The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Broadband skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

Broadband
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank428436425
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Down-11
Matching permanent IT job ads573524371
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.473 %0.429 %0.390 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category2.699 %2.737 %2.522 %
Number of salaries quoted385279274
Average salary£40,000£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88 %+6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£23,500£23,650
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
--6.66 %
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
212291914414709
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK17.52 %15.69 %15.45 %
Number of salaries quoted176921585812156
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£61,900£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-

Broadband
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 21 May 2012 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 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+40540£38,500-9.41 %
LondonUp+6281£45,000-
South EastUp+42141£35,000-
City of LondonUp+2984£50,000+5.26 %
BerkshireDown-655£47,500+35.71 %
North WestUp+1040£30,000+25.00 %
ManchesterUp+2239£30,000+25.00 %
OxfordshireUp+3737£35,000+11.11 %
East of EnglandDown-4337£47,500+5.55 %
RochdaleNew entry-28£31,750-
HertfordshireDown-2024£45,000-
MaidenheadUp+1023£47,500+90.00 %
ScotlandDown-1623£57,500+27.77 %
St AlbansDown-820£35,000-22.22 %
ReadingDown-615£50,000+53.84 %
East MidlandsUp+914£25,000-28.57 %
SurreyNo change014£35,000+16.66 %
West LothianUp+813--
LivingstonUp+713--
NottinghamshireUp+1612£25,000-33.33 %
NottinghamUp+1412£25,000-33.33 %
HampshireDown-2612£50,000-4.76 %
YorkshireDown-1311£27,500-27.63 %
KentUp+3810£25,000-
South WestDown-710£38,500+28.33 %
BuckinghamshireUp+199£46,250-
EdinburghUp+168£57,500+64.28 %
CambridgeUp+48£52,000+108.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+28£52,000+108.00 %
West MidlandsDown-78£38,000+35.71 %

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, 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.

1495 (43.84 %)Telecoms
2216 (19.13 %)Windows
3188 (16.65 %)Cisco
4184 (16.30 %)Java
4184 (16.30 %).NET
5176 (15.59 %)C#
6166 (14.70 %)Internet
7157 (13.91 %)Linux
8155 (13.73 %)Wireless
9154 (13.64 %)Degree
10150 (13.29 %)TDD
11149 (13.20 %)SQL
12148 (13.11 %)Microsoft
13136 (12.05 %)SQL Server
14130 (11.51 %)Cisco Certification
15126 (11.16 %)HTML
16125 (11.07 %)Firewall
17121 (10.72 %)TCP/IP
18118 (10.45 %)VoIP
19117 (10.36 %)Oracle
20116 (10.27 %)Scrum
20116 (10.27 %)Music
21111 (9.832 %)Marketing
22106 (9.389 %)Agile Software Development
23104 (9.212 %)Microsoft Certification
23104 (9.212 %)CSS
24103 (9.123 %)ASP.NET
24103 (9.123 %)VPN
24103 (9.123 %)MS Excel
2599 (8.769 %)XML

