The first table below looks at the demand for Network Design skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Design over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Design
Rank 88 77 -
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 7 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.646% 0.709% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.826% 1.026% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 0
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,250
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -9.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
847 682 703
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.14% 69.10% 83.00%
Number of salaries quoted 763 593 662
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Network Design
East of England

Network Design
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network Design across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire Network Design Jobs Demand Trend

Network Design
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Design across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Network Design Salary Trend

Network Design
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Design across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Network Design Salary Histogram

Network Design
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford -9 2 £37,750 +7.85%
Luton - 2 £62,500 -
Network Design
East of England

Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Network Design 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 Network Design.

1 26 (100.00%) Cisco
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (76.92%) CCNP
3 16 (61.54%) Network Security
4 13 (50.00%) WAN
4 13 (50.00%) Firewall
5 12 (46.15%) VPN
6 11 (42.31%) TCP/IP
6 11 (42.31%) LAN
7 10 (38.46%) VoIP
7 10 (38.46%) MPLS
8 9 (34.62%) DHCP
8 9 (34.62%) RIP
8 9 (34.62%) Capacity Planning
8 9 (34.62%) Network Management
9 8 (30.77%) DNS
9 8 (30.77%) CISSP
9 8 (30.77%) CISA
9 8 (30.77%) CISM
9 8 (30.77%) Change Management
9 8 (30.77%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (30.77%) CEH
9 8 (30.77%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 8 (30.77%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (30.77%) VLAN
10 7 (26.92%) CCDP
11 6 (23.08%) Supplier Management
12 5 (19.23%) Juniper
13 4 (15.38%) CheckPoint
13 4 (15.38%) BGP

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Network Design 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 Network Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) SharePoint Server
Communications & Networking
1 16 (61.54%) Network Security
2 13 (50.00%) WAN
2 13 (50.00%) Firewall
3 12 (46.15%) VPN
4 11 (42.31%) LAN
4 11 (42.31%) TCP/IP
5 10 (38.46%) VoIP
5 10 (38.46%) MPLS
6 9 (34.62%) DHCP
6 9 (34.62%) RIP
7 8 (30.77%) DNS
7 8 (30.77%) Intrusion Detection
7 8 (30.77%) VLAN
8 4 (15.38%) BGP
8 4 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (11.54%) FWSM
9 3 (11.54%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (11.54%) Wireless
10 2 (7.692%) EIGRP
10 2 (7.692%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) OLTP
General
1 2 (7.692%) Advertising
2 1 (3.846%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Security Officer
2 7 (26.92%) Consultant
3 6 (23.08%) Network Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Network Consultant
4 4 (15.38%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Security Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Network Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Sales Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Pre Sales Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Data Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Senior Sales Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Network Architect
7 1 (3.846%) Build Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Architect
7 1 (3.846%) Project Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.846%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Capacity Planning
1 9 (34.62%) Network Management
2 8 (30.77%) Change Management
2 8 (30.77%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (30.77%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 6 (23.08%) Supplier Management
4 1 (3.846%) Performance Management
4 1 (3.846%) Network Architecture
4 1 (3.846%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (3.846%) ITIL
4 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
4 1 (3.846%) PRINCE
4 1 (3.846%) Data Security
4 1 (3.846%) Security Management
4 1 (3.846%) Ethical Hacking
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (76.92%) CCNP
3 8 (30.77%) CISSP
3 8 (30.77%) CISA
3 8 (30.77%) CISM
3 8 (30.77%) CEH
4 7 (26.92%) CCDP
5 3 (11.54%) CCIE
6 2 (7.692%) CCIP
6 2 (7.692%) CCNA
6 2 (7.692%) CCVP
7 1 (3.846%) CCSE
7 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
7 1 (3.846%) CCSA
7 1 (3.846%) CCDA
7 1 (3.846%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (3.846%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (19.23%) Juniper
3 4 (15.38%) CheckPoint
4 2 (7.692%) VMware
4 2 (7.692%) HP
4 2 (7.692%) Twitter
5 1 (3.846%) Citrix
5 1 (3.846%) AirMagnet
5 1 (3.846%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.846%) F5