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The table below looks at the demand for Private Branch Exchange (PBX) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PBX over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPrivate Branch Exchange (PBX)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank699562
Rank change on same period last yearDown-137
Matching permanent IT job ads227542
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.126 %0.227 %
As % of the category below0.730 %1.376 %
Salaries quoted181444
Average minimum salary£38,787£40,551
Average salary£42,780£44,530
% change on same period last year-3.92 %
Average maximum salary£46,773£48,509
UK excluding London average salary£44,388£42,327
% change on same period last year+4.86 %
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3107939379
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.20 %16.51 %
Salaries quoted2638431550
Average minimum salary£37,740£39,007
Average salary£40,669£41,939
% change on same period last year-3.02 %
Average maximum salary£43,598£44,871
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %

PBX
Demand Trend

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

PBX Demand Trend

PBX
Salary Trend

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

PBX Salary Trend

PBX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PBX over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 within the UK.

PBX Salary Histogram

PBX
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PBX within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-116218£42,830-4.25 %
South EastUp+29107£48,792+14.04 %
LondonDown-11065£38,618-17.39 %
BerkshireUp+4353£42,594+24.72 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-32£52,419-
Milton KeynesNew entry-20£51,447-
City of LondonDown-2113£37,813-1.19 %
West MidlandsDown-112£36,687-15.27 %
South WestNo change010£33,900-32.58 %
GloucestershireNew entry-10£33,900-
MaidenheadUp+299£35,167+25.59 %
East of EnglandDown-158£38,563-8.59 %
YorkshireDown-227£32,929+0.71 %
HampshireUp+157£36,143-16.59 %
MiddlesexUp+56£48,750-10.95 %
NewburyDown-74£50,000+25.00 %
West DraytonNew entry-4£24,750-
ChelmsfordNew entry-4£29,250-
North WestUp+204£42,500-10.52 %
EssexUp+104£29,250-26.87 %
ScotlandUp+303£40,000-
SurreyUp+233£57,167+7.71 %
ReadingUp+53--
West YorkshireDown-53£31,625+8.78 %
FarnboroughUp+43£30,833-25.70 %
LeedsUp+43£30,500+0.99 %
North YorkshireUp+22£42,000+8.38 %
South YorkshireNew entry-2£20,000-
YorkDown-22£42,000-
CheshireDown-62--

PBX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing PBX 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 PBX.

1238 (41.25 %)VoIP
2234 (40.55 %)Cisco
3168 (29.12 %)Telecoms
4134 (23.22 %)Windows
5126 (21.84 %)Avaya
6118 (20.45 %)LAN
795 (16.46 %)Cisco Certification
893 (16.12 %)TCP/IP
983 (14.38 %)Nortel
1080 (13.86 %)WAN
1176 (13.17 %)H.323
1275 (13.00 %)Microsoft
1367 (11.61 %)Finance
1464 (11.09 %)ISDN
1562 (10.75 %)Firewall
1661 (10.57 %)CCNA
1661 (10.57 %)IP Telephony
1758 (10.05 %)Windows Server 2003
1857 (9.879 %)Active Directory
1857 (9.879 %)VPN
1953 (9.185 %)MPLS
2052 (9.012 %)CTI
2151 (8.839 %)CCVP
2249 (8.492 %)Microsoft Certification
2348 (8.319 %)IVR
2447 (8.146 %)Ethernet
2544 (7.626 %)MS Exchange
2640 (6.932 %)Mitel
2739 (6.759 %)C
2739 (6.759 %)CCNP

