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The table below looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the Brighton 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
Rank3547
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads2317
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.007 %
As % of the category below25.56 %17.17 %
Salaries quoted2217
Average minimum salary£33,773£42,412
Average salary£35,159£44,324
% change on same period last year-20.67 %
Average maximum salary£36,545£46,235
UK excluding London average salary£35,749£37,412
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
Brighton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Brighton
Matching permanent IT job ads9099
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.042 %
Salaries quoted8495
Average minimum salary£29,915£41,905
Average salary£31,829£44,989
% change on same period last year-29.25 %
Average maximum salary£33,744£48,072
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
WAN East SussexWAN
East Sussex

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

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

Brighton WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Brighton 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.

131 (81.58 %)LAN
228 (73.68 %)Microsoft Certification
326 (68.42 %)Windows
421 (55.26 %)MCSE
421 (55.26 %)Windows Server 2003
519 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
519 (50.00 %)Microsoft
618 (47.37 %)Cisco Certification
717 (44.74 %)Cisco
814 (36.84 %)VPN
913 (34.21 %)Linux
1011 (28.95 %)MS Exchange
1011 (28.95 %)SQL Server
1011 (28.95 %)CCNA
1110 (26.32 %)DNS
1110 (26.32 %)Windows XP
1110 (26.32 %)UNIX
129 (23.68 %)Windows 2000
129 (23.68 %)IIS
129 (23.68 %)SAN
129 (23.68 %)MPLS
138 (21.05 %)NetScreen
138 (21.05 %)EMC
138 (21.05 %)Intel
138 (21.05 %)BGP
138 (21.05 %)EMC NetWorker
147 (18.42 %)Red Hat Linux
147 (18.42 %)SQL Server 2005
147 (18.42 %)CCNP
147 (18.42 %)SLA

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Brighton 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.

Brighton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (13.16 %)COM+
22 (5.263 %)WebServices
22 (5.263 %)Middleware
22 (5.263 %)J2EE
31 (2.632 %).NET
Brighton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (28.95 %)MS Exchange
29 (23.68 %)IIS
34 (10.53 %)Apache
34 (10.53 %)Exchange Server 2003
Brighton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (15.79 %)MS Excel
24 (10.53 %)MS Office
32 (5.263 %)MS Project
Brighton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
131 (81.58 %)LAN
219 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
314 (36.84 %)VPN
410 (26.32 %)DNS
59 (23.68 %)SAN
59 (23.68 %)MPLS
68 (21.05 %)BGP
68 (21.05 %)NetScreen
77 (18.42 %)OSPF
77 (18.42 %)ADSL
86 (15.79 %)SMTP
86 (15.79 %)SNMP
86 (15.79 %)L2TP
86 (15.79 %)IPsec
86 (15.79 %)IMAP
95 (13.16 %)LDAP
101 (2.632 %)VoIP
101 (2.632 %)Internet
101 (2.632 %)DSL
101 (2.632 %)DHCP
Brighton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (28.95 %)SQL Server
27 (18.42 %)SQL Server 2000
27 (18.42 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (10.53 %)MySQL
42 (5.263 %)Datawarehouse
51 (2.632 %)OLTP
Brighton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (10.53 %)Education
22 (5.263 %)Telecoms
22 (5.263 %)Finance
Brighton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (26.32 %)Analyst
110 (26.32 %)Infrastructure Engineer
27 (18.42 %)Helpdesk Analyst
35 (13.16 %)Senior Infrastructure Engineer
44 (10.53 %)Server Engineer
44 (10.53 %)Senior Server Engineer
53 (7.895 %)Senior Systems Administrator
53 (7.895 %)Team Leader
53 (7.895 %)Helpdesk Team Leader
53 (7.895 %)Infrastructure Analyst
53 (7.895 %)Administrator
53 (7.895 %)Systems Engineer
53 (7.895 %)Architect
53 (7.895 %)Consultant
53 (7.895 %)Systems Administrator
53 (7.895 %)Senior Systems Engineer
62 (5.263 %)Network Engineer
62 (5.263 %)Software Engineer
62 (5.263 %)IT Manager
62 (5.263 %)Solutions Architect
Brighton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.632 %)E-Learning
Brighton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
126 (68.42 %)Windows
221 (55.26 %)Windows Server 2003
313 (34.21 %)Linux
410 (26.32 %)UNIX
410 (26.32 %)Windows XP
59 (23.68 %)Windows 2000
67 (18.42 %)Red Hat Linux
74 (10.53 %)Windows Vista
81 (2.632 %)Windows 2000 Server
Brighton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (18.42 %)B2B
17 (18.42 %)ITIL
22 (5.263 %)Business Intelligence
31 (2.632 %)Network Planning
31 (2.632 %)Project Planning
31 (2.632 %)Business Development
Brighton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (15.79 %)VB
25 (13.16 %)SQL
34 (10.53 %)C
42 (5.263 %)Java
51 (2.632 %)C#
Brighton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (73.68 %)Microsoft Certification
221 (55.26 %)MCSE
318 (47.37 %)Cisco Certification
411 (28.95 %)CCNA
57 (18.42 %)CCNP
57 (18.42 %)RHCE
65 (13.16 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
74 (10.53 %)MCDBA
83 (7.895 %)MCP
91 (2.632 %)MBCS
Brighton IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (18.42 %)SLA
Brighton IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (15.79 %)VMware ESX
24 (10.53 %)Active Directory
Brighton IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (21.05 %)EMC NetWorker
26 (15.79 %)CiscoWorks
26 (15.79 %)MOM
Brighton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (50.00 %)Microsoft
217 (44.74 %)Cisco
38 (21.05 %)EMC
38 (21.05 %)Intel
47 (18.42 %)Red Hat
56 (15.79 %)VMware
56 (15.79 %)Redback
64 (10.53 %)VERITAS
73 (7.895 %)Citrix
82 (5.263 %)Oracle