Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SDH skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SDH over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 892 937 1161
Rank change year-on-year +45 +224 -280
Permanent jobs citing SDH 11 46 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.044% 0.032%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.081% 0.29% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 11 31 36
10th Percentile £33,500 - £33,000
25th Percentile - £58,750 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £80,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +88.24% -29.17%
75th Percentile £50,000 £90,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - £97,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £53,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -25.23% +46.58% -39.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SDH is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,635 16,010 20,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.84% 15.39% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,509 8,145 11,813
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

SDH
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SDH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SDH in the UK

SDH
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDH.

Salary trend for SDH in the UK

SDH
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDH over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SDH in the UK

SDH
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +7 11 £40,000 -25.23% 4
England +70 10 £40,000 -50.00% 6
South West -10 9 £40,000 +8.11% 2
Work from Home +73 1 £32,500 - 2
South East +9 1 £50,000 -28.57% 1
Scotland - 1 £32,500 -

SDH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) MPLS
2 5 (45.45%) Ethernet
3 4 (36.36%) DWDM
3 4 (36.36%) GPON
3 4 (36.36%) Wireless
4 3 (27.27%) SNMP
5 2 (18.18%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 8 (72.73%) Telecoms
2 6 (54.55%) Military
3 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Technical Engineer
2 8 (72.73%) Support Engineer
2 8 (72.73%) Technical Support
2 8 (72.73%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Graduate
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) SCADA Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
1 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
2 2 (18.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Network Management
2 1 (9.09%) Active Listening
2 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
2 1 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (9.09%) Decarbonisation
2 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
2 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
2 1 (9.09%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (9.09%) ITIL
2 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
2 1 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
2 1 (9.09%) Project Management
2 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) HNC
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft