The first part of the 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 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.

Digital Private Network Signaling System (DPNSS)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank870843745
Rank change year-on-year
Down-27Down-98
Matching permanent IT job ads9157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.007 %0.012 %0.007 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.042 %0.078 %0.048 %
Number of salaries quoted7134
Average salary£45,000£72,500£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-37.93 %+70.58 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£60,000£42,150
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£72,500£47,750
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£60,000£46,000
% change year-on-year
-25.00 %+30.43 %
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 %-

DPNSS
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

DPNSS
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DPNSS over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

DPNSS Salary Histogram

DPNSS
Top 10 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 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+29£45,000-37.93 %
LondonDown-315£26,000-64.13 %
City of LondonUp+52£65,000-7.14 %
SurreyDown-82--
South EastDown-192--
East of EnglandNew entry-1£45,000-
South WestNew entry-1£45,000-
WiltshireNew entry-1£45,000-
SuffolkNew entry-1£45,000-
SwindonNew entry-1£45,000-

DPNSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, 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.

128 (70.00 %)Cisco Certification
226 (65.00 %)CCNA
323 (57.50 %)Cisco
421 (52.50 %)PBX
520 (50.00 %)VoIP
619 (47.50 %)H.323
716 (40.00 %)QSIG
814 (35.00 %)Q.931
814 (35.00 %)Avaya
913 (32.50 %)DEFINITY
913 (32.50 %)Telecoms
1010 (25.00 %)MPLS
1010 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
1010 (25.00 %)SDH
1010 (25.00 %)Nortel
1010 (25.00 %)Ethernet
1010 (25.00 %)IP Telephony
118 (20.00 %)Fault Management
118 (20.00 %)PowerShell
118 (20.00 %)DMS-100
118 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
118 (20.00 %)Cloud Computing
118 (20.00 %)SaaS
118 (20.00 %)Foundry
118 (20.00 %)HTTP
118 (20.00 %)SQL
118 (20.00 %)VBScript
118 (20.00 %)MySQL
118 (20.00 %)IIS
118 (20.00 %)Windows

DPNSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (5.000 %)TAPI
12 (5.000 %)CCXML
12 (5.000 %)JTAPI
12 (5.000 %)VXML
21 (2.500 %)FIX Protocol
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (20.00 %)IIS
18 (20.00 %)CMS
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
121 (52.50 %)PBX
220 (50.00 %)VoIP
319 (47.50 %)H.323
416 (40.00 %)QSIG
514 (35.00 %)Q.931
613 (32.50 %)DEFINITY
710 (25.00 %)MPLS
710 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
710 (25.00 %)SDH
710 (25.00 %)Ethernet
710 (25.00 %)IP Telephony
88 (20.00 %)DMS-100
88 (20.00 %)HTTP
88 (20.00 %)ADSL
88 (20.00 %)ATM
88 (20.00 %)DNS
88 (20.00 %)SAN
88 (20.00 %)OSPF
88 (20.00 %)BGP
88 (20.00 %)TELNET
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (20.00 %)MySQL
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (32.50 %)Telecoms
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
111 (27.50 %)Support Engineer
210 (25.00 %)Avaya Engineer
38 (20.00 %)Operations Engineer
38 (20.00 %)Senior Operations Engineer
46 (15.00 %)Network Engineer
55 (12.50 %)Voice Engineer
64 (10.00 %)Consultant
73 (7.500 %)Design Engineer
82 (5.000 %)NOC Engineer
82 (5.000 %)Cisco Consultant
82 (5.000 %)Cisco Engineer
82 (5.000 %)Pre Sales Consultant
82 (5.000 %)Sales Consultant
82 (5.000 %)Architect
82 (5.000 %)Technical Architect
91 (2.500 %)Systems Engineer
91 (2.500 %)Senior Systems Engineer
91 (2.500 %)Field Engineer
91 (2.500 %)Telecoms Engineer
91 (2.500 %)Project Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (20.00 %)Cloud Computing
18 (20.00 %)SaaS
25 (12.50 %)Management Information System
32 (5.000 %)IVR
32 (5.000 %)MPEG
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
18 (20.00 %)Windows
18 (20.00 %)Linux
18 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (20.00 %)Fault Management
25 (12.50 %)Problem Management
32 (5.000 %)Process Management
32 (5.000 %)Project Management
41 (2.500 %)Service Delivery
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18 (20.00 %)PowerShell
18 (20.00 %)SQL
18 (20.00 %)VBScript
18 (20.00 %)Python
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
128 (70.00 %)Cisco Certification
226 (65.00 %)CCNA
38 (20.00 %)MCSE
38 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (7.500 %)SC Cleared
43 (7.500 %)Security Cleared
52 (5.000 %)CCVP
52 (5.000 %)CCNP
52 (5.000 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (20.00 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (20.00 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (5.000 %)Cisco UCCX
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
123 (57.50 %)Cisco
214 (35.00 %)Avaya
310 (25.00 %)Nortel
48 (20.00 %)Foundry
48 (20.00 %)Juniper
48 (20.00 %)Remedy
48 (20.00 %)VMware
52 (5.000 %)Mitel
52 (5.000 %)Verint
52 (5.000 %)Genesys