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1184 (16.30 %).NET
2126 (11.16 %)HTML
3104 (9.212 %)CSS
4103 (9.123 %)ASP.NET
599 (8.769 %)XML
678 (6.909 %)WPF
772 (6.377 %)Castle Windsor
870 (6.200 %)WinForms
965 (5.757 %)MonoRail
1049 (4.340 %).NET Framework
1141 (3.632 %)J2EE
1239 (3.454 %)Spring
1337 (3.277 %)Web Services
1337 (3.277 %)Hibernate
1337 (3.277 %)LINQ
1337 (3.277 %)NHibernate
1435 (3.100 %)Ajax
1534 (3.012 %)WCF
1534 (3.012 %)ASP
1633 (2.923 %)Struts
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
146 (4.074 %)SharePoint
230 (2.657 %)Apache
316 (1.417 %)FileNet
316 (1.417 %)IIS
415 (1.329 %)MS Exchange
415 (1.329 %)CMS
513 (1.151 %)Exchange Server 2010
610 (0.886 %)WebSphere MQ
79 (0.797 %)Drupal
87 (0.620 %)Exchange Server 2007
87 (0.620 %)WebSphere Application Server
95 (0.443 %)SharePoint Server
95 (0.443 %)WebLogic
95 (0.443 %)SAS
104 (0.354 %)Tomcat
104 (0.354 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
104 (0.354 %)WorkSite
104 (0.354 %)SharePoint 2010
113 (0.266 %)Amazon EC2
113 (0.266 %)Amazon AWS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1103 (9.123 %)MS Excel
279 (6.997 %)MS Visio
345 (3.986 %)MS Office
428 (2.480 %)Photoshop
520 (1.771 %)MS PowerPoint
614 (1.240 %)PowerPivot
710 (0.886 %)MS Project
84 (0.354 %)OmniGraffle
93 (0.266 %)MATLAB
102 (0.177 %)SPSS
102 (0.177 %)Fireworks
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.177 %)Dynamics NAV
21 (0.089 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1166 (14.70 %)Internet
2155 (13.73 %)Wireless
3125 (11.07 %)Firewall
4121 (10.72 %)TCP/IP
5118 (10.45 %)VoIP
6103 (9.123 %)VPN
798 (8.680 %)WAN
798 (8.680 %)DSL
885 (7.529 %)MPLS
975 (6.643 %)DNS
1056 (4.960 %)Ethernet
1154 (4.783 %)LAN
1253 (4.694 %)SAN
1351 (4.517 %)Wi-Fi
1449 (4.340 %)3G
1545 (3.986 %)Cisco IOS
1639 (3.454 %)Network Security
1738 (3.366 %)ADSL
1835 (3.100 %)BSS
1934 (3.012 %)BGP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1136 (12.05 %)SQL Server
296 (8.503 %)SQL Server 2008
353 (4.694 %)MySQL
428 (2.480 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
527 (2.391 %)Data Warehouse
622 (1.949 %)PerformancePoint
718 (1.594 %)RDBMS
816 (1.417 %)SQL Server 2000
915 (1.329 %)Data Mining
1011 (0.974 %)SQL Server 2005
1011 (0.974 %)SQL Server Integration Services
119 (0.797 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
119 (0.797 %)PostgreSQL
128 (0.709 %)TOAD
137 (0.620 %)Hadoop
137 (0.620 %)HBase
145 (0.443 %)NoSQL
145 (0.443 %)MOLAP
145 (0.443 %)OLAP
145 (0.443 %)Oracle Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
173 (6.466 %)NUnit
272 (6.377 %)Rhino Mocks
331 (2.746 %)Selenium
413 (1.151 %)Cucumber
512 (1.063 %)FitNesse
611 (0.974 %)JMeter
710 (0.886 %)Team Foundation Server
89 (0.797 %)Subversion
97 (0.620 %)SpecFlow
97 (0.620 %)MSTest
97 (0.620 %)GCC
97 (0.620 %)Moq
97 (0.620 %)QuickTest Pro
97 (0.620 %)LoadRunner
97 (0.620 %)Ant
106 (0.531 %)Visual Studio
114 (0.354 %)Dreamweaver
114 (0.354 %)Maven
123 (0.266 %)Eclipse
132 (0.177 %)LabVIEW
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1495 (43.84 %)Telecoms
2116 (10.27 %)Music
3111 (9.832 %)Marketing
497 (8.592 %)Finance
548 (4.252 %)Billing
638 (3.366 %)Electronics
729 (2.569 %)Multimedia
825 (2.214 %)Advertising
921 (1.860 %)Retail
1019 (1.683 %)German Language
1113 (1.151 %)Legal
1211 (0.974 %)Games
135 (0.443 %)Back Office
135 (0.443 %)Manufacturing
144 (0.354 %)Interactive Media
153 (0.266 %)Banking
153 (0.266 %)Front Office
153 (0.266 %)Aerospace
162 (0.177 %)Law
171 (0.089 %)Norwegian Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1269 (23.83 %)Developer
2117 (10.36 %)Analyst
379 (6.997 %)Support Engineer
467 (5.934 %).NET Developer
467 (5.934 %)Consultant
560 (5.314 %)Network Engineer
659 (5.226 %)Graduate
755 (4.872 %)Junior
852 (4.606 %)Business Analyst
950 (4.429 %)Junior Developer
1047 (4.163 %)Graduate Developer
1047 (4.163 %)Technical Support
1141 (3.632 %)Java Developer
1141 (3.632 %)Applications Support
1240 (3.543 %)Junior .NET Developer
1240 (3.543 %)Graduate .NET Developer
1337 (3.277 %)Software Developer
1337 (3.277 %)Senior Manager
