The first table below looks at the demand for WAN Optimisation skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN Optimisation over the 3 months to 20 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WAN Optimization
Rank 799 799 806
Rank change year-on-year
0 +7
Permanent jobs citing WAN Optimisation 45 71 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.045% 0.062% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% 0.084% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 29 58 20
Average salary £55,000 £46,250 £48,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.91% -5.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,800 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,500 £63,250 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £29,429 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-34.60% +20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
76911 84948 84657
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.58% 74.70% 73.45%
Number of salaries quoted 63832 72759 71235
Average salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.15% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
WAN Optimisation
UK

WAN Optimisation
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WAN Optimisation across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England WAN Optimisation Jobs Demand Trend

WAN Optimisation
Salary Trend

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

England WAN Optimisation Salary Trend

WAN Optimisation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN Optimisation across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England WAN Optimisation Salary Histogram

WAN Optimisation
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Optimisation within the England region over the 3 months to 20 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
London +37 16 £70,000 +47.36%
Yorkshire -4 11 £28,250 -19.28%
South East -10 10 £55,000 -
North West +9 7 £35,000 +6.06%
South West - 3 £25,000 -
West Midlands -19 1 £40,000 -
WAN Optimisation
UK

WAN Optimisation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing WAN Optimisation 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 Optimisation.

1 93 (100.00%) WAN
2 78 (83.87%) Cisco
3 58 (62.37%) Firewall
4 43 (46.24%) VoIP
5 42 (45.16%) LAN
6 36 (38.71%) Wireless
7 34 (36.56%) Cisco Certification
8 31 (33.33%) CheckPoint
8 31 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
9 30 (32.26%) WLAN
9 30 (32.26%) Network Design
10 27 (29.03%) Network Security
11 26 (27.96%) VMware
12 24 (25.81%) Information Security
12 24 (25.81%) Riverbed
13 23 (24.73%) Microsoft
14 22 (23.66%) CCNP
14 22 (23.66%) VMware Infrastructure
15 20 (21.51%) Juniper
15 20 (21.51%) TCP/IP
16 19 (20.43%) Cisco Nexus
17 18 (19.35%) SAN
18 17 (18.28%) VPN
19 16 (17.20%) Windows
19 16 (17.20%) Active Directory
19 16 (17.20%) MPLS
19 16 (17.20%) VLAN
20 15 (16.13%) CCNA
21 13 (13.98%) DNS
22 12 (12.90%) CCIE

