The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 24 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 Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 37 36 34
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Permanent jobs citing WAN 3 12 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 1.017% 3.604% 3.203%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.455% 25.00% 13.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 9
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -31.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £32,500 £39,400
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
55 48 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 18.64% 14.41% 24.20%
Number of salaries quoted 50 44 65
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,750 £72,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WAN
London

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon WAN Jobs Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

Croydon WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Croydon WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon region citing WAN 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 WAN.

1 7 (87.50%) LAN
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
4 4 (50.00%) ITIL
4 4 (50.00%) DNS
5 3 (37.50%) Cisco
5 3 (37.50%) VMware
5 3 (37.50%) UNIX
5 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
5 3 (37.50%) MS Office
5 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
6 2 (25.00%) Citrix
6 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (25.00%) DHCP
6 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (25.00%) VPN
6 2 (25.00%) SQL
6 2 (25.00%) Linux
6 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
6 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
6 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (25.00%) MPLS
6 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (25.00%) Firewall
6 2 (25.00%) Finance
6 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon region citing WAN 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 WAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (12.50%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
2 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) LAN
2 4 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (25.00%) DHCP
3 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (25.00%) VPN
3 2 (25.00%) MPLS
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) IPsec
4 1 (12.50%) OSPF
4 1 (12.50%) BGP
4 1 (12.50%) EIGRP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (12.50%) Network Security
4 1 (12.50%) VLAN
4 1 (12.50%) VoIP
4 1 (12.50%) SNMP
4 1 (12.50%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Back Office
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) UNIX
3 2 (25.00%) Linux
3 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Web Development
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) Network Design
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) MCSE
2 1 (12.50%) CCIE
2 1 (12.50%) CCNP
2 1 (12.50%) CCNA
2 1 (12.50%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) vSphere
3 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Server
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (12.50%) NetBackup
1 1 (12.50%) Backup Exec
1 1 (12.50%) Nagios
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
4 1 (12.50%) Adobe
4 1 (12.50%) NetApp
4 1 (12.50%) Lotus
4 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
4 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
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