The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 22 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 Communications & Networking category for the Bracknell region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 40 37 40
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +3
Permanent jobs citing LAN 38 20 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 7.156% 5.013% 1.676%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.04% 12.20% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 23 12 6
Average salary £33,000 £38,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.15% +31.03%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
Bracknell
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
223 164 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 42.00% 41.10% 8.939%
Number of salaries quoted 162 103 26
Average salary £33,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LAN
Berkshire

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing LAN across the Bracknell region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bracknell LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Salary Trend

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

Bracknell LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Bracknell region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bracknell LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell region citing LAN 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 LAN.

1 65 (100.00%) WAN
2 45 (69.23%) Windows
3 38 (58.46%) VMware
3 38 (58.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
4 30 (46.15%) Firewall
5 28 (43.08%) SQL
6 27 (41.54%) Windows Server 2003
7 26 (40.00%) Cisco
7 26 (40.00%) Active Directory
8 24 (36.92%) VPN
9 23 (35.38%) SQL Server
10 22 (33.85%) Microsoft
11 21 (32.31%) Telecoms
12 20 (30.77%) Migration
12 20 (30.77%) Oracle
12 20 (30.77%) Windows XP
13 19 (29.23%) CCNA
13 19 (29.23%) Oracle 8/8i
13 19 (29.23%) ISEB
13 19 (29.23%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (29.23%) SC Cleared
13 19 (29.23%) Security Cleared
14 18 (27.69%) Test Scripting
14 18 (27.69%) Fujitsu
14 18 (27.69%) Windows 7
14 18 (27.69%) HP Quality Center
14 18 (27.69%) Finance
14 18 (27.69%) Regression Testing
14 18 (27.69%) Retail

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell region citing LAN 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 LAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (4.615%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 18 (27.69%) MS Exchange
2 14 (21.54%) Tomcat
2 14 (21.54%) IIS
3 11 (16.92%) Exchange Server 2007
3 11 (16.92%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (4.615%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.538%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (1.538%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (3.077%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 65 (100.00%) WAN
2 30 (46.15%) Firewall
3 24 (36.92%) VPN
4 16 (24.62%) Cisco ASA
5 14 (21.54%) TCP/IP
6 11 (16.92%) VoIP
6 11 (16.92%) Network Security
7 10 (15.38%) SSL
7 10 (15.38%) NetScreen
8 9 (13.85%) Internet
9 8 (12.31%) BGP
10 7 (10.77%) DHCP
10 7 (10.77%) EIGRP
10 7 (10.77%) OSPF
10 7 (10.77%) SAN
10 7 (10.77%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (6.154%) NAS
11 4 (6.154%) WLAN
11 4 (6.154%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (4.615%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (35.38%) SQL Server
2 19 (29.23%) Oracle 8/8i
3 7 (10.77%) SQL Server 2000
3 7 (10.77%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 17 (26.15%) LoadRunner
2 5 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (7.692%) SilkTest
General
1 21 (32.31%) Telecoms
2 18 (27.69%) Finance
2 18 (27.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (26.15%) Support Engineer
2 14 (21.54%) Network Engineer
2 14 (21.54%) Analyst
2 14 (21.54%) Test Analyst
3 11 (16.92%) Senior Test Analyst
3 11 (16.92%) Senior Analyst
4 10 (15.38%) Consultant
5 9 (13.85%) Technical Support Engineer
5 9 (13.85%) Technical Support
5 9 (13.85%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (9.231%) Senior Network Security Engineer
6 6 (9.231%) Senior Security Engineer
6 6 (9.231%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (9.231%) Security Engineer
6 6 (9.231%) Security Analyst
6 6 (9.231%) Network Security Engineer
6 6 (9.231%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (9.231%) Lead Network Engineer
7 5 (7.692%) Test Consultant
7 5 (7.692%) Performance Test Consultant
Operating Systems
1 45 (69.23%) Windows
2 30 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (41.54%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (30.77%) Windows XP
5 18 (27.69%) Windows 7
6 8 (12.31%) UNIX
7 7 (10.77%) Solaris
7 7 (10.77%) Linux
7 7 (10.77%) Windows 2000 Server
8 6 (9.231%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.77%) Migration
2 18 (27.69%) Test Scripting
2 18 (27.69%) Regression Testing
3 17 (26.15%) Test Automation
4 16 (24.62%) Non-Functional Testing
4 16 (24.62%) Validation
5 15 (23.08%) Load Balancing
5 15 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
5 15 (23.08%) Automated Testing
6 5 (7.692%) Network Management
6 5 (7.692%) Change Management
7 4 (6.154%) Data Protection
7 4 (6.154%) Network Design
7 4 (6.154%) High Availability
8 1 (1.538%) ITIL
8 1 (1.538%) WFM
8 1 (1.538%) Change Control
8 1 (1.538%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (1.538%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 28 (43.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (29.23%) CCNA
1 19 (29.23%) ISEB
1 19 (29.23%) Cisco Certification
1 19 (29.23%) SC Cleared
1 19 (29.23%) Security Cleared
2 12 (18.46%) CCDP
3 8 (12.31%) CCNP
4 7 (10.77%) CCIE
5 4 (6.154%) NCDA
5 4 (6.154%) NCIE
6 2 (3.077%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.538%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (58.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 17 (26.15%) VMware ESX
4 16 (24.62%) VMware Workstation
5 15 (23.08%) vSphere
6 10 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (13.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (27.69%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (6.154%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.538%) SCCM
3 1 (1.538%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 38 (58.46%) VMware
2 26 (40.00%) Cisco
3 22 (33.85%) Microsoft
4 20 (30.77%) Oracle
5 18 (27.69%) Fujitsu
6 14 (21.54%) HP
7 11 (16.92%) Juniper
8 10 (15.38%) Fortinet
8 10 (15.38%) CheckPoint
9 7 (10.77%) Veritas
10 5 (7.692%) F5
11 4 (6.154%) Aruba
11 4 (6.154%) NetApp
11 4 (6.154%) Citrix
12 1 (1.538%) Genesys
12 1 (1.538%) SonicWALL
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