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This section looks at the demand for Wireless LAN (WLAN) skills within the 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 WLAN over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless LAN (WLAN)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank726636
Rank change on same period last yearDown-90
Matching permanent IT job ads182365
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.096 %0.149 %
As % of the category below0.581 %0.966 %
Salaries quoted164257
Average minimum salary£39,261£40,946
Average salary£43,191£45,207
% change on same period last year-4.45 %
Average maximum salary£47,121£49,469
UK excluding London average salary£43,296£45,167
% change on same period last year-4.14 %
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
England
Matching permanent IT job ads3135237785
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled16.55 %15.47 %
Salaries quoted2678230618
Average minimum salary£37,564£39,261
Average salary£40,446£42,249
% change on same period last year-4.26 %
Average maximum salary£43,327£45,236
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
WLAN UKWLAN
UK

WLAN
Demand Trend

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

England WLAN Demand Trend

WLAN
Salary Trend

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

England WLAN Salary Trend

WLAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WLAN across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England WLAN Salary Histogram

WLAN
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+1493£43,859-12.20 %
LondonUp+6143£44,786-2.16 %
East of EnglandDown-1524£40,450-0.28 %
North WestUp+106£37,375-15.02 %
West MidlandsDown-395£40,600-5.76 %
South WestDown-772£60,000+115.93 %
YorkshireDown-12£34,500-22.47 %
North EastNew entry-1£40,000-
East MidlandsUp+101£25,000-9.09 %
WLAN UKWLAN
UK

WLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

1280 (62.78 %)LAN
2241 (54.04 %)Cisco
3225 (50.45 %)Wireless
4179 (40.13 %)VPN
5154 (34.53 %)Cisco Certification
6146 (32.74 %)VoIP
7143 (32.06 %)WAN
8133 (29.82 %)Firewall
9120 (26.91 %)Windows
10102 (22.87 %)MPLS
1199 (22.20 %)Microsoft
1288 (19.73 %)CCNA
1383 (18.61 %)CCNP
1481 (18.16 %)ATM
1568 (15.25 %)Telecoms
1667 (15.02 %)TCP/IP
1765 (14.57 %)Frame Relay
1863 (14.13 %)MS Exchange
1956 (12.56 %)X.25
2053 (11.88 %)Active Directory
2151 (11.43 %)VLAN
2250 (11.21 %)802.11
2349 (10.99 %)CCIE
2349 (10.99 %)DNS
2442 (9.417 %)C++
2540 (8.969 %)OSPF
2637 (8.296 %)Exchange Server 2003
2637 (8.296 %)Network Design
2736 (8.072 %)Bluetooth
2736 (8.072 %)Microsoft Certification

