The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 143 110 143
Rank change year-on-year
-33 +33
Permanent jobs citing LAN 202 299 223
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.731% 2.274% 1.456%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.506% 13.71% 11.91%
Number of salaries quoted 165 267 199
Average salary £52,500 £55,000 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% +19.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £70,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,250 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.97% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2125 2181 1873
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 18.21% 16.59% 12.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1892 1959 1701
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
90% offered a salary of more than £32,521 £33,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
LAN
London

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing LAN across the City of London region.

City of London LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing LAN 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 LAN.

1 358 (79.03%) WAN
2 235 (51.88%) Cisco
3 170 (37.53%) Windows
4 160 (35.32%) Cisco Certification
5 150 (33.11%) VPN
6 149 (32.89%) Firewall
7 143 (31.57%) Microsoft
8 121 (26.71%) Finance
9 120 (26.49%) Active Directory
10 118 (26.05%) VMware
11 109 (24.06%) CCNP
12 100 (22.08%) ITIL
13 96 (21.19%) VMware Infrastructure
14 95 (20.97%) Windows Server 2008
15 92 (20.31%) Wireless
15 92 (20.31%) TCP/IP
16 81 (17.88%) CCNA
17 78 (17.22%) MS Office
18 77 (17.00%) MS Excel
18 77 (17.00%) MPLS
19 76 (16.78%) Juniper
20 75 (16.56%) VoIP
20 75 (16.56%) Windows Server 2003
21 74 (16.34%) SAN
22 72 (15.89%) Network Security
23 69 (15.23%) Citrix
23 69 (15.23%) MS Exchange
24 63 (13.91%) Linux
24 63 (13.91%) Disaster Recovery
25 61 (13.47%) Microsoft Certification

