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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 76 85 41
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -44
Permanent jobs citing WAN 14 7 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 1.570% 0.731% 5.105%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.18% 4.730% 25.19%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 34
Average salary £41,250 £47,500 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.15% +54.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,150 £28,000 £18,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £37,700
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Communications & Networking
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
77 148 135
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 8.632% 15.46% 20.27%
Number of salaries quoted 71 127 128
Average salary £32,000 £45,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.88% +38.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £30,000 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £46,200 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
WAN
South East

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the East Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East Sussex WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the East Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Brighton +3 12 £48,750 +2.63%
Eastbourne - 1 £32,000 -
WAN
South East

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 43 (93.48%) Windows
2 39 (84.78%) VMware
3 37 (80.43%) LAN
4 36 (78.26%) Cisco
5 33 (71.74%) SQL Server
6 29 (63.04%) EMC
6 29 (63.04%) vSphere
7 28 (60.87%) SQL Server 2008
8 27 (58.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 27 (58.70%) VMware Infrastructure
8 27 (58.70%) SAN
9 26 (56.52%) NetScreen
10 25 (54.35%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (54.35%) IIS
10 25 (54.35%) Windows Server 2008
11 24 (52.17%) Microsoft
11 24 (52.17%) CCNA
11 24 (52.17%) Windows Server 2003
12 22 (47.83%) SharePoint
12 22 (47.83%) MCITP
12 22 (47.83%) EMC NetWorker
12 22 (47.83%) MCTS
12 22 (47.83%) SharePoint 2010
13 21 (45.65%) TCP/IP
14 18 (39.13%) Windows 7
15 16 (34.78%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (34.78%) Firewall
16 15 (32.61%) Finance
17 14 (30.43%) VMware ESX
18 13 (28.26%) COM+

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 Development
1 13 (28.26%) COM+
2 2 (4.348%) .NET
2 2 (4.348%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 25 (54.35%) IIS
2 22 (47.83%) SharePoint
2 22 (47.83%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (8.696%) MS Exchange
4 3 (6.522%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (6.522%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 13 (28.26%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.348%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 37 (80.43%) LAN
2 27 (58.70%) SAN
3 26 (56.52%) NetScreen
4 21 (45.65%) TCP/IP
5 16 (34.78%) Firewall
6 5 (10.87%) VPN
6 5 (10.87%) DNS
6 5 (10.87%) DHCP
7 4 (8.696%) Network Security
8 3 (6.522%) Unified Communications
8 3 (6.522%) Wireless
9 1 (2.174%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (2.174%) VoIP
9 1 (2.174%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (71.74%) SQL Server
2 28 (60.87%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (13.04%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (8.696%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (4.348%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (4.348%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (2.174%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 15 (32.61%) Finance
2 2 (4.348%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (34.78%) Systems Administrator
2 15 (32.61%) Administrator
3 5 (10.87%) Consultant
4 4 (8.696%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (8.696%) Architect
5 3 (6.522%) Systems Support
5 3 (6.522%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 2 (4.348%) Cisco Analyst
6 2 (4.348%) Windows Administrator
6 2 (4.348%) Technical Leader
6 2 (4.348%) Windows Systems Administrator
6 2 (4.348%) Developer
6 2 (4.348%) Analyst
6 2 (4.348%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (4.348%) Network Analyst
7 1 (2.174%) Systems Developer
7 1 (2.174%) SQL Developer
7 1 (2.174%) Technical Engineer
7 1 (2.174%) Cisco Engineer
7 1 (2.174%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.174%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 43 (93.48%) Windows
2 25 (54.35%) Windows Server 2008
3 24 (52.17%) Windows Server 2003
4 18 (39.13%) Windows 7
5 4 (8.696%) Linux
5 4 (8.696%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.174%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.174%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (8.696%) ITIL
2 3 (6.522%) Change Management
2 3 (6.522%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (6.522%) Communications Security
3 2 (4.348%) Network Design
3 2 (4.348%) CAD
4 1 (2.174%) Project Management
4 1 (2.174%) Scrum
4 1 (2.174%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) SQL
2 2 (4.348%) T-SQL
2 2 (4.348%) VB.NET
2 2 (4.348%) C#
Qualifications
1 27 (58.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 25 (54.35%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (52.17%) CCNA
4 22 (47.83%) MCTS
4 22 (47.83%) MCITP
5 16 (34.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (6.522%) CCNP
7 1 (2.174%) MCSE
7 1 (2.174%) MCSA
7 1 (2.174%) CCIE
7 1 (2.174%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.174%) EMC Certification
7 1 (2.174%) Degree
System Software
1 29 (63.04%) vSphere
2 27 (58.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (30.43%) VMware ESX
4 9 (19.57%) Active Directory
5 1 (2.174%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (47.83%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 39 (84.78%) VMware
2 36 (78.26%) Cisco
3 29 (63.04%) EMC
4 24 (52.17%) Microsoft
5 9 (19.57%) Citrix
6 6 (13.04%) NetApp
6 6 (13.04%) HP
6 6 (13.04%) Dell
6 6 (13.04%) DataCore
6 6 (13.04%) 3Com
7 1 (2.174%) Twitter
7 1 (2.174%) IBM
7 1 (2.174%) Nokia
7 1 (2.174%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.174%) Avaya