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (2.242 %)HTML
26 (1.345 %).NET
26 (1.345 %)CSS
26 (1.345 %)XML
26 (1.345 %)XSLT
26 (1.345 %)ODBC
26 (1.345 %)ADSI
26 (1.345 %)WMI
26 (1.345 %)UIQ
35 (1.121 %)ASP.NET
35 (1.121 %)Middleware
43 (0.673 %)WebServices
52 (0.448 %)WCF
52 (0.448 %)WPF
52 (0.448 %)Silverlight
52 (0.448 %)ASP.NET 2.0
52 (0.448 %)Series 60
61 (0.224 %)BREW
61 (0.224 %)Hibernate
61 (0.224 %)SVG
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
163 (14.13 %)MS Exchange
237 (8.296 %)Exchange Server 2003
328 (6.278 %)Exchange Server 2000
410 (2.242 %)Exchange Server 2007
54 (0.897 %)SharePoint
54 (0.897 %)CMS
61 (0.224 %)JBoss
61 (0.224 %)Apache
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (6.054 %)MS Excel
220 (4.484 %)MS Office
313 (2.915 %)MATLAB
43 (0.673 %)Photoshop
52 (0.448 %)MS Project
52 (0.448 %)MS Visio
52 (0.448 %)Simulink
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1280 (62.78 %)LAN
2225 (50.45 %)Wireless
3179 (40.13 %)VPN
4146 (32.74 %)VoIP
5143 (32.06 %)WAN
6133 (29.82 %)Firewall
7102 (22.87 %)MPLS
881 (18.16 %)ATM
967 (15.02 %)TCP/IP
1065 (14.57 %)Frame Relay
1156 (12.56 %)X.25
1251 (11.43 %)VLAN
1350 (11.21 %)802.11
1449 (10.99 %)DNS
1540 (8.969 %)OSPF
1636 (8.072 %)Bluetooth
1729 (6.502 %)UMTS
1729 (6.502 %)SAN
1828 (6.278 %)IP Telephony
1926 (5.830 %)Internet
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (6.278 %)SQL Server
24 (0.897 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (0.673 %)EDRMS
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (0.897 %)Visual Studio
23 (0.673 %)Dreamweaver
32 (0.448 %)ClearCase
41 (0.224 %)Ant
41 (0.224 %)Flash
41 (0.224 %)LabVIEW
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
168 (15.25 %)Telecoms
226 (5.830 %)Pensions
325 (5.605 %)Finance
422 (4.933 %)Health
520 (4.484 %)Banking
611 (2.466 %)Education
710 (2.242 %)Billing
88 (1.794 %)Construction
97 (1.570 %)Investment Banking
106 (1.345 %)Retail
106 (1.345 %)Multimedia
106 (1.345 %)Graphic Design
115 (1.121 %)Marketing
115 (1.121 %)Manufacturing
115 (1.121 %)Military
124 (0.897 %)Insurance
133 (0.673 %)Government
133 (0.673 %)Music
142 (0.448 %)Aerospace
151 (0.224 %)Automotive
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
173 (16.37 %)Consultant
242 (9.417 %)Wireless Engineer
340 (8.969 %)Network Engineer
432 (7.175 %)Technical Consultant
522 (4.933 %)Support Engineer
522 (4.933 %)Cisco Engineer
619 (4.260 %)Architect
619 (4.260 %)Software Engineer
718 (4.036 %)Analyst
817 (3.812 %)Network Consultant
817 (3.812 %)Systems Engineer
817 (3.812 %)Network Support
817 (3.812 %)Cisco Support
916 (3.587 %)Technical Support
1015 (3.363 %)Team Leader
1114 (3.139 %)Sales Consultant
1114 (3.139 %)Support Analyst
1114 (3.139 %)Presales Consultant
1213 (2.915 %)Developer
1311 (2.466 %)IT Manager
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (3.363 %)Video Conferencing
210 (2.242 %)Fat Client
210 (2.242 %)Firmware
210 (2.242 %)Thin Client
38 (1.794 %)Handset
47 (1.570 %)Equities
56 (1.345 %)Clustering
65 (1.121 %)Speech Recognition
65 (1.121 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
73 (0.673 %)PDA
73 (0.673 %)Blackberry
73 (0.673 %)Mainframe
73 (0.673 %)Data Protection Act
73 (0.673 %)Wiki
73 (0.673 %)Blog
82 (0.448 %)Computer Science
82 (0.448 %)Management Information System
82 (0.448 %)NHS
82 (0.448 %)CCTV
91 (0.224 %)VHDL
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1120 (26.91 %)Windows
227 (6.054 %)Linux
321 (4.709 %)Windows 2000
419 (4.260 %)Windows NT
419 (4.260 %)UNIX
516 (3.587 %)Windows XP
610 (2.242 %)Windows Mobile
79 (2.018 %)Windows CE
79 (2.018 %)Windows Server 2003
86 (1.345 %)Symbian OS
95 (1.121 %)Solaris
101 (0.224 %)Nucleus RTOS
101 (0.224 %)Windows Vista
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
137 (8.296 %)Network Design
220 (4.484 %)Disaster Recovery
319 (4.260 %)Configuration Management
415 (3.363 %)Project Management
514 (3.139 %)Data Security
611 (2.466 %)ITIL
710 (2.242 %)Service Delivery
88 (1.794 %)Load Balancing
97 (1.570 %)PRINCE2
97 (1.570 %)Technical Architecture
106 (1.345 %)Validation
106 (1.345 %)Data Protection
115 (1.121 %)Security Cleared
115 (1.121 %)Systems Analysis
124 (0.897 %)Software Testing
124 (0.897 %)OO
124 (0.897 %)OOD
124 (0.897 %)PRINCE
124 (0.897 %)BCP
133 (0.673 %)CRM
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
142 (9.417 %)C++
235 (7.848 %)C
326 (5.830 %)SQL
48 (1.794 %)Embedded C
48 (1.794 %)Embedded C++
56 (1.345 %)PHP
56 (1.345 %)DHTML
65 (1.121 %)C#
65 (1.121 %)Assembly Language
72 (0.448 %)Tcl
72 (0.448 %)Perl
72 (0.448 %)Java
81 (0.224 %)JavaScript
81 (0.224 %)Shell Script
81 (0.224 %)Erlang
81 (0.224 %)Python
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1154 (34.53 %)Cisco Certification
288 (19.73 %)CCNA
383 (18.61 %)CCNP
449 (10.99 %)CCIE
536 (8.072 %)Microsoft Certification
634 (7.623 %)CCVP
731 (6.951 %)MCSE
824 (5.381 %)Degree
923 (5.157 %)CCDP
1020 (4.484 %)CCIP
1111 (2.466 %)MCP
129 (2.018 %)CCDA
138 (1.794 %)CCSP
147 (1.570 %)CISSP
155 (1.121 %)CCSE
155 (1.121 %)CCSA
164 (0.897 %)PhD
164 (0.897 %)CCA
164 (0.897 %)Citrix Certification
173 (0.673 %)MCSD
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (4.036 %)SLA
26 (1.345 %)QA
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
153 (11.88 %)Active Directory
222 (4.933 %)VMware Infrastructure
314 (3.139 %)VMware ESX
314 (3.139 %)Backup Exec
44 (0.897 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.224 %)ISA Server
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (1.794 %)Norton AntiVirus
27 (1.570 %)OpenView
35 (1.121 %)CiscoWorks
43 (0.673 %)MIMEsweeper
52 (0.448 %)Netcool
61 (0.224 %)SCCM
61 (0.224 %)Tivoli
61 (0.224 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1241 (54.04 %)Cisco
299 (22.20 %)Microsoft
335 (7.848 %)Nortel
426 (5.830 %)VMware
519 (4.260 %)HP
617 (3.812 %)VERITAS
716 (3.587 %)Nokia
716 (3.587 %)Citrix
815 (3.363 %)CheckPoint
914 (3.139 %)IBM
1013 (2.915 %)Ericsson
1112 (2.691 %)Lucent
1112 (2.691 %)Avaya
1210 (2.242 %)Symantec
138 (1.794 %)Symbian
146 (1.345 %)Mitel
155 (1.121 %)3Com
155 (1.121 %)Juniper
164 (0.897 %)Motorola
164 (0.897 %)Sun
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