The first table below looks at the demand for WLAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WLAN over the 3 months to 17 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Rank 114 115 71
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -44
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 3 2 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.172% 0.114% 2.499%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.508% 0.766% 12.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 9
Average salary £56,250 £35,000 £20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+60.71% +70.73%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +23.07%
All Communications & Networking
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
199 261 354
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 11.38% 14.89% 19.66%
Number of salaries quoted 159 220 262
Average salary £42,500 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.86% +5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
WLAN
South West

WLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol WLAN Jobs Demand Trend

WLAN
Salary Trend

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

Bristol WLAN Salary Trend

WLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing WLAN 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 WLAN.

1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) Wireless
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 2 (40.00%) CCIE
3 2 (40.00%) CCNP
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco UCCX
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (20.00%) OpenUP
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Aruba
4 1 (20.00%) Trapeze
4 1 (20.00%) IPsec
4 1 (20.00%) SSH
4 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (20.00%) UWB
4 1 (20.00%) IronPort
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing WLAN 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 WLAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Wireless
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) SSL
4 1 (20.00%) 3G
4 1 (20.00%) DSL
4 1 (20.00%) TELNET
4 1 (20.00%) X.509
4 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (20.00%) UMTS
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) ADSL
4 1 (20.00%) Bluetooth
4 1 (20.00%) Broadband
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Sales Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (20.00%) OpenUP
1 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCIE
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) IronPort
2 1 (20.00%) Aruba
2 1 (20.00%) Trapeze
Bristol, Avon
My client. Operate in 51 countries in five regions - Middle East & Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and the Americas. Their growth has been driven by their clients' need...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + £5,000 Car + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
This involves RTL design and verification for FPGA/ASIC using appropriate tools... The role may involve close interaction with System Architects, Design, Validation and Firmware teams... Key Responsibilities:...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Good understanding of wireless communication protocols such as Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, GSM or UMTS... Keywords: Test, Engineer, Software, WLAN PHY, DSP, Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, GSM, UMTS.
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013