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The table below looks at the demand for Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) 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 SDH over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSynchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank529605
Rank change on same period last yearUp+76
Matching permanent IT job ads394444
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.229 %0.191 %
As % of the category below1.343 %1.165 %
Salaries quoted333363
Average minimum salary£40,052£38,340
Average salary£43,302£40,929
% change on same period last year+5.79 %
Average maximum salary£46,552£43,519
UK excluding London average salary£40,850£38,404
% change on same period last year+6.36 %
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads2934538120
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.04 %16.41 %
Salaries quoted2498630440
Average minimum salary£37,970£38,573
Average salary£40,873£41,431
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
Average maximum salary£43,775£44,289
UK excluding London average salary£37,899£38,913
% change on same period last year-2.60 %

SDH
Demand Trend

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

SDH Demand Trend

SDH
Salary Trend

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

SDH Salary Trend

SDH
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SDH over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 within the UK.

SDH Salary Histogram

SDH
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 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
EnglandUp+38375£43,510+6.18 %
LondonUp+46176£46,443+7.86 %
South EastUp+97145£42,847+2.87 %
BerkshireUp+6380£42,654+8.28 %
ReadingUp+4845£43,797+15.78 %
City of LondonDown-1429£36,437-21.10 %
West MidlandsDown-727£36,500+10.48 %
HampshireUp+322£41,868-3.12 %
WalesUp+1918£40,712+57.59 %
South WalesUp+1418£40,712+57.59 %
NewportNew entry-15£43,571-
BirminghamUp+714£46,000+28.28 %
SurreyUp+1514£44,000+2.70 %
CardiffUp+1312£37,375+49.50 %
CoventryUp+711£36,833+31.07 %
YorkshireNo change010£35,700-13.27 %
Canary WharfNew entry-10--
East of EnglandUp+88£31,813-17.69 %
East MidlandsNew entry-7£26,500-
Milton KeynesNew entry-7£42,621-
BuckinghamshireUp+207£42,621+13.65 %
Docklands, LondonUp+416£28,833-31.34 %
West YorkshireUp+156£44,083-7.19 %
CambridgeshireNew entry-5£30,300-
DerbyshireNew entry-4£23,125-
SheffieldUp+134£23,125+4.32 %
ChesterfieldNew entry-4£23,125-
South YorkshireUp+84£23,125+4.32 %
South WestUp+124£50,000+114.72 %
WiltshireNew entry-3£50,000-

SDH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing SDH 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 SDH.

1450 (56.25 %)Telecoms
2339 (42.38 %)MPLS
3332 (41.50 %)DWDM
4315 (39.38 %)Cisco
5286 (35.75 %)Ethernet
6281 (35.13 %)ATM
7186 (23.25 %)TCP/IP
8182 (22.75 %)Nortel
9163 (20.38 %)BGP
10154 (19.25 %)Cisco Certification
11137 (17.13 %)Frame Relay
12133 (16.63 %)LAN
13131 (16.38 %)OSPF
14129 (16.13 %)WAN
15128 (16.00 %)VoIP
16126 (15.75 %)VPN
17103 (12.88 %)Broadband
1879 (9.875 %)CCNA
1977 (9.625 %)Finance
2075 (9.375 %)ISDN
2169 (8.625 %)Alcatel
2267 (8.375 %)SLA
2365 (8.125 %)CCNP
2464 (8.000 %)Firewall
2464 (8.000 %)Lucent
2563 (7.875 %)Juniper
2563 (7.875 %)Network Design
2662 (7.750 %)Project Management
2760 (7.500 %)CCIE
2858 (7.250 %)Internet

