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The table below looks at the demand for Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange (IPX/SPX) 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 IPX/SPX over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange (IPX/SPX)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank218-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads40
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.306 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted40
Average minimum salary£30,000-
Average salary£35,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£40,000-
UK excluding London average salary£38,663£36,783
% change on same period last year+5.11 %
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 %
IPX/SPX EnglandIPX/SPX
England

IPX/SPX
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands IPX/SPX Demand Trend

IPX/SPX
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IPX/SPX across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands IPX/SPX Salary Trend

IPX/SPX
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands IPX/SPX Salary Histogram

IPX/SPX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing IPX/SPX 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 IPX/SPX.

116 (100.00 %)Java
116 (100.00 %)Windows
116 (100.00 %)Linux
116 (100.00 %)IPX
116 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
214 (87.50 %)SQL
214 (87.50 %)Oracle
214 (87.50 %)DB2
313 (81.25 %)SAN
412 (75.00 %)J2EE
412 (75.00 %)LAN
412 (75.00 %)WAN
58 (50.00 %)Technical Architecture
66 (37.50 %)Retail
66 (37.50 %)Stakeholder Management
74 (25.00 %)WebSphere
74 (25.00 %)Load Balancing
74 (25.00 %)JBoss
74 (25.00 %)Tomcat
82 (12.50 %)MS Excel
82 (12.50 %)Windows XP
82 (12.50 %)XML
82 (12.50 %)HTTP
82 (12.50 %)VPN
82 (12.50 %)Disaster Recovery
82 (12.50 %)Firewall
82 (12.50 %)Wireless
82 (12.50 %)Business Continuity
82 (12.50 %)EPoS
82 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003

IPX/SPX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing IPX/SPX 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 IPX/SPX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (75.00 %)J2EE
24 (25.00 %)WebSphere
32 (12.50 %)XML
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (25.00 %)JBoss
14 (25.00 %)Tomcat
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (12.50 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (100.00 %)IPX
116 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
213 (81.25 %)SAN
312 (75.00 %)LAN
312 (75.00 %)WAN
42 (12.50 %)HTTP
42 (12.50 %)VPN
42 (12.50 %)Firewall
42 (12.50 %)Wireless
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (87.50 %)DB2
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (37.50 %)Retail
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (93.75 %)Systems Engineer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (12.50 %)EPoS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (100.00 %)Windows
116 (100.00 %)Linux
22 (12.50 %)Windows XP
22 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (50.00 %)Technical Architecture
26 (37.50 %)Stakeholder Management
34 (25.00 %)Load Balancing
42 (12.50 %)Business Continuity
42 (12.50 %)Disaster Recovery
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (100.00 %)Java
214 (87.50 %)SQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (87.50 %)Oracle