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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank7276
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads370287
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.178 %0.128 %
As % of the category below14.04 %10.91 %
Salaries quoted343240
Average minimum salary£34,688£35,008
Average salary£36,097£36,907
% change on same period last year-2.19 %
Average maximum salary£37,507£38,806
UK excluding London average salary£36,240£37,262
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
Communications & Networking East of EnglandCommunications & Networking
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads26352631
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.270 %1.169 %
Salaries quoted22122174
Average minimum salary£35,554£35,393
Average salary£38,216£38,770
% change on same period last year-1.42 %
Average maximum salary£40,878£42,146
UK excluding London average salary£37,694£38,927
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
WAN EnglandWAN
England

WAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing WAN across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing WAN across the East of England region.

East of England WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the East of England region over the past 3 months.

East of England WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the East of England region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1HertfordshireUp+2177£37,257-8.22 %
2CambridgeshireDown-688£36,762+4.39 %
3EssexUp+857£33,968+21.55 %
4BedfordshireUp+3453£36,790+25.77 %
5NorfolkDown-814£25,423-14.78 %
6SuffolkDown-176£29,750+17.43 %
7East AngliaNew entry-1£45,000-
WAN EnglandWAN
England

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the East of England region citing WAN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WAN.

1543 (82.52 %)LAN
2318 (48.33 %)Cisco
3279 (42.40 %)Windows
4234 (35.56 %)TCP/IP
5208 (31.61 %)Firewall
6185 (28.12 %)VPN
7174 (26.44 %)Cisco Certification
8155 (23.56 %)Microsoft
9133 (20.21 %)Active Directory
10122 (18.54 %)CCNA
11111 (16.87 %)MS Office
12110 (16.72 %)MS Exchange
13107 (16.26 %)Microsoft Certification
14100 (15.20 %)CCNP
1589 (13.53 %)DNS
1589 (13.53 %)VoIP
1686 (13.07 %)Telecoms
1686 (13.07 %)MCSE
1781 (12.31 %)Unix
1879 (12.01 %)MS Excel
1879 (12.01 %)CheckPoint
1978 (11.85 %)Exchange Server 2003
1978 (11.85 %)Network Security
2074 (11.25 %)DHCP
2173 (11.09 %)Windows 2000
2271 (10.79 %)Linux
2368 (10.33 %)MPLS
2463 (9.574 %)Windows Server 2003
2463 (9.574 %)SQL
2561 (9.271 %)BGP

