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The table below looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2624
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads1718
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.008 %
As % of the category below18.89 %28.13 %
Salaries quoted1011
Average minimum salary£37,800£30,818
Average salary£41,500£34,491
% change on same period last year+20.32 %
Average maximum salary£45,200£38,164
UK excluding London average salary£35,749£37,412
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Aberdeen
Matching permanent IT job ads9064
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.027 %
Salaries quoted4148
Average minimum salary£36,976£32,580
Average salary£39,738£35,445
% change on same period last year+12.11 %
Average maximum salary£42,500£38,310
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
WAN ScotlandWAN
Scotland

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

Aberdeen WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Aberdeen WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing WAN 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 WAN.

126 (76.47 %)Cisco
223 (67.65 %)LAN
314 (41.18 %)Cisco Certification
412 (35.29 %)Windows
510 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2003
69 (26.47 %)Active Directory
69 (26.47 %)EIGRP
69 (26.47 %)Oracle
78 (23.53 %)Linux
78 (23.53 %)MS Exchange
78 (23.53 %)VoIP
78 (23.53 %)CCIE
78 (23.53 %)Exchange Server 2003
87 (20.59 %)VMware
87 (20.59 %)SQL
87 (20.59 %)IIS
87 (20.59 %)Citrix
87 (20.59 %)SAN
96 (17.65 %)Firewall
96 (17.65 %)CCNP
96 (17.65 %)VMware Infrastructure
104 (11.76 %)CCVP
104 (11.76 %)Cisco IPT
104 (11.76 %)CCNA
104 (11.76 %)Microsoft
104 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
113 (8.824 %)VPN
113 (8.824 %)CCDA
113 (8.824 %)CCDP
113 (8.824 %)MS Office

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing WAN 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 WAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (23.53 %)MS Exchange
18 (23.53 %)Exchange Server 2003
27 (20.59 %)IIS
31 (2.941 %)Apache
31 (2.941 %)Oracle HTTP Server
Aberdeen IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (8.824 %)MS Office
21 (2.941 %)MS Excel
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (67.65 %)LAN
29 (26.47 %)EIGRP
38 (23.53 %)VoIP
47 (20.59 %)SAN
56 (17.65 %)Firewall
64 (11.76 %)Cisco IPT
64 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
73 (8.824 %)VPN
73 (8.824 %)Wireless
82 (5.882 %)Frame Relay
82 (5.882 %)MGCP
82 (5.882 %)SCCP
82 (5.882 %)H.323
82 (5.882 %)SONET
82 (5.882 %)MPLS
82 (5.882 %)Ethernet
82 (5.882 %)HTTP
82 (5.882 %)DNS
82 (5.882 %)ATM
91 (2.941 %)Cisco PIX
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (8.824 %)SQL Server
21 (2.941 %)RDBMS
Aberdeen IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (5.882 %)Pensions
21 (2.941 %)Telecoms
21 (2.941 %)Health
21 (2.941 %)Manufacturing
21 (2.941 %)Insurance
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (26.47 %)Analyst
19 (26.47 %)Network Engineer
26 (17.65 %)Senior Network Engineer
26 (17.65 %)Senior Analyst
26 (17.65 %)Network Analyst
34 (11.76 %)Infrastructure Engineer
34 (11.76 %)Administrator
34 (11.76 %)Senior Network Analyst
34 (11.76 %)Cisco Analyst
34 (11.76 %)Senior Cisco Analyst
43 (8.824 %)Linux Engineer
43 (8.824 %)Systems Engineer
52 (5.882 %)Consultant
52 (5.882 %)Support Analyst
52 (5.882 %)Network Support Analyst
52 (5.882 %)Network Support
52 (5.882 %)Cisco Consultant
52 (5.882 %)Voice Analyst
52 (5.882 %)Cisco Network Analyst
52 (5.882 %)Senior Cisco Network Analyst
Aberdeen IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.941 %)CCTV
11 (2.941 %)French Language
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (35.29 %)Windows
210 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (23.53 %)Linux
43 (8.824 %)Solaris
43 (8.824 %)Windows 2000 Server
43 (8.824 %)UNIX
52 (5.882 %)Windows XP
52 (5.882 %)Red Hat Linux
61 (2.941 %)Windows 2000
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (5.882 %)ERP
21 (2.941 %)Network Design
21 (2.941 %)Resource Management
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (20.59 %)SQL
22 (5.882 %)Perl
31 (2.941 %)Python
31 (2.941 %)Shell Script
Aberdeen IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (41.18 %)Cisco Certification
28 (23.53 %)CCIE
36 (17.65 %)CCNP
44 (11.76 %)CCNA
44 (11.76 %)CCVP
53 (8.824 %)CCDA
53 (8.824 %)CCDP
62 (5.882 %)Degree
71 (2.941 %)CCSP
71 (2.941 %)Microsoft Certification
Aberdeen IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (26.47 %)Active Directory
26 (17.65 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (2.941 %)NFS
31 (2.941 %)Samba
31 (2.941 %)NetBackup
31 (2.941 %)Backup Exec
31 (2.941 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.941 %)Norton AntiVirus
Aberdeen IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
126 (76.47 %)Cisco
29 (26.47 %)Oracle
37 (20.59 %)Citrix
37 (20.59 %)VMware
44 (11.76 %)Microsoft
52 (5.882 %)Red Hat
61 (2.941 %)Symantec
61 (2.941 %)VERITAS
61 (2.941 %)SAP