The first table below looks at the demand for WLAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WLAN 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 Communications & Networking category for the East of England region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Rank 233 249 260
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +11
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 29 23 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.354% 0.264% 0.237%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.669% 1.419% 1.220%
Number of salaries quoted 27 22 19
Average salary £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.62% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £40,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,400 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +29.03%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1738 1621 1885
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 21.22% 18.58% 19.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1400 1298 1513
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,616 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WLAN
England

WLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England WLAN Jobs Demand Trend

WLAN
Salary Trend

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

East of England WLAN Salary Trend

WLAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WLAN across the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England WLAN Salary Histogram

WLAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire +17 17 £31,500 -31.89%
Cambridgeshire -1 9 £42,500 +6.25%
Bedfordshire -11 1 £67,500 +42.10%
Essex - 1 £29,000 -
WLAN
England

WLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing WLAN 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 WLAN.

1 25 (60.98%) Wireless
2 23 (56.10%) Cisco
3 21 (51.22%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (46.34%) LAN
5 15 (36.59%) VPN
6 14 (34.15%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (24.39%) Firewall
7 10 (24.39%) WAN
7 10 (24.39%) Network Security
8 9 (21.95%) Degree
8 9 (21.95%) ITIL
8 9 (21.95%) CCNA
9 8 (19.51%) Juniper
10 7 (17.07%) CCNP
10 7 (17.07%) SSH
10 7 (17.07%) C
10 7 (17.07%) C++
11 6 (14.63%) WAP
11 6 (14.63%) Bluetooth
11 6 (14.63%) HTTP
11 6 (14.63%) Firmware
11 6 (14.63%) CCIE
11 6 (14.63%) Embedded C
11 6 (14.63%) Embedded C++
11 6 (14.63%) VMware
11 6 (14.63%) MATLAB
11 6 (14.63%) WEP
11 6 (14.63%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (14.63%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing WLAN 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 WLAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (14.63%) WAP
2 2 (4.878%) XMPP
3 1 (2.439%) .NET Compact Framework
3 1 (2.439%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.439%) LAMP
3 1 (2.439%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.317%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (2.439%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (4.878%) MS Office
1 2 (4.878%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.439%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 25 (60.98%) Wireless
2 19 (46.34%) LAN
3 15 (36.59%) VPN
4 14 (34.15%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (24.39%) Firewall
5 10 (24.39%) WAN
5 10 (24.39%) Network Security
6 7 (17.07%) SSH
7 6 (14.63%) Bluetooth
7 6 (14.63%) HTTP
7 6 (14.63%) WEP
7 6 (14.63%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (14.63%) Unified Communications
7 6 (14.63%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (12.20%) Cisco PIX
8 5 (12.20%) Internet
9 4 (9.756%) ADSL
9 4 (9.756%) DNS
10 3 (7.317%) tcpdump
10 3 (7.317%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.439%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (2.439%) MySQL
General
1 2 (4.878%) Finance
2 1 (2.439%) Billing
2 1 (2.439%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.439%) Local Government
2 1 (2.439%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (2.439%) Back Office
2 1 (2.439%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (19.51%) Network Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Consultant
3 6 (14.63%) Support Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) Principal Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Security Consultant
4 5 (12.20%) Network Consultant
5 4 (9.756%) Incident Manager
6 3 (7.317%) Wireless Engineer
6 3 (7.317%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (7.317%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (7.317%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (7.317%) Administrator
7 2 (4.878%) Network Administrator
7 2 (4.878%) Principle Consultant
7 2 (4.878%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 2 (4.878%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 1 (2.439%) 3rd Line Technical Support
8 1 (2.439%) Cisco Support Engineer
8 1 (2.439%) Network Security Architect
8 1 (2.439%) Voice Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Firmware
1 6 (14.63%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (9.756%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.439%) iPhone
3 1 (2.439%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.439%) Clustering
3 1 (2.439%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.756%) Windows
2 3 (7.317%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (7.317%) Linux
2 3 (7.317%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.439%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.439%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (2.439%) CentOS
3 1 (2.439%) Android
3 1 (2.439%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.439%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (2.439%) Debian
3 1 (2.439%) OpenBSD
3 1 (2.439%) FreeBSD
3 1 (2.439%) Windows NT
3 1 (2.439%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.439%) Solaris
3 1 (2.439%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.95%) ITIL
2 5 (12.20%) Network Management
2 5 (12.20%) Load Balancing
2 5 (12.20%) Incident Management
3 4 (9.756%) Network Design
4 3 (7.317%) Data Security
5 2 (4.878%) Change Management
5 2 (4.878%) Project Management
6 1 (2.439%) High Availability
6 1 (2.439%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (2.439%) Software Deployment
6 1 (2.439%) Waterfall
6 1 (2.439%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (2.439%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.439%) Problem Management
6 1 (2.439%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.439%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.439%) Process Management
6 1 (2.439%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) C
1 7 (17.07%) C++
2 6 (14.63%) Embedded C
2 6 (14.63%) Embedded C++
2 6 (14.63%) MATLAB
3 1 (2.439%) Ruby
3 1 (2.439%) Python
3 1 (2.439%) Perl
Qualifications
1 21 (51.22%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (21.95%) Degree
2 9 (21.95%) CCNA
3 7 (17.07%) CCNP
4 6 (14.63%) CCIE
5 4 (9.756%) SC Cleared
5 4 (9.756%) DV Cleared
5 4 (9.756%) Security Cleared
6 2 (4.878%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.878%) CISSP
6 2 (4.878%) MCSE
7 1 (2.439%) CCSE
7 1 (2.439%) CCVP
7 1 (2.439%) MCITP
7 1 (2.439%) MCSA
7 1 (2.439%) MCP
7 1 (2.439%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.439%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (9.756%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.878%) Terminal Server
3 2 (4.878%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (2.439%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.439%) Postfix
4 1 (2.439%) Sendmail
4 1 (2.439%) VMware ESX
4 1 (2.439%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (2.439%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (2.439%) Squid
4 1 (2.439%) Nmap
4 1 (2.439%) Samba
4 1 (2.439%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (9.756%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (2.439%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (2.439%) Puppet
2 1 (2.439%) Cacti
2 1 (2.439%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (2.439%) SCCM
2 1 (2.439%) SCOM
2 1 (2.439%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 23 (56.10%) Cisco
2 8 (19.51%) Juniper
3 6 (14.63%) VMware
4 5 (12.20%) CheckPoint
5 4 (9.756%) HP
6 2 (4.878%) Symantec
6 2 (4.878%) Citrix
6 2 (4.878%) Fortinet
6 2 (4.878%) SonicWALL
6 2 (4.878%) Twitter
6 2 (4.878%) F5
7 1 (2.439%) ProCurve
7 1 (2.439%) Kaseya
7 1 (2.439%) Altiris
7 1 (2.439%) Blue Coat
7 1 (2.439%) Brocade
7 1 (2.439%) Sourcefire
7 1 (2.439%) Northgate
7 1 (2.439%) Oracle
7 1 (2.439%) Dell
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