The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 20 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 16 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 2.822% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.55% - -
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-2.43% -3.52%
All Communications & Networking
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
110 60 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 19.40% 14.05% 11.44%
Number of salaries quoted 101 57 58
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,850 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Wireless
South Wales

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff Wireless Jobs Demand Trend

Wireless
Salary Trend

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

Cardiff Wireless Salary Trend

Wireless
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wireless across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cardiff Wireless Salary Histogram

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region citing Wireless 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 Wireless.

1 16 (80.00%) LAN
1 16 (80.00%) Cisco
2 15 (75.00%) WAN
3 10 (50.00%) VMware
4 8 (40.00%) Firewall
4 8 (40.00%) VPN
4 8 (40.00%) Windows
4 8 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (40.00%) MPLS
4 8 (40.00%) OSPF
4 8 (40.00%) BGP
5 7 (35.00%) EIGRP
5 7 (35.00%) CCNP
5 7 (35.00%) CCDP
5 7 (35.00%) CCIE
5 7 (35.00%) Network Design
5 7 (35.00%) Cisco PIX
5 7 (35.00%) Cisco ASA
5 7 (35.00%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (35.00%) F5
5 7 (35.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (30.00%) Advertising
6 6 (30.00%) ITIL
7 5 (25.00%) PRINCE2
7 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 5 (25.00%) MS Exchange
7 5 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (25.00%) Project Planning
7 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (25.00%) Load Balancing

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (5.000%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (80.00%) LAN
2 15 (75.00%) WAN
3 8 (40.00%) VPN
3 8 (40.00%) MPLS
3 8 (40.00%) OSPF
3 8 (40.00%) BGP
3 8 (40.00%) Firewall
4 7 (35.00%) Cisco PIX
4 7 (35.00%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (35.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 7 (35.00%) EIGRP
5 4 (20.00%) SAN
5 4 (20.00%) Unified Communications
6 3 (15.00%) WLAN
7 2 (10.00%) FWSM
7 2 (10.00%) Network Security
8 1 (5.000%) VoIP
8 1 (5.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (30.00%) Advertising
2 1 (5.000%) Marketing
2 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Network Design Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Server Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Service Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Network Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Cisco Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Network Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Cisco Network Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) IT Manager
6 1 (5.000%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Network Operations Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (20.00%) EqualLogic
2 4 (20.00%) Blackberry
3 3 (15.00%) Statistics
4 2 (10.00%) SaaS
5 1 (5.000%) Mathematics
5 1 (5.000%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (15.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Network Design
2 6 (30.00%) ITIL
3 5 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 5 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 5 (25.00%) Load Balancing
4 4 (20.00%) Communications Security
4 4 (20.00%) Migration
5 3 (15.00%) Network Architecture
6 1 (5.000%) Capacity Management
6 1 (5.000%) Business Continuity
6 1 (5.000%) Information Security
6 1 (5.000%) Operations Management
6 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (5.000%) Project Management
6 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.000%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (35.00%) CCIE
2 7 (35.00%) CCNP
2 7 (35.00%) CCDP
3 5 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (15.00%) CCDA
4 3 (15.00%) CCSA
5 2 (10.00%) CCVP
5 2 (10.00%) CCSE
5 2 (10.00%) CCIP
5 2 (10.00%) CCSP
5 2 (10.00%) JNCIA
5 2 (10.00%) JNCIS
6 1 (5.000%) Degree
6 1 (5.000%) CCNA
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.000%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) Cisco
2 10 (50.00%) VMware
3 7 (35.00%) F5
4 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (20.00%) HP
5 4 (20.00%) Dell
5 4 (20.00%) Barracuda Networks
6 3 (15.00%) AirMagnet
6 3 (15.00%) Aruba
6 3 (15.00%) Trapeze
7 2 (10.00%) Juniper
7 2 (10.00%) CheckPoint
8 1 (5.000%) Veeam
8 1 (5.000%) Twitter