The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 61 82 65
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -17
Permanent jobs citing WAN 35 20 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 3.977% 1.605% 2.460%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.64% 7.813% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 34 12 21
Average salary £46,000 £55,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.36% +64.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £41,550 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £57,250 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
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%
WAN
South West

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

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

Gloucestershire 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 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 +25 25 £46,000 +145.33%
Cheltenham +5 3 £32,500 -40.90%
Stroud +15 1 £32,500 -
Cirencester - 1 £32,500 -
Dursley - 1 £32,500 -
WAN
South West

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 (83.67%) LAN
2 38 (77.55%) ITIL
3 31 (63.27%) UNIX
3 31 (63.27%) Linux
3 31 (63.27%) DV Cleared
3 31 (63.27%) Security Cleared
4 30 (61.22%) Penetration Testing
4 30 (61.22%) User Acceptance Testing
4 30 (61.22%) Performance Testing
4 30 (61.22%) ISEB
4 30 (61.22%) LoadRunner
4 30 (61.22%) Shell Script
5 17 (34.69%) Degree
6 16 (32.65%) C#
7 15 (30.61%) C++
7 15 (30.61%) Java
7 15 (30.61%) CGI
7 15 (30.61%) Mathematics
7 15 (30.61%) Identity Management
8 10 (20.41%) Firewall
9 9 (18.37%) Cisco
10 8 (16.33%) Windows
10 8 (16.33%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (14.29%) CheckPoint
11 7 (14.29%) Wireless
11 7 (14.29%) CCNP
12 6 (12.24%) CCSP
12 6 (12.24%) Citrix
12 6 (12.24%) EIGRP
12 6 (12.24%) BGP

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 15 (30.61%) CGI
2 1 (2.041%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.163%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.041%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (2.041%) DotNetNuke
2 1 (2.041%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (8.163%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.082%) MS Office
3 1 (2.041%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 41 (83.67%) LAN
2 10 (20.41%) Firewall
3 7 (14.29%) Wireless
4 6 (12.24%) EIGRP
4 6 (12.24%) BGP
5 4 (8.163%) VPN
6 2 (4.082%) Network Security
6 2 (4.082%) Broadband
7 1 (2.041%) VoIP
7 1 (2.041%) Ethernet
7 1 (2.041%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.041%) Internet
7 1 (2.041%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.122%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (61.22%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (2.041%) Electronics
1 1 (2.041%) Finance
1 1 (2.041%) Automotive
1 1 (2.041%) Manufacturing
1 1 (2.041%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Tester
1 15 (30.61%) Consultant
1 15 (30.61%) Test Consultant
2 7 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 6 (12.24%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (6.122%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.082%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (4.082%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (2.041%) Architect
6 1 (2.041%) Support Technician
6 1 (2.041%) Junior
6 1 (2.041%) Analyst
6 1 (2.041%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (2.041%) IT Support
6 1 (2.041%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (2.041%) Junior Systems Analyst
6 1 (2.041%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.041%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 1 (2.041%) Service Manager
6 1 (2.041%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 15 (30.61%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.041%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.041%) Smartcard
2 1 (2.041%) AS400
2 1 (2.041%) Mobile Computing
2 1 (2.041%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.041%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.041%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 31 (63.27%) UNIX
1 31 (63.27%) Linux
2 8 (16.33%) Windows
3 3 (6.122%) Windows XP
3 3 (6.122%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (6.122%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (4.082%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.041%) Solaris
5 1 (2.041%) BlackBerry OS
5 1 (2.041%) Android
5 1 (2.041%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (77.55%) ITIL
2 30 (61.22%) Penetration Testing
2 30 (61.22%) User Acceptance Testing
2 30 (61.22%) Performance Testing
3 15 (30.61%) Identity Management
4 2 (4.082%) Business Continuity
5 1 (2.041%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.041%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.041%) Content Management
5 1 (2.041%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (61.22%) Shell Script
2 16 (32.65%) C#
3 15 (30.61%) C++
3 15 (30.61%) Java
4 5 (10.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (63.27%) DV Cleared
1 31 (63.27%) Security Cleared
2 30 (61.22%) ISEB
3 17 (34.69%) Degree
4 8 (16.33%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (14.29%) CCNP
6 6 (12.24%) CCSP
7 3 (6.122%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (6.122%) MCITP
8 2 (4.082%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (4.082%) MCP
8 2 (4.082%) CCNA
9 1 (2.041%) CCA
9 1 (2.041%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (2.041%) MCSE
9 1 (2.041%) A+ Certification
9 1 (2.041%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (2.041%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (2.041%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.041%) MCTS
System Software
1 5 (10.20%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.122%) Terminal Services
2 3 (6.122%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.122%) VMware ESX
3 1 (2.041%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Cisco
2 7 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 6 (12.24%) Citrix
3 6 (12.24%) VMware
3 6 (12.24%) F5
4 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.082%) AppSense
5 2 (4.082%) Symantec
6 1 (2.041%) Sun
6 1 (2.041%) Symbian
6 1 (2.041%) SAP
6 1 (2.041%) Remedy
6 1 (2.041%) Juniper
6 1 (2.041%) Lotus
6 1 (2.041%) Websense
6 1 (2.041%) Mitel
6 1 (2.041%) SonicWALL
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