The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN 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
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 62 77 92
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +15
Permanent jobs citing WAN 25 32 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 2.498% 2.287% 0.724%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.82% 16.84% 4.787%
Number of salaries quoted 24 31 9
Average salary £35,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.89% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,300 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £60,000 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
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%
WAN
East of England

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

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

Essex 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 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
Harlow +36 1 £25,000 -
Chelmsford +13 1 £19,000 -52.50%
Colchester +12 1 - -
Southend-on-Sea - 1 £29,000 -
WAN
East of England

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 41 (93.18%) LAN
2 30 (68.18%) Windows
3 23 (52.27%) Active Directory
4 22 (50.00%) DNS
5 20 (45.45%) DHCP
5 20 (45.45%) VMware
6 18 (40.91%) Cisco
7 17 (38.64%) VMware Infrastructure
8 13 (29.55%) Firewall
8 13 (29.55%) Automated Testing
8 13 (29.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (29.55%) MCSE
8 13 (29.55%) MCP
8 13 (29.55%) IIS
9 11 (25.00%) Wireless
9 11 (25.00%) vSphere
10 10 (22.73%) VPN
10 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
11 9 (20.45%) Windows Server 2003
11 9 (20.45%) TCP/IP
11 9 (20.45%) Business Analysis
12 8 (18.18%) CheckPoint
12 8 (18.18%) ITIL
12 8 (18.18%) Windows 7
13 7 (15.91%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (15.91%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (15.91%) MS Exchange
13 7 (15.91%) NetScreen
13 7 (15.91%) Disaster Recovery
13 7 (15.91%) Degree

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 3 (6.818%) HTML
1 3 (6.818%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 13 (29.55%) IIS
2 7 (15.91%) MS Exchange
3 4 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) MS Excel
2 5 (11.36%) MS Office
3 3 (6.818%) Quicktime
4 1 (2.273%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 41 (93.18%) LAN
2 22 (50.00%) DNS
3 20 (45.45%) DHCP
4 13 (29.55%) Firewall
5 11 (25.00%) Wireless
6 10 (22.73%) VPN
7 9 (20.45%) TCP/IP
8 7 (15.91%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (15.91%) NetScreen
9 3 (6.818%) DLNA
9 3 (6.818%) 4G
9 3 (6.818%) UPnP
9 3 (6.818%) 802.11
9 3 (6.818%) DSL
9 3 (6.818%) DVB
9 3 (6.818%) TELNET
9 3 (6.818%) Broadband
9 3 (6.818%) FTP
9 3 (6.818%) HTTP
10 2 (4.545%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.545%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (6.818%) Trac
1 3 (6.818%) JIRA
1 3 (6.818%) ClearCase
General
1 4 (9.091%) Finance
2 2 (4.545%) Banking
3 1 (2.273%) Law
3 1 (2.273%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.273%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.273%) Danish Language
3 1 (2.273%) French Language
3 1 (2.273%) Hebrew Language
3 1 (2.273%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 15 (34.09%) Network Technician
2 13 (29.55%) Network Support
2 13 (29.55%) Support Technician
2 13 (29.55%) Network Support Technician
3 8 (18.18%) Network Engineer
4 4 (9.091%) NOC Engineer
5 3 (6.818%) IT Support
5 3 (6.818%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
5 3 (6.818%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 3 (6.818%) Linux Engineer
5 3 (6.818%) Software Engineer
5 3 (6.818%) Analyst
6 2 (4.545%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.545%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (4.545%) Help Desk Engineer
6 2 (4.545%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.545%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (4.545%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.545%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (4.545%) Network Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.818%) Management Information System
1 3 (6.818%) Streaming Video
1 3 (6.818%) Statistics
1 3 (6.818%) DTV
1 3 (6.818%) MPEG
2 1 (2.273%) iPhone
2 1 (2.273%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 30 (68.18%) Windows
2 9 (20.45%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (18.18%) Windows 7
4 7 (15.91%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (13.64%) Windows XP
6 4 (9.091%) Windows Vista
6 4 (9.091%) Android
7 3 (6.818%) Windows 2000 Server
7 3 (6.818%) Windows 8
7 3 (6.818%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (6.818%) Linux
8 2 (4.545%) Windows 2000
8 2 (4.545%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) Automated Testing
2 9 (20.45%) Business Analysis
3 8 (18.18%) ITIL
4 7 (15.91%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (13.64%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (6.818%) Software Deployment
6 3 (6.818%) Service Management
6 3 (6.818%) Software Engineering
6 3 (6.818%) Configuration Management
6 3 (6.818%) Project Management
7 2 (4.545%) Load Balancing
7 2 (4.545%) Change Management
7 2 (4.545%) Network Management
8 1 (2.273%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (2.273%) Waterfall
8 1 (2.273%) Operations Management
8 1 (2.273%) Data Migration
8 1 (2.273%) Migration
8 1 (2.273%) Programme Management
8 1 (2.273%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.818%) C
1 3 (6.818%) JavaScript
1 3 (6.818%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (29.55%) Microsoft Certification
1 13 (29.55%) MCSE
1 13 (29.55%) MCP
2 7 (15.91%) Degree
3 6 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (11.36%) CCNP
5 4 (9.091%) CCNA
6 2 (4.545%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (2.273%) APMP
7 1 (2.273%) CCIE
7 1 (2.273%) Avaya Certification
7 1 (2.273%) PMP
7 1 (2.273%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 23 (52.27%) Active Directory
2 17 (38.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (25.00%) vSphere
4 2 (4.545%) Xen
4 2 (4.545%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.545%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (4.545%) Backup Exec
1 2 (4.545%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (2.273%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 20 (45.45%) VMware
2 18 (40.91%) Cisco
3 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
4 8 (18.18%) CheckPoint
5 4 (9.091%) NetApp
5 4 (9.091%) Fortinet
5 4 (9.091%) Aruba
6 3 (6.818%) Citrix
7 2 (4.545%) SAP
7 2 (4.545%) Juniper
7 2 (4.545%) Avaya
7 2 (4.545%) HP
7 2 (4.545%) Dell
7 2 (4.545%) Symantec
7 2 (4.545%) McAfee
8 1 (2.273%) F5
8 1 (2.273%) LANDesk
8 1 (2.273%) Apple
8 1 (2.273%) Oracle
Chelmsford, Essex
Microsoft Office specialist. E-mail, internet, LAN, WAN, client server, telephony... We are looking for a bright, enthusiastic service desk support engineer to join our client in busy...
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Posted: 17 May 2013