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the East of England region citing WAN also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
113 (1.976 %)HTML
211 (1.672 %)ASP
211 (1.672 %)XML
310 (1.520 %).NET
49 (1.368 %)ASP.NET
56 (0.912 %)XSLT
56 (0.912 %)SAP XI
56 (0.912 %).NET Framework
56 (0.912 %)Application Packaging
62 (0.304 %)J2EE
71 (0.152 %)CSS
71 (0.152 %)SOAP
Application Platforms
1110 (16.72 %)MS Exchange
278 (11.85 %)Exchange Server 2003
339 (5.927 %)IIS
433 (5.015 %)Exchange Server 2000
519 (2.888 %)Lotus Domino
69 (1.368 %)Exchange Server 2007
78 (1.216 %)SharePoint
86 (0.912 %)BizTalk Server
86 (0.912 %)SharePoint Server 2007
95 (0.760 %)Exchange Server 5.5
104 (0.608 %)Lotus Notes
112 (0.304 %)GroupWise
Applications
1111 (16.87 %)MS Office
279 (12.01 %)MS Excel
314 (2.128 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
16 (0.912 %)Navision
24 (0.608 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.304 %)Oracle 11i
32 (0.304 %)Microsoft CRM
41 (0.152 %)Great Plains
41 (0.152 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.152 %)GoldMine
Communications & Networking
1543 (82.52 %)LAN
2234 (35.56 %)TCP/IP
3208 (31.61 %)Firewall
4185 (28.12 %)VPN
589 (13.53 %)VoIP
589 (13.53 %)DNS
678 (11.85 %)Network Security
774 (11.25 %)DHCP
868 (10.33 %)MPLS
961 (9.271 %)BGP
1046 (6.991 %)Cisco PIX
1143 (6.535 %)OSPF
1239 (5.927 %)Ethernet
1337 (5.623 %)Wireless
1436 (5.471 %)EIGRP
1535 (5.319 %)Cisco IPT
1631 (4.711 %)Internet
1730 (4.559 %)VLAN
1829 (4.407 %)IP Telephony
1927 (4.103 %)SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
154 (8.207 %)SQL Server
223 (3.495 %)SQL Server 2000
312 (1.824 %)SQL Server 2005
411 (1.672 %)Crystal Reports
59 (1.368 %)Oracle Reports
67 (1.064 %)Oracle 9i
67 (1.064 %)Oracle 10g
72 (0.304 %)SQL Server 7
72 (0.304 %)Oracle Discoverer
81 (0.152 %)MySQL
Development Applications
16 (0.912 %)MSI
16 (0.912 %)AdminStudio
22 (0.304 %)Oracle Forms
General
186 (13.07 %)Telecoms
240 (6.079 %)Finance
337 (5.623 %)Health
420 (3.040 %)Pharmaceutical
516 (2.432 %)Government
615 (2.280 %)Pensions
714 (2.128 %)Retail
812 (1.824 %)Marketing
911 (1.672 %)Manufacturing
106 (0.912 %)Insurance
115 (0.760 %)Auditing
115 (0.760 %)Legal
115 (0.760 %)Education
115 (0.760 %)Front Office
124 (0.608 %)Construction
133 (0.456 %)Billing
142 (0.304 %)Local Government
142 (0.304 %)Games
142 (0.304 %)Military
142 (0.304 %)Automotive
Job Titles
196 (14.59 %)Analyst
288 (13.37 %)Network Engineer
374 (11.25 %)Support Engineer
470 (10.64 %)Administrator
550 (7.599 %)Network Support
648 (7.295 %)Network Manager
746 (6.991 %)Systems Administrator
839 (5.927 %)Network Analyst
938 (5.775 %)Technical Support
1037 (5.623 %)Support Analyst
1132 (4.863 %)Cisco Engineer
1230 (4.559 %)Consultant
1328 (4.255 %)IT Manager
1328 (4.255 %)Support Specialist
1328 (4.255 %)Cisco Support
1427 (4.103 %)IT Administrator
1524 (3.647 %)Network Administrator
1524 (3.647 %)Architect
1623 (3.495 %)Systems Engineer
1623 (3.495 %)Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
113 (1.976 %)AS400
211 (1.672 %)Computer Science
310 (1.520 %)CESG
310 (1.520 %)Management Information System
49 (1.368 %)Thin Client
49 (1.368 %)Fat Client
57 (1.064 %)Dutch Language
57 (1.064 %)French Language
66 (0.912 %)Client/Server
66 (0.912 %)N-Tier
75 (0.760 %)Clustering
75 (0.760 %)Biotechnology
84 (0.608 %)PDA
84 (0.608 %)Data Protection Act
93 (0.456 %)IPTV
93 (0.456 %)SecurID
93 (0.456 %)PMI
102 (0.304 %)NHS
102 (0.304 %)Firmware
102 (0.304 %)VLE
Operating Systems
1279 (42.40 %)Windows
281 (12.31 %)Unix
373 (11.09 %)Windows 2000
471 (10.79 %)Linux
563 (9.574 %)Windows Server 2003
655 (8.359 %)Windows XP
739 (5.927 %)Solaris
834 (5.167 %)Windows NT
915 (2.280 %)NetWare
106 (0.912 %)AIX
112 (0.304 %)Mac OS X
112 (0.304 %)Windows Vista
121 (0.152 %)HPUX
121 (0.152 %)FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
160 (9.119 %)ITIL
255 (8.359 %)Network Design
346 (6.991 %)Project Management
429 (4.407 %)Configuration Management
523 (3.495 %)Disaster Recovery
620 (3.040 %)Service Delivery
718 (2.736 %)Service Management
812 (1.824 %)Supplier Management
911 (1.672 %)Release Management
911 (1.672 %)Information Security
1010 (1.520 %)Data Security
1010 (1.520 %)E-Commerce
119 (1.368 %)Business Continuity
126 (0.912 %)Web Design
126 (0.912 %)OOP
126 (0.912 %)Time Management
135 (0.760 %)PRINCE2
135 (0.760 %)Migration
135 (0.760 %)Incident Management
144 (0.608 %)Load Balancing
Programming Languages
163 (9.574 %)SQL
215 (2.280 %)VBA
37 (1.064 %)Java
46 (0.912 %)C
46 (0.912 %)C#
55 (0.760 %)Shell Script
63 (0.456 %)JavaScript
63 (0.456 %)PHP
72 (0.304 %)PL/SQL
72 (0.304 %)VB
72 (0.304 %)VB.NET
72 (0.304 %)Perl
72 (0.304 %)C++
81 (0.152 %)PowerHouse
81 (0.152 %)Python
Qualifications
1174 (26.44 %)Cisco Certification
2122 (18.54 %)CCNA
3107 (16.26 %)Microsoft Certification
4100 (15.20 %)CCNP
586 (13.07 %)MCSE
647 (7.143 %)CCVP
736 (5.471 %)Degree
832 (4.863 %)MCP
931 (4.711 %)CCDP
1020 (3.040 %)CCIE
1110 (1.520 %)MCSA
128 (1.216 %)A+ Certification
128 (1.216 %)ITIL Certification
128 (1.216 %)Network+ Certification
128 (1.216 %)CCSA
137 (1.064 %)CCIP
146 (0.912 %)CCDA
155 (0.760 %)HNC
155 (0.760 %)CCSE
163 (0.456 %)PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
149 (7.447 %)SLA
System Software
1133 (20.21 %)Active Directory
215 (2.280 %)Terminal Services
39 (1.368 %)Terminal Server
39 (1.368 %)Backup Exec
39 (1.368 %)Citrix Presentation Server
46 (0.912 %)NetBackup
46 (0.912 %)VMware ESX
55 (0.760 %)ISA Server
63 (0.456 %)WebMarshal
72 (0.304 %)MetaFrame
72 (0.304 %)VMware Workstation
Systems Management
120 (3.040 %)OpenView
214 (2.128 %)Tivoli
36 (0.912 %)ZENworks
44 (0.608 %)CiscoWorks
53 (0.456 %)ARCserve
61 (0.152 %)NNM
61 (0.152 %)WSUS
61 (0.152 %)Netcool
61 (0.152 %)OpenView Configuration Management
61 (0.152 %)Nagios
Vendors
1318 (48.33 %)Cisco
2155 (23.56 %)Microsoft
379 (12.01 %)CheckPoint
450 (7.599 %)HP
548 (7.295 %)Oracle
643 (6.535 %)Citrix
733 (5.015 %)Nortel
826 (3.951 %)VMware
924 (3.647 %)Nokia
1023 (3.495 %)Lotus
1121 (3.191 %)Siemens
1216 (2.432 %)Juniper
1313 (1.976 %)VERITAS
1412 (1.824 %)Dell
1510 (1.520 %)Intel
169 (1.368 %)SAP
169 (1.368 %)Red Hat
178 (1.216 %)Compaq
178 (1.216 %)Altiris
178 (1.216 %)WatchGuard
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