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The table below looks at the demand for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DSL over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank208202
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads1422
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.009 %
As % of the category below1.071 %1.619 %
Salaries quoted65
Average minimum salary£36,667£32,800
Average salary£40,833£33,900
% change on same period last year+20.45 %
Average maximum salary£45,000£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£43,273£35,957
% change on same period last year+20.34 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads13071359
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.723 %0.570 %
Salaries quoted10591131
Average minimum salary£32,454£33,240
Average salary£34,689£35,702
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Average maximum salary£36,924£38,165
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
DSL EnglandDSL
England

DSL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

DSL
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DSL across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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 5 September 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
BirminghamDown-47--
HerefordshireNew entry-6£40,833-
DSL EnglandDSL
England

DSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

18 (47.06 %)Telecoms
27 (41.18 %)CMDB
27 (41.18 %)SDH
27 (41.18 %)VoIP
27 (41.18 %)Ethernet
27 (41.18 %)MPLS
36 (35.29 %)WiMAX
45 (29.41 %)NGN
53 (17.65 %)ITIL
62 (11.76 %)Service Management
62 (11.76 %)Configuration Management
71 (5.882 %)DSLAM
71 (5.882 %)Megaco
71 (5.882 %)SNMP
71 (5.882 %)ITIL Certification
71 (5.882 %)BT
71 (5.882 %)Automated Testing
71 (5.882 %)Huawei
71 (5.882 %)UNIX
71 (5.882 %)Solaris
71 (5.882 %)Linux
71 (5.882 %)UML
71 (5.882 %)MS Visio
71 (5.882 %)OOD
71 (5.882 %)Rational Rose
71 (5.882 %)ATM
71 (5.882 %)ISDN
71 (5.882 %)PSTN
71 (5.882 %)C#
71 (5.882 %)C++

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.882 %)HTML
11 (5.882 %).NET
11 (5.882 %)XML
11 (5.882 %)XSLT
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.882 %)MS Visio
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (41.18 %)SDH
17 (41.18 %)VoIP
17 (41.18 %)Ethernet
17 (41.18 %)MPLS
26 (35.29 %)WiMAX
35 (29.41 %)NGN
41 (5.882 %)LLU
41 (5.882 %)DSLAM
41 (5.882 %)Megaco
41 (5.882 %)ATM
41 (5.882 %)ISDN
41 (5.882 %)PSTN
41 (5.882 %)SNMP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.882 %)Rational Rose
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (47.06 %)Telecoms
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (23.53 %)Consultant
14 (23.53 %)Release Engineer
14 (23.53 %)Solutions Consultant
22 (11.76 %)Configuration Manager
31 (5.882 %)Solutions Designer
31 (5.882 %)Release Manager
31 (5.882 %)NOC Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Project Manager
31 (5.882 %)Software Engineer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (41.18 %)CMDB
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.882 %)UNIX
11 (5.882 %)Solaris
11 (5.882 %)Linux
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)ITIL
22 (11.76 %)Configuration Management
22 (11.76 %)Service Management
31 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
31 (5.882 %)Automated Testing
31 (5.882 %)System Testing
31 (5.882 %)UML
31 (5.882 %)OOD
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.882 %)C#
11 (5.882 %)C++
11 (5.882 %)Java
11 (5.882 %)JavaScript
11 (5.882 %)Perl
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.882 %)ITIL Certification
11 (5.882 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)QA
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.882 %)BT
11 (5.882 %)Huawei