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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the Bolton 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2919
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads32
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below21.43 %14.29 %
Salaries quoted32
Average minimum salary£25,333£33,000
Average salary£30,167£33,000
% change on same period last year-8.58 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£33,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,236£37,466
% change on same period last year-5.95 %
Bolton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bolton
Matching permanent IT job ads1414
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.006 %
Salaries quoted1414
Average minimum salary£24,368£27,063
Average salary£27,947£27,260
% change on same period last year+2.51 %
Average maximum salary£31,526£27,458
UK excluding London average salary£37,394£39,723
% change on same period last year-5.86 %
WAN ManchesterWAN
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WAN
Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the Bolton region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Bolton WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Bolton 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.

114 (100.00 %)LAN
28 (57.14 %)TCP/IP
28 (57.14 %)DNS
37 (50.00 %)Linux
37 (50.00 %)Perl
37 (50.00 %)Pensions
44 (28.57 %)Cisco
44 (28.57 %)CCNA
44 (28.57 %)Cisco Certification
53 (21.43 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (21.43 %)HP
53 (21.43 %)Windows 2000
53 (21.43 %)MCSE
53 (21.43 %)Firewall
53 (21.43 %)Windows
62 (14.29 %)Web Development
62 (14.29 %)Nortel Meridian
62 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (14.29 %)MS Excel
62 (14.29 %)VoIP
62 (14.29 %)C#
62 (14.29 %)C++
62 (14.29 %)VB
62 (14.29 %)SQL Server
62 (14.29 %)ASP
62 (14.29 %)ITIL
62 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
62 (14.29 %)Nortel
62 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (14.29 %)Microsoft

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Bolton 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.

Bolton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (14.29 %)ASP
Bolton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2000
11 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2003
Bolton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (14.29 %)MS Excel
Bolton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (100.00 %)LAN
28 (57.14 %)TCP/IP
28 (57.14 %)DNS
33 (21.43 %)Firewall
42 (14.29 %)Nortel Meridian
42 (14.29 %)VoIP
51 (7.143 %)DHCP
51 (7.143 %)SMS
51 (7.143 %)SSL
51 (7.143 %)VPN
51 (7.143 %)Wireless
51 (7.143 %)IPsec
Bolton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (14.29 %)SQL Server
12 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
12 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
Bolton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (50.00 %)Pensions
21 (7.143 %)Telecoms
Bolton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (50.00 %)Administrator
17 (50.00 %)Linux Administrator
17 (50.00 %)Linux Engineer
22 (14.29 %)Developer
22 (14.29 %)ASP Developer
22 (14.29 %)Infrastructure Manager
31 (7.143 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
31 (7.143 %)IT Support Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Network Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Support Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Infrastructure Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Junior Network Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Junior
Bolton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)AS400
11 (7.143 %)Video Conferencing
Bolton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (50.00 %)Linux
23 (21.43 %)Windows 2000
23 (21.43 %)Windows
Bolton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)ITIL
12 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
12 (14.29 %)Web Development
21 (7.143 %)Business Development
21 (7.143 %)Project Management
Bolton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (50.00 %)Perl
22 (14.29 %)C#
22 (14.29 %)C++
22 (14.29 %)VB
31 (7.143 %)SQL
Bolton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (28.57 %)CCNA
14 (28.57 %)Cisco Certification
23 (21.43 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (21.43 %)MCSE
31 (7.143 %)CCNP
Bolton IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (7.143 %)Active Directory
Bolton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (28.57 %)Cisco
23 (21.43 %)HP
32 (14.29 %)Nortel
32 (14.29 %)Microsoft
41 (7.143 %)Avaya
41 (7.143 %)McAfee Security
41 (7.143 %)Sophos
41 (7.143 %)WatchGuard
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