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The table below looks at the demand for Broadband skills across the UK with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBroadband
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank411398
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads645911
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.375 %0.392 %
As % of the category below2.198 %2.390 %
Salaries quoted545787
Average minimum salary£35,544£34,978
Average salary£39,024£38,874
% change on same period last year+0.38 %
Average maximum salary£42,505£42,770
UK excluding London average salary£33,808£35,454
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads2934538120
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.04 %16.41 %
Salaries quoted2498630440
Average minimum salary£37,970£38,573
Average salary£40,873£41,431
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
Average maximum salary£43,775£44,289
UK excluding London average salary£37,899£38,913
% change on same period last year-2.60 %

Broadband
Demand Trend

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

Broadband Demand Trend

Broadband
Salary Trend

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

Broadband Salary Trend

Broadband
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Broadband over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 within the UK.

Broadband Salary Histogram

Broadband
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the UK over the 3 months to 13 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
EnglandDown-27600£39,308+2.29 %
LondonDown-24222£48,153+11.19 %
South EastUp+36159£40,769+12.64 %
North WestUp+3480£25,350+4.83 %
BerkshireDown-365£46,250+28.43 %
ManchesterUp+6052£24,760-4.55 %
South WestUp+949£27,635-25.07 %
East of EnglandDown-1830£28,052-25.97 %
YorkshireDown-730£35,741+4.05 %
West MidlandsUp+523£36,688+8.97 %
HampshireUp+323£54,528+51.56 %
City of LondonDown-2422£48,659-3.64 %
West YorkshireUp+1721£38,972+7.60 %
ScotlandUp+2621£36,000-4.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2221£36,452+18.48 %
ReadingUp+1921£52,167+46.32 %
GloucestershireUp+1218£20,514-45.29 %
FifeNew entry-16--
CoventryNew entry-16£38,692-
BristolDown-616£32,900-8.48 %
WalesUp+1516£29,118-5.56 %
South WalesUp+1016£29,118-5.56 %
LancashireUp+1115£26,125+22.94 %
LeedsUp+615£40,500+1.35 %
GloucesterUp+714£19,231-48.71 %
OxfordshireUp+1313£20,000-3.61 %
SurreyUp+1713£27,909-32.47 %
AbingdonNew entry-12£19,000-
Milton KeynesDown-312£43,583+33.84 %
OldhamNew entry-11£22,143-

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Broadband 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 Broadband.

1566 (40.43 %)Telecoms
2291 (20.79 %)Internet
3270 (19.29 %)Windows
4181 (12.93 %)Cisco
5171 (12.21 %)ADSL
6157 (11.21 %)TCP/IP
7147 (10.50 %)Wireless
8138 (9.857 %)UNIX
8138 (9.857 %)SQL
9120 (8.571 %)Linux
10119 (8.500 %)LAN
10119 (8.500 %)VPN
11112 (8.000 %)LLU
12111 (7.929 %)Project Management
12111 (7.929 %)Microsoft
13110 (7.857 %)Degree
14109 (7.786 %)Java
15105 (7.500 %)SQL Server
16103 (7.357 %)SDH
16103 (7.357 %)DNS
16103 (7.357 %)Marketing
17101 (7.214 %)Windows 2000
18100 (7.143 %)MS Office
1996 (6.857 %)MS Excel
2095 (6.786 %)Windows XP
2194 (6.714 %)WAN
2291 (6.500 %)Windows Server 2003
2389 (6.357 %)VoIP
2488 (6.286 %)ISDN
2488 (6.286 %)C++

