Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ADSL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ADSL over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 678 893 938
Rank change year-on-year +215 +45 +242
Permanent jobs citing ADSL 31 19 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.018% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.31% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 28 19 12
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,720 £23,775
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £25,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £54,500 £35,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,350 £37,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £29,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +18.64% -5.98%

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 9,970 13,562 15,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.99% 13.13% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,374 9,412 7,743
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £26,781 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%

ADSL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ADSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ADSL in the UK

ADSL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ADSL.

Salary trend for ADSL in the UK

ADSL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ADSL over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ADSL in the UK

ADSL
Top 10 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 30 May 2025. 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 +170 31 £40,000 +14.29% 6
UK excluding London +205 28 £40,000 +14.29% 6
South West +114 15 £40,000 +33.33% 1
Midlands +96 11 £30,000 -10.45% 4
East Midlands - 11 £30,000 - 3
Work from Home +126 9 £40,000 +33.33% 2
London +115 3 £55,000 -12.00%
North of England +48 1 - -
East of England - 1 - - 1
North West - 1 - -

ADSL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (32.26%) IIS
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (16.13%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 23 (74.19%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (35.48%) Azure
3 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.23%) Mimecast
4 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (51.61%) Firewall
1 16 (51.61%) VPN
2 11 (35.48%) 3G
2 11 (35.48%) 4G
2 11 (35.48%) DHCP
2 11 (35.48%) DNS
2 11 (35.48%) TCP/IP
2 11 (35.48%) VoIP
3 10 (32.26%) VLAN
4 6 (19.35%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (16.13%) Cisco Firepower
5 5 (16.13%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (16.13%) LoRaWAN
5 5 (16.13%) Modbus
5 5 (16.13%) MPLS
5 5 (16.13%) WAN
6 2 (6.45%) Ethernet
6 2 (6.45%) Internet
7 1 (3.23%) Fast Ethernet
7 1 (3.23%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (32.26%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (6.45%) Power BI
3 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (16.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (6.45%) Advertising
2 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (70.97%) IT Support
2 11 (35.48%) Analyst
2 11 (35.48%) IT Analyst
2 11 (35.48%) IT Support Analyst
2 11 (35.48%) Support Analyst
3 10 (32.26%) 3rd Line Support
3 10 (32.26%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 9 (29.03%) Lead
5 7 (22.58%) Support Team Leader
5 7 (22.58%) Team Leader
6 5 (16.13%) Network Engineer
6 5 (16.13%) Presales Engineer
6 5 (16.13%) Presales Network Engineer
7 4 (12.90%) IT Support Technician
7 4 (12.90%) IT Technician
7 4 (12.90%) Support Technician
8 2 (6.45%) Cisco Design Engineer
8 2 (6.45%) Cisco Engineer
8 2 (6.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 1 (3.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) Driving Licence
2 5 (16.13%) Operational Technology
3 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (74.19%) Windows
2 11 (35.48%) Windows Server
3 10 (32.26%) Linux
4 1 (3.23%) Android
4 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) ITIL
2 11 (35.48%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (35.48%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (22.58%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (16.13%) Identity Management
4 5 (16.13%) Mentoring
4 5 (16.13%) Network Design
4 5 (16.13%) Presales
4 5 (16.13%) Project Delivery
4 5 (16.13%) Project Planning
4 5 (16.13%) Roadmaps
4 5 (16.13%) Technology Roadmap
5 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.45%) Agile
6 2 (6.45%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (6.45%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (6.45%) ITSM
6 2 (6.45%) Line Management
6 2 (6.45%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) SQL
2 10 (32.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) A+ Certification
1 5 (16.13%) CCDA
1 5 (16.13%) CCDP
1 5 (16.13%) CCNA
1 5 (16.13%) CCNP
1 5 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (16.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (74.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.23%) VMware Server
2 1 (3.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (16.13%) Ansible
2 5 (16.13%) CASB
2 5 (16.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (3.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (3.23%) SCCM
3 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (19.35%) Cisco
3 5 (16.13%) Aerohive Networks
3 5 (16.13%) Ekahau
3 5 (16.13%) Extreme Networks
3 5 (16.13%) Fortinet
3 5 (16.13%) Juniper
3 5 (16.13%) Meraki
3 5 (16.13%) Palo Alto
3 5 (16.13%) SolarWinds
4 2 (6.45%) Apple
5 1 (3.23%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (3.23%) Citrix
5 1 (3.23%) Datto
5 1 (3.23%) Forcepoint
5 1 (3.23%) Logitech
5 1 (3.23%) VMware