The first table below looks at the demand for xDSL 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 xDSL over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
xDSL
Rank 200 - 169
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing xDSL 7 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.141% - 0.024%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.810% - 0.134%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 1
Average salary £27,000 - £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £27,000 £39,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year
-30.76% -44.28%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
864 703 749
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.40% 15.61% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 716 569 590
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
xDSL
England

xDSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands xDSL Jobs Demand Trend

xDSL
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands xDSL Salary Trend

xDSL
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Coventry - 7 £27,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 7 £27,000 -
Warwickshire - 7 £27,000 -
xDSL
England

xDSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 10 (100.00%) LAN
1 10 (100.00%) WAN
1 10 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 9 (90.00%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (70.00%) Citrix
3 7 (70.00%) Internet
3 7 (70.00%) MPLS
3 7 (70.00%) Firewall
3 7 (70.00%) VPN
3 7 (70.00%) CCIE
3 7 (70.00%) CCNP
3 7 (70.00%) CCNA
3 7 (70.00%) UMTS
3 7 (70.00%) GPRS
3 7 (70.00%) ISDN
3 7 (70.00%) Network Security
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (30.00%) Windows
4 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (30.00%) Cisco
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) VMware
5 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 2 (20.00%) WLAN
5 2 (20.00%) VMware Server
6 1 (10.00%) SCOM
6 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003

xDSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) LAN
1 10 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 10 (100.00%) WAN
2 7 (70.00%) Internet
2 7 (70.00%) MPLS
2 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) Network Security
2 7 (70.00%) VPN
2 7 (70.00%) UMTS
2 7 (70.00%) GPRS
2 7 (70.00%) ISDN
3 2 (20.00%) WLAN
4 1 (10.00%) DNS
4 1 (10.00%) SAN
4 1 (10.00%) DHCP
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Systems Administrator
1 7 (70.00%) Administrator
1 7 (70.00%) Network Administrator
1 7 (70.00%) IT Administrator
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Systems Analyst
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
1 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (70.00%) CCIE
2 7 (70.00%) CCNP
2 7 (70.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Server
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) Terminal Services
3 1 (10.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Citrix
2 3 (30.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) HP