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Broadband 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 Broadband. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
182 (5.857 %).NET
272 (5.143 %)XML
367 (4.786 %)ASP.NET
446 (3.286 %)HTML
543 (3.071 %)J2EE
642 (3.000 %)WebServices
736 (2.571 %)WCF
830 (2.143 %)WinForms
926 (1.857 %)CSS
1020 (1.429 %)AJAX
1116 (1.143 %)XHTML
1215 (1.071 %)XSLT
1314 (1.000 %)MIDP
1412 (0.857 %)JSP
159 (0.643 %)SOAP
159 (0.643 %)EJB
159 (0.643 %)JMS
159 (0.643 %)FIX Protocol
168 (0.571 %)UIQ
168 (0.571 %)WAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
167 (4.786 %)MS Exchange
253 (3.786 %)IIS
336 (2.571 %)Apache
430 (2.143 %)WebLogic
520 (1.429 %)Exchange Server 2003
611 (0.786 %)CMS
710 (0.714 %)SharePoint
88 (0.571 %)Exchange Server 2000
97 (0.500 %)MQSeries
97 (0.500 %)Lotus Notes
106 (0.429 %)Tomcat
115 (0.357 %)ColdFusion
124 (0.286 %)JBoss
124 (0.286 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
133 (0.214 %)ColdFusion MX
133 (0.214 %)Content Management Server
142 (0.143 %)WebLogic Portal
142 (0.143 %)BizTalk Server
142 (0.143 %)Commerce Server
142 (0.143 %)iFIX
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1100 (7.143 %)MS Office
296 (6.857 %)MS Excel
359 (4.214 %)MS Visio
427 (1.929 %)Photoshop
517 (1.214 %)Fireworks
68 (0.571 %)MS PowerPoint
75 (0.357 %)Quicktime
83 (0.214 %)Adobe After Effects
91 (0.071 %)MATLAB
91 (0.071 %)Simulink
91 (0.071 %)InfoPath
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (0.429 %)Retail-J
24 (0.286 %)Pegasus Opera
24 (0.286 %)Singl.eView
33 (0.214 %)Microsoft CRM
33 (0.214 %)SAP SD
42 (0.143 %)WebTrends
51 (0.071 %)Hyperion Planning
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1291 (20.79 %)Internet
2171 (12.21 %)ADSL
3157 (11.21 %)TCP/IP
4147 (10.50 %)Wireless
5119 (8.500 %)VPN
5119 (8.500 %)LAN
6112 (8.000 %)LLU
7103 (7.357 %)SDH
7103 (7.357 %)DNS
894 (6.714 %)WAN
989 (6.357 %)VoIP
1088 (6.286 %)ISDN
1182 (5.857 %)MPLS
1265 (4.643 %)Firewall
1265 (4.643 %)GSM
1362 (4.429 %)FTP
1459 (4.214 %)DSL
1554 (3.857 %)Ethernet
1650 (3.571 %)UMTS
1747 (3.357 %)NGN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1105 (7.500 %)SQL Server
251 (3.643 %)MySQL
337 (2.643 %)SQL Server 2005
415 (1.071 %)BusinessObjects
514 (1.000 %)MS Access
610 (0.714 %)Crystal Reports
610 (0.714 %)Oracle 10g
79 (0.643 %)RDBMS
88 (0.571 %)Oracle Reports
97 (0.500 %)PostgreSQL
102 (0.143 %)BusinessObjects XI
102 (0.143 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
102 (0.143 %)SQL Server 2000
102 (0.143 %)DTS
102 (0.143 %)ETL
102 (0.143 %)Oracle 9i
111 (0.071 %)Oracle 8/8i
111 (0.071 %)DB2
111 (0.071 %)Hyperion Essbase
111 (0.071 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (1.429 %)Dreamweaver
215 (1.071 %)Subversion
314 (1.000 %)Flash
413 (0.929 %)Ant
511 (0.786 %)CruiseControl
69 (0.643 %)QuickTest Pro
76 (0.429 %)NUnit
85 (0.357 %)RequisitePro
85 (0.357 %)WinRunner
85 (0.357 %)TestDirector
85 (0.357 %)JUnit
94 (0.286 %)PowerBuilder
103 (0.214 %)Selenium
103 (0.214 %)Visual Studio
103 (0.214 %)PVCS
111 (0.071 %)LoadRunner
111 (0.071 %)Synon
111 (0.071 %)QARun
111 (0.071 %)QALoad
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1566 (40.43 %)Telecoms
2103 (7.357 %)Marketing
377 (5.500 %)Pensions
472 (5.143 %)Billing
555 (3.929 %)Finance
649 (3.500 %)Health
649 (3.500 %)Retail
737 (2.643 %)Multimedia
737 (2.643 %)Advertising
833 (2.357 %)Music
930 (2.143 %)Insurance
1028 (2.000 %)Government
1028 (2.000 %)Home Office
1123 (1.643 %)Games
1221 (1.500 %)Telemarketing
1312 (0.857 %)Education
1411 (0.786 %)Electronics
1510 (0.714 %)Legal
169 (0.643 %)Electric
178 (0.571 %)Manufacturing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1133 (9.500 %)Analyst
2126 (9.000 %)Support Engineer
3116 (8.286 %)Developer
4100 (7.143 %)Project Manager
576 (5.429 %)Consultant
666 (4.714 %)Technical Support
762 (4.429 %)Support Analyst
762 (4.429 %)Network Engineer
858 (4.143 %)Administrator
944 (3.143 %)C# Developer
1043 (3.071 %)Software Engineer
1138 (2.714 %)2nd Line Support
1235 (2.500 %)Team Leader
1235 (2.500 %)Product Manager