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing SDH 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 SDH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (1.250 %)XML
110 (1.250 %).NET
29 (1.125 %)WebServices
29 (1.125 %)XSL
29 (1.125 %)FIX Protocol
29 (1.125 %)WCF
29 (1.125 %)WPF
37 (0.875 %).NET Framework
43 (0.375 %)HTML
51 (0.125 %)XSLT
51 (0.125 %)Middleware
51 (0.125 %)WebSphere
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (0.125 %)WebLogic
11 (0.125 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (2.125 %)MS Excel
215 (1.875 %)MS Visio
215 (1.875 %)MS Office
34 (0.500 %)MS Project
42 (0.250 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.125 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.125 %)Oracle Applications
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1339 (42.38 %)MPLS
2332 (41.50 %)DWDM
3286 (35.75 %)Ethernet
4281 (35.13 %)ATM
5186 (23.25 %)TCP/IP
6163 (20.38 %)BGP
7137 (17.13 %)Frame Relay
8133 (16.63 %)LAN
9131 (16.38 %)OSPF
10129 (16.13 %)WAN
11128 (16.00 %)VoIP
12126 (15.75 %)VPN
13103 (12.88 %)Broadband
1475 (9.375 %)ISDN
1564 (8.000 %)Firewall
1658 (7.250 %)Internet
1658 (7.250 %)IPsec
1756 (7.000 %)EIGRP
1854 (6.750 %)SONET
1854 (6.750 %)PPP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (0.500 %)SQL Server
22 (0.250 %)BusinessObjects
31 (0.125 %)Datawarehouse
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.250 %)ClearCase
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1450 (56.25 %)Telecoms
277 (9.625 %)Finance
339 (4.875 %)Financial Institution
432 (4.000 %)Health
524 (3.000 %)Pensions
614 (1.750 %)Electric
614 (1.750 %)Government
712 (1.500 %)Marketing
88 (1.000 %)Military
93 (0.375 %)Education
102 (0.250 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.125 %)Auditing
111 (0.125 %)Banking
111 (0.125 %)Retail
111 (0.125 %)Multimedia
111 (0.125 %)Law
111 (0.125 %)Electronics
111 (0.125 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1113 (14.13 %)Network Engineer
287 (10.88 %)Support Engineer
379 (9.875 %)NOC Engineer
465 (8.125 %)Architect
553 (6.625 %)Network Architect
646 (5.750 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
646 (5.750 %)Network Designer
743 (5.375 %)Consultant
835 (4.375 %)Design Engineer
932 (4.000 %)Project Manager
1022 (2.750 %)Network Support
1022 (2.750 %)Network Design Engineer
1120 (2.500 %)Senior NOC Engineer
1120 (2.500 %)Network Support Engineer
1218 (2.250 %)Radio Engineer
1316 (2.000 %)Sales Manager
1316 (2.000 %)Software Engineer
1415 (1.875 %)Network Consultant
1415 (1.875 %)Products Support Engineer
1415 (1.875 %)RF Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
143 (5.375 %)PKI
211 (1.375 %)Management Information System
39 (1.125 %)PMI
47 (0.875 %)Japanese Language
56 (0.750 %)French Language
64 (0.500 %)Computer Science
64 (0.500 %)Spanish Language
64 (0.500 %)Italian Language
64 (0.500 %)IPTV
73 (0.375 %)PDA
73 (0.375 %)German Language
82 (0.250 %)CCTV
82 (0.250 %)Streaming Video
91 (0.125 %)VHDL
91 (0.125 %)IVR
91 (0.125 %)Cryptography
91 (0.125 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
91 (0.125 %)Statistics
91 (0.125 %)Physics
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
125 (3.125 %)Windows
220 (2.500 %)UNIX
313 (1.625 %)Linux
47 (0.875 %)Solaris
56 (0.750 %)HPUX
63 (0.375 %)VxWorks
72 (0.250 %)pSOS
72 (0.250 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (0.125 %)FreeBSD
81 (0.125 %)Windows XP
81 (0.125 %)NetBSD
81 (0.125 %)Embedded Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
163 (7.875 %)Network Design
262 (7.750 %)Project Management
350 (6.250 %)Network Planning
443 (5.375 %)Service Delivery
542 (5.250 %)Problem Management
633 (4.125 %)Service Management
724 (3.000 %)Fault Management
818 (2.250 %)PRINCE2
917 (2.125 %)Performance Management
1013 (1.625 %)Migration
1111 (1.375 %)Workflow
1111 (1.375 %)ITIL
1111 (1.375 %)Security Cleared
1210 (1.250 %)Agile Software Development
1210 (1.250 %)Load Balancing
139 (1.125 %)SOA
148 (1.000 %)Software Engineering
156 (0.750 %)Business Development
156 (0.750 %)Validation
165 (0.625 %)Requirements Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (2.375 %)C++
217 (2.125 %)C
311 (1.375 %)SQL
410 (1.250 %)C#
54 (0.500 %)Perl
54 (0.500 %)PL/SQL
63 (0.375 %)Java
63 (0.375 %)JavaScript
72 (0.250 %)PHP
72 (0.250 %)Shell Script
72 (0.250 %)XAML
81 (0.125 %)Python
81 (0.125 %)Embedded C
81 (0.125 %)Embedded C++
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1154 (19.25 %)Cisco Certification
279 (9.875 %)CCNA
365 (8.125 %)CCNP
460 (7.500 %)CCIE
538 (4.750 %)CCSP
625 (3.125 %)CCIP
718 (2.250 %)PMP
718 (2.250 %)PMI Certification
814 (1.750 %)JNCIA
814 (1.750 %)JNCIS
814 (1.750 %)Degree
97 (0.875 %)Microsoft Certification
97 (0.875 %)CCDP
97 (0.875 %)CISSP
97 (0.875 %)MCSE
105 (0.625 %)CCVP
114 (0.500 %)ITIL Certification
123 (0.375 %)PRINCE2 Certification
132 (0.250 %)PhD
132 (0.250 %)HNC
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
167 (8.375 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.125 %)NFS
11 (0.125 %)Terminal Services
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
146 (5.750 %)OpenView
241 (5.125 %)Netcool
310 (1.250 %)CiscoWorks
43 (0.375 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (0.250 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
52 (0.250 %)Netcool/Proviso
52 (0.250 %)Netcool/Webtop
61 (0.125 %)TeMIP
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1315 (39.38 %)Cisco
2182 (22.75 %)Nortel
369 (8.625 %)Alcatel
464 (8.000 %)Lucent
563 (7.875 %)Juniper
653 (6.625 %)Ericsson
746 (5.750 %)Huawei
839 (4.875 %)Remedy
938 (4.750 %)HP
1033 (4.125 %)CheckPoint
1033 (4.125 %)Cramer
1131 (3.875 %)BT
1229 (3.625 %)Nokia
1324 (3.000 %)MetaSolv
1410 (1.250 %)Accenture
1410 (1.250 %)Siemens
1410 (1.250 %)IBM
157 (0.875 %)Infovista
166 (0.750 %)NEC
166 (0.750 %)Microsoft