The first table below looks at the demand for xDSL skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited xDSL 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
xDSL
Rank 808 849 818
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -31
Permanent jobs citing xDSL 52 38 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.048% 0.031% 0.043%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.247% 0.179% 0.277%
Number of salaries quoted 37 34 46
Average salary £27,000 £47,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-43.15% -13.63%
UK excluding London average salary £27,000 £39,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-30.76% -35.00%
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%

xDSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

xDSL Jobs Demand Trend

xDSL
Salary Trend

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

xDSL Salary Trend

xDSL
Salary Histogram

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

xDSL Salary Histogram

xDSL
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing xDSL 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 +15 44 £27,000 -43.15%
London +24 17 £60,000 +26.31%
South West - 10 £42,500 -
South East -4 9 £30,250 -24.37%
East Midlands - 7 £27,000 -
Warwickshire - 7 £27,000 -
Leicestershire - 7 £27,000 -
Derbyshire - 7 £27,000 -
Somerset - 7 £52,500 -
West Midlands - 7 £27,000 -
Rugby - 7 £27,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 7 £27,000 -
Leicester - 7 £27,000 -
Derby - 7 £27,000 -
Coventry - 7 £27,000 -
Cardiff - 6 £32,500 -
Wales - 6 £32,500 -
South Wales - 6 £32,500 -
Middlesex -1 3 - -
Surrey +13 2 £32,500 -18.75%
Berkshire +9 2 - -
High Wycombe +4 2 £28,000 -29.55%
Reading +2 2 - -
City of London -4 2 £60,000 +6.66%
Dorking -10 2 £32,500 -18.75%
Buckinghamshire -15 2 £28,000 -30.86%
Edinburgh - 2 £40,000 -
Bristol - 2 £30,500 -
Scotland - 2 £40,000 -
Osterley - 2 - -

xDSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 69 (62.73%) MPLS
2 60 (54.55%) Ethernet
3 58 (52.73%) Cisco Certification
4 55 (50.00%) Cisco
5 51 (46.36%) VPN
6 49 (44.55%) WAN
6 49 (44.55%) VoIP
7 45 (40.91%) TCP/IP
8 44 (40.00%) Telecoms
9 40 (36.36%) CCNA
10 37 (33.64%) Microsoft
11 36 (32.73%) Firewall
12 35 (31.82%) LAN
13 34 (30.91%) OSPF
14 33 (30.00%) BGP
15 31 (28.18%) Internet
16 30 (27.27%) CCNP
17 28 (25.45%) DNS
17 28 (25.45%) ATM
18 26 (23.64%) ISDN
19 25 (22.73%) Windows
19 25 (22.73%) Degree
20 24 (21.82%) Linux
20 24 (21.82%) ITIL
20 24 (21.82%) SDH
21 22 (20.00%) PPP
21 22 (20.00%) VPLS
22 21 (19.09%) IPsec
23 20 (18.18%) VMware
23 20 (18.18%) Juniper

xDSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (3.636%) SOAP
1 4 (3.636%) CORBA
2 2 (1.818%) OSGi
2 2 (1.818%) Middleware
3 1 (0.909%) Flash
3 1 (0.909%) HTML5
3 1 (0.909%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 13 (11.82%) Lync
2 6 (5.455%) IIS
3 1 (0.909%) Apache
3 1 (0.909%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.909%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.909%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 18 (16.36%) MS Office
2 16 (14.55%) MS Excel
3 7 (6.364%) MS Visio
3 7 (6.364%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 69 (62.73%) MPLS
2 60 (54.55%) Ethernet
3 51 (46.36%) VPN
4 49 (44.55%) WAN
4 49 (44.55%) VoIP
5 45 (40.91%) TCP/IP
6 36 (32.73%) Firewall
7 35 (31.82%) LAN
8 34 (30.91%) OSPF
9 33 (30.00%) BGP
10 31 (28.18%) Internet
11 28 (25.45%) DNS
11 28 (25.45%) ATM
12 26 (23.64%) ISDN
13 24 (21.82%) SDH
14 22 (20.00%) PPP
14 22 (20.00%) VPLS
15 21 (19.09%) IPsec
16 18 (16.36%) DSL
17 17 (15.45%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.455%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.909%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.909%) GitHub
1 1 (0.909%) ClearQuest
1 1 (0.909%) ClearCase
1 1 (0.909%) Git (software)
1 1 (0.909%) JIRA
General
1 44 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 17 (15.45%) Electronics
3 9 (8.182%) Marketing
4 7 (6.364%) Billing
5 6 (5.455%) Finance
6 5 (4.545%) French Language
7 3 (2.727%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.909%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.909%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (14.55%) Sales Engineer
2 13 (11.82%) Consultant
3 12 (10.91%) Network Engineer
4 10 (9.091%) Technical Support
5 9 (8.182%) Support Engineer
6 8 (7.273%) Technical Engineer
6 8 (7.273%) Network Support
6 8 (7.273%) Support Consultant
7 7 (6.364%) Administrator
7 7 (6.364%) Systems Administrator
7 7 (6.364%) Analyst
7 7 (6.364%) IT Administrator
7 7 (6.364%) Technical Support Engineer
7 7 (6.364%) Network Administrator
7 7 (6.364%) Voice Engineer
8 6 (5.455%) Network Support Engineer
8 6 (5.455%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 5 (4.545%) Technical Delivery Manager
9 5 (4.545%) Technical Manager
9 5 (4.545%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.55%) Mathematics
1 16 (14.55%) Physics
2 15 (13.64%) Streaming Video
3 13 (11.82%) Computer Science
4 9 (8.182%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (5.455%) Blog
6 5 (4.545%) IaaS
6 5 (4.545%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (4.545%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (2.727%) Firmware
8 2 (1.818%) Handset
8 2 (1.818%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 2 (1.818%) STB
9 1 (0.909%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.909%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.909%) Streaming Media
9 1 (0.909%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 25 (22.73%) Windows
2 24 (21.82%) Linux
3 14 (12.73%) Solaris
4 12 (10.91%) UNIX
5 9 (8.182%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (6.364%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (4.545%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.909%) SUSE
8 1 (0.909%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (21.82%) ITIL
2 19 (17.27%) Network Design
3 17 (15.45%) Migration
4 15 (13.64%) Performance Management
5 12 (10.91%) Project Management
6 10 (9.091%) Product Management
7 8 (7.273%) Network Management
8 7 (6.364%) CRM
8 7 (6.364%) ERP
9 6 (5.455%) Problem Management
9 6 (5.455%) Service Delivery
9 6 (5.455%) PRINCE2
10 5 (4.545%) High Availability
10 5 (4.545%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (4.545%) Workflow
10 5 (4.545%) Validation
10 5 (4.545%) Change Management
10 5 (4.545%) Use Case
10 5 (4.545%) Requirements Analysis
10 5 (4.545%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.545%) C
2 4 (3.636%) C++
3 2 (1.818%) SQL
3 2 (1.818%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.909%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.909%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.909%) Java
4 1 (0.909%) Perl
4 1 (0.909%) Python
4 1 (0.909%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 58 (52.73%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (36.36%) CCNA
3 30 (27.27%) CCNP
4 25 (22.73%) Degree
5 12 (10.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (10.91%) CCIE
6 11 (10.00%) MCSE
7 10 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (9.091%) MCITP
8 9 (8.182%) CCIP
9 7 (6.364%) CCDA
10 5 (4.545%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (3.636%) MCTS
12 3 (2.727%) MCP
13 2 (1.818%) MBA
13 2 (1.818%) CCDP
14 1 (0.909%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 1 (0.909%) PMP
14 1 (0.909%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.909%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.64%) SLA
2 1 (0.909%) QA
System Software
1 18 (16.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (14.55%) Hyper-V
3 11 (10.00%) VMware ESX
4 6 (5.455%) Terminal Services
5 3 (2.727%) Active Directory
6 2 (1.818%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.909%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (0.909%) SCOM
Vendors
1 55 (50.00%) Cisco
2 37 (33.64%) Microsoft
3 20 (18.18%) VMware
3 20 (18.18%) Juniper
4 16 (14.55%) Redback
5 14 (12.73%) Ericsson
6 11 (10.00%) Adobe
7 10 (9.091%) Sage
7 10 (9.091%) Avaya
8 7 (6.364%) Citrix
8 7 (6.364%) Siebel
8 7 (6.364%) Polycom
8 7 (6.364%) Tandberg
9 5 (4.545%) Veritas
9 5 (4.545%) EMC
9 5 (4.545%) Oracle
10 4 (3.636%) Sybase
11 3 (2.727%) HP
12 2 (1.818%) Dell
12 2 (1.818%) CheckPoint
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
CCNA, Cisco, French, Telecommunications, IP configuration, VPN, MPLS, troubleshooting, Routing services, Technologies, , , IPSEC, DMVPN, , Radius, TACACS, QoS, Layer 1/2 protocols, ATM, xDSL, Ethernet, Leased lines, Wireless, Security,...
DCL Search & Selection
Salary: £30k - 32k per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Dorking, Surrey, South East
Desktop productivity applications including Microsoft Office, Adobe, Sage etc... Solid IP networking, (Network + / CCNA level) with exposure to: Ethernet switches, routers (DSL / Ethernet), Firewalls and a wide range...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £20,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 18 May 2013
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,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £62k + 5% bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
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,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
An exciting opportunity to work with leading Data Communication Consultancy Main purpose of the role: - Responsible for the installation, maintenance and health of our clients Data Network - Evaluating...
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Middlesex, South East
We currently have an excellent opportunity in the Product Engineering team within our PDD Department for a Systems & Compliance Engineer who will be responsible for ensuring that both...
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Posted: 20 May 2013