The first table below looks at the demand for DSL skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DSL over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Rank 696 704 704
Rank change year-on-year
+8 0
Permanent jobs citing DSL 165 194 186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.149% 0.164% 0.144%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.787% 0.937% 0.891%
Number of salaries quoted 151 171 138
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% -15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £80,000 £97,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.44% -3.33%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20961 20715 20880
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 18.98% 17.50% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 16947 17156 17340
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £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%

DSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

DSL Jobs Demand Trend

DSL
Salary Trend

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

DSL Salary Trend

DSL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DSL over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 within the UK.

DSL Salary Histogram

DSL
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DSL within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -16 162 £35,000 -17.64% 13
South East +43 66 £35,000 -10.82% 4
London -21 53 £35,000 -26.31% 7
Berkshire +13 37 £35,000 -30.00% 2
City of London +12 21 £35,000 -22.22% 5
Reading +17 20 £29,000 -42.00%
Yorkshire - 11 £55,000 -
Kent -15 9 £30,000 -20.00% 1
North West -24 9 £25,500 -23.88% 1
West Yorkshire - 9 £55,000 -
Surrey +16 7 £35,000 -12.50%
Hampshire +10 7 £35,000 +16.66% 1
Basingstoke -9 7 £35,000 +16.66% 1
Bracknell -20 7 £35,000 -30.00% 2
West Midlands -23 7 £25,000 -28.57%
Manchester -37 7 £45,000 +34.32% 1
Slough +4 6 £35,000 -10.25%
Buckinghamshire -2 6 £27,500 -6.77%
Rochdale -4 6 £34,250 +14.16% 1
High Wycombe +11 5 £27,500 -30.81%
Birmingham -14 5 £22,500 -64.00%
Leeds - 5 £55,000 -
West Malling - 5 £35,000 - 1
Guildford - 4 £35,000 -
Bradford - 4 £55,000 -
East of England +6 3 £26,750 -42.47% 1
South West -1 3 £42,500 +14.09%
Midlands - 3 - -
Dartford - 3 £30,000 -
Hertfordshire +3 2 £26,000 -25.71%

DSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing DSL 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 DSL.

1 176 (58.47%) Cisco
2 175 (58.14%) MPLS
3 119 (39.53%) Telecoms
4 116 (38.54%) Windows
5 101 (33.55%) Microsoft
6 99 (32.89%) Cisco Certification
6 99 (32.89%) LAN
7 96 (31.89%) WAN
8 87 (28.90%) Juniper
9 85 (28.24%) Firewall
10 81 (26.91%) VPN
11 75 (24.92%) Active Directory
12 72 (23.92%) MS Office
13 69 (22.92%) CCNA
14 68 (22.59%) Windows Server 2008
15 67 (22.26%) Windows Server 2003
15 67 (22.26%) MS Exchange
16 63 (20.93%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 63 (20.93%) JNCIA
16 63 (20.93%) VPLS
17 62 (20.60%) Ethernet
18 53 (17.61%) JNCIP
19 52 (17.28%) TCP/IP
19 52 (17.28%) MS Excel
19 52 (17.28%) VMware
20 50 (16.61%) JNCIS
21 45 (14.95%) CCNP
21 45 (14.95%) Internet
22 43 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
23 41 (13.62%) Blackberry

