The first table below looks at the demand for DPNSS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DPNSS over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Private Network Signaling System (DPNSS)
Rank 832 891 853
Rank change year-on-year
+59 -38
Permanent jobs citing DPNSS 32 9 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.029% 0.007% 0.014%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.152% 0.042% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 15
Average salary £37,500 £45,000 £72,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% -37.93%
UK excluding London average salary £20,500 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-54.44% -25.00%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
21011 21540 19275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.32% 17.56% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 16969 17949 15959
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £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%

DPNSS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing DPNSS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

DPNSS Jobs Demand Trend

DPNSS
Salary Trend

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

DPNSS Salary Trend

DPNSS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DPNSS over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

DPNSS Salary Histogram

DPNSS
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DPNSS within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +55 32 £37,500 -16.66%
London +68 25 £38,250 +47.11%
North West - 4 - -
City of London +21 3 £37,500 -42.30%
East of England +10 2 £20,500 -54.44%
Hemel Hempstead - 2 £20,500 -
Hertfordshire - 2 £20,500 -
Wiltshire +13 1 £24,500 -45.55%
South West +1 1 £24,500 -45.55%
Manchester - 1 - -
Chippenham - 1 £24,500 -

DPNSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing DPNSS 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 DPNSS.

1 46 (95.83%) VoIP
2 44 (91.67%) Q.931
3 32 (66.67%) H.323
4 29 (60.42%) Softswitch
5 28 (58.33%) HND
5 28 (58.33%) Avaya
6 26 (54.17%) PBX
6 26 (54.17%) Telecoms
7 24 (50.00%) Firewall
8 22 (45.83%) Cisco
9 21 (43.75%) Nortel
10 19 (39.58%) CCNA
10 19 (39.58%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (37.50%) RTP
11 18 (37.50%) Mitel
11 18 (37.50%) Network Security
12 16 (33.33%) QSIG
12 16 (33.33%) Juniper
12 16 (33.33%) DNS
12 16 (33.33%) Linux
13 15 (31.25%) Wireshark
14 13 (27.08%) Degree
14 13 (27.08%) Huawei
14 13 (27.08%) IVR
14 13 (27.08%) BT
14 13 (27.08%) MGCP
14 13 (27.08%) ADSL
14 13 (27.08%) Broadband
14 13 (27.08%) CTI
14 13 (27.08%) SS7

DPNSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing DPNSS 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 DPNSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (14.58%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.083%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (95.83%) VoIP
2 44 (91.67%) Q.931
3 32 (66.67%) H.323
4 29 (60.42%) Softswitch
5 26 (54.17%) PBX
6 24 (50.00%) Firewall
7 18 (37.50%) RTP
7 18 (37.50%) Network Security
8 16 (33.33%) QSIG
8 16 (33.33%) DNS
9 15 (31.25%) Wireshark
10 13 (27.08%) MGCP
10 13 (27.08%) ADSL
10 13 (27.08%) Broadband
10 13 (27.08%) CTI
10 13 (27.08%) SS7
10 13 (27.08%) Megaco
11 9 (18.75%) TCP/IP
12 7 (14.58%) Ethernet
12 7 (14.58%) ISDN
General
1 26 (54.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (35.42%) Voice Engineer
2 13 (27.08%) Senior Technical Specialist
2 13 (27.08%) Technical Specialist
2 13 (27.08%) Voice Specialist
3 7 (14.58%) Architect
3 7 (14.58%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (10.42%) Designer
5 4 (8.333%) Network Engineer
6 3 (6.250%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.167%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (4.167%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (4.167%) Customer Engineer
7 2 (4.167%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.167%) Customer Support Engineer
7 2 (4.167%) Senior Designer
8 1 (2.083%) Voice Network Engineer
8 1 (2.083%) Systems Support Engineer
8 1 (2.083%) Telephony Engineer
8 1 (2.083%) Avaya Engineer
8 1 (2.083%) Network Designer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (27.08%) IVR
2 5 (10.42%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (33.33%) Linux
2 7 (14.58%) UNIX
3 1 (2.083%) Windows
3 1 (2.083%) Windows 2000
3 1 (2.083%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 7 (14.58%) WFM
2 7 (14.58%) Test Management
3 2 (4.167%) Data Entry
4 1 (2.083%) ITIL
4 1 (2.083%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (2.083%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.083%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (58.33%) HND
2 19 (39.58%) CCNA
2 19 (39.58%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (27.08%) Degree
4 6 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 6 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.83%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.083%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 28 (58.33%) Avaya
2 22 (45.83%) Cisco
3 21 (43.75%) Nortel
4 18 (37.50%) Mitel
5 16 (33.33%) Juniper
6 13 (27.08%) Huawei
6 13 (27.08%) BT
6 13 (27.08%) Sun
7 7 (14.58%) Citrix
7 7 (14.58%) Oracle
8 2 (4.167%) Microsoft
London
Network Voice & Data Engineer, Mitel, CCNA, TCP/IP, ICP 3300, SIP, A leading provider of Network Services requires a Network Voice & Data Engineer with good hands on experience...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + shift allowance
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Network Voice & Data Engineer, Mitel, CCNA, TCP/IP, ICP 3300, SIP, A leading provider of Network Services requires a Network Voice & Data Engineer with good hands on experience...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + shift allowance
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
To be successful in this role you must have;* Telecommunications industry experience, working with the Nortel DMS, Nortel CS2K* Knowledge of Nortel CS2K and/or Huawei devices. This...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Salary + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
East London
To be successful in this role you must have; * Telecommunications industry experience, working with the Nortel DMS, Nortel CS2K * Knowledge of Nortel CS2K and/or Huawei devices. This...
Sky
Salary: Salary + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013