PBX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing PBX 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 PBX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (1.386 %)Middleware
24 (0.693 %)TAPI
24 (0.693 %).NET
32 (0.347 %)ODBC
32 (0.347 %)ActiveX
32 (0.347 %)DCOM
32 (0.347 %)OCX
32 (0.347 %)VXML
41 (0.173 %)AJAX
41 (0.173 %)CSS
41 (0.173 %)SOAP
41 (0.173 %)XML
41 (0.173 %)XSLT
41 (0.173 %)WSDL
41 (0.173 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
144 (7.626 %)MS Exchange
228 (4.853 %)Exchange Server 2003
315 (2.600 %)CMS
413 (2.253 %)Exchange Server 2007
512 (2.080 %)IIS
610 (1.733 %)Lotus Notes
76 (1.040 %)Exchange Server 2000
85 (0.867 %)SharePoint
85 (0.867 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
94 (0.693 %)Office Communications Server
103 (0.520 %)Lotus Domino
111 (0.173 %)Apache
111 (0.173 %)Exchange Server 5.5
111 (0.173 %)TIBCO EMS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
126 (4.506 %)MS Excel
219 (3.293 %)MS Office
37 (1.213 %)MS Visio
42 (0.347 %)Acrobat
42 (0.347 %)DeltaView
42 (0.347 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.173 %)Summit
11 (0.173 %)Line 50
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1238 (41.25 %)VoIP
2118 (20.45 %)LAN
393 (16.12 %)TCP/IP
480 (13.86 %)WAN
576 (13.17 %)H.323
664 (11.09 %)ISDN
762 (10.75 %)Firewall
861 (10.57 %)IP Telephony
957 (9.879 %)VPN
1053 (9.185 %)MPLS
1152 (9.012 %)CTI
1247 (8.146 %)Ethernet
1335 (6.066 %)Symposium
1434 (5.893 %)Nortel Meridian
1532 (5.546 %)Wireless
1626 (4.506 %)PSTN
1725 (4.333 %)DNS
1725 (4.333 %)DEFINITY
1824 (4.159 %)Broadband
1923 (3.986 %)DHCP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (4.679 %)SQL Server
24 (0.693 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (0.520 %)RDBMS
42 (0.347 %)OLAP
51 (0.173 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (0.520 %)Flash
13 (0.520 %)Eclipse
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1168 (29.12 %)Telecoms
267 (11.61 %)Finance
326 (4.506 %)Education
422 (3.813 %)Banking
519 (3.293 %)Pensions
519 (3.293 %)Health
616 (2.773 %)Retail
710 (1.733 %)Marketing
710 (1.733 %)Insurance
89 (1.560 %)Investment Banking
97 (1.213 %)Billing
97 (1.213 %)Law
105 (0.867 %)Legal
113 (0.520 %)Government
122 (0.347 %)Retail Banking
122 (0.347 %)Manufacturing
122 (0.347 %)Front Office
122 (0.347 %)Back Office
122 (0.347 %)Electronics
122 (0.347 %)FMCG
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
197 (16.81 %)Analyst
260 (10.40 %)Consultant
359 (10.23 %)Support Engineer
454 (9.359 %)Support Analyst
539 (6.759 %)Administrator
626 (4.506 %)Architect
626 (4.506 %)Voice Engineer
725 (4.333 %)Test Engineer
824 (4.159 %)Network Support
824 (4.159 %)Avaya Engineer
923 (3.986 %)VoIP Engineer
1021 (3.640 %)Desktop Support
1120 (3.466 %)Systems Analyst
1120 (3.466 %)3rd Line Support
1120 (3.466 %)Systems Support
1120 (3.466 %)Network Administrator
1120 (3.466 %)Installations Engineer
1120 (3.466 %)Voice Specialist
1219 (3.293 %)Network Analyst
1219 (3.293 %)Network Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
148 (8.319 %)IVR
218 (3.120 %)Computer Science
317 (2.946 %)Blackberry
