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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 683 880 932
Rank change year-on-year +197 +52 +232
Permanent jobs citing ADSL 29 21 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.021% 0.028%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.31% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 25 21 15
10th Percentile £27,750 £21,250 £23,850
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £24,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% +2.36%
75th Percentile £42,500 £54,500 £36,250
90th Percentile £49,250 - £52,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% +4.84%

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 9,242 13,533 15,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.70% 13.63% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,302 9,429 8,044
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% -3.23%

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 13 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 13 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 +160 29 £40,000 +14.29% 6
UK excluding London +189 24 £40,000 +14.29% 5
South West +126 12 £40,000 +14.29% 3
Work from Home +121 10 £40,000 +77.78% 5
Midlands +80 10 £30,000 -10.45% 1
East Midlands - 10 £30,000 - 1
London +103 5 £55,000 -12.00% 1
South East +92 1 £37,500 -20.63% 1
North of England +46 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 (34.48%) IIS
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (6.90%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (44.83%) Azure
3 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (6.90%) Power Automate
4 2 (6.90%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.45%) Mimecast
5 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (44.83%) Firewall
1 13 (44.83%) VPN
2 12 (41.38%) DHCP
2 12 (41.38%) DNS
3 11 (37.93%) TCP/IP
4 10 (34.48%) 3G
4 10 (34.48%) 4G
4 10 (34.48%) VLAN
4 10 (34.48%) VoIP
5 4 (13.79%) Internet
6 3 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (6.90%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (6.90%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (6.90%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (6.90%) Modbus
7 2 (6.90%) MPLS
7 2 (6.90%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (6.90%) WAN
8 1 (3.45%) Fast Ethernet
8 1 (3.45%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (34.48%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (13.79%) Power BI
3 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (13.79%) Advertising
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (75.86%) IT Support
2 11 (37.93%) Analyst
2 11 (37.93%) IT Analyst
2 11 (37.93%) IT Support Analyst
2 11 (37.93%) Support Analyst
3 10 (34.48%) 3rd Line Support
3 10 (34.48%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 9 (31.03%) Lead
5 7 (24.14%) Support Team Leader
5 7 (24.14%) Team Leader
6 4 (13.79%) IT Support Technician
6 4 (13.79%) IT Technician
6 4 (13.79%) Support Technician
7 2 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (6.90%) Data Manager
7 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Platform Manager
7 2 (6.90%) Presales Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Presales Network Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) PySpark
2 1 (3.45%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) Driving Licence
2 4 (13.79%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) Low-Code
3 2 (6.90%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (79.31%) Windows
2 12 (41.38%) Windows Server
3 10 (34.48%) Linux
4 1 (3.45%) Android
4 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.45%) OpenBSD
4 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.45%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Vista
4 1 (3.45%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) ITIL
2 11 (37.93%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (37.93%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (24.14%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (17.24%) Project Delivery
4 5 (17.24%) Project Planning
5 4 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (13.79%) Roadmaps
5 4 (13.79%) Workflow
6 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
6 3 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (6.90%) Backlog Management
7 2 (6.90%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 2 (6.90%) CI/CD
7 2 (6.90%) CRM
7 2 (6.90%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (6.90%) Data Engineering
7 2 (6.90%) ITSM
7 2 (6.90%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 14 (48.28%) SQL
2 10 (34.48%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.90%) Python
3 2 (6.90%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) A+ Certification
1 5 (17.24%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (6.90%) CCDA
2 2 (6.90%) CCDP
2 2 (6.90%) CCNA
2 2 (6.90%) CCNP
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (79.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Server
2 1 (3.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.90%) Ansible
2 2 (6.90%) CASB
2 2 (6.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (3.45%) SCCM
3 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Apple
2 4 (13.79%) Cisco
3 2 (6.90%) Aerohive Networks
3 2 (6.90%) Databricks
3 2 (6.90%) Ekahau
3 2 (6.90%) Extreme Networks
3 2 (6.90%) Fortinet
3 2 (6.90%) Juniper
3 2 (6.90%) Meraki
3 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
3 2 (6.90%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.45%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (3.45%) Citrix
4 1 (3.45%) Datto
4 1 (3.45%) Forcepoint
4 1 (3.45%) Logitech
4 1 (3.45%) VMware