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing LAN 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 LAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (1.987%) ODBC
2 8 (1.766%) COM
3 6 (1.325%) XML
3 6 (1.325%) LAMP
4 5 (1.104%) Middleware
4 5 (1.104%) XSL
5 3 (0.662%) Web Services
5 3 (0.662%) .NET
6 2 (0.442%) CSS
6 2 (0.442%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.221%) Application Packaging
7 1 (0.221%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.221%) Ajax
7 1 (0.221%) J2EE
7 1 (0.221%) DCOM
Application Platforms
1 69 (15.23%) MS Exchange
2 38 (8.389%) Exchange Server 2010
3 36 (7.947%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 24 (5.298%) SharePoint
4 24 (5.298%) Exchange Server 2007
5 15 (3.311%) Lync
6 13 (2.870%) IIS
7 11 (2.428%) Exchange Server 2003
8 10 (2.208%) Lotus Notes
9 9 (1.987%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
9 9 (1.987%) Office Communications Server
10 5 (1.104%) Apache
11 2 (0.442%) WebSphere MQ
11 2 (0.442%) Amazon AWS
12 1 (0.221%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 78 (17.22%) MS Office
2 77 (17.00%) MS Excel
3 20 (4.415%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.987%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.442%) MS Project
6 1 (0.221%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.221%) Maya
6 1 (0.221%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 7 (1.545%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.883%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.221%) Movex
3 1 (0.221%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.221%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 358 (79.03%) WAN
2 150 (33.11%) VPN
3 149 (32.89%) Firewall
4 92 (20.31%) Wireless
4 92 (20.31%) TCP/IP
5 77 (17.00%) MPLS
6 75 (16.56%) VoIP
7 74 (16.34%) SAN
8 72 (15.89%) Network Security
9 57 (12.58%) OSPF
10 56 (12.36%) BGP
11 55 (12.14%) DNS
12 50 (11.04%) Internet
13 48 (10.60%) DHCP
14 45 (9.934%) VLAN
15 44 (9.713%) WLAN
16 42 (9.272%) EIGRP
17 40 (8.830%) Cisco IOS
18 39 (8.609%) Cisco ASA
19 37 (8.168%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.402%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.649%) Oracle 8/8i
3 9 (1.987%) MySQL
4 6 (1.325%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (1.104%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.883%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (0.883%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.442%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.442%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.442%) Redis
8 1 (0.221%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.221%) OLTP
8 1 (0.221%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (1.104%) Git (software)
2 1 (0.221%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.221%) JBuilder
2 1 (0.221%) InstallShield
2 1 (0.221%) JIRA
General
1 121 (26.71%) Finance
2 57 (12.58%) Telecoms
3 33 (7.285%) Law
4 27 (5.960%) Banking
5 18 (3.974%) Legal
6 15 (3.311%) Advertising
7 11 (2.428%) Marketing
8 8 (1.766%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.104%) Back Office
9 5 (1.104%) Multimedia
10 4 (0.883%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.883%) Local Government
10 4 (0.883%) German Language
11 3 (0.662%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.442%) Retail
12 2 (0.442%) Electronics
13 1 (0.221%) Front Office
13 1 (0.221%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.221%) Publishing
13 1 (0.221%) Games
Job Titles
1 94 (20.75%) Analyst
2 89 (19.65%) Network Engineer
3 55 (12.14%) Support Analyst
4 39 (8.609%) Architect
5 27 (5.960%) Support Engineer
6 26 (5.740%) Desktop Support
7 24 (5.298%) Administrator
7 24 (5.298%) Desktop Analyst
8 23 (5.077%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 21 (4.636%) Cisco Engineer
10 20 (4.415%) Technical Support
11 19 (4.194%) Consultant
12 17 (3.753%) Systems Administrator
12 17 (3.753%) Team Leader
12 17 (3.753%) Network Analyst
13 15 (3.311%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 14 (3.091%) Senior Network Engineer
15 13 (2.870%) 3rd Line Support
16 12 (2.649%) Infrastructure Analyst
17 11 (2.428%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 49 (10.82%) Blackberry
2 30 (6.623%) Computer Science
3 17 (3.753%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.532%) Replication
4 16 (3.532%) Clustering
5 14 (3.091%) Fat Client
5 14 (3.091%) Thin Client
6 12 (2.649%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (1.987%) Digital Media
8 6 (1.325%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.104%) IVR
9 5 (1.104%) Hedge funds
10 4 (0.883%) PKI
10 4 (0.883%) iSeries
11 3 (0.662%) SaaS
11 3 (0.662%) iPad
11 3 (0.662%) IaaS
11 3 (0.662%) Derivative
11 3 (0.662%) Statistics
11 3 (0.662%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 170 (37.53%) Windows
2 95 (20.97%) Windows Server 2008
3 75 (16.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 63 (13.91%) Linux
5 49 (10.82%) UNIX
6 37 (8.168%) Windows XP
7 33 (7.285%) Windows 7
8 23 (5.077%) Windows Vista
9 20 (4.415%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 13 (2.870%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (2.428%) AIX
12 9 (1.987%) HPUX
13 6 (1.325%) Solaris
14 4 (0.883%) CentOS
14 4 (0.883%) Oracle Linux
15 3 (0.662%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.442%) Debian
16 2 (0.442%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.442%) Windows 8
17 1 (0.221%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (22.08%) ITIL
2 63 (13.91%) Disaster Recovery
3 52 (11.48%) Project Management
4 43 (9.492%) Service Delivery
5 36 (7.947%) Network Management
6 32 (7.064%) Load Balancing
7 29 (6.402%) Network Design
8 27 (5.960%) Change Management
9 24 (5.298%) Capacity Planning
10 20 (4.415%) Migration
11 17 (3.753%) Business Continuity
11 17 (3.753%) Validation
12 16 (3.532%) Workflow
12 16 (3.532%) PRINCE2
13 15 (3.311%) Service Management
13 15 (3.311%) ITIL V3
14 13 (2.870%) CRM
14 13 (2.870%) BCP
15 11 (2.428%) Asset Management
15 11 (2.428%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.740%) SQL
2 13 (2.870%) Bash shell
3 12 (2.649%) Perl
4 9 (1.987%) Python
5 8 (1.766%) Ruby
6 7 (1.545%) Shell Script
6 7 (1.545%) C
7 6 (1.325%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.883%) PHP
9 3 (0.662%) VB
10 2 (0.442%) Java
10 2 (0.442%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.442%) Scala
10 2 (0.442%) Bourne shell
10 2 (0.442%) Korn
11 1 (0.221%) AppleScript
11 1 (0.221%) C-shell
11 1 (0.221%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 160 (35.32%) Cisco Certification
2 109 (24.06%) CCNP
3 81 (17.88%) CCNA
4 61 (13.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 59 (13.02%) Degree
6 53 (11.70%) MCSE
7 46 (10.15%) CCIE
8 28 (6.181%) MCP
9 16 (3.532%) MCDST
10 15 (3.311%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 15 (3.311%) MCITP
11 14 (3.091%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (2.428%) CCVP
12 11 (2.428%) JNCIS
12 11 (2.428%) CCDP
13 10 (2.208%) CISSP
13 10 (2.208%) RHCE
14 9 (1.987%) CCDA
14 9 (1.987%) Microsoft Certified Master
15 8 (1.766%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.843%) SLA
2 15 (3.311%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 15 (3.311%) QA
3 3 (0.662%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.442%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 120 (26.49%) Active Directory
2 96 (21.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.857%) vSphere
4 21 (4.636%) Hyper-V
5 17 (3.753%) XenApp
6 15 (3.311%) VMware ESX
7 11 (2.428%) VMware Server
8 6 (1.325%) MetaFrame
9 5 (1.104%) XenServer
9 5 (1.104%) XenDesktop
9 5 (1.104%) ProxySG
9 5 (1.104%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.883%) NFS
11 3 (0.662%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (0.662%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 3 (0.662%) Squid
11 3 (0.662%) Samba
11 3 (0.662%) Forefront TMG
12 2 (0.442%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.442%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 20 (4.415%) Tivoli
2 18 (3.974%) Cisco CUCM
3 16 (3.532%) WSUS
4 13 (2.870%) Cisco UCCX
5 11 (2.428%) Norton AntiVirus
6 10 (2.208%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 10 (2.208%) OpenView
6 10 (2.208%) CiscoWorks
7 9 (1.987%) ARCserve
7 9 (1.987%) WhatsUp Gold
8 6 (1.325%) SCCM
8 6 (1.325%) NetBackup
9 5 (1.104%) Backup Exec
9 5 (1.104%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.662%) Nagios
10 3 (0.662%) SCOM
11 2 (0.442%) Cisco UCCE
11 2 (0.442%) Puppet
12 1 (0.221%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.221%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 235 (51.88%) Cisco
2 143 (31.57%) Microsoft
3 118 (26.05%) VMware
4 76 (16.78%) Juniper
5 69 (15.23%) Citrix
6 52 (11.48%) HP
7 50 (11.04%) CheckPoint
8 39 (8.609%) F5
9 31 (6.843%) IBM
10 28 (6.181%) Red Hat
11 26 (5.740%) EMC
12 22 (4.857%) Oracle
12 22 (4.857%) Symantec
13 14 (3.091%) Blue Coat
14 13 (2.870%) Fortinet
15 12 (2.649%) Aruba
15 12 (2.649%) Riverbed
15 12 (2.649%) Twitter
16 11 (2.428%) 3PAR
16 11 (2.428%) Dell
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