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The table below looks at the demand for Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SDH over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSynchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank171184
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads27
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.282 %0.731 %
Salaries quoted26
Average minimum salary£43,333£29,667
Average salary£43,333£32,167
% change on same period last year+34.71 %
Average maximum salary£43,333£34,667
UK excluding London average salary£38,081£38,862
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads710957
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.475 %0.427 %
Salaries quoted567800
Average minimum salary£32,119£31,225
Average salary£33,599£32,766
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
Average maximum salary£35,079£34,307
UK excluding London average salary£37,772£38,125
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
SDH YorkshireSDH
Yorkshire

SDH
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire SDH Demand Trend

SDH
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire SDH Salary Trend

SDH
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
LeedsNew entry-2£45,000-
BradfordDown-81£40,000-
SDH YorkshireSDH
Yorkshire

SDH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing SDH 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 SDH.

18 (80.00 %)ATM
18 (80.00 %)Ethernet
18 (80.00 %)Cisco
18 (80.00 %)MPLS
27 (70.00 %)Firewall
27 (70.00 %)BT
27 (70.00 %)IPsec
27 (70.00 %)OSPF
27 (70.00 %)BGP
27 (70.00 %)L2TP
27 (70.00 %)CCIE
27 (70.00 %)Cisco Certification
27 (70.00 %)PPP
27 (70.00 %)RIP
27 (70.00 %)VPN
27 (70.00 %)ADSL
27 (70.00 %)LAN
27 (70.00 %)Cisco PIX
36 (60.00 %)Health
36 (60.00 %)Marketing
43 (30.00 %)Telecoms
52 (20.00 %)Nortel
52 (20.00 %)DWDM
52 (20.00 %)Broadband
61 (10.00 %)Lucent
61 (10.00 %)Nokia
61 (10.00 %)CCNP
61 (10.00 %)IGMP
61 (10.00 %)Network Design
61 (10.00 %)CCTV

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing SDH 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 SDH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (80.00 %)ATM
18 (80.00 %)Ethernet
18 (80.00 %)MPLS
27 (70.00 %)OSPF
27 (70.00 %)BGP
27 (70.00 %)L2TP
27 (70.00 %)Firewall
27 (70.00 %)IPsec
27 (70.00 %)PPP
27 (70.00 %)RIP
27 (70.00 %)VPN
27 (70.00 %)ADSL
27 (70.00 %)LAN
27 (70.00 %)Cisco PIX
32 (20.00 %)Broadband
32 (20.00 %)DWDM
41 (10.00 %)IGMP
41 (10.00 %)VLAN
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (60.00 %)Health
16 (60.00 %)Marketing
23 (30.00 %)Telecoms
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Network Engineer
27 (70.00 %)Senior Network Engineer
36 (60.00 %)Senior Network Consultant
36 (60.00 %)Network Consultant
36 (60.00 %)Senior Consultant
36 (60.00 %)Consultant
43 (30.00 %)Cisco Engineer
43 (30.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
43 (30.00 %)Senior Cisco Engineer
43 (30.00 %)Senior Cisco Consultant
43 (30.00 %)Cisco Consultant
43 (30.00 %)Senior Cisco Network Engineer
51 (10.00 %)Network Manager
51 (10.00 %)IP Network Engineer
51 (10.00 %)Field Engineer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)CCTV
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)Network Design
11 (10.00 %)Fault Management
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (70.00 %)CCIE
17 (70.00 %)Cisco Certification
21 (10.00 %)CCNP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (80.00 %)Cisco
27 (70.00 %)BT
32 (20.00 %)Nortel
41 (10.00 %)Lucent
41 (10.00 %)Nokia
41 (10.00 %)Fortinet