The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 22 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 42 76 92
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +16
Permanent jobs citing LAN 46 33 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 4.595% 2.359% 0.724%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.91% 17.37% 4.787%
Number of salaries quoted 38 32 9
Average salary £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.89% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,750 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £59,750 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
231 190 188
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 23.08% 13.58% 15.12%
Number of salaries quoted 182 153 166
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LAN
East of England

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Salary Trend

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

Essex LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Essex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Essex LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Basildon -4 5 £36,250 -30.95%
Harlow +36 1 £25,000 -
Chelmsford +13 1 £19,000 -52.50%
Colchester +12 1 - -
Brentwood - 1 - -
Southend-on-Sea - 1 £29,000 -
LAN
East of England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing LAN 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 LAN.

1 41 (57.75%) WAN
2 38 (53.52%) Cisco
3 36 (50.70%) Windows
4 30 (42.25%) VPN
5 28 (39.44%) Firewall
6 27 (38.03%) Active Directory
7 25 (35.21%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (35.21%) NetScreen
7 25 (35.21%) Disaster Recovery
8 20 (28.17%) VMware
8 20 (28.17%) CheckPoint
9 19 (26.76%) DNS
9 19 (26.76%) ITIL
10 18 (25.35%) Degree
11 17 (23.94%) VMware Infrastructure
11 17 (23.94%) IIS
11 17 (23.94%) DHCP
12 16 (22.54%) Microsoft
13 15 (21.13%) Fortinet
14 13 (18.31%) Automated Testing
14 13 (18.31%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (18.31%) MCP
14 13 (18.31%) MCSE
15 12 (16.90%) CCNP
16 11 (15.49%) MS Exchange
16 11 (15.49%) Wireless
16 11 (15.49%) Technical Architecture
16 11 (15.49%) Windows Server 2008
16 11 (15.49%) vSphere
17 10 (14.08%) MS Excel

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing LAN 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 LAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (5.634%) POSIX
2 1 (1.408%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 17 (23.94%) IIS
2 11 (15.49%) MS Exchange
3 6 (8.451%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (5.634%) SharePoint
4 4 (5.634%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (5.634%) Lync
Applications
1 10 (14.08%) MS Excel
2 5 (7.042%) MS Office
3 1 (1.408%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 41 (57.75%) WAN
2 30 (42.25%) VPN
3 28 (39.44%) Firewall
4 25 (35.21%) NetScreen
5 19 (26.76%) DNS
6 17 (23.94%) DHCP
7 11 (15.49%) Wireless
8 6 (8.451%) TCP/IP
9 5 (7.042%) MPLS
10 4 (5.634%) Broadband
10 4 (5.634%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (5.634%) VLAN
10 4 (5.634%) Network Security
11 3 (4.225%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (4.225%) WLAN
12 2 (2.817%) VoIP
12 2 (2.817%) ADSL
12 2 (2.817%) Unified Communications
12 2 (2.817%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (2.817%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.451%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.408%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.408%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (1.408%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 5 (7.042%) Finance
2 2 (2.817%) Banking
3 1 (1.408%) Danish Language
3 1 (1.408%) French Language
3 1 (1.408%) Hebrew Language
3 1 (1.408%) Spanish Language
3 1 (1.408%) Investment Banking
3 1 (1.408%) Law
3 1 (1.408%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (22.54%) Network Engineer
2 15 (21.13%) Network Technician
3 13 (18.31%) Network Support Technician
3 13 (18.31%) Network Support
3 13 (18.31%) Support Technician
4 9 (12.68%) NOC Engineer
5 7 (9.859%) Network Specialist
6 4 (5.634%) Software Engineer
6 4 (5.634%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (5.634%) Administrator
6 4 (5.634%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (4.225%) IT Support
7 3 (4.225%) Analyst
7 3 (4.225%) Consultant
8 2 (2.817%) Network Consultant
8 2 (2.817%) IT Manager
8 2 (2.817%) Support Analyst
8 2 (2.817%) Security Consultant
8 2 (2.817%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (2.817%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.451%) Smartphone
2 5 (7.042%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.042%) Blackberry
3 4 (5.634%) STB
4 3 (4.225%) Statistics
5 2 (2.817%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.408%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 36 (50.70%) Windows
2 11 (15.49%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (12.68%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (11.27%) Windows 7
5 6 (8.451%) Windows XP
6 4 (5.634%) Linux
6 4 (5.634%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (5.634%) Windows Vista
7 3 (4.225%) Windows 2000 Server
7 3 (4.225%) Windows 8
8 2 (2.817%) Windows 2000
8 2 (2.817%) Windows NT
9 1 (1.408%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (35.21%) Disaster Recovery
2 19 (26.76%) ITIL
3 13 (18.31%) Automated Testing
4 11 (15.49%) Technical Architecture
5 9 (12.68%) Business Analysis
6 5 (7.042%) Project Management
7 4 (5.634%) Software Architecture
8 3 (4.225%) Software Deployment
8 3 (4.225%) Service Management
9 2 (2.817%) CRM
9 2 (2.817%) Change Management
9 2 (2.817%) Network Design
9 2 (2.817%) Network Management
9 2 (2.817%) Load Balancing
10 1 (1.408%) Data Migration
10 1 (1.408%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 1 (1.408%) Waterfall
10 1 (1.408%) Asset Management
10 1 (1.408%) Information Management
10 1 (1.408%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.634%) C
1 4 (5.634%) SQL
1 4 (5.634%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.408%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (35.21%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (25.35%) Degree
3 13 (18.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (18.31%) MCP
3 13 (18.31%) MCSE
4 12 (16.90%) CCNP
5 9 (12.68%) CCNA
6 4 (5.634%) MCTS
6 4 (5.634%) MCITP
7 3 (4.225%) CCIE
8 2 (2.817%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (2.817%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.817%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.817%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.408%) APMP
9 1 (1.408%) Avaya Certification
9 1 (1.408%) PMP
9 1 (1.408%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.817%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (38.03%) Active Directory
2 17 (23.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (15.49%) vSphere
4 2 (2.817%) Xen
4 2 (2.817%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.817%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (5.634%) SCCM
1 4 (5.634%) SCOM
2 2 (2.817%) Backup Exec
2 2 (2.817%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (1.408%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 38 (53.52%) Cisco
2 20 (28.17%) VMware
2 20 (28.17%) CheckPoint
3 16 (22.54%) Microsoft
4 15 (21.13%) Fortinet
5 9 (12.68%) Avaya
6 7 (9.859%) Citrix
7 5 (7.042%) Aruba
8 4 (5.634%) NetApp
9 3 (4.225%) Juniper
10 2 (2.817%) HP
10 2 (2.817%) Dell
10 2 (2.817%) Symantec
10 2 (2.817%) McAfee
10 2 (2.817%) SAP
11 1 (1.408%) LANDesk
11 1 (1.408%) F5
11 1 (1.408%) Twitter
11 1 (1.408%) Blue Coat
11 1 (1.408%) Oracle
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