The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of OPNET products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OPNET 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 Vendors currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within OPNET Technologies, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OPNET
Rank 856 894 864
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -30
Permanent jobs citing OPNET 6 5 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.004% 0.014%
As % of the Vendors category 0.012% 0.009% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 2
Average salary £50,000 £58,750 £67,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.89% -12.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £57,750 £63,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £59,750 £71,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £58,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year
-14.89% -18.96%
All Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
51990 57424 58365
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 48.10% 47.58% 46.91%
Number of salaries quoted 42441 48386 48502
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000

OPNET
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing OPNET within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

OPNET Jobs Demand Trend

OPNET
Salary Trend

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

OPNET Salary Trend

OPNET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OPNET over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

OPNET Salary Histogram

OPNET
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OPNET 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 +26 6 £50,000 -14.89%
London +52 3 £57,500 -
South West 0 3 £50,000 -14.89%
Somerset - 3 £50,000 -
Bath - 3 £50,000 -

OPNET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 10 (66.67%) Cisco
1 10 (66.67%) Juniper
1 10 (66.67%) SolarWinds
2 9 (60.00%) HP
3 8 (53.33%) OpenView
3 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
3 8 (53.33%) F5
4 7 (46.67%) SolarWinds Orion
4 7 (46.67%) Business Development
5 6 (40.00%) Firewall
5 6 (40.00%) Wireless
5 6 (40.00%) CheckPoint
5 6 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (40.00%) CCNP
5 6 (40.00%) WAN
5 6 (40.00%) VPN
6 5 (33.33%) CiscoWorks
6 5 (33.33%) Compuware
6 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (26.67%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (26.67%) Riverbed
7 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (26.67%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (26.67%) JNCIP
7 4 (26.67%) JNCIE
7 4 (26.67%) NetScout
7 4 (26.67%) CCIE
7 4 (26.67%) Terminal Services
7 4 (26.67%) Citrix

OPNET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (20.00%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Firewall
1 6 (40.00%) Wireless
1 6 (40.00%) WAN
1 6 (40.00%) VPN
2 4 (26.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (26.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (26.67%) Wireshark
3 3 (20.00%) VoIP
4 2 (13.33%) FWSM
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (13.33%) Network Security
4 2 (13.33%) LAN
4 2 (13.33%) DNS
4 2 (13.33%) DHCP
4 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (13.33%) OSPF
4 2 (13.33%) BGP
4 2 (13.33%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (6.667%) LoadRunner
1 1 (6.667%) SilkPerformer
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Consultant
2 6 (40.00%) Applications Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Performance Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Management Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Network Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Application Performance Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Performance Management Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Network Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Support Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Tester
5 1 (6.667%) Tester
5 1 (6.667%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Architect
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.667%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Business Development
2 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Time Management
3 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 2 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (13.33%) Network Management
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 2 (13.33%) PRINCE
4 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Load Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Volume Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
5 1 (6.667%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) Java
1 4 (26.67%) Perl
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
2 3 (20.00%) VB
2 3 (20.00%) Python
2 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.667%) Shell Script
3 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.667%) C
3 1 (6.667%) C#
3 1 (6.667%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (40.00%) CCNP
3 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (26.67%) JNCIP
4 4 (26.67%) JNCIE
4 4 (26.67%) CCIE
4 4 (26.67%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) CCIP
5 2 (13.33%) CCDP
6 1 (6.667%) ISEB
6 1 (6.667%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) QA
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (26.67%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) OpenView
2 7 (46.67%) SolarWinds Orion
3 5 (33.33%) CiscoWorks
4 3 (20.00%) Nagios
5 1 (6.667%) Tivoli
5 1 (6.667%) Netcool
5 1 (6.667%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Cisco
1 10 (66.67%) Juniper
1 10 (66.67%) SolarWinds
2 9 (60.00%) HP
3 8 (53.33%) F5
4 6 (40.00%) CheckPoint
5 5 (33.33%) Compuware
6 4 (26.67%) Riverbed
6 4 (26.67%) NetScout
6 4 (26.67%) Citrix
6 4 (26.67%) VMware
7 3 (20.00%) BMC
7 3 (20.00%) CA
7 3 (20.00%) Twitter
8 2 (13.33%) Aruba
8 2 (13.33%) Infoblox
8 2 (13.33%) Websense
9 1 (6.667%) IBM
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