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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Ethernet skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ethernet over the 3 months to 19 March 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.

LinkEthernet
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank432417399
Rank change year-on-year
Down-15Down-18
Matching permanent IT job ads258272820
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.300 %0.321 %0.402 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category2.106 %1.898 %2.401 %
Salaries quoted195227670
Average salary£41,500£45,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.770 %+12.50 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£65,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£43,000£39,000
% change year-on-year
-6.970 %+10.25 %
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
122521432934154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.26 %16.90 %16.73 %
Salaries quoted101681202028461
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-1.310 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-

Ethernet
Demand Trend

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

Ethernet Demand Trend

Ethernet
Salary Trend

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

Ethernet Salary Trend

Ethernet
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ethernet over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Ethernet Salary Histogram

Ethernet
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 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-8253£41,500-7.77 %
LondonDown-3683£50,000-9.09 %
South EastDown-1764£37,500-16.66 %
East of EnglandUp+4161£42,500-5.55 %
CambridgeshireUp+2430£42,500+18.05 %
SuffolkUp+1526£63,750+96.15 %
City of LondonDown-5225£45,000-30.76 %
CambridgeUp+1623£42,500+19.71 %
IpswichUp+1023£72,500+123.07 %
BerkshireDown-1118£37,500-25.00 %
YorkshireUp+417£45,000+2.27 %
HampshireUp+3016£40,000+14.28 %
North WestUp+712£34,000-15.00 %
West YorkshireUp+1411£55,000+22.22 %
OxfordshireUp+510£22,500-50.00 %
ManchesterUp+38£26,250-52.27 %
North EastUp+327£55,000+69.23 %
Tyne and WearUp+267£55,000+69.23 %
BuckinghamshireDown-26£31,250+4.16 %
South YorkshireUp+85£24,000-2.04 %
BarnsleyUp+75£24,000-2.04 %
HertfordshireUp+75£42,500-5.55 %
BracknellDown-55£26,250-12.50 %
WakefieldNew entry-5£60,000-
West MidlandsUp+244£37,000+23.33 %
East MidlandsDown-14£30,000-25.00 %
SurreyDown-54£30,500-34.75 %
BanburyNew entry-4£22,000-
SunderlandNew entry-4£60,000-
NottinghamUp+103£30,000-25.00 %

Ethernet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Ethernet 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 Ethernet.

1163 (33.06 %)TCP/IP
1163 (33.06 %)MPLS
2152 (30.83 %)Telecoms
3144 (29.21 %)Cisco
4134 (27.18 %)WAN
5131 (26.57 %)LAN
6117 (23.73 %)Windows
780 (16.23 %)Firewall
877 (15.62 %)Linux
973 (14.81 %)Microsoft
1071 (14.40 %)C
1164 (12.98 %)Cisco Certification
1263 (12.78 %)VPN
1361 (12.37 %)Finance
1458 (11.76 %)Degree
1557 (11.56 %)BGP
1557 (11.56 %)Juniper
1656 (11.36 %)Internet
1755 (11.16 %)SDH
1854 (10.95 %)VMware
1952 (10.55 %)DWDM
2050 (10.14 %)Network Design
2149 (9.939 %)Active Directory
2248 (9.736 %)VoIP
2248 (9.736 %)C++
2346 (9.331 %)DNS
2445 (9.128 %)UNIX
2543 (8.722 %)OSPF
2543 (8.722 %)ATM
2642 (8.519 %)MS Excel