1436 (3.189 %)Software Engineer
1535 (3.100 %)Project Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
140 (3.543 %)DTV
140 (3.543 %)Smartphone
231 (2.746 %)Computer Science
330 (2.657 %)IPTV
425 (2.214 %)Open Source
524 (2.126 %)iPhone
623 (2.037 %)Client/Server
719 (1.683 %)Social Media
818 (1.594 %)Blackberry
818 (1.594 %)Embedded Systems
916 (1.417 %)Video Conferencing
1015 (1.329 %)Handset
1114 (1.240 %)Digital Media
1213 (1.151 %)STB
1312 (1.063 %)Mathematics
1411 (0.974 %)VHDL
1411 (0.974 %)Verilog
1510 (0.886 %)ASIC
1510 (0.886 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1510 (0.886 %)Visualisation
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1216 (19.13 %)Windows
2157 (13.91 %)Linux
390 (7.972 %)UNIX
442 (3.720 %)Windows Server 2008
540 (3.543 %)Windows Server 2003
629 (2.569 %)Android
727 (2.391 %)Solaris
815 (1.329 %)Windows XP
912 (1.063 %)Windows 7
107 (0.620 %)Apple iOS
107 (0.620 %)Windows Vista
116 (0.531 %)Debian
123 (0.266 %)HPUX
132 (0.177 %)Windows NT
132 (0.177 %)Windows 2000
132 (0.177 %)Mac OS X
132 (0.177 %)Ubuntu
132 (0.177 %)Embedded Linux
141 (0.089 %)Windows Phone 7
141 (0.089 %)Mac OS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1150 (13.29 %)TDD
2116 (10.27 %)Scrum
3106 (9.389 %)Agile Software Development
492 (8.149 %)OO
561 (5.403 %)MVC
561 (5.403 %)Software Engineering
659 (5.226 %)ITIL
755 (4.872 %)Project Management
853 (4.694 %)CRM
950 (4.429 %)Continuous Improvement
1040 (3.543 %)Business Intelligence
1139 (3.454 %)Network Design
1236 (3.189 %)B2B
1334 (3.012 %)Product Management
1334 (3.012 %)Waterfall
1432 (2.834 %)Pair Programming
1432 (2.834 %)Web Application Development
1531 (2.746 %)Continuous Integration
1630 (2.657 %)BDD
1729 (2.569 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1184 (16.30 %)Java
2176 (15.59 %)C#
3149 (13.20 %)SQL
486 (7.617 %)C++
581 (7.174 %)JavaScript
672 (6.377 %)Python
765 (5.757 %)Perl
850 (4.429 %)PHP
850 (4.429 %)C
930 (2.657 %)VB.NET
1026 (2.303 %)Ruby
1122 (1.949 %)Shell Script
1122 (1.949 %)Bash shell
1221 (1.860 %)XPath
1319 (1.683 %)PL/SQL
1416 (1.417 %)F#
1512 (1.063 %)AWK
1610 (0.886 %)Assembly Language
178 (0.709 %)VC++
178 (0.709 %)VB
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1154 (13.64 %)Degree
2130 (11.51 %)Cisco Certification
3104 (9.212 %)Microsoft Certification
491 (8.060 %)MCP
583 (7.352 %)MCAD
583 (7.352 %)MCSD
583 (7.352 %)MCTS
664 (5.669 %)CCNA
762 (5.492 %)CCNP
820 (1.771 %)Security Cleared
917 (1.506 %)CCDP
1016 (1.417 %)HND
1111 (0.974 %)CCIP
1210 (0.886 %)CCDA
139 (0.797 %)SC Cleared
139 (0.797 %)ITIL Certification
148 (0.709 %)JNCIP
148 (0.709 %)MCPD
157 (0.620 %)CCIE
157 (0.620 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (1.771 %)SLA
219 (1.683 %)QA
310 (0.886 %)JTAG
41 (0.089 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
124 (2.126 %)VMware Infrastructure
222 (1.949 %)Active Directory
35 (0.443 %)FreeRADIUS
35 (0.443 %)Hyper-V
35 (0.443 %)Squid
42 (0.177 %)OpenSIPS
51 (0.089 %)vSphere
51 (0.089 %)UAG
51 (0.089 %)XenApp
51 (0.089 %)XenDesktop
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
123 (2.037 %)Nagios
212 (1.063 %)Tivoli
38 (0.709 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
38 (0.709 %)Netcool
38 (0.709 %)OpenView
45 (0.443 %)Cacti
54 (0.354 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
54 (0.354 %)Netcool/Proviso
54 (0.354 %)Netcool/Webtop
54 (0.354 %)OpenNMS
63 (0.266 %)Puppet
72 (0.177 %)Backup Exec
72 (0.177 %)Splunk
81 (0.089 %)McAfee ePO
81 (0.089 %)HP Data Protector
81 (0.089 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
81 (0.089 %)Norton AntiVirus
81 (0.089 %)NetBackup
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1188 (16.65 %)Cisco
2148 (13.11 %)Microsoft
3117 (10.36 %)Oracle
443 (3.809 %)VMware
536 (3.189 %)Red Hat
631 (2.746 %)HP
728 (2.480 %)JBoss
728 (2.480 %)Intel
826 (2.303 %)Juniper
923 (2.037 %)IBM
1020 (1.771 %)Adobe
1117 (1.506 %)Alcatel-Lucent
1117 (1.506 %)BT
1216 (1.417 %)Cadence
1216 (1.417 %)KANA
1216 (1.417 %)EMC
1216 (1.417 %)Brainware
1315 (1.329 %)Business Objects
1414 (1.240 %)Avaya
1414 (1.240 %)Apple