The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gatwick region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 24 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 Gatwick region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 15 36 11
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -25
Permanent jobs citing WAN 6 4 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 6.452% 1.739% 10.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 36.36% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 16
Average salary £34,500 £45,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.33% +34.32%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Gatwick
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
36 11 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 38.71% 4.783% 25.81%
Number of salaries quoted 28 11 34
Average salary £43,500 £45,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.33% +34.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £45,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WAN
West Sussex

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Gatwick WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick 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 14 (100.00%) LAN
2 13 (92.86%) Cisco
3 12 (85.71%) ITIL
4 11 (78.57%) Firewall
4 11 (78.57%) VMware
4 11 (78.57%) Windows
4 11 (78.57%) TCP/IP
4 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
4 11 (78.57%) Active Directory
4 11 (78.57%) Network Security
4 11 (78.57%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (71.43%) vSphere
6 9 (64.29%) tcpdump
6 9 (64.29%) Junos
6 9 (64.29%) Wireless Security
6 9 (64.29%) Juniper
6 9 (64.29%) OSPF
6 9 (64.29%) BGP
6 9 (64.29%) VPN
6 9 (64.29%) DNS
6 9 (64.29%) SSL
6 9 (64.29%) WLAN
6 9 (64.29%) SMTP
6 9 (64.29%) DHCP
6 9 (64.29%) HTTP
6 9 (64.29%) Linux
6 9 (64.29%) Wireless
6 9 (64.29%) IPsec
6 9 (64.29%) Service Delivery
6 9 (64.29%) CheckPoint

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick 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 Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (7.143%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (7.143%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (100.00%) LAN
2 11 (78.57%) Firewall
2 11 (78.57%) TCP/IP
2 11 (78.57%) Network Security
2 11 (78.57%) Cisco ASA
3 9 (64.29%) tcpdump
3 9 (64.29%) Junos
3 9 (64.29%) Wireless Security
3 9 (64.29%) OSPF
3 9 (64.29%) BGP
3 9 (64.29%) VPN
3 9 (64.29%) DNS
3 9 (64.29%) SSL
3 9 (64.29%) WLAN
3 9 (64.29%) SMTP
3 9 (64.29%) DHCP
3 9 (64.29%) HTTP
3 9 (64.29%) Wireless
3 9 (64.29%) IPsec
3 9 (64.29%) EIGRP
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Analyst
2 11 (78.57%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 9 (64.29%) Network Analyst
4 8 (57.14%) Network Security Analyst
4 8 (57.14%) Security Analyst
4 8 (57.14%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 1 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Support Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Support Specialist
6 1 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) IVR
1 8 (57.14%) SecurID
2 1 (7.143%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Linux
3 8 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (21.43%) Windows 7
5 1 (7.143%) UNIX
5 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) ITIL
2 9 (64.29%) Service Delivery
3 8 (57.14%) Performance Management
3 8 (57.14%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Network Design
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (14.29%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (78.57%) Active Directory
2 10 (71.43%) vSphere
3 8 (57.14%) Hyper-V
4 2 (14.29%) XenApp
4 2 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (7.143%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 8 (57.14%) Cisco IPCC
2 2 (14.29%) SCOM
2 2 (14.29%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Cisco
2 11 (78.57%) VMware
2 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
3 9 (64.29%) Juniper
3 9 (64.29%) CheckPoint
4 8 (57.14%) Avaya
4 8 (57.14%) CA
4 8 (57.14%) Nortel
4 8 (57.14%) Verint
5 3 (21.43%) Citrix
5 3 (21.43%) Symantec
6 2 (14.29%) LANDesk
6 2 (14.29%) HP
6 2 (14.29%) NetApp
6 2 (14.29%) SolarWinds
7 1 (7.143%) Lotus
7 1 (7.143%) Dell
7 1 (7.143%) Altiris
7 1 (7.143%) Blue Coat