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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the Bristol 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6188
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching permanent IT job ads8734
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.014 %
As % of the category below15.26 %7.489 %
Salaries quoted8532
Average minimum salary£31,376£30,000
Average salary£33,018£33,063
% change on same period last year-0.13 %
Average maximum salary£34,659£36,125
UK excluding London average salary£35,174£37,462
% change on same period last year-6.10 %
Bristol IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching permanent IT job ads570454
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.301 %0.186 %
Salaries quoted531328
Average minimum salary£31,372£32,854
Average salary£34,211£36,174
% change on same period last year-5.42 %
Average maximum salary£37,051£39,494
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
WAN South WestWAN
South West

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Bristol WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1149 (99.33 %)LAN
287 (58.00 %)Firewall
378 (52.00 %)Citrix
468 (45.33 %)Active Directory
567 (44.67 %)Microsoft
661 (40.67 %)MS Exchange
759 (39.33 %)Cisco
853 (35.33 %)SQL
853 (35.33 %)VMware
946 (30.67 %)Windows
946 (30.67 %)TCP/IP
1044 (29.33 %)Backup Exec
1143 (28.67 %)Terminal Services
1240 (26.67 %)Document Management
1338 (25.33 %)SAN
1432 (21.33 %)Law
1523 (15.33 %)Cisco Certification
1523 (15.33 %)Microsoft Certification
1620 (13.33 %)CCNA
1620 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
1718 (12.00 %)Oracle
1817 (11.33 %)MCSE
1817 (11.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
1817 (11.33 %)Network Security
1916 (10.67 %)SQL Server
1916 (10.67 %)VoIP
1916 (10.67 %)VPN
1916 (10.67 %)DNS
2014 (9.333 %)IIS
2113 (8.667 %)SharePoint

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
161 (40.67 %)MS Exchange
217 (11.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
314 (9.333 %)IIS
413 (8.667 %)SharePoint
59 (6.000 %)Lotus Domino
59 (6.000 %)Exchange Server 2007
59 (6.000 %)Exchange Server 2000
64 (2.667 %)Lotus Notes
Bristol IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (7.333 %)MS Excel
27 (4.667 %)MS Office
31 (0.667 %)MS Project
31 (0.667 %)MS Visio
Bristol IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1149 (99.33 %)LAN
287 (58.00 %)Firewall
346 (30.67 %)TCP/IP
438 (25.33 %)SAN
517 (11.33 %)Network Security
616 (10.67 %)VPN
616 (10.67 %)DNS
616 (10.67 %)VoIP
713 (8.667 %)DHCP
713 (8.667 %)Wireless
812 (8.000 %)VLAN
812 (8.000 %)MPLS
910 (6.667 %)OSPF
109 (6.000 %)Internet
118 (5.333 %)ADSL
126 (4.000 %)BGP
135 (3.333 %)3G
135 (3.333 %)PSTN
135 (3.333 %)Ethernet
135 (3.333 %)SNMP
Bristol IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (10.67 %)SQL Server
29 (6.000 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (3.333 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (2.667 %)InterBase
44 (2.667 %)Cognos Impromptu
53 (2.000 %)SQL Server 7
Bristol IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
132 (21.33 %)Law
211 (7.333 %)Telecoms
211 (7.333 %)Finance
39 (6.000 %)Pensions
48 (5.333 %)Health
57 (4.667 %)Legal
66 (4.000 %)Construction
73 (2.000 %)Marketing
82 (1.333 %)Insurance
91 (0.667 %)Back Office
Bristol IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
175 (50.00 %)Analyst
223 (15.33 %)Network Analyst
317 (11.33 %)Support Engineer
415 (10.00 %)Support Analyst
513 (8.667 %)Network Engineer
611 (7.333 %)Architect
710 (6.667 %)Network Support
88 (5.333 %)Technical Architect
97 (4.667 %)2nd Line Support
106 (4.000 %)Security Analyst
106 (4.000 %)Network Support Analyst
106 (4.000 %)Systems Support
106 (4.000 %)Infrastructure Manager
106 (4.000 %)Network Security Analyst
106 (4.000 %)Technical Analyst
115 (3.333 %)Server Support
115 (3.333 %)IT Manager
115 (3.333 %)Senior Analyst
124 (2.667 %)Administrator
124 (2.667 %)3rd Line Support
Bristol IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (3.333 %)e-Health
23 (2.000 %)Mainframe
31 (0.667 %)Clustering
31 (0.667 %)Client/Server
31 (0.667 %)Blackberry
31 (0.667 %)Video Conferencing
Bristol IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
146 (30.67 %)Windows
220 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
39 (6.000 %)AIX
48 (5.333 %)UNIX
57 (4.667 %)Windows XP
66 (4.000 %)Windows Server 2003
74 (2.667 %)Linux
82 (1.333 %)Windows NT
Bristol IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (26.67 %)Document Management
26 (4.000 %)Project Management
35 (3.333 %)Business Development
44 (2.667 %)Load Balancing
44 (2.667 %)B2B
44 (2.667 %)ITIL
53 (2.000 %)Strategic Planning
53 (2.000 %)Business Continuity
62 (1.333 %)Software Testing
62 (1.333 %)Technical Architecture
62 (1.333 %)E-Commerce
71 (0.667 %)Service Delivery
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
153 (35.33 %)SQL
21 (0.667 %)C
Bristol IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
123 (15.33 %)Cisco Certification
123 (15.33 %)Microsoft Certification
220 (13.33 %)CCNA
317 (11.33 %)MCSE
412 (8.000 %)MCP
511 (7.333 %)CCNP
64 (2.667 %)MCSA
73 (2.000 %)CCSP
73 (2.000 %)Degree
82 (1.333 %)HND
91 (0.667 %)CCIE
91 (0.667 %)CCDP
91 (0.667 %)CCDE
91 (0.667 %)CCSE
Bristol IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.333 %)QA
21 (0.667 %)SLA
Bristol IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
168 (45.33 %)Active Directory
244 (29.33 %)Backup Exec
343 (28.67 %)Terminal Services
44 (2.667 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (1.333 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (0.667 %)MetaFrame
61 (0.667 %)ISA Server
61 (0.667 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.667 %)NetBackup
Bristol IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (7.333 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (1.333 %)CiscoWorks
31 (0.667 %)OpenView
Bristol IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
178 (52.00 %)Citrix
267 (44.67 %)Microsoft
359 (39.33 %)Cisco
453 (35.33 %)VMware
518 (12.00 %)Oracle
69 (6.000 %)CheckPoint
75 (3.333 %)McAfee Security
75 (3.333 %)OPNET
84 (2.667 %)Lotus
93 (2.000 %)Juniper
93 (2.000 %)Siebel
102 (1.333 %)HP
111 (0.667 %)Remedy
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