1334 (2.429 %)Architect
1431 (2.214 %)Account Manager
1431 (2.214 %)Technical Manager
1530 (2.143 %)WinForms Developer
1530 (2.143 %)Systems Administrator
1530 (2.143 %)Test Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
146 (3.286 %)IPTV
225 (1.786 %)DTV
324 (1.714 %)Handset
324 (1.714 %)Computer Science
418 (1.286 %)Blackberry
516 (1.143 %)IVR
516 (1.143 %)Device Driver
614 (1.000 %)PMI
713 (0.929 %)Mathematics
812 (0.857 %)Statistics
812 (0.857 %)Video Conferencing
911 (0.786 %)Firmware
1010 (0.714 %)Credit Risk
118 (0.571 %)EPoS
118 (0.571 %)Streaming Video
127 (0.500 %)Streaming Media
127 (0.500 %)Tandem
127 (0.500 %)Speech Recognition
136 (0.429 %)PDA
136 (0.429 %)Clustering
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1270 (19.29 %)Windows
2138 (9.857 %)UNIX
3120 (8.571 %)Linux
4101 (7.214 %)Windows 2000
595 (6.786 %)Windows XP
691 (6.500 %)Windows Server 2003
755 (3.929 %)Windows Vista
849 (3.500 %)Solaris
935 (2.500 %)Windows 2000 Server
1012 (0.857 %)Red Hat Linux
1110 (0.714 %)Debian
127 (0.500 %)Fedora
127 (0.500 %)CentOS
136 (0.429 %)SUSE
145 (0.357 %)FreeBSD
153 (0.214 %)HPUX
153 (0.214 %)Embedded Linux
153 (0.214 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
162 (0.143 %)Windows Mobile
162 (0.143 %)Gentoo
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1111 (7.929 %)Project Management
255 (3.929 %)ITIL
354 (3.857 %)PRINCE2
450 (3.571 %)CRM
544 (3.143 %)OO
639 (2.786 %)Agile Software Development
737 (2.643 %)Software Engineering
833 (2.357 %)E-Commerce
833 (2.357 %)Fault Management
927 (1.929 %)Incident Management
1026 (1.857 %)Business Development
1026 (1.857 %)Change Management
1124 (1.714 %)TDD
1124 (1.714 %)Network Planning
1223 (1.643 %)Service Delivery
1223 (1.643 %)OOD
1317 (1.214 %)B2B
1317 (1.214 %)PRINCE
1317 (1.214 %)Service Management
1415 (1.071 %)Problem Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1138 (9.857 %)SQL
2109 (7.786 %)Java
388 (6.286 %)C++
471 (5.071 %)Perl
471 (5.071 %)C
566 (4.714 %)PHP
656 (4.000 %)C#
734 (2.429 %)JavaScript
823 (1.643 %)Shell Script
918 (1.286 %)Embedded C
1016 (1.143 %)Python
1111 (0.786 %)VBScript
1210 (0.714 %)VB
139 (0.643 %)VBA
148 (0.571 %)PL/SQL
156 (0.429 %)VB.NET
156 (0.429 %)ActionScript
156 (0.429 %)XPath
165 (0.357 %)AWK
173 (0.214 %)PHP5
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1110 (7.857 %)Degree
278 (5.571 %)Cisco Certification
360 (4.286 %)CCNA
451 (3.643 %)Microsoft Certification
537 (2.643 %)MCP
631 (2.214 %)MCSD
730 (2.143 %)MCAD
829 (2.071 %)ISEB
919 (1.357 %)HND
1017 (1.214 %)CCNP
1114 (1.000 %)MCSE
1212 (0.857 %)ITIL Certification
1311 (0.786 %)PRINCE2 Certification
148 (0.571 %)PMI Certification
148 (0.571 %)CISSP
155 (0.357 %)CCIE
164 (0.286 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
173 (0.214 %)CIMA
173 (0.214 %)MBA
173 (0.214 %)PMP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
169 (4.929 %)SLA
252 (3.714 %)QA
31 (0.071 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.071 %)ISO27001
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
171 (5.071 %)Active Directory
214 (1.000 %)Backup Exec
311 (0.786 %)NFS
311 (0.786 %)Terminal Server
48 (0.571 %)ISA Server
48 (0.571 %)VMware Infrastructure
56 (0.429 %)NetBackup
62 (0.143 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
62 (0.143 %)Oracle RAC
71 (0.071 %)Terminal Services
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
130 (2.143 %)Netcool
226 (1.857 %)OpenView
38 (0.571 %)Nagios
44 (0.286 %)ARCserve
44 (0.286 %)MIMEsweeper
44 (0.286 %)SCOM
53 (0.214 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
53 (0.214 %)Netcool/Proviso
61 (0.071 %)CiscoWorks
61 (0.071 %)MOM
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1181 (12.93 %)Cisco
2111 (7.929 %)Microsoft
360 (4.286 %)BT
452 (3.714 %)Oracle
543 (3.071 %)HP
641 (2.929 %)Remedy
731 (2.214 %)Sybase
827 (1.929 %)Juniper
924 (1.714 %)Nortel
924 (1.714 %)Cramer
924 (1.714 %)MetaSolv
1020 (1.429 %)Chordiant
1116 (1.143 %)Citrix
1215 (1.071 %)Nokia
1215 (1.071 %)Business Objects
1314 (1.000 %)VERITAS
1314 (1.000 %)Lucent
1314 (1.000 %)Alcatel
1413 (0.929 %)CheckPoint
1413 (0.929 %)BEA