The first table below looks at the demand for PPP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PPP over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Rank 836 840 831
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -9
Permanent jobs citing PPP 24 47 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.022% 0.039% 0.033%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.114% 0.221% 0.209%
Number of salaries quoted 22 31 38
Average salary £33,125 £40,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.20% +1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,750 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £40,000 £39,193
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +2.06%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
21033 21229 19145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.36% 17.52% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 17006 17692 15862
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £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%

PPP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

PPP Jobs Demand Trend

PPP
Salary Trend

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

PPP Salary Trend

PPP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PPP over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

PPP Salary Histogram

PPP
Top 22 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PPP within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 -20 18 £36,000 -11.11%
South East -5 13 £36,000 -11.11%
Surrey +12 6 £36,000 -4.00%
Wales - 6 £32,500 -
South Wales - 6 £32,500 -
Cardiff - 6 £32,500 -
Buckinghamshire -12 4 £30,625 -22.95%
Berkshire +8 2 £45,000 -2.70%
High Wycombe +4 2 £30,625 -22.95%
Camberley -1 2 £55,000 +46.66%
South West -8 2 £30,375 -22.11%
West Midlands - 2 £30,000 -
London +12 1 £37,000 -35.65%
Hampshire -1 1 - -
Bristol -11 1 £22,500 -52.63%
Bracknell -25 1 £45,000 -
Worcestershire - 1 £30,000 -
Somerset - 1 £38,250 -
Middlesex - 1 £40,000 -
Shepton Mallet - 1 £38,250 -
Reading - 1 - -
Aylesbury - 1 £37,500 -

PPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing PPP 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 PPP.

1 48 (69.57%) Cisco
2 47 (68.12%) MPLS
3 42 (60.87%) OSPF
3 42 (60.87%) BGP
4 41 (59.42%) Ethernet
5 32 (46.38%) VPN
5 32 (46.38%) Cisco Certification
6 31 (44.93%) IPsec
7 30 (43.48%) EIGRP
7 30 (43.48%) CCNP
8 29 (42.03%) WAN
9 28 (40.58%) VoIP
10 25 (36.23%) TCP/IP
10 25 (36.23%) ATM
10 25 (36.23%) Firewall
11 24 (34.78%) DHCP
12 23 (33.33%) Linux
13 22 (31.88%) xDSL
14 21 (30.43%) LAN
14 21 (30.43%) DNS
15 20 (28.99%) HSRP
16 19 (27.54%) Juniper
17 17 (24.64%) DSL
17 17 (24.64%) ISDN
18 16 (23.19%) Windows
18 16 (23.19%) VRRP
19 15 (21.74%) CCNA
19 15 (21.74%) Telecoms
19 15 (21.74%) Network Design
19 15 (21.74%) Degree

PPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing PPP 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 PPP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (5.797%) CSS
2 2 (2.899%) Middleware
2 2 (2.899%) .NET
2 2 (2.899%) OSGi
3 1 (1.449%) Silverlight
3 1 (1.449%) AppFabric
3 1 (1.449%) XMPP
3 1 (1.449%) JMS
3 1 (1.449%) J2SE
3 1 (1.449%) XML
3 1 (1.449%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 6 (8.696%) Lync
2 4 (5.797%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (11.59%) MS Excel
2 7 (10.14%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 47 (68.12%) MPLS
2 42 (60.87%) OSPF
2 42 (60.87%) BGP
3 41 (59.42%) Ethernet
4 32 (46.38%) VPN
5 31 (44.93%) IPsec
6 30 (43.48%) EIGRP
7 29 (42.03%) WAN
8 28 (40.58%) VoIP
9 25 (36.23%) TCP/IP
9 25 (36.23%) ATM
9 25 (36.23%) Firewall
10 24 (34.78%) DHCP
11 22 (31.88%) xDSL
12 21 (30.43%) LAN
12 21 (30.43%) DNS
13 20 (28.99%) HSRP
14 17 (24.64%) DSL
14 17 (24.64%) ISDN
15 16 (23.19%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.348%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.449%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.449%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 15 (21.74%) Telecoms
2 14 (20.29%) Finance
3 5 (7.246%) Banking
4 4 (5.797%) Legal
4 4 (5.797%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.899%) Back Office
5 2 (2.899%) Dutch Language
6 1 (1.449%) French Language
6 1 (1.449%) Marketing
6 1 (1.449%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.449%) Electronics
6 1 (1.449%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.449%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 30 (43.48%) Network Engineer
2 16 (23.19%) Support Engineer
3 14 (20.29%) Network Support
4 12 (17.39%) Network Support Engineer
5 7 (10.14%) NOC Engineer
6 6 (8.696%) Technical Support
6 6 (8.696%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (8.696%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (8.696%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 6 (8.696%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 6 (8.696%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (7.246%) Service Manager
8 4 (5.797%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (4.348%) Implementation Engineer
9 3 (4.348%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (4.348%) IP Engineer
9 3 (4.348%) Services Delivery Manager
9 3 (4.348%) Team Leader
9 3 (4.348%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (4.348%) Client Services Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Computer Science
2 6 (8.696%) Blog
3 5 (7.246%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (5.797%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.797%) CCTV
5 2 (2.899%) STB
6 1 (1.449%) Mobile Payment
6 1 (1.449%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.449%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.449%) Streaming Video
6 1 (1.449%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.449%) N-Tier
6 1 (1.449%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 23 (33.33%) Linux
2 16 (23.19%) Windows
3 11 (15.94%) Solaris
3 11 (15.94%) UNIX
4 4 (5.797%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (5.797%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.449%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) Network Design
1 15 (21.74%) Load Balancing
2 14 (20.29%) Network Management
3 8 (11.59%) ITIL
4 7 (10.14%) Service Management
5 6 (8.696%) Network Planning
5 6 (8.696%) Network Architecture
6 4 (5.797%) Logistics
6 4 (5.797%) Performance Management
7 3 (4.348%) Unit Testing
7 3 (4.348%) Product Management
7 3 (4.348%) Change Control
7 3 (4.348%) Business Development
7 3 (4.348%) Validation
7 3 (4.348%) Risk Management
7 3 (4.348%) PRINCE2
7 3 (4.348%) ITSM
7 3 (4.348%) Service Delivery
7 3 (4.348%) Project Management
8 2 (2.899%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.246%) C++
1 5 (7.246%) C
2 3 (4.348%) Java
3 2 (2.899%) SQL
3 2 (2.899%) C#
4 1 (1.449%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.449%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 32 (46.38%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (43.48%) CCNP
3 15 (21.74%) CCNA
3 15 (21.74%) Degree
4 9 (13.04%) CCIP
5 5 (7.246%) CCIE
5 5 (7.246%) CCSP
6 4 (5.797%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (5.797%) CNE
6 4 (5.797%) Novell Certification
6 4 (5.797%) MCSE
7 3 (4.348%) JNCIA
8 2 (2.899%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.449%) CCDE
9 1 (1.449%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.449%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.449%) MCITP
9 1 (1.449%) CCDP
9 1 (1.449%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (1.449%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.696%) SLA
2 4 (5.797%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.246%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.449%) vSphere
2 1 (1.449%) XenApp
2 1 (1.449%) XenDesktop
2 1 (1.449%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.449%) VMware ESX
2 1 (1.449%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) Netcool
2 5 (7.246%) Cacti
2 5 (7.246%) SolarWinds Orion
2 5 (7.246%) OpenView
3 4 (5.797%) Nagios
3 4 (5.797%) CiscoWorks
3 4 (5.797%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 48 (69.57%) Cisco
2 19 (27.54%) Juniper
3 10 (14.49%) CheckPoint
3 10 (14.49%) Microsoft
4 6 (8.696%) HP
4 6 (8.696%) Blue Coat
4 6 (8.696%) F5
4 6 (8.696%) Infoblox
4 6 (8.696%) Imperva
5 4 (5.797%) Ericsson
5 4 (5.797%) Novell
5 4 (5.797%) SAP
5 4 (5.797%) Redback
6 2 (2.899%) Oracle
6 2 (2.899%) VMware
7 1 (1.449%) ProCurve
7 1 (1.449%) Huawei
7 1 (1.449%) Citrix
7 1 (1.449%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (1.449%) Remedy
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,...
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Salary: to £62k + 5% bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013