Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ADSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ADSL over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 856 962 1146
Rank change year-on-year +106 +184 -281
Permanent jobs citing ADSL 38 31 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.030% 0.043%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.28% 0.19% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 38 19 56
10th Percentile - £23,950 £23,500
25th Percentile £21,250 £24,938 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,050 £32,500 £31,750
Median % change year-on-year -29.08% +2.36% -29.44%
75th Percentile £43,438 £35,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £54,500 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £22,500 £32,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year -29.69% +3.23% -31.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

ADSL is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,628 16,029 20,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.88% 15.30% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,526 8,241 11,792
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 +127 38 £23,050 -29.08% 16
UK excluding London +6 35 £22,500 -29.69% 17
South East +45 23 £22,500 -30.23% 4
Work from Home +94 21 £22,500 -29.69% 6
South West -23 6 £37,500 +15.38% 3
Yorkshire +92 5 £35,000 +32.08%
North of England +40 5 £35,000 +32.08% 8
London +143 3 £62,500 +78.57% 3
West Midlands +23 1 £33,500 +4.69%
Midlands +3 1 £33,500 +4.69%

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 2 (5.26%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (52.63%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (18.42%) Azure
3 5 (13.16%) AWS
3 5 (13.16%) GCP
4 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (65.79%) Wireless
2 24 (63.16%) Broadband
3 22 (57.89%) VLAN
4 21 (55.26%) WAN
5 20 (52.63%) LAN
6 8 (21.05%) VoIP
7 5 (13.16%) Firewall
7 5 (13.16%) PBX
7 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
8 4 (10.53%) DHCP
8 4 (10.53%) DNS
8 4 (10.53%) VPN
9 3 (7.89%) Internet
9 3 (7.89%) MPLS
10 2 (5.26%) 3G
10 2 (5.26%) 4G
10 2 (5.26%) SNMP
10 2 (5.26%) VDSL
11 1 (2.63%) NAS
11 1 (2.63%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (5.26%) SQLPlus
General
1 20 (52.63%) Social Skills
1 20 (52.63%) Telecoms
2 7 (18.42%) Military
3 6 (15.79%) Legal
4 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Law
5 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (55.26%) Network Engineer
1 21 (55.26%) Network Support
2 15 (39.47%) Support Engineer
3 13 (34.21%) Network Support Engineer
4 10 (26.32%) Help Desk Engineer
4 10 (26.32%) Help Desk Support
4 10 (26.32%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 7 (18.42%) Analyst
5 7 (18.42%) Network Analyst
5 7 (18.42%) Network Support Analyst
5 7 (18.42%) Support Analyst
6 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
6 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (10.53%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 4 (10.53%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 4 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 4 (10.53%) Data Manager
7 4 (10.53%) IT Analyst
7 4 (10.53%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Public Cloud
2 2 (5.26%) Digital Signage
2 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 22 (57.89%) Windows
2 20 (52.63%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.26%) Linux
3 2 (5.26%) Windows 7
3 2 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (52.63%) Customer Service
2 7 (18.42%) Project Delivery
3 6 (15.79%) Asset Management
4 5 (13.16%) ITIL
5 4 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (10.53%) Business Strategy
5 4 (10.53%) Data Management
5 4 (10.53%) Facilities Management
5 4 (10.53%) Line Management
6 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (5.26%) Customer Experience
7 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.26%) Proactive Maintenance
7 2 (5.26%) Project Management
7 2 (5.26%) Ticket Management
8 1 (2.63%) Contract Management
8 1 (2.63%) Deployment Automation
8 1 (2.63%) Mathematics
8 1 (2.63%) Preventative Maintenance
8 1 (2.63%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) Python
2 2 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (60.53%) CCNA
1 23 (60.53%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (52.63%) Network+ Certification
3 18 (47.37%) MCITP
3 18 (47.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
5 5 (13.16%) CCNP
6 2 (5.26%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (71.05%) Cisco
2 15 (39.47%) Microsoft
3 5 (13.16%) Meraki
4 2 (5.26%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.63%) Draytek
5 1 (2.63%) HP