WAN Optimisation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (8.602%) WebSphere
2 3 (3.226%) XMPP
3 1 (1.075%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 11 (11.83%) MS Exchange
2 6 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (4.301%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (3.226%) Lync
5 2 (2.151%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (5.376%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.226%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 93 (100.00%) WAN
2 58 (62.37%) Firewall
3 43 (46.24%) VoIP
4 42 (45.16%) LAN
5 36 (38.71%) Wireless
6 31 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
7 30 (32.26%) WLAN
8 27 (29.03%) Network Security
9 20 (21.51%) TCP/IP
10 19 (20.43%) Cisco Nexus
11 18 (19.35%) SAN
12 17 (18.28%) VPN
13 16 (17.20%) MPLS
13 16 (17.20%) VLAN
14 13 (13.98%) DNS
15 10 (10.75%) BGP
16 9 (9.677%) DHCP
16 9 (9.677%) Cisco IOS
17 7 (7.527%) IP Telephony
18 6 (6.452%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.376%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.075%) Big Data
2 1 (1.075%) MySQL
General
1 12 (12.90%) Telecoms
2 9 (9.677%) Finance
3 3 (3.226%) Law
3 3 (3.226%) Legal
4 2 (2.151%) Electronics
4 2 (2.151%) Marketing
5 1 (1.075%) Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (34.41%) Network Engineer
2 24 (25.81%) Consultant
2 24 (25.81%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 16 (17.20%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 16 (17.20%) Sales Consultant
4 9 (9.677%) Analyst
4 9 (9.677%) Network Technician
5 8 (8.602%) Technical Consultant
5 8 (8.602%) Senior Consultant
5 8 (8.602%) Senior Sales Consultant
5 8 (8.602%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
6 7 (7.527%) Support Technician
7 6 (6.452%) Network Support
8 5 (5.376%) Technical Manager
8 5 (5.376%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 5 (5.376%) Network Support Technician
9 4 (4.301%) Administrator
9 4 (4.301%) Systems Administrator
10 3 (3.226%) Support Analyst
10 3 (3.226%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.527%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (6.452%) Blackberry
3 5 (5.376%) IPTV
4 3 (3.226%) MPEG
4 3 (3.226%) IaaS
5 2 (2.151%) Mathematics
5 2 (2.151%) Physics
5 2 (2.151%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.151%) SaaS
5 2 (2.151%) iPad
6 1 (1.075%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.075%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (17.20%) Windows
2 10 (10.75%) Linux
3 9 (9.677%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (8.602%) AIX
5 7 (7.527%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (7.527%) Windows 7
6 6 (6.452%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (32.26%) Network Design
2 24 (25.81%) Information Security
3 8 (8.602%) Validation
3 8 (8.602%) Business Continuity
3 8 (8.602%) ITIL
3 8 (8.602%) Service Management
3 8 (8.602%) ITSM
3 8 (8.602%) High Availability
4 6 (6.452%) Load Balancing
5 5 (5.376%) Project Management
6 4 (4.301%) Network Management
7 3 (3.226%) Migration
7 3 (3.226%) Project Planning
8 2 (2.151%) PRINCE2
8 2 (2.151%) Time Management
9 1 (1.075%) Network Architecture
9 1 (1.075%) E-Commerce
9 1 (1.075%) ERP
9 1 (1.075%) Security Management
9 1 (1.075%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.527%) SQL
2 2 (2.151%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (36.56%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (23.66%) CCNP
3 15 (16.13%) CCNA
4 12 (12.90%) CCIE
5 8 (8.602%) JNCIA
5 8 (8.602%) JNCIP
5 8 (8.602%) JNCIE
5 8 (8.602%) Security Cleared
6 6 (6.452%) Degree
6 6 (6.452%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.226%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (3.226%) CCIP
8 2 (2.151%) HND
9 1 (1.075%) CCSP
9 1 (1.075%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.301%) QA
2 2 (2.151%) SLA
3 1 (1.075%) GAMP
3 1 (1.075%) GxP
System Software
1 22 (23.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (17.20%) Active Directory
3 8 (8.602%) Xen
4 6 (6.452%) ISA Server
5 4 (4.301%) VMware ESX
5 4 (4.301%) vSphere
6 3 (3.226%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.075%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (8.602%) Tivoli
1 8 (8.602%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 4 (4.301%) Backup Exec
2 4 (4.301%) WSUS
2 4 (4.301%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (2.151%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (1.075%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.075%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (1.075%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 78 (83.87%) Cisco
2 31 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 26 (27.96%) VMware
4 24 (25.81%) Riverbed
5 23 (24.73%) Microsoft
6 20 (21.51%) Juniper
7 9 (9.677%) SolarWinds
8 8 (8.602%) Isilon
8 8 (8.602%) Cognos
8 8 (8.602%) Lotus
8 8 (8.602%) Symantec
8 8 (8.602%) EMC
8 8 (8.602%) Citrix
8 8 (8.602%) IBM
9 7 (7.527%) HP
9 7 (7.527%) Exinda
10 6 (6.452%) SonicWALL
10 6 (6.452%) Dell
10 6 (6.452%) McAfee
10 6 (6.452%) NetApp
City of London
The successful candidate would be responsible for the IP Telephony, global WAN and LAN, managing the wireless network as well as taking part in many different up and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
South East England
Development of services offerings along with infrastructure sales The Person * Track record in pre-sales and solution design for IP/Networking services * Previous experience in a pre-sales...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + 20k Bonus + Car
Posted: 11 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Development of services offerings along with infrastructure sales The Person * Track record in pre-sales and solution design for IP/Networking services * Previous experience in a pre-sales...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + 20k Bonus + Car
Posted: 30 April 2013
London
Cisco devices including Routers (who knows how they connect to the MPLS network or internet based VPN) Multisite (50+) architectures ideally internationally and not just UK based. Experience...
Sanderson
Salary: £75000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Experience working with Unified Communications technology like Lync or Cisco Jabber Any exposure to the following will be advantageous: * Broadcast technologies (MPEG encoding, Contribution and Distribution networking) * Managed...
Sanderson
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + 25% Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
International law firm requires a highly technical project manager to oversee a WAN optimisation across international sites. Experience Experience working within an international organisation managing large scale projects...
Scope AT Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Experience Experience working within an international organisation managing large scale projects Experience in large scale infrastructure change, such as desktop refresh or data centre moves Appreciation of Wintel...
Scope AT Ltd
Salary: £70000 - £75000 per annum + benefits, bonus
Posted: 9 May 2013
Merseyside
Key Words: Infrastructure Analyst, Infrastructure Engineer, Infrastructure, Network Administrator, Network Support, 3rd Line Support, 2nd Line Support, Infrastructure Support, IT Support, Service Desk Analyst, IT Technician, Windows Server...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 14 May 2013