The first table below looks at the demand for QSIG skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QSIG over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
QSIG
Rank 858 884 874
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -10
Permanent jobs citing QSIG 10 1 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.001% 0.006%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.048% 0.005% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 5
Average salary £50,000 £32,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.84% -40.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £32,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £32,500 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary - £32,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- -40.90%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20659 21070 20747
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 18.97% 17.48% 16.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16719 17451 17190
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £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%

QSIG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

QSIG Jobs Demand Trend

QSIG
Salary Trend

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

QSIG Salary Trend

QSIG
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QSIG within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England - 10 £50,000 -
London - 6 £50,000 -
Thame - 4 - -
Oxfordshire - 4 - -
South East - 4 - -

QSIG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing QSIG 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 QSIG.

1 34 (82.93%) PBX
1 34 (82.93%) Avaya
2 30 (73.17%) VoIP
3 21 (51.22%) Firewall
4 20 (48.78%) DPNSS
5 17 (41.46%) Oracle
5 17 (41.46%) Nortel
5 17 (41.46%) Cisco
6 16 (39.02%) Microsoft
6 16 (39.02%) Telecoms
7 14 (34.15%) Windows
8 13 (31.71%) CTI
8 13 (31.71%) Q.931
8 13 (31.71%) IVR
9 12 (29.27%) H.323
10 11 (26.83%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (26.83%) TCP/IP
10 11 (26.83%) CCNA
10 11 (26.83%) ISDN
10 11 (26.83%) Unified Communications
11 10 (24.39%) Linux
11 10 (24.39%) SQL
11 10 (24.39%) MySQL
11 10 (24.39%) Dell
11 10 (24.39%) Intel
11 10 (24.39%) CCNP
11 10 (24.39%) Finance
11 10 (24.39%) Server+ Certification
11 10 (24.39%) IP Telephony
12 9 (21.95%) VMware

QSIG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing QSIG 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 QSIG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (17.07%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.756%) MS Exchange
1 4 (9.756%) Exchange Server 2013
1 4 (9.756%) Lync
1 4 (9.756%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (9.756%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (2.439%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (9.756%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 34 (82.93%) PBX
2 30 (73.17%) VoIP
3 21 (51.22%) Firewall
4 20 (48.78%) DPNSS
5 13 (31.71%) CTI
5 13 (31.71%) Q.931
6 12 (29.27%) H.323
7 11 (26.83%) TCP/IP
7 11 (26.83%) ISDN
7 11 (26.83%) Unified Communications
8 10 (24.39%) IP Telephony
9 7 (17.07%) ATM
9 7 (17.07%) Ethernet
10 5 (12.20%) PABX
10 5 (12.20%) LAN
11 4 (9.756%) DNS
11 4 (9.756%) GPRS
11 4 (9.756%) GSM
11 4 (9.756%) DHCP
11 4 (9.756%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (24.39%) MySQL
General
1 16 (39.02%) Telecoms
2 10 (24.39%) Finance
3 1 (2.439%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Support Engineer
2 10 (24.39%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (17.07%) Architect
4 5 (12.20%) Designer
4 5 (12.20%) VoIP Engineer
5 4 (9.756%) Avaya Engineer
5 4 (9.756%) Pre Sales Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Senior Designer
6 2 (4.878%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (4.878%) Customer Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (4.878%) Customer Support Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Telephony Engineer
7 1 (2.439%) Platform Manager
7 1 (2.439%) Systems Manager
7 1 (2.439%) Support Manager
7 1 (2.439%) Network Designer
7 1 (2.439%) Lead Designer
7 1 (2.439%) IP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (31.71%) IVR
2 6 (14.63%) Management Information System
3 5 (12.20%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) Windows
2 10 (24.39%) Linux
3 7 (17.07%) UNIX
4 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.07%) WFM
1 7 (17.07%) Test Management
2 6 (14.63%) Problem Management
3 2 (4.878%) Data Entry
4 1 (2.439%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (2.439%) ITSM
4 1 (2.439%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (26.83%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (26.83%) CCNA
2 10 (24.39%) CCNP
2 10 (24.39%) Server+ Certification
3 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
4 5 (12.20%) MCP
4 5 (12.20%) MCSE
4 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (12.20%) CCIE
5 4 (9.756%) Degree
6 1 (2.439%) Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.756%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (21.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (9.756%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.756%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 34 (82.93%) Avaya
2 17 (41.46%) Oracle
2 17 (41.46%) Nortel
2 17 (41.46%) Cisco
3 16 (39.02%) Microsoft
4 10 (24.39%) Dell
4 10 (24.39%) Intel
5 9 (21.95%) VMware
6 7 (17.07%) Citrix
7 4 (9.756%) Dialogic