 (88.37%) Cisco
2 30 (69.77%) HP
3 27 (62.79%) VMware
4 18 (41.86%) NetApp
5 16 (37.21%) Citrix
6 13 (30.23%) Dell
6 13 (30.23%) EMC
7 12 (27.91%) DataCore
8 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
9 4 (9.302%) CheckPoint
9 4 (9.302%) Juniper
9 4 (9.302%) Huawei
9 4 (9.302%) Aruba
10 3 (6.977%) ProCurve
10 3 (6.977%) McAfee
11 2 (4.651%) CommVault
11 2 (4.651%) Brocade
11 2 (4.651%) Avaya
11 2 (4.651%) Twitter
12 1 (2.326%) Compaq
London
With over 20 years’ experience Networks First is one of the UK's leading suppliers of network services for converged infrastructures and were Cisco Service Partner of the...
Prompt Resourcing
Posted: 15 May 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
I am currently recruiting a Network Administrator for an interesting organisation based in Caerphilly. As the Network Administrator you will work closely with the IT Manager and your...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum + 23 days annual leave
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leatherhead, Surrey
Key skills and technologies will include: Onsite client support Telephone, email & remote support Installing, configuring, supporting, maintaining and troubleshooting IT hardware & software Windows 2003 Server / Windows 2008 Server /...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £20000 - £27000 per annum + pension & training
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Essential Skills: Linux TSM GPFS DDN Storage experience Networking skills (preferably 3com/HP) Desirable Skills: Cloud Computing Experience Big Data experience Media background My client is truly a...
Vertical IT
Salary: £35000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013