The first table below looks at the demand for DSL skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DSL over the 3 months to 20 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 for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Rank 197 178 171
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -7
Permanent jobs citing DSL 7 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.142% 0.177% 0.024%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.817% 1.135% 0.135%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 1
Average salary £25,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +17.64%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
857 705 741
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.38% 15.62% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 707 570 584
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £57,250
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
DSL
England

DSL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing DSL across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands DSL Jobs Demand Trend

DSL
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DSL across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands DSL Salary Trend

DSL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DSL across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands DSL Salary Histogram

DSL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DSL within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Birmingham - 5 £22,500 -
Worcestershire - 1 £30,000 -
DSL
England

DSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing DSL 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 DSL.

1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (91.67%) MPLS
3 10 (83.33%) LAN
4 9 (75.00%) WAN
4 9 (75.00%) MS Office
4 9 (75.00%) Windows
4 9 (75.00%) MS Exchange
4 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
4 9 (75.00%) Blackberry
4 9 (75.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 9 (75.00%) WSUS
4 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (75.00%) Windows 7
5 8 (66.67%) Problem Management
6 6 (50.00%) Citrix
6 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
7 4 (33.33%) VMware
7 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (16.67%) Firewall
8 2 (16.67%) IPsec
8 2 (16.67%) X.21
8 2 (16.67%) ATM
8 2 (16.67%) PPP
8 2 (16.67%) VPN
8 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (16.67%) CCNP
8 2 (16.67%) Netcool
8 2 (16.67%) OSPF

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing DSL 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 DSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 9 (75.00%) MS Exchange
1 9 (75.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 9 (75.00%) MS Office
2 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) MPLS
2 10 (83.33%) LAN
3 9 (75.00%) WAN
4 2 (16.67%) PPP
4 2 (16.67%) VPN
4 2 (16.67%) ISDN
4 2 (16.67%) IPsec
4 2 (16.67%) ATM
4 2 (16.67%) OSPF
4 2 (16.67%) BGP
4 2 (16.67%) X.21
4 2 (16.67%) Firewall
5 1 (8.333%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (8.333%) Wireless
5 1 (8.333%) Broadband
5 1 (8.333%) WLAN
General
1 1 (8.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
1 6 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Support Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
3 3 (25.00%) Team Leader
3 3 (25.00%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support
4 2 (16.67%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (75.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
1 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 9 (75.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
2 2 (16.67%) Load Balancing
2 2 (16.67%) Capacity Management
3 1 (8.333%) Data Protection
3 1 (8.333%) OpenUP
3 1 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
3 1 (8.333%) Service Management
3 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
3 1 (8.333%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) CCNP
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (16.67%) Xen
Systems Management
1 9 (75.00%) WSUS
2 2 (16.67%) Netcool
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (50.00%) Citrix
4 4 (33.33%) VMware