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This section looks at the demand for Wireless LAN (WLAN) skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited WLAN over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless LAN (WLAN)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank136111
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching permanent IT job ads617
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.765 %2.104 %
Salaries quoted617
Average minimum salary£32,500£33,706
Average salary£37,000£43,176
% change on same period last year-14.30 %
Average maximum salary£41,500£52,647
UK excluding London average salary£43,676£45,546
% change on same period last year-4.10 %
Communications & Networking CambridgeCommunications & Networking
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads784808
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.409 %0.333 %
Salaries quoted656662
Average minimum salary£35,739£34,264
Average salary£38,533£37,906
% change on same period last year+1.65 %
Average maximum salary£41,328£41,549
UK excluding London average salary£37,379£39,687
% change on same period last year-5.81 %
WLAN CambridgeshireWLAN
Cambridgeshire

WLAN
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge WLAN Demand Trend

WLAN
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge WLAN Salary Trend

WLAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WLAN across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Cambridge WLAN Salary Histogram

WLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

17 (70.00 %)C
26 (60.00 %)LAN
26 (60.00 %)3G
26 (60.00 %)Wireless
35 (50.00 %)Assembly Language
35 (50.00 %)C++
44 (40.00 %)GPRS
44 (40.00 %)Embedded C
44 (40.00 %)Embedded C++
53 (30.00 %)Microsoft
53 (30.00 %)Bluetooth
53 (30.00 %).NET
53 (30.00 %)SQL Server
53 (30.00 %)UWB
62 (20.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
62 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
62 (20.00 %)SQL
62 (20.00 %)UMTS
62 (20.00 %)C#
62 (20.00 %)DVB
62 (20.00 %)Technical Architecture
62 (20.00 %)WCF
62 (20.00 %)WPF
62 (20.00 %)Silverlight
71 (10.00 %)Health
71 (10.00 %)Zachman Framework
71 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (10.00 %)Pensions
71 (10.00 %)Project Management
71 (10.00 %)PRINCE

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Application Development
13 (30.00 %).NET
22 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (20.00 %)WCF
22 (20.00 %)WPF
22 (20.00 %)Silverlight
22 (20.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Applications
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
16 (60.00 %)LAN
16 (60.00 %)3G
16 (60.00 %)Wireless
24 (40.00 %)GPRS
33 (30.00 %)Bluetooth
33 (30.00 %)UWB
42 (20.00 %)DVB
42 (20.00 %)UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)SQL Server
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
General
11 (10.00 %)Health
11 (10.00 %)Pensions
Job Titles
14 (40.00 %)Embedded C Engineer
14 (40.00 %)Embedded C/C++ Engineer
14 (40.00 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
23 (30.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
23 (30.00 %)Software Engineer
32 (20.00 %)Developer
32 (20.00 %).NET Developer
32 (20.00 %)C# Developer
32 (20.00 %)C Software Engineer
32 (20.00 %)Real Time Software Engineer
32 (20.00 %)Real Time Engineer
41 (10.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (10.00 %)Consultant
41 (10.00 %)Implementation Consultant
Operating Systems
11 (10.00 %)UNIX
11 (10.00 %)Windows
11 (10.00 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)Technical Architecture
21 (10.00 %)Use Case
21 (10.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (10.00 %)PRINCE
21 (10.00 %)Project Management
21 (10.00 %)Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
17 (70.00 %)C
25 (50.00 %)C++
25 (50.00 %)Assembly Language
34 (40.00 %)Embedded C
34 (40.00 %)Embedded C++
42 (20.00 %)SQL
42 (20.00 %)C#
51 (10.00 %)Perl
51 (10.00 %)Python
Qualifications
11 (10.00 %)MCP
11 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Vendors
13 (30.00 %)Microsoft
21 (10.00 %)Cisco
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