The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 43 45 41
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -4
Permanent jobs citing WAN 41 11 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 7.692% 2.771% 1.644%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.30% 6.748% 17.14%
Number of salaries quoted 26 5 6
Average salary £33,000 £50,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-34.00% +72.41%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Bracknell
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
224 163 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bracknell 42.03% 41.06% 9.589%
Number of salaries quoted 166 103 29
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 £47,500 £59,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WAN
Berkshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell WAN Jobs Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

Bracknell WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the Bracknell region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bracknell WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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.

1 65 (97.01%) LAN
2 46 (68.66%) Windows
3 39 (58.21%) VMware
3 39 (58.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (46.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 30 (44.78%) Firewall
6 29 (43.28%) SQL
6 29 (43.28%) Cisco
7 27 (40.30%) Windows Server 2003
8 26 (38.81%) Active Directory
8 26 (38.81%) VPN
9 23 (34.33%) Microsoft
9 23 (34.33%) SQL Server
10 21 (31.34%) Telecoms
11 20 (29.85%) Migration
11 20 (29.85%) Oracle
11 20 (29.85%) Windows XP
11 20 (29.85%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (28.36%) ISEB
12 19 (28.36%) MS Exchange
12 19 (28.36%) Oracle 8/8i
12 19 (28.36%) SC Cleared
12 19 (28.36%) Security Cleared
13 18 (26.87%) Test Scripting
13 18 (26.87%) Fujitsu
13 18 (26.87%) Finance
13 18 (26.87%) Regression Testing
13 18 (26.87%) Retail
13 18 (26.87%) CCNA
13 18 (26.87%) Windows 7

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bracknell 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.

Application Development
1 3 (4.478%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 19 (28.36%) MS Exchange
2 14 (20.90%) Tomcat
2 14 (20.90%) IIS
3 12 (17.91%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (16.42%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (4.478%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (1.493%) Lync
6 1 (1.493%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 2 (2.985%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 65 (97.01%) LAN
2 30 (44.78%) Firewall
3 26 (38.81%) VPN
4 17 (25.37%) Cisco ASA
5 14 (20.90%) TCP/IP
6 11 (16.42%) VoIP
6 11 (16.42%) SSL
6 11 (16.42%) NetScreen
7 10 (14.93%) Network Security
7 10 (14.93%) BGP
7 10 (14.93%) Internet
8 9 (13.43%) OSPF
9 7 (10.45%) EIGRP
9 7 (10.45%) SAN
10 6 (8.955%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (8.955%) DHCP
11 5 (7.463%) MPLS
12 4 (5.970%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (5.970%) NAS
12 4 (5.970%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (34.33%) SQL Server
2 19 (28.36%) Oracle 8/8i
3 7 (10.45%) SQL Server 2000
3 7 (10.45%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 17 (25.37%) LoadRunner
2 5 (7.463%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (7.463%) SilkTest
General
1 21 (31.34%) Telecoms
2 18 (26.87%) Finance
2 18 (26.87%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (26.87%) Support Engineer
2 16 (23.88%) Network Engineer
3 14 (20.90%) Analyst
3 14 (20.90%) Test Analyst
4 11 (16.42%) Senior Analyst
4 11 (16.42%) Senior Test Analyst
5 10 (14.93%) Technical Engineer
5 10 (14.93%) Technical Support Engineer
5 10 (14.93%) Consultant
5 10 (14.93%) Technical Support
6 6 (8.955%) Senior Network Security Engineer
6 6 (8.955%) Lead Network Engineer
6 6 (8.955%) Senior Security Engineer
6 6 (8.955%) Security Engineer
6 6 (8.955%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (8.955%) Security Analyst
6 6 (8.955%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (8.955%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (7.463%) Test Consultant
7 5 (7.463%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 46 (68.66%) Windows
2 31 (46.27%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (40.30%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (29.85%) Windows XP
5 18 (26.87%) Windows 7
6 8 (11.94%) Windows 2000 Server
6 8 (11.94%) UNIX
7 7 (10.45%) Solaris
7 7 (10.45%) Linux
8 6 (8.955%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (29.85%) Migration
2 18 (26.87%) Test Scripting
2 18 (26.87%) Regression Testing
3 17 (25.37%) Test Automation
4 16 (23.88%) Validation
4 16 (23.88%) Non-Functional Testing
5 15 (22.39%) Automated Testing
6 14 (20.90%) Load Balancing
6 14 (20.90%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (7.463%) Change Management
7 5 (7.463%) Network Management
8 4 (5.970%) High Availability
8 4 (5.970%) Data Protection
8 4 (5.970%) Network Design
9 1 (1.493%) Market Research
9 1 (1.493%) Change Control
9 1 (1.493%) Root Cause Analysis
9 1 (1.493%) ITIL
9 1 (1.493%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 29 (43.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (29.85%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (28.36%) ISEB
2 19 (28.36%) SC Cleared
2 19 (28.36%) Security Cleared
3 18 (26.87%) CCNA
4 11 (16.42%) CCDP
5 10 (14.93%) CCNP
6 9 (13.43%) CCIE
7 4 (5.970%) NCDA
7 4 (5.970%) NCIE
8 2 (2.985%) ISTQB
8 2 (2.985%) JNCIA
8 2 (2.985%) JNCIP
8 2 (2.985%) JNCIE
8 2 (2.985%) CCIP
9 1 (1.493%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (58.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (38.81%) Active Directory
3 17 (25.37%) VMware ESX
4 16 (23.88%) VMware Workstation
4 16 (23.88%) vSphere
5 11 (16.42%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (13.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (26.87%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (5.970%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.493%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (1.493%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (58.21%) VMware
2 29 (43.28%) Cisco
3 23 (34.33%) Microsoft
4 20 (29.85%) Oracle
5 18 (26.87%) Fujitsu
6 14 (20.90%) Juniper
6 14 (20.90%) HP
7 11 (16.42%) Fortinet
8 10 (14.93%) CheckPoint
9 7 (10.45%) Veritas
10 5 (7.463%) F5
11 4 (5.970%) Aruba
11 4 (5.970%) NetApp
11 4 (5.970%) Citrix
12 1 (1.493%) Genesys
12 1 (1.493%) SonicWALL
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