Ethernet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Ethernet 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 Ethernet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (1.623 %).NET
24 (0.811 %)Web Services
24 (0.811 %)XML
33 (0.609 %)Flash
33 (0.609 %)CSS
33 (0.609 %)Data Analytics Architect
42 (0.406 %)HTML
42 (0.406 %)JSP
42 (0.406 %)Servlets
42 (0.406 %)DirectX
51 (0.203 %)X-Windows
51 (0.203 %)ODBC
51 (0.203 %)ASP.NET
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
125 (5.071 %)MS Exchange
212 (2.434 %)IIS
39 (1.826 %)Exchange Server 2003
46 (1.217 %)Exchange Server 2007
46 (1.217 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
46 (1.217 %)Apache
55 (1.014 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.203 %)SharePoint
61 (0.203 %)Exchange Server 2000
61 (0.203 %)Office Communications Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
142 (8.519 %)MS Excel
241 (8.316 %)MS Office
320 (4.057 %)MS Visio
47 (1.420 %)QuarkXPress
52 (0.406 %)Photoshop
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.406 %)Loanet
21 (0.203 %)Metrica
21 (0.203 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.203 %)SoftGrid
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1163 (33.06 %)TCP/IP
1163 (33.06 %)MPLS
2134 (27.18 %)WAN
3131 (26.57 %)LAN
480 (16.23 %)Firewall
563 (12.78 %)VPN
657 (11.56 %)BGP
756 (11.36 %)Internet
855 (11.16 %)SDH
952 (10.55 %)DWDM
1048 (9.736 %)VoIP
1146 (9.331 %)DNS
1243 (8.722 %)ATM
1243 (8.722 %)OSPF
1340 (8.114 %)VLAN
1434 (6.897 %)SAN
1531 (6.288 %)SONET
1630 (6.085 %)Frame Relay
1729 (5.882 %)Wireless
1827 (5.477 %)ISDN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (3.854 %)SQL Server
210 (2.028 %)SQL Server 2000
210 (2.028 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (1.217 %)MySQL
45 (1.014 %)RDBMS
51 (0.203 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.203 %)PostgreSQL
51 (0.203 %)Crystal Reports
51 (0.203 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.203 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (0.609 %)Subversion
22 (0.406 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.203 %)TestDirector
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1152 (30.83 %)Telecoms
261 (12.37 %)Finance
330 (6.085 %)Electronics
424 (4.868 %)Pensions
520 (4.057 %)Banking
619 (3.854 %)Marketing
715 (3.043 %)Health
89 (1.826 %)Government
96 (1.217 %)Insurance
96 (1.217 %)Financial Institution
105 (1.014 %)Electric
105 (1.014 %)Retail
105 (1.014 %)Multimedia
105 (1.014 %)Investment Banking
114 (0.811 %)Military
114 (0.811 %)Law
114 (0.811 %)Education
123 (0.609 %)Construction
123 (0.609 %)Manufacturing
132 (0.406 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
175 (15.21 %)Network Engineer
250 (10.14 %)Architect
345 (9.128 %)Support Engineer
431 (6.288 %)Software Engineer
530 (6.085 %)Design Engineer
625 (5.071 %)Analyst
724 (4.868 %)Network Support
820 (4.057 %)Network Support Engineer
918 (3.651 %)Senior Manager
918 (3.651 %)Embedded Software Engineer
918 (3.651 %)Test Engineer
1017 (3.448 %)Senior Network Engineer
1017 (3.448 %)Consultant
1017 (3.448 %)Infrastructure Specialist
1017 (3.448 %)Virtualisation Specialist
1116 (3.245 %)Network Architect
1215 (3.043 %)Cisco Engineer
1215 (3.043 %)Administrator
1215 (3.043 %)Pre Sales Engineer
1215 (3.043 %)IT Support
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
129 (5.882 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
224 (4.868 %)VHDL
317 (3.448 %)Cloud Computing
416 (3.245 %)Computer Science
512 (2.434 %)Firmware
69 (1.826 %)IPTV
77 (1.420 %)Web 2.0
86 (1.217 %)MPEG
86 (1.217 %)French Language
95 (1.014 %)Blackberry
95 (1.014 %)Spanish Language
104 (0.811 %)Client/Server
104 (0.811 %)CPLD
104 (0.811 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
