The first table below looks at the demand for Network Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Management over the 3 months to 23 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Management
Rank 109 - 113
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 17 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.953% - 0.418%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.251% - 0.610%
Number of salaries quoted 17 0 6
Average salary £43,000 - £43,750
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 - £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 - £53,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,327 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.18% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1359 1529 1148
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.18% 76.37% 68.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1043 1338 977
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £61,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Network Management
North West

Network Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network Management across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cheshire Network Management Jobs Demand Trend

Network Management
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Network Management Salary Trend

Network Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Management across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheshire Network Management Salary Histogram

Network Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester - 2 £38,750 -
Macclesfield - 1 £25,000 -
Network Management
North West

Network Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Network Management 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 Network Management.

1 17 (65.38%) Windows
2 12 (46.15%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (42.31%) Firewall
3 11 (42.31%) UNIX
3 11 (42.31%) Linux
3 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
4 10 (38.46%) WAN
4 10 (38.46%) SharePoint
4 10 (38.46%) MS Exchange
4 10 (38.46%) SQL Server
4 10 (38.46%) Active Directory
4 10 (38.46%) Lync
4 10 (38.46%) SharePoint 2010
5 9 (34.62%) Finance
5 9 (34.62%) Cisco
6 8 (30.77%) LAN
6 8 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (26.92%) HP
7 7 (26.92%) Migration
8 6 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (19.23%) CCNP
9 5 (19.23%) CCNA
9 5 (19.23%) TCP/IP
10 4 (15.38%) VPN
10 4 (15.38%) DNS
10 4 (15.38%) IBM
10 4 (15.38%) SQL
10 4 (15.38%) Project Management
10 4 (15.38%) EMC

Network Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Network Management 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 Network Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.846%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 10 (38.46%) SharePoint
1 10 (38.46%) MS Exchange
1 10 (38.46%) Lync
1 10 (38.46%) SharePoint 2010
2 6 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (42.31%) Firewall
2 10 (38.46%) WAN
3 8 (30.77%) LAN
4 5 (19.23%) TCP/IP
5 4 (15.38%) VPN
5 4 (15.38%) DNS
5 4 (15.38%) SAN
5 4 (15.38%) NAS
6 3 (11.54%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (11.54%) SNMP
6 3 (11.54%) Wireless
6 3 (11.54%) VoIP
6 3 (11.54%) SSL
6 3 (11.54%) DHCP
7 2 (7.692%) Ethernet
7 2 (7.692%) HTTP
7 2 (7.692%) IPX
7 2 (7.692%) IPX/SPX
7 2 (7.692%) RIP
7 2 (7.692%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
2 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.846%) MS Access
General
1 9 (34.62%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Analyst
1 6 (23.08%) Support Engineer
1 6 (23.08%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Administrator
2 5 (19.23%) Architect
3 4 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Windows Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Network Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Cisco Support Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) IT Architect
5 2 (7.692%) Server Administrator
5 2 (7.692%) Senior UNIX Administrator
5 2 (7.692%) Windows Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 17 (65.38%) Windows
2 12 (46.15%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (42.31%) UNIX
3 11 (42.31%) Linux
4 2 (7.692%) AIX
4 2 (7.692%) Solaris
4 2 (7.692%) Fedora
4 2 (7.692%) CentOS
4 2 (7.692%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.846%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Migration
2 4 (15.38%) Project Management
2 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
3 3 (11.54%) Load Balancing
3 3 (11.54%) E-Commerce
4 2 (7.692%) ITIL
4 2 (7.692%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) SQL
2 2 (7.692%) VBScript
2 2 (7.692%) Shell Script
2 2 (7.692%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (19.23%) CCNP
2 5 (19.23%) CCNA
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (11.54%) MCSE
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (34.62%) Cisco
3 7 (26.92%) HP
4 4 (15.38%) IBM
4 4 (15.38%) EMC
5 3 (11.54%) F5
5 3 (11.54%) CheckPoint
5 3 (11.54%) VMware
6 2 (7.692%) Sun
6 2 (7.692%) Nokia
6 2 (7.692%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.846%) SolarWinds
7 1 (3.846%) WatchGuard
7 1 (3.846%) McAfee
7 1 (3.846%) Symantec
7 1 (3.846%) Juniper