48 (1.386 %)Spanish Language
56 (1.040 %)Mathematics
65 (0.867 %)Video Conferencing
74 (0.693 %)French Language
74 (0.693 %)German Language
74 (0.693 %)Italian Language
83 (0.520 %)Management Information System
83 (0.520 %)AS400
83 (0.520 %)Handset
83 (0.520 %)IPTV
92 (0.347 %)PDA
92 (0.347 %)Clustering
92 (0.347 %)Japanese Language
101 (0.173 %)Speech Recognition
101 (0.173 %)PKI
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1134 (23.22 %)Windows
258 (10.05 %)Windows Server 2003
338 (6.586 %)Windows XP
431 (5.373 %)Windows 2000 Server
520 (3.466 %)Windows 2000
616 (2.773 %)UNIX
713 (2.253 %)Linux
812 (2.080 %)Windows Vista
96 (1.040 %)Windows NT
104 (0.693 %)Red Hat Linux
111 (0.173 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
138 (6.586 %)ITIL
221 (3.640 %)Project Management
318 (3.120 %)Network Design
410 (1.733 %)Problem Management
59 (1.560 %)Configuration Management
59 (1.560 %)Quality Management
68 (1.386 %)PRINCE2
77 (1.213 %)ERP
77 (1.213 %)WFM
77 (1.213 %)Workforce Management Optimization (WFO)
85 (0.867 %)Disaster Recovery
85 (0.867 %)Asset Management
85 (0.867 %)Business Development
94 (0.693 %)Migration
94 (0.693 %)GAP Analysis
94 (0.693 %)Product Marketing
103 (0.520 %)Service Delivery
103 (0.520 %)CRM
103 (0.520 %)Validation
103 (0.520 %)Supplier Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
139 (6.759 %)C
230 (5.199 %)C++
326 (4.506 %)SQL
425 (4.333 %)Perl
425 (4.333 %)PHP
425 (4.333 %)Python
54 (0.693 %)VB
62 (0.347 %)Java
62 (0.347 %)C#
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
195 (16.46 %)Cisco Certification
261 (10.57 %)CCNA
351 (8.839 %)CCVP
449 (8.492 %)Microsoft Certification
539 (6.759 %)CCNP
638 (6.586 %)MCSE
727 (4.679 %)Degree
815 (2.600 %)MCP
913 (2.253 %)CCIE
109 (1.560 %)MCSA
109 (1.560 %)Avaya Certification
116 (1.040 %)ITIL Certification
123 (0.520 %)CISSP
123 (0.520 %)PRINCE2 Certification
123 (0.520 %)MCSD
123 (0.520 %)MCDST
132 (0.347 %)CCDA
132 (0.347 %)Citrix Certification
141 (0.173 %)A+ Certification
141 (0.173 %)CCDP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (2.426 %)SLA
21 (0.173 %)BS7799
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
157 (9.879 %)Active Directory
28 (1.386 %)Terminal Services
36 (1.040 %)Backup Exec
43 (0.520 %)ISA Server
52 (0.347 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (0.347 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (0.173 %)Squid
61 (0.173 %)MailMarshal
61 (0.173 %)Samba
61 (0.173 %)VMware ESX
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.520 %)OpenView
13 (0.520 %)Tivoli
13 (0.520 %)Netcool
13 (0.520 %)MAILsweeper
22 (0.347 %)CiscoWorks
31 (0.173 %)Nagios
31 (0.173 %)DameWare
31 (0.173 %)TeMIP
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1234 (40.55 %)Cisco
2126 (21.84 %)Avaya
383 (14.38 %)Nortel
475 (13.00 %)Microsoft
540 (6.932 %)Mitel
632 (5.546 %)Ericsson
725 (4.333 %)Alcatel
823 (3.986 %)Siemens
919 (3.293 %)Lucent
1016 (2.773 %)Citrix
1113 (2.253 %)IBM
1212 (2.080 %)Genesys
1212 (2.080 %)BT
1310 (1.733 %)Lotus
149 (1.560 %)CheckPoint
156 (1.040 %)HP
156 (1.040 %)3Com
165 (0.867 %)NEC
165 (0.867 %)Speakerbus
165 (0.867 %)Polycom