Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for DSLAM skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DSLAM over the 3 months to 3 September 2010 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.

LinkDigital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM)
Location
3 months to
3 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank767655865
Rank change year-on-year
Down-112Up+210
Matching permanent IT job ads36762
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.033 %0.010 %0.035 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.211 %0.059 %0.200 %
Salaries quoted20452
Average salary£55,000£55,750£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.340 %+23.88 %
UK excluding London average salary£55,000£55,750£45,000
% change year-on-year
-1.340 %+23.88 %
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
170821194731019
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK15.82 %17.40 %17.31 %
Salaries quoted14218987226328
Average salary£40,000£37,500£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-3.840 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.850 %-

DSLAM
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing DSLAM within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

DSLAM Demand Trend

DSLAM
Salary Trend

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

DSLAM Salary Trend

DSLAM
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DSLAM over the 3 months to 3 September 2010 within the UK.

DSLAM Salary Histogram

DSLAM
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DSLAM within the UK over the 3 months to 3 September 2010. 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
EnglandDown-13028£55,000-1.34 %
HampshireUp+915£55,000-
South EastDown-4915£55,000-
LondonNew entry-13£47,500-
City of LondonNew entry-7£47,500-
BasingstokeUp+23£60,000-
WalesNew entry-1£33,500-
South WalesNew entry-1£33,500-

DSLAM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing DSLAM 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 DSLAM.

150 (80.65 %)Broadband
247 (75.81 %)Telecoms
329 (46.77 %)Wireless
329 (46.77 %)SDH
329 (46.77 %)ATM
329 (46.77 %)NGN
417 (27.42 %)UMTS
417 (27.42 %)CDMA
515 (24.19 %)DSL
613 (20.97 %)Cisco
712 (19.35 %)VoIP
712 (19.35 %)LLU
811 (17.74 %)MPLS
811 (17.74 %)Service Management
910 (16.13 %)Megaco
910 (16.13 %)RTP
910 (16.13 %)OPNET
910 (16.13 %)Juniper
910 (16.13 %)TCP/IP
910 (16.13 %)MS Excel
910 (16.13 %)Strategic Planning
910 (16.13 %)Softswitch
910 (16.13 %)Capacity Planning
109 (14.52 %)Software Architecture
109 (14.52 %)ADSL
118 (12.90 %)Firmware
118 (12.90 %)ADSL2+
127 (11.29 %)Product Management
127 (11.29 %)Linux
127 (11.29 %)802.11

DSLAM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing DSLAM 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 DSLAM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (1.613 %)Middleware
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (16.13 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
150 (80.65 %)Broadband
229 (46.77 %)Wireless
229 (46.77 %)SDH
229 (46.77 %)ATM
229 (46.77 %)NGN
317 (27.42 %)UMTS
317 (27.42 %)CDMA
415 (24.19 %)DSL
512 (19.35 %)VoIP
512 (19.35 %)LLU
611 (17.74 %)MPLS
710 (16.13 %)Megaco
710 (16.13 %)RTP
710 (16.13 %)TCP/IP
710 (16.13 %)Softswitch
89 (14.52 %)ADSL
98 (12.90 %)ADSL2+
107 (11.29 %)802.11
114 (6.452 %)DHCP
123 (4.839 %)WiMAX
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
147 (75.81 %)Telecoms
24 (6.452 %)Electronics
33 (4.839 %)Marketing
41 (1.613 %)Health
41 (1.613 %)Pensions
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
131 (50.00 %)Account Manager
211 (17.74 %)Network Engineer
310 (16.13 %)Capacity Planner
310 (16.13 %)Network Planner
49 (14.52 %)Development Engineer
54 (6.452 %)Wireless Engineer
54 (6.452 %)Sales Manager
54 (6.452 %)Technical Manager
63 (4.839 %)Design Engineer
63 (4.839 %)Service Manager
72 (3.226 %)Support Engineer
81 (1.613 %)3rd Line Support
81 (1.613 %)2nd Line Support
81 (1.613 %)Field Engineer
81 (1.613 %)Support Analyst
81 (1.613 %)Technical Support
81 (1.613 %)Analyst
81 (1.613 %)Network Specialist
81 (1.613 %)Network Support
81 (1.613 %)Field Support Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (12.90 %)Firmware
25 (8.065 %)IPTV
34 (6.452 %)Computer Science
41 (1.613 %)DTV
41 (1.613 %)MPEG
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (11.29 %)Linux
23 (4.839 %)UNIX
31 (1.613 %)Mac OS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (17.74 %)Service Management
210 (16.13 %)Strategic Planning
210 (16.13 %)Capacity Planning
39 (14.52 %)Software Architecture
47 (11.29 %)Product Management
55 (8.065 %)Network Design
62 (3.226 %)Business Development
71 (1.613 %)Project Management
71 (1.613 %)DRM
71 (1.613 %)Fault Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (9.677 %)C
24 (6.452 %)Perl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (8.065 %)Degree
21 (1.613 %)CCNP
21 (1.613 %)Cisco Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.613 %)SLA
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (20.97 %)Cisco
210 (16.13 %)OPNET
210 (16.13 %)Juniper
33 (4.839 %)BT
41 (1.613 %)Remedy