Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring ADSL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 739 644 858
Rank change year-on-year -95 +214 -3
Permanent jobs citing ADSL 9 37 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.075% 0.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.12% 0.52% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 9 30 28
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,250 £28,080
25th Percentile £25,625 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £34,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +16.79% +5.38%
75th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £43,750
90th Percentile - £57,500 £54,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,250 £40,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -34.38% +19.40% +3.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

ADSL falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,275 7,153 12,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.40% 14.59% 12.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,685 4,130 8,843
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,250 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.50%
75th Percentile £69,390 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,600 £82,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £39,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year +7.59% -10.23% -2.22%

ADSL
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ADSL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ADSL job vacancy trend in the UK

ADSL
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ADSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ADSL

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ADSL over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for ADSL in the UK

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Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ADSL within the UK over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -99 9 £35,000 -12.50% 2
London -23 5 £35,000 -12.50%
North of England -30 4 £26,250 - 2
UK excluding London -85 4 £26,250 -34.38% 3
Yorkshire - 4 £26,250 - 2

ADSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) VoIP
2 4 (44.44%) WAN
3 3 (33.33%) BGP
3 3 (33.33%) MPLS
3 3 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 3 (33.33%) VPN
3 3 (33.33%) WebEx
4 1 (11.11%) Broadband
4 1 (11.11%) ISDN
4 1 (11.11%) LAN
4 1 (11.11%) VDSL
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 5 (55.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) 1st/2nd Line Technical Support
1 5 (55.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (55.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) 2nd Line Technical Support
1 5 (55.56%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Support Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Technical Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Technical Support
1 5 (55.56%) Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Junior
2 3 (33.33%) Junior Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Junior Network Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Junior Network Support
2 3 (33.33%) Junior Support Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Network Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Network Support
2 3 (33.33%) Network Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) ITIL
2 6 (66.67%) Service Management
3 5 (55.56%) Change Management
3 5 (55.56%) Configuration Management
3 5 (55.56%) ITSM
3 5 (55.56%) Problem Management
4 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
5 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
6 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CCNA
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 3 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) SLA
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 3 (33.33%) Huawei
2 3 (33.33%) Meraki
2 3 (33.33%) Polycom