The first 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 24 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 of the Communications & Networking category.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Broadband
Rank 346 442 435
Rank change year-on-year
+96 -7
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 773 568 555
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.715% 0.471% 0.446%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.704% 2.683% 2.822%
Number of salaries quoted 276 382 294
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,750 £57,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20871 21174 19668
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.31% 17.54% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16834 17640 16289
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,127 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Broadband
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Broadband over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 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 24 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 +81 712 £40,000 -
London +76 327 £40,000 -11.11%
South East +41 174 £32,500 -7.14%
East of England +80 117 £56,250 +15.38%
Berkshire +22 77 £40,000 -15.78%
Hertfordshire +50 66 £57,500 +43.75%
Middlesex +42 53 £32,500 -40.90%
Brentford +24 48 - -
St Albans +8 48 - -
Scotland +21 43 £50,000 -13.04%
West Lothian +8 37 - -
Livingston +3 36 - -
City of London -45 35 £40,000 -20.00%
Essex - 33 - -
North West -9 29 £24,000 -20.00%
Manchester -32 28 £24,000 -20.00%
Reading +11 27 £40,000 -20.00%
Maidenhead +17 26 £26,750 -43.68%
Brentwood - 24 - -
Yorkshire +14 22 £27,500 +5.76%
Hampshire +7 22 £22,500 -55.00%
West Yorkshire +12 19 £27,500 -
Osterley +4 17 - -
Southampton +15 15 £22,500 -35.71%
East Midlands -3 14 £40,000 +60.00%
Surrey +6 13 £28,000 -20.00%
South West +2 13 £42,000 +9.09%
Cambridgeshire +15 12 £52,500 +0.96%
Leicestershire +4 11 £40,000 -11.11%
Leicester - 11 £40,000 -

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 548 (42.85%) Telecoms
2 332 (25.96%) Degree
3 236 (18.45%) Linux
4 192 (15.01%) SQL
5 189 (14.78%) Internet
6 175 (13.68%) Cisco
7 166 (12.98%) Windows
8 158 (12.35%) SQL Server
9 153 (11.96%) MS Excel
10 144 (11.26%) Java
11 143 (11.18%) C
12 142 (11.10%) Marketing
13 139 (10.87%) UNIX
14 129 (10.09%) Microsoft
14 129 (10.09%) Wireless
14 129 (10.09%) TDD
15 127 (9.930%) Finance
16 117 (9.148%) Firewall
17 112 (8.757%) C++
18 111 (8.679%) .NET
19 108 (8.444%) Agile Software Development
20 107 (8.366%) Cisco Certification
21 106 (8.288%) Oracle
22 103 (8.053%) C#
23 100 (7.819%) VPN
24 92 (7.193%) Microsoft Certification
25 91 (7.115%) Project Management
26 89 (6.959%) Perl
27 86 (6.724%) MS Office
27 86 (6.724%) VoIP

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 111 (8.679%) .NET
2 80 (6.255%) XML
3 78 (6.099%) Spring
4 73 (5.708%) Web Services
5 71 (5.551%) HTML
6 65 (5.082%) ASP.NET
7 49 (3.831%) WPF
7 49 (3.831%) JSON
8 45 (3.518%) Hibernate
9 43 (3.362%) Ninject
9 43 (3.362%) Middleware
10 42 (3.284%) Castle Windsor
10 42 (3.284%) ASP.NET MVC
11 37 (2.893%) WCF
12 34 (2.658%) CSS
13 32 (2.502%) REST
14 30 (2.346%) Ajax
15 29 (2.267%) WinForms
15 29 (2.267%) Node.js
16 28 (2.189%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 35 (2.737%) MS Exchange
2 30 (2.346%) SharePoint
3 26 (2.033%) Jetty
4 25 (1.955%) Tomcat
5 17 (1.329%) Exchange Server 2007
5 17 (1.329%) Apache
6 16 (1.251%) Apache Solr
7 13 (1.016%) Exchange Server 2003
7 13 (1.016%) Exchange Server 2010
8 10 (0.782%) Windows Azure
9 8 (0.625%) IIS
10 7 (0.547%) SAS
11 6 (0.469%) Amazon AWS
12 5 (0.391%) WorkSite
12 5 (0.391%) Facebook Platform
12 5 (0.391%) CMS
13 4 (0.313%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 3 (0.235%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.235%) TeamSite
14 3 (0.235%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 153 (11.96%) MS Excel
2 86 (6.724%) MS Office
3 34 (2.658%) MS Visio
4 26 (2.033%) MS PowerPoint
5 17 (1.329%) PowerPivot