104 (0.811 %)Management Information System
104 (0.811 %)Device Driver
104 (0.811 %)Fixed Income
104 (0.811 %)Verilog
113 (0.609 %)Clustering
113 (0.609 %)SCADA
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1117 (23.73 %)Windows
277 (15.62 %)Linux
345 (9.128 %)UNIX
437 (7.505 %)Windows Server 2003
525 (5.071 %)Windows XP
621 (4.260 %)Windows 2000
714 (2.840 %)Windows Server 2008
812 (2.434 %)Windows NT
812 (2.434 %)Windows Vista
911 (2.231 %)Solaris
108 (1.623 %)Red Hat Linux
116 (1.217 %)Debian
116 (1.217 %)VxWorks
125 (1.014 %)HPUX
125 (1.014 %)Windows 2000 Server
134 (0.811 %)Mac OS X
142 (0.406 %)Windows CE
142 (0.406 %)SUSE
142 (0.406 %)AIX
142 (0.406 %)Mac OS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
150 (10.14 %)Network Design
230 (6.085 %)Project Management
328 (5.680 %)Load Balancing
425 (5.071 %)Product Management
514 (2.840 %)Problem Management
613 (2.637 %)Disaster Recovery
613 (2.637 %)Validation
613 (2.637 %)Business Continuity
712 (2.434 %)Agile Software Development
811 (2.231 %)Workflow
910 (2.028 %)System Testing
109 (1.826 %)Network Architecture
109 (1.826 %)Service Delivery
109 (1.826 %)PRINCE2
118 (1.623 %)Benchmarking
118 (1.623 %)Test Management
118 (1.623 %)Test Scripting
127 (1.420 %)Requirements Management
127 (1.420 %)Test Automation
127 (1.420 %)Service Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
171 (14.40 %)C
248 (9.736 %)C++
326 (5.274 %)SQL
417 (3.448 %)Python
417 (3.448 %)Embedded C
512 (2.434 %)VB
611 (2.231 %)C#
710 (2.028 %)Assembly Language
88 (1.623 %)Embedded C++
95 (1.014 %)Tcl
95 (1.014 %)VBScript
95 (1.014 %)Perl
104 (0.811 %)VB.NET
104 (0.811 %)Java
112 (0.406 %)VC++
112 (0.406 %)VB6
112 (0.406 %)Bash shell
121 (0.203 %)FoxPro (VFP)
121 (0.203 %)JavaScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
164 (12.98 %)Cisco Certification
258 (11.76 %)Degree
342 (8.519 %)CCNA
429 (5.882 %)CCNP
527 (5.477 %)Security Cleared
617 (3.448 %)CCIE
712 (2.434 %)Microsoft Certification
811 (2.231 %)JNCIA
910 (2.028 %)CCDP
108 (1.623 %)CCIP
116 (1.217 %)CCDA
116 (1.217 %)PRINCE2 Certification
116 (1.217 %)SC Cleared
125 (1.014 %)JNCIS
125 (1.014 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
134 (0.811 %)JNCIP
134 (0.811 %)JNCIE
134 (0.811 %)DV Cleared
134 (0.811 %)ISEB
143 (0.609 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (4.462 %)SLA
216 (3.245 %)QA
33 (0.609 %)JTAG
42 (0.406 %)ISO9000
42 (0.406 %)ISO9001
51 (0.203 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
149 (9.939 %)Active Directory
240 (8.114 %)VMware Infrastructure
325 (5.071 %)Xen
412 (2.434 %)VMware ESX
510 (2.028 %)NFS
67 (1.420 %)XenApp
76 (1.217 %)Oracle RAC
85 (1.014 %)Hyper-V
85 (1.014 %)Terminal Services
93 (0.609 %)ISA Server
102 (0.406 %)VMware Workstation
102 (0.406 %)VMware Server
102 (0.406 %)SRDF
111 (0.203 %)Veritas Volume Manager
111 (0.203 %)Sendmail
111 (0.203 %)Oracle RMAN
111 (0.203 %)NDS
111 (0.203 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (1.217 %)OpenView
25 (1.014 %)Nagios
33 (0.609 %)CiscoWorks
33 (0.609 %)SolarWinds Orion
41 (0.203 %)HP Quality Center
41 (0.203 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.203 %)Netcool
41 (0.203 %)Norton AntiVirus
41 (0.203 %)MSI
41 (0.203 %)NetBackup
41 (0.203 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.203 %)OVSD
41 (0.203 %)Cacti
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1144 (29.21 %)Cisco
273 (14.81 %)Microsoft
357 (11.56 %)Juniper
454 (10.95 %)VMware
533 (6.694 %)HP
631 (6.288 %)Nortel
730 (6.085 %)BT
823 (4.665 %)Citrix
823 (4.665 %)EMC
921 (4.260 %)Oracle
921 (4.260 %)CheckPoint
1014 (2.840 %)Adobe
1111 (2.231 %)Avaya
1111 (2.231 %)Apple
1111 (2.231 %)Xilinx
1210 (2.028 %)Blue Coat
139 (1.826 %)Alcatel
148 (1.623 %)Remedy
148 (1.623 %)Red Hat
157 (1.420 %)Sophos