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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Hertfordshire region.

 Wireless
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank4882141
Rank change year-on-year
Up+34Up+59
Matching permanent IT job ads633327
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire3.318 %1.562 %0.599 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category18.58 %8.594 %2.891 %
Salaries quoted462725
Average salary£37,500£45,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66 %+28.57 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£42,000£19,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£64,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,500£35,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+18.57 %-6.660 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
339384934
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire17.85 %18.17 %20.74 %
Salaries quoted282310796
Average salary£37,500£41,500£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.630 %+6.410 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£28,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£50,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Wireless East of EnglandWireless
East of England

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Wireless across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hertfordshire Wireless Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Wireless across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Wireless Salary Trend

Wireless
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wireless across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hertfordshire Wireless Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
St AlbansNew entry-15£55,000-
StevenageDown-23£36,000-20.00 %
WatfordNew entry-1£35,000-
LetchworthNew entry-1£45,000-
Wireless East of EnglandWireless
East of England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Wireless 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 Wireless.

146 (40.00 %)Broadband
242 (36.52 %)Degree
335 (30.43 %)UNIX
335 (30.43 %)Cisco
432 (27.83 %)Linux
526 (22.61 %)C
625 (21.74 %)Network Design
724 (20.87 %)Open Source
823 (20.00 %)Aruba
823 (20.00 %)JBoss
922 (19.13 %)CCNP
922 (19.13 %)Cisco Certification
922 (19.13 %)Juniper
1021 (18.26 %)OSPF
1021 (18.26 %)BGP
1120 (17.39 %)DHCP
1120 (17.39 %)Product Management
1120 (17.39 %)Foundry
1120 (17.39 %)Computer Science
1219 (16.52 %)802.11
1318 (15.65 %)Wi-Fi
1318 (15.65 %)Physics
1417 (14.78 %)WAN
1417 (14.78 %)LAN
1515 (13.04 %)TCP/IP
1515 (13.04 %)German Language
1614 (12.17 %)Mathematics
1614 (12.17 %)Retail
1713 (11.30 %)Firewall
1713 (11.30 %)CCIE

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Wireless 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 Wireless. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (6.957 %)Struts
27 (6.087 %)Spring
34 (3.478 %)J2EE
42 (1.739 %).NET
51 (0.870 %)COM
51 (0.870 %)Qt
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (6.957 %)Apache
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (3.478 %)MS Excel
14 (3.478 %)MS Visio
23 (2.609 %)MS Office
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
146 (40.00 %)Broadband
221 (18.26 %)OSPF
221 (18.26 %)BGP
320 (17.39 %)DHCP
419 (16.52 %)802.11
518 (15.65 %)Wi-Fi
617 (14.78 %)WAN
617 (14.78 %)LAN
715 (13.04 %)TCP/IP
813 (11.30 %)Firewall
912 (10.43 %)Internet
912 (10.43 %)PBX
1011 (9.565 %)IP Telephony
1011 (9.565 %)Asterisk PBX
1110 (8.696 %)WiMAX
1110 (8.696 %)VoIP
129 (7.826 %)RIP
137 (6.087 %)Wireless Security
145 (4.348 %)ICMP
145 (4.348 %)DNS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (3.478 %)PostgreSQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.870 %)Subversion
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (12.17 %)Retail
211 (9.565 %)Electronics
35 (4.348 %)Telecoms
43 (2.609 %)Pensions
52 (1.739 %)Manufacturing
52 (1.739 %)Multimedia
52 (1.739 %)Insurance
61 (0.870 %)Music
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
123 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
211 (9.565 %)Architect
211 (9.565 %)Wireless Engineer
310 (8.696 %)Developer
310 (8.696 %)Technical Support
49 (7.826 %)Wireless Architect
58 (6.957 %)Support Engineer
58 (6.957 %)Systems Engineer
58 (6.957 %)Java Developer
67 (6.087 %)Project Manager
67 (6.087 %)Software Engineer
76 (5.217 %)Administrator
76 (5.217 %)Systems Architect
76 (5.217 %)QA Engineer
85 (4.348 %)Technical Engineer
85 (4.348 %)Senior Java Developer
85 (4.348 %)Technical Support Engineer
85 (4.348 %)Senior Network Engineer
85 (4.348 %)Senior Developer
85 (4.348 %)Designer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
124 (20.87 %)Open Source
220 (17.39 %)Computer Science
318 (15.65 %)Physics
415 (13.04 %)German Language
514 (12.17 %)Mathematics
69 (7.826 %)Russian Language
77 (6.087 %)iPhone
77 (6.087 %)Client/Server
86 (5.217 %)FMCG
95 (4.348 %)Spanish Language
104 (3.478 %)French Language
112 (1.739 %)Life Science
121 (0.870 %)Italian Language
121 (0.870 %)Firmware
121 (0.870 %)Swedish Language
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
135 (30.43 %)UNIX
232 (27.83 %)Linux
36 (5.217 %)Windows
45 (4.348 %)Android
54 (3.478 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.870 %)OpenWrt
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
125 (21.74 %)Network Design
220 (17.39 %)Product Management
310 (8.696 %)Configuration Management
47 (6.087 %)Project Management
47 (6.087 %)Unit Testing
55 (4.348 %)Business Continuity
64 (3.478 %)Manual Testing
64 (3.478 %)System Testing
64 (3.478 %)User Acceptance Testing
64 (3.478 %)PRINCE2
64 (3.478 %)OO
64 (3.478 %)CRM
64 (3.478 %)Penetration Testing
64 (3.478 %)Regression Testing
64 (3.478 %)MVC
73 (2.609 %)Software Engineering
73 (2.609 %)Software Architecture
82 (1.739 %)Agile Software Development
82 (1.739 %)Project Planning
82 (1.739 %)Release Management
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
126 (22.61 %)C
212 (10.43 %)Java
311 (9.565 %)SQL
311 (9.565 %)C++
410 (8.696 %)Shell Script
57 (6.087 %)Embedded C
66 (5.217 %)Embedded C++
75 (4.348 %)Bash shell
81 (0.870 %)C#
81 (0.870 %)Assembly Language
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
142 (36.52 %)Degree
222 (19.13 %)Cisco Certification
222 (19.13 %)CCNP
313 (11.30 %)CCIE
49 (7.826 %)CCNA
54 (3.478 %)ISEB
63 (2.609 %)PRINCE2 Certification
63 (2.609 %)Security Cleared
71 (0.870 %)JNCIE
71 (0.870 %)PhD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (6.957 %)QA
21 (0.870 %)SLA
21 (0.870 %)ISO27001
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (2.609 %)Active Directory
21 (0.870 %)Terminal Services
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (3.478 %)CiscoWorks
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
135 (30.43 %)Cisco
223 (20.00 %)JBoss
223 (20.00 %)Aruba
322 (19.13 %)Juniper
420 (17.39 %)Foundry
58 (6.957 %)NetApp
64 (3.478 %)Microsoft
64 (3.478 %)HP
64 (3.478 %)ProCurve
73 (2.609 %)Apple
81 (0.870 %)Nokia
81 (0.870 %)Citrix
81 (0.870 %)Atmel