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (2.658%) HTML
2 5 (1.661%) WSH
3 4 (1.329%) JDBC
3 4 (1.329%) SOAP
4 3 (0.997%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.997%) Spring
4 3 (0.997%) Hibernate
4 3 (0.997%) Web Services
4 3 (0.997%) XML
4 3 (0.997%) CORBA
4 3 (0.997%) CGI
5 2 (0.664%) J2EE
6 1 (0.332%) jBPM
6 1 (0.332%) Spring Security
6 1 (0.332%) XMPP
6 1 (0.332%) JNDI
6 1 (0.332%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.332%) RESTful
6 1 (0.332%) OSGi
6 1 (0.332%) Spring Batch
Application Platforms
1 67 (22.26%) MS Exchange
2 63 (20.93%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 24 (7.973%) Exchange Server 2007
4 23 (7.641%) Exchange Server 2010
5 13 (4.319%) Exchange Server 2003
6 11 (3.654%) Lync
7 10 (3.322%) IIS
8 6 (1.993%) Apache
9 3 (0.997%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.664%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.664%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.332%) Mule
Applications
1 72 (23.92%) MS Office
2 52 (17.28%) MS Excel
3 2 (0.664%) Office 365
4 1 (0.332%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 1 (0.332%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.332%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 175 (58.14%) MPLS
2 99 (32.89%) LAN
3 96 (31.89%) WAN
4 85 (28.24%) Firewall
5 81 (26.91%) VPN
6 63 (20.93%) VPLS
7 62 (20.60%) Ethernet
8 52 (17.28%) TCP/IP
9 45 (14.95%) Internet
10 40 (13.29%) DNS
10 40 (13.29%) ISDN
11 39 (12.96%) BGP
12 37 (12.29%) Broadband
13 34 (11.30%) OSPF
14 30 (9.967%) DHCP
15 29 (9.635%) IPsec
16 28 (9.302%) VoIP
17 27 (8.970%) SAN
18 25 (8.306%) Network Security
19 24 (7.973%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.96%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.987%) TOAD
3 3 (0.997%) MySQL
3 3 (0.997%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (0.664%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.332%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.332%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.332%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.332%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.332%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.332%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (0.664%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.332%) JIRA
2 1 (0.332%) Maven
2 1 (0.332%) ANTLR
2 1 (0.332%) Hudson
2 1 (0.332%) GitHub
2 1 (0.332%) Eclipse RCP
2 1 (0.332%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.332%) Ant
2 1 (0.332%) JUnit
General
1 119 (39.53%) Telecoms
2 29 (9.635%) Finance
3 2 (0.664%) German Language
4 1 (0.332%) Marketing
4 1 (0.332%) Dutch Language
4 1 (0.332%) Local Government
4 1 (0.332%) Investment Banking
4 1 (0.332%) Banking
4 1 (0.332%) Retail
4 1 (0.332%) Legal
4 1 (0.332%) Advertising
4 1 (0.332%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 61 (20.27%) NOC Engineer
2 46 (15.28%) Network Engineer
3 34 (11.30%) Team Leader
4 29 (9.635%) Analyst
5 26 (8.638%) Consultant
6 22 (7.309%) Support Analyst
6 22 (7.309%) Support Engineer
7 21 (6.977%) Infrastructure Team Leader
8 20 (6.645%) Systems Engineer
9 13 (4.319%) 2nd Line Support
10 12 (3.987%) Support Consultant
10 12 (3.987%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 12 (3.987%) Administrator
10 12 (3.987%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
10 12 (3.987%) Implementation Engineer
11 11 (3.654%) Cisco Engineer
12 10 (3.322%) Graduate
12 10 (3.322%) Technical Support
12 10 (3.322%) IT Consultant
12 10 (3.322%) Network Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.62%) Blackberry
2 9 (2.990%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (2.658%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.993%) Clustering
5 5 (1.661%) iPhone
5 5 (1.661%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.329%) Hedge funds
6 4 (1.329%) Open Source
6 4 (1.329%) CMDB
7 3 (0.997%) Computer Science
7 3 (0.997%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.664%) Handset
8 2 (0.664%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.664%) IaaS
