Wales PSTN Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN) skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PSTN over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Public Switched Telecom Network (PSTN)
Location Abingdon Basingstoke Berkshire Bracknell Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Coventry Devon Docklands, London Dudley East of England Egham England Gatwick Hampshire Ipswich Leeds London Manchester Newport North West Oxfordshire Reading Solihull South East South Wales South West Suffolk Surrey Swindon UK Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	98	97
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching permanent IT job ads	2	17
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	0.631 %	5.397 %
Salaries quoted	2	17
Average minimum salary	£40,000	£47,826
Average salary	£42,500	£48,174
% change on same period last year	-11.77 %
Average maximum salary	£45,000	£48,522
UK excluding London average salary	£33,614	£36,984
% change on same period last year	-9.11 %
Communications & Networking Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads	317	315
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.171 %	0.131 %
Salaries quoted	290	266
Average minimum salary	£36,344	£32,994
Average salary	£39,548	£36,325
% change on same period last year	+8.87 %
Average maximum salary	£42,753	£39,656
UK excluding London average salary	£37,579	£39,546
% change on same period last year	-4.97 %
PSTN UK

PSTN
Demand Trend

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

PSTN
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PSTN across the Wales region.

PSTN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PSTN across the Wales region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

PSTN
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PSTN within the Wales region over the 3 months to 20 August 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
South Wales	+1	2	£42,500	-11.77 %

PSTN UK

PSTN
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Wales region citing PSTN 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 PSTN.

1 8 (100.00 %) Cisco 2 7 (87.50 %) Telecoms 3 5 (62.50 %) IP Telephony 3 5 (62.50 %) Microsoft 3 5 (62.50 %) Microsoft Certification 3 5 (62.50 %) Firewall 3 5 (62.50 %) DHCP 3 5 (62.50 %) Ethernet 3 5 (62.50 %) TCP/IP 4 3 (37.50 %) LAN 4 3 (37.50 %) VoIP 4 3 (37.50 %) WAN 4 3 (37.50 %) Nortel 4 3 (37.50 %) Military 5 2 (25.00 %) Requirements Management

5 2 (25.00 %) Wireless

PSTN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Wales region citing PSTN 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 PSTN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 5 (62.50 %) DHCP 1 5 (62.50 %) Ethernet 1 5 (62.50 %) TCP/IP 1 5 (62.50 %) Firewall 1 5 (62.50 %) IP Telephony 2 3 (37.50 %) LAN 2 3 (37.50 %) VoIP 2 3 (37.50 %) WAN 3 2 (25.00 %) Wireless	General 1 7 (87.50 %) Telecoms 2 3 (37.50 %) Military
Job Titles 1 5 (62.50 %) Network Manager	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (25.00 %) Requirements Management
Qualifications 1 5 (62.50 %) Microsoft Certification	Vendors 1 8 (100.00 %) Cisco 2 5 (62.50 %) Microsoft 3 3 (37.50 %) Nortel