6 9 (0.704%) SPSS
7 3 (0.235%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.235%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.235%) MS Project
7 3 (0.235%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.235%) InDesign
8 2 (0.156%) Simulink
8 2 (0.156%) Quicktime
9 1 (0.078%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.547%) Movex
2 3 (0.235%) Taleo
3 1 (0.078%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.078%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.078%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 189 (14.78%) Internet
2 129 (10.09%) Wireless
3 117 (9.148%) Firewall
4 100 (7.819%) VPN
5 86 (6.724%) VoIP
6 81 (6.333%) Wi-Fi
7 79 (6.177%) DNS
8 71 (5.551%) 3G
9 70 (5.473%) TCP/IP
10 69 (5.395%) LAN
11 63 (4.926%) SNMP
12 60 (4.691%) Network Security
12 60 (4.691%) HTTP
13 58 (4.535%) DHCP
14 54 (4.222%) ADSL
15 51 (3.987%) MPLS
16 46 (3.597%) WAN
17 43 (3.362%) OSPF
18 42 (3.284%) Ethernet
19 40 (3.127%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (12.35%) SQL Server
2 59 (4.613%) MySQL
3 53 (4.144%) SQL Server 2012
4 40 (3.127%) RDBMS
4 40 (3.127%) SQL Server 2008
5 36 (2.815%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 36 (2.815%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (1.720%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (1.720%) SQL Server 2005
7 19 (1.486%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 18 (1.407%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 15 (1.173%) SQL Server 2000
10 14 (1.095%) Oracle 8/8i
11 13 (1.016%) OLAP
12 12 (0.938%) BusinessObjects XI
13 11 (0.860%) Oracle 11g
13 11 (0.860%) Oracle 10g
14 10 (0.782%) Hadoop
14 10 (0.782%) MongoDB
15 9 (0.704%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 44 (3.440%) NUnit
1 44 (3.440%) Rhino Mocks
2 40 (3.127%) Subversion
3 33 (2.580%) Git (software)
4 16 (1.251%) Visual Studio
5 15 (1.173%) JIRA
5 15 (1.173%) Trac
6 14 (1.095%) Eclipse
6 14 (1.095%) Moq
6 14 (1.095%) MSTest
7 12 (0.938%) Selenium
8 11 (0.860%) FitNesse
8 11 (0.860%) Maven
9 5 (0.391%) ERwin
10 4 (0.313%) JUnit
10 4 (0.313%) ClearCase
10 4 (0.313%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.235%) QuickTest Pro
12 2 (0.156%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.156%) Jenkins
General
1 548 (42.85%) Telecoms
2 142 (11.10%) Marketing
3 127 (9.930%) Finance
4 76 (5.942%) Music
5 51 (3.987%) Billing
6 48 (3.753%) Retail
6 48 (3.753%) Electronics
7 41 (3.206%) Games
8 24 (1.876%) Multimedia
9 19 (1.486%) Back Office
10 15 (1.173%) Legal
11 12 (0.938%) Manufacturing
11 12 (0.938%) Law
12 7 (0.547%) Publishing
13 5 (0.391%) French Language
13 5 (0.391%) Advertising
14 4 (0.313%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.235%) Spanish Language
15 3 (0.235%) German Language
16 2 (0.156%) Banking
Job Titles
1 263 (20.56%) Developer
2 153 (11.96%) Analyst
3 110 (8.600%) Software Engineer
4 72 (5.629%) Java Developer
5 58 (4.535%) Support Engineer
6 51 (3.987%) Network Engineer
7 45 (3.518%) Administrator
8 43 (3.362%) Graduate
9 42 (3.284%) Security Engineer
9 42 (3.284%) .NET Developer
9 42 (3.284%) Agile Java Developer
10 41 (3.206%) Report Developer
10 41 (3.206%) Senior Software Engineer
11 40 (3.127%) Consultant
11 40 (3.127%) Architect
12 35 (2.737%) Project Manager
13 33 (2.580%) Business Analyst
13 33 (2.580%) C# Developer
14 28 (2.189%) WinForms Developer
14 28 (2.189%) IP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 73 (5.708%) Mathematics
1 73 (5.708%) STB
2 65 (5.082%) Management Information System
2 65 (5.082%) Computer Science
3 62 (4.848%) Smartphone
4 52 (4.066%) Embedded Systems
5 46 (3.597%) Inversion of Control
6 41 (3.206%) DTV
7 38 (2.971%) Clustering
8 31 (2.424%) Client/Server
8 31 (2.424%) Replication
9 22 (1.720%) Video on Demand
10 21 (1.642%) Open Source
10 21 (1.642%) Blackberry
11 20 (1.564%) Mainframe
12 19 (1.486%) Digital Media
12 19 (1.486%) Device Driver
13 18 (1.407%) Mobile App
14 17 (1.329%) Handset
15 14 (1.095%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 236 (18.45%) Linux
2 166 (12.98%) Windows
3 139 (10.87%) UNIX
