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This section looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the Home Counties region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3318
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads526
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.011 %
As % of the category below11.63 %34.21 %
Salaries quoted524
Average minimum salary£22,000£48,750
Average salary£22,000£55,833
% change on same period last year-60.59 %
Average maximum salary£22,000£62,917
UK excluding London average salary£35,330£37,248
% change on same period last year-5.14 %
Home Counties IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Home Counties
Matching permanent IT job ads4376
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.032 %
Salaries quoted4159
Average minimum salary£36,466£48,626
Average salary£37,767£54,047
% change on same period last year-30.12 %
Average maximum salary£39,068£59,467
UK excluding London average salary£37,625£39,458
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
LAN South EastLAN
South East

LAN
Demand Trend

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

Home Counties LAN Demand Trend

LAN
Salary Trend

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

Home Counties LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Home Counties region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Home Counties LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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.

17 (87.50 %)WAN
26 (75.00 %)TCP/IP
26 (75.00 %)Windows
26 (75.00 %)MS Excel
35 (62.50 %)Windows XP
35 (62.50 %)MS Office
35 (62.50 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (62.50 %)Internet
35 (62.50 %)Blackberry
35 (62.50 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
35 (62.50 %)Backup Exec
35 (62.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (25.00 %)Oracle
42 (25.00 %)Video Conferencing
42 (25.00 %)Process Management
42 (25.00 %)Electronics
42 (25.00 %)Telecoms
42 (25.00 %)Oracle ERP
42 (25.00 %)B2B
42 (25.00 %)ADSL
42 (25.00 %)VoIP
42 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
42 (25.00 %)ERP
51 (12.50 %)UNIX
51 (12.50 %)Linux
51 (12.50 %)Microsoft
51 (12.50 %)VAX

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (62.50 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Home Counties IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (75.00 %)MS Excel
25 (62.50 %)MS Office
Home Counties IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (25.00 %)Oracle ERP
Home Counties IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (87.50 %)WAN
26 (75.00 %)TCP/IP
35 (62.50 %)Internet
42 (25.00 %)ADSL
42 (25.00 %)VoIP
Home Counties IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Electronics
12 (25.00 %)Telecoms
Home Counties IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Analyst
15 (62.50 %)Support Analyst
15 (62.50 %)IT Support Analyst
21 (12.50 %)IT Support Technician
21 (12.50 %)Support Technician
Home Counties IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (62.50 %)Blackberry
22 (25.00 %)Video Conferencing
31 (12.50 %)VAX
Home Counties IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (75.00 %)Windows
25 (62.50 %)Windows XP
25 (62.50 %)Windows Server 2003
25 (62.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (12.50 %)Linux
31 (12.50 %)UNIX
Home Counties IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
12 (25.00 %)ERP
12 (25.00 %)B2B
12 (25.00 %)Process Management
Home Counties IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (62.50 %)Backup Exec
Home Counties IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (25.00 %)Oracle
21 (12.50 %)Microsoft