8 2 (0.664%) EqualLogic
8 2 (0.664%) SecurID
9 1 (0.332%) PDA
9 1 (0.332%) Statistics
9 1 (0.332%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.332%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 116 (38.54%) Windows
2 68 (22.59%) Windows Server 2008
3 67 (22.26%) Windows Server 2003
4 35 (11.63%) Linux
5 34 (11.30%) Windows 7
6 19 (6.312%) UNIX
7 15 (4.983%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (3.654%) Windows XP
9 5 (1.661%) Solaris
10 4 (1.329%) Windows Vista
10 4 (1.329%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.997%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.997%) Debian
12 2 (0.664%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.332%) Windows Mobile
13 1 (0.332%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (0.332%) AIX
13 1 (0.332%) VMS
13 1 (0.332%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (10.96%) Problem Management
2 19 (6.312%) Performance Management
3 18 (5.980%) ITIL
4 16 (5.316%) Change Management
4 16 (5.316%) Network Management
5 15 (4.983%) PRINCE2
6 14 (4.651%) Migration
6 14 (4.651%) Load Balancing
6 14 (4.651%) Fault Management
7 12 (3.987%) Service Management
7 12 (3.987%) Customer Engagement
7 12 (3.987%) Capacity Management
8 11 (3.654%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (3.654%) E-Commerce
9 10 (3.322%) Change Control
10 9 (2.990%) Matrix Management
10 9 (2.990%) Risk Management
11 8 (2.658%) B2B
11 8 (2.658%) Configuration Management
11 8 (2.658%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.648%) SQL
2 10 (3.322%) Java
2 10 (3.322%) Perl
3 8 (2.658%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.661%) Python
4 5 (1.661%) C++
5 4 (1.329%) C
6 3 (0.997%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.664%) Tcl
7 2 (0.664%) Bash shell
8 1 (0.332%) Groovy
8 1 (0.332%) xBase
8 1 (0.332%) Scala
8 1 (0.332%) Clojure
8 1 (0.332%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.332%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.332%) C#
Qualifications
1 99 (32.89%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (22.92%) CCNA
3 63 (20.93%) JNCIA
4 53 (17.61%) JNCIP
5 50 (16.61%) JNCIS
6 45 (14.95%) CCNP
7 23 (7.641%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (7.309%) CCIP
9 19 (6.312%) MCITP
10 16 (5.316%) Degree
11 12 (3.987%) CCIE
12 11 (3.654%) Security Cleared
13 7 (2.326%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (2.326%) MCSE
14 6 (1.993%) MCSA
15 5 (1.661%) SC Cleared
16 4 (1.329%) MCTS
17 3 (0.997%) MCP
18 2 (0.664%) ITIL Certification
18 2 (0.664%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.980%) SLA
2 4 (1.329%) ISO 9001
2 4 (1.329%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.997%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.997%) QA
System Software
1 75 (24.92%) Active Directory
2 43 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.651%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.322%) Xen
5 8 (2.658%) MetaFrame
5 8 (2.658%) XenApp
6 7 (2.326%) NLBS
6 7 (2.326%) VMware ESX
7 4 (1.329%) FreeRADIUS
8 2 (0.664%) Terminal Server
8 2 (0.664%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.664%) vSphere
9 1 (0.332%) VMware GSX
9 1 (0.332%) NFS
Systems Management
1 31 (10.30%) WSUS
2 13 (4.319%) Backup Exec
2 13 (4.319%) Nagios
3 12 (3.987%) CiscoWorks
3 12 (3.987%) OpenView
4 9 (2.990%) Norton AntiVirus
5 7 (2.326%) Netcool
6 3 (0.997%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.664%) SCCM
8 1 (0.332%) Cacti
8 1 (0.332%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.332%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 176 (58.47%) Cisco
2 101 (33.55%) Microsoft
3 87 (28.90%) Juniper
4 52 (17.28%) VMware
5 40 (13.29%) Citrix
6 28 (9.302%) HP
7 21 (6.977%) BT
8 16 (5.316%) Avaya
9 15 (4.983%) Oracle
10 14 (4.651%) Nortel
11 13 (4.319%) EMC
12 12 (3.987%) SolarWinds
12 12 (3.987%) Brocade
13 11 (3.654%) Huawei
13 11 (3.654%) Symantec
14 9 (2.990%) CheckPoint
15 8 (2.658%) CommVault
15 8 (2.658%) Alcatel-Lucent
15 8 (2.658%) Draytek
16 7 (2.326%) Apple
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