4 46 (3.597%) Windows Server 2008
5 42 (3.284%) Embedded Linux
6 37 (2.893%) Windows Server 2003
7 36 (2.815%) Windows XP
8 32 (2.502%) Solaris
9 29 (2.267%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 27 (2.111%) Windows 7
11 16 (1.251%) HPUX
12 11 (0.860%) Debian
13 10 (0.782%) Apple iOS
14 7 (0.547%) CentOS
15 6 (0.469%) Windows 8
16 4 (0.313%) AIX
16 4 (0.313%) VMS
16 4 (0.313%) Windows Vista
17 3 (0.235%) Android
18 2 (0.156%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (10.09%) TDD
2 108 (8.444%) Agile Software Development
3 91 (7.115%) Project Management
4 81 (6.333%) Business Intelligence
5 73 (5.708%) OO
5 73 (5.708%) Scrum
6 66 (5.160%) Change Management
7 64 (5.004%) ITIL
8 62 (4.848%) MVC
8 62 (4.848%) Continuous Integration
9 54 (4.222%) Kanban
10 51 (3.987%) CRM
11 49 (3.831%) MVVM
12 46 (3.597%) Service Management
13 44 (3.440%) Pair Programming
14 43 (3.362%) Continuous Improvement
15 41 (3.206%) Dependency Injection
15 41 (3.206%) Software Architecture
16 39 (3.049%) OOD
17 36 (2.815%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 192 (15.01%) SQL
2 144 (11.26%) Java
3 143 (11.18%) C
4 112 (8.757%) C++
5 103 (8.053%) C#
6 89 (6.959%) Perl
7 62 (4.848%) JavaScript
8 56 (4.378%) Shell Script
9 54 (4.222%) PHP
10 36 (2.815%) PL/SQL
10 36 (2.815%) T-SQL
11 30 (2.346%) Bash shell
12 25 (1.955%) AWK
12 25 (1.955%) VBScript
12 25 (1.955%) sed
13 23 (1.798%) Embedded C
14 22 (1.720%) Python
15 21 (1.642%) Korn
16 18 (1.407%) XPath
17 14 (1.095%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 332 (25.96%) Degree
2 107 (8.366%) Cisco Certification
3 92 (7.193%) Microsoft Certification
4 76 (5.942%) MCP
5 74 (5.786%) MCTS
6 69 (5.395%) MCAD
6 69 (5.395%) MCSD
7 52 (4.066%) CCNA
8 50 (3.909%) CCNP
9 26 (2.033%) CCIE
10 18 (1.407%) Security Cleared
11 16 (1.251%) MCITP
12 15 (1.173%) SC Cleared
13 14 (1.095%) CCIP
13 14 (1.095%) HND
14 11 (0.860%) CCSP
14 11 (0.860%) ISEB
14 11 (0.860%) OCP
14 11 (0.860%) Oracle Certification
15 10 (0.782%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.066%) SLA
2 30 (2.346%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.720%) PCI DSS
4 20 (1.564%) QA
5 16 (1.251%) COBIT
6 6 (0.469%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.313%) ISO 14001
7 4 (0.313%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.078%) HL7
System Software
1 57 (4.457%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.206%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (2.111%) vSphere
4 13 (1.016%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 13 (1.016%) ProxySG
5 12 (0.938%) VMware ESX
6 11 (0.860%) Oracle RAC
6 11 (0.860%) Oracle RMAN
7 8 (0.625%) NFS
7 8 (0.625%) SRDF
8 7 (0.547%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.313%) Terminal Server
9 4 (0.313%) XenServer
10 3 (0.235%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.156%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.156%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.156%) Postfix
11 2 (0.156%) XenApp
11 2 (0.156%) Varnish
11 2 (0.156%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 22 (1.720%) McAfee ePO
2 17 (1.329%) SCOM
3 16 (1.251%) CORE IMPACT
3 16 (1.251%) Nessus
4 12 (0.938%) Nagios
5 11 (0.860%) Data Guard
5 11 (0.860%) Cacti
5 11 (0.860%) NetBackup
6 10 (0.782%) Backup Exec
7 9 (0.704%) SCCM
7 9 (0.704%) ServiceCenter
7 9 (0.704%) WMI
8 8 (0.625%) EMC TimeFinder
8 8 (0.625%) OpenView
8 8 (0.625%) Munin
8 8 (0.625%) HP SIM
8 8 (0.625%) Ionix
9 7 (0.547%) Cisco UCCE
10 6 (0.469%) CiscoWorks
10 6 (0.469%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 175 (13.68%) Cisco
2 129 (10.09%) Microsoft
3 106 (8.288%) Oracle
4 73 (5.708%) Juniper
5 55 (4.300%) VMware
6 51 (3.987%) Red Hat
7 37 (2.893%) HP
7 37 (2.893%) Business Objects
8 35 (2.737%) BT
9 31 (2.424%) Huawei
9 31 (2.424%) Brocade
10 29 (2.267%) Symantec
11 25 (1.955%) CheckPoint
12 23 (1.798%) EMC
13 22 (1.720%) McAfee
14 19 (1.486%) Sun
14 19 (1.486%) Nortel
15 16 (1.251%) Citrix
15 16 (1.251%) NetApp
15 16 (1.251%) LogLogic
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