The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 22 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 40 53 54
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +1
Permanent jobs citing LAN 23 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 3.704% 0.803% 1.365%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.17% 4.878% 11.43%
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 8
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £29,000 £27,450
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £34,250 £35,600
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
120 82 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 19.32% 16.47% 11.95%
Number of salaries quoted 104 61 60
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £21,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LAN
South West

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Dorset LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bournemouth +6 13 £30,000 -7.69%
LAN
South West

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 33 (73.33%) WAN
2 31 (68.89%) Windows
3 28 (62.22%) Firewall
4 27 (60.00%) VMware
4 27 (60.00%) Microsoft
5 24 (53.33%) Active Directory
6 21 (46.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (44.44%) MCSE
7 20 (44.44%) MS Office
8 17 (37.78%) Cisco
9 16 (35.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 16 (35.56%) VMware Infrastructure
10 15 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
10 15 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
10 15 (33.33%) MS Exchange
10 15 (33.33%) VPN
10 15 (33.33%) ITIL
11 14 (31.11%) SQL
11 14 (31.11%) MCSA
11 14 (31.11%) TCP/IP
12 13 (28.89%) Windows XP
13 12 (26.67%) MCITP
13 12 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
14 11 (24.44%) Exchange Server 2010
15 10 (22.22%) MS Excel
15 10 (22.22%) VoIP
15 10 (22.22%) SAN
16 9 (20.00%) Citrix
16 9 (20.00%) SQL Server
16 9 (20.00%) Juniper

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 2 (4.444%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 16 (35.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 15 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 12 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
4 11 (24.44%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (44.44%) MS Office
2 10 (22.22%) MS Excel
3 4 (8.889%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.222%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (4.444%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 33 (73.33%) WAN
2 28 (62.22%) Firewall
3 15 (33.33%) VPN
4 14 (31.11%) TCP/IP
5 10 (22.22%) VoIP
5 10 (22.22%) SAN
6 7 (15.56%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (15.56%) DHCP
6 7 (15.56%) DNS
7 6 (13.33%) SSL
8 5 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (11.11%) Junos
8 5 (11.11%) Network Security
8 5 (11.11%) OSPF
8 5 (11.11%) BGP
9 3 (6.667%) Intranet
9 3 (6.667%) Internet
9 3 (6.667%) Extranet
10 2 (4.444%) PABX
11 1 (2.222%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.444%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (4.444%) Oracle 11g
General
1 6 (13.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.222%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Analyst
2 7 (15.56%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (13.33%) Support Technician
3 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure Manager
3 6 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 5 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Network Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (11.11%) Architect
5 4 (8.889%) Technical Architect
5 4 (8.889%) Network Engineer
6 3 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (6.667%) Principle Engineer
6 3 (6.667%) Support Analyst
6 3 (6.667%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.444%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 2 (4.444%) Senior Support Engineer
7 2 (4.444%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (4.444%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (4.444%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.889%) Blackberry
2 3 (6.667%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.222%) IaaS
3 1 (2.222%) CMDB
3 1 (2.222%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 31 (68.89%) Windows
2 15 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 15 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (28.89%) Windows XP
4 8 (17.78%) Windows 7
5 7 (15.56%) Windows Vista
6 6 (13.33%) Linux
7 2 (4.444%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (33.33%) ITIL
2 6 (13.33%) PRINCE2
3 5 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (11.11%) Network Management
3 5 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 5 (11.11%) Project Management
4 4 (8.889%) Migration
4 4 (8.889%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (6.667%) Validation
6 2 (4.444%) ERP
6 2 (4.444%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (4.444%) Resource Management
6 2 (4.444%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (4.444%) Business Continuity
6 2 (4.444%) Information Security
7 1 (2.222%) Unit Testing
7 1 (2.222%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 14 (31.11%) SQL
2 2 (4.444%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (46.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (44.44%) MCSE
3 14 (31.11%) MCSA
4 12 (26.67%) MCITP
5 8 (17.78%) Security Cleared
6 7 (15.56%) MCP
7 5 (11.11%) CCNA
7 5 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (8.889%) Degree
9 2 (4.444%) CCNP
9 2 (4.444%) OCP
9 2 (4.444%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (4.444%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (4.444%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.889%) SLA
2 3 (6.667%) QA
3 2 (4.444%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 24 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 16 (35.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (17.78%) Hyper-V
4 6 (13.33%) Terminal Services
5 4 (8.889%) BlackBerry Internet Service
5 4 (8.889%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.222%) Cisco UCCE
1 1 (2.222%) Backup Exec
1 1 (2.222%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 27 (60.00%) VMware
1 27 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (37.78%) Cisco
3 9 (20.00%) Citrix
3 9 (20.00%) Juniper
4 6 (13.33%) Sage
5 5 (11.11%) SolarWinds
6 4 (8.889%) HP
6 4 (8.889%) CheckPoint
6 4 (8.889%) Nokia
6 4 (8.889%) Blue Coat
7 3 (6.667%) Avaya
8 2 (4.444%) SAP
8 2 (4.444%) Oracle
8 2 (4.444%) Red Hat
8 2 (4.444%) JD Edwards
9 1 (2.222%) Symantec
9 1 (2.222%) McAfee