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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 65 74 64
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -10
Permanent jobs citing LAN 30 29 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 3.409% 2.327% 2.545%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.83% 11.33% 13.22%
Number of salaries quoted 29 19 22
Average salary £35,500 £45,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.11% +34.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £20,000 £26,650
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £55,500 £41,300
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
277 256 227
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 31.48% 20.55% 19.25%
Number of salaries quoted 236 194 188
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +23.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LAN
South West

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Gloucester +24 24 £46,000 +145.33%
Cheltenham +3 3 £32,500 -40.90%
Stroud +15 1 £32,500 -
Cirencester +12 1 £32,500 -
Dursley - 1 £32,500 -
LAN
South West

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 (87.23%) WAN
2 35 (74.47%) Security Cleared
3 32 (68.09%) ITIL
4 31 (65.96%) UNIX
4 31 (65.96%) Linux
4 31 (65.96%) DV Cleared
5 30 (63.83%) User Acceptance Testing
5 30 (63.83%) Performance Testing
5 30 (63.83%) Penetration Testing
5 30 (63.83%) ISEB
5 30 (63.83%) LoadRunner
5 30 (63.83%) Shell Script
6 17 (36.17%) Degree
7 16 (34.04%) C++
8 15 (31.91%) C#
8 15 (31.91%) Java
8 15 (31.91%) CGI
8 15 (31.91%) Mathematics
8 15 (31.91%) Identity Management
9 10 (21.28%) Windows
10 7 (14.89%) Firewall
11 6 (12.77%) VMware
11 6 (12.77%) Citrix
11 6 (12.77%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
12 5 (10.64%) Cisco
12 5 (10.64%) CCNP
12 5 (10.64%) TCP/IP
12 5 (10.64%) Active Directory
12 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 15 (31.91%) CGI
2 1 (2.128%) MFC
2 1 (2.128%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.511%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.128%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.128%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 4 (8.511%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.255%) MS Office
3 1 (2.128%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 41 (87.23%) WAN
2 7 (14.89%) Firewall
3 5 (10.64%) TCP/IP
4 4 (8.511%) VPN
5 2 (4.255%) Network Security
5 2 (4.255%) EIGRP
5 2 (4.255%) OSPF
5 2 (4.255%) SAN
5 2 (4.255%) Broadband
6 1 (2.128%) VoIP
6 1 (2.128%) Ethernet
6 1 (2.128%) Internet
6 1 (2.128%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.128%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.383%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (63.83%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (2.128%) Electronics
1 1 (2.128%) Finance
1 1 (2.128%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 15 (31.91%) Tester
1 15 (31.91%) Consultant
1 15 (31.91%) Test Consultant
2 7 (14.89%) Support Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Network Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Network Support
4 4 (8.511%) Network Support Engineer
5 3 (6.383%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (6.383%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 3 (6.383%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (4.255%) Network Design Engineer
6 2 (4.255%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (4.255%) Design Engineer
6 2 (4.255%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (2.128%) Support Technician
7 1 (2.128%) Software Engineer
7 1 (2.128%) Service Manager
7 1 (2.128%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (2.128%) Help Desk Support
7 1 (2.128%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (31.91%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.128%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.128%) Smartcard
2 1 (2.128%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.128%) AS400
2 1 (2.128%) PDA
2 1 (2.128%) Mobile Computing
2 1 (2.128%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 31 (65.96%) UNIX
1 31 (65.96%) Linux
2 10 (21.28%) Windows
3 3 (6.383%) Windows XP
3 3 (6.383%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (6.383%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (4.255%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.128%) Solaris
5 1 (2.128%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (2.128%) BlackBerry OS
5 1 (2.128%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (68.09%) ITIL
2 30 (63.83%) User Acceptance Testing
2 30 (63.83%) Performance Testing
2 30 (63.83%) Penetration Testing
3 15 (31.91%) Identity Management
4 4 (8.511%) Fault Management
4 4 (8.511%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (4.255%) Network Design
5 2 (4.255%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.128%) PRINCE2
6 1 (2.128%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.128%) Content Management
6 1 (2.128%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (63.83%) Shell Script
2 16 (34.04%) C++
3 15 (31.91%) C#
3 15 (31.91%) Java
4 4 (8.511%) SQL
5 1 (2.128%) C
Qualifications
1 35 (74.47%) Security Cleared
2 31 (65.96%) DV Cleared
3 30 (63.83%) ISEB
4 17 (36.17%) Degree
5 6 (12.77%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (10.64%) CCNP
6 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
7 4 (8.511%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (8.511%) CCNA
8 3 (6.383%) CCIE
8 3 (6.383%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (6.383%) JNCIE
8 3 (6.383%) MCITP
9 2 (4.255%) CCA
9 2 (4.255%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (4.255%) MCSE
9 2 (4.255%) MCP
10 1 (2.128%) A+ Certification
10 1 (2.128%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (2.128%) MCTS
System Software
1 5 (10.64%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.511%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (8.511%) VMware ESX
3 3 (6.383%) Terminal Services
4 1 (2.128%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 6 (12.77%) VMware
1 6 (12.77%) Citrix
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) Cisco
3 3 (6.383%) Juniper
4 2 (4.255%) AppSense
4 2 (4.255%) Symantec
5 1 (2.128%) Symbian
5 1 (2.128%) Sun
5 1 (2.128%) Lotus
5 1 (2.128%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.128%) Remedy
5 1 (2.128%) Websense
5 1 (2.128%) Mitel
5 1 (2.128%) SonicWALL
5 1 (2.128%) Atlassian
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