The first table below looks at the demand for LLU skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LLU over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Loop Unbundling (LLU)
Rank 850 870 856
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -14
Permanent jobs citing LLU 12 29 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.024% 0.020%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.057% 0.137% 0.127%
Number of salaries quoted 3 15 8
Average salary £52,500 £65,000 £29,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.23% +118.48%
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £65,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year
-19.23% +124.13%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20871 21174 19668
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.31% 17.54% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16834 17640 16289
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,127 £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%

LLU
Jobs Demand Trend

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

LLU Jobs Demand Trend

LLU
Salary Trend

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

LLU Salary Trend

LLU
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LLU within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +8 12 £52,500 -19.23%
Midlands - 3 - -
London +30 2 - -
Somerset - 2 £52,500 -
South West - 2 £52,500 -
South East +3 1 £62,500 +18.48%
Berkshire +3 1 £62,500 -3.84%
Reading - 1 £62,500 -

LLU
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing LLU 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 LLU.

1 15 (83.33%) Cisco
2 13 (72.22%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (61.11%) DSL
3 11 (61.11%) BT
3 11 (61.11%) Telecoms
4 10 (55.56%) CCNA
4 10 (55.56%) Broadband
4 10 (55.56%) SDH
5 9 (50.00%) VoIP
5 9 (50.00%) MPLS
6 8 (44.44%) DWDM
7 7 (38.89%) IPsec
7 7 (38.89%) BGP
7 7 (38.89%) 3G
7 7 (38.89%) L2TP
7 7 (38.89%) ITIL
8 6 (33.33%) Ethernet
8 6 (33.33%) OSPF
9 5 (27.78%) Firewall
9 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
9 5 (27.78%) Network Design
10 4 (22.22%) Problem Management
10 4 (22.22%) ADSL
10 4 (22.22%) ATM
10 4 (22.22%) ISDN
10 4 (22.22%) SLA
10 4 (22.22%) VPN
10 4 (22.22%) Internet
10 4 (22.22%) CCIP
11 3 (16.67%) Ericsson

LLU
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing LLU 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 LLU. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (16.67%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) Apache
1 3 (16.67%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 11 (61.11%) DSL
2 10 (55.56%) Broadband
2 10 (55.56%) SDH
3 9 (50.00%) VoIP
3 9 (50.00%) MPLS
4 8 (44.44%) DWDM
5 7 (38.89%) IPsec
5 7 (38.89%) BGP
5 7 (38.89%) 3G
5 7 (38.89%) L2TP
6 6 (33.33%) Ethernet
6 6 (33.33%) OSPF
7 5 (27.78%) Firewall
8 4 (22.22%) ADSL
8 4 (22.22%) ATM
8 4 (22.22%) ISDN
8 4 (22.22%) VPN
8 4 (22.22%) Internet
9 3 (16.67%) TACACS
9 3 (16.67%) DNS
General
1 11 (61.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Field Engineer
1 7 (38.89%) Implementation Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Principal Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Team Leader
4 1 (5.556%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) IP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Open Source
2 2 (11.11%) Video on Demand
2 2 (11.11%) IPTV
3 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Debian
1 3 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) ITIL
2 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
2 5 (27.78%) Network Design
3 4 (22.22%) Problem Management
4 3 (16.67%) Project Management
4 3 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 3 (16.67%) Supplier Management
4 3 (16.67%) Network Architecture
4 3 (16.67%) Network Management
5 2 (11.11%) Migration
5 2 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 2 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (5.556%) Time Management
6 1 (5.556%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Perl
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (55.56%) CCNA
3 4 (22.22%) CCIP
4 3 (16.67%) CCIE
5 2 (11.11%) Degree
5 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (5.556%) CCNP
6 1 (5.556%) CCDP
6 1 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) SLA
2 3 (16.67%) ISO 9001
2 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) FreeRADIUS
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Cisco
2 11 (61.11%) BT
3 3 (16.67%) Ericsson
3 3 (16.67%) ZyXEL
3 3 (16.67%) Draytek
3 3 (16.67%) Redback
3 3 (16.67%) Huawei
East London
Think Sky, a FTSE TOP 30 and the UK's favourite triple play provider- TV, broadband and telephony... Sky Network Services (SNS) is the core of Sky's...
Sky
Salary: Salary + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Working knowledge of VOIP, LLU, MPLS, VOD & IPTV technologies a distinct advantage.* Ability to plan projects clearly and effectively and to ensure that those plans can be understood...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Salary + Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £62k + 5% bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013