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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) 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 WAN over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3213
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads629
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.012 %
As % of the category below13.95 %36.25 %
Salaries quoted627
Average minimum salary£25,000£48,630
Average salary£25,000£55,019
% change on same period last year-54.56 %
Average maximum salary£25,000£61,407
UK excluding London average salary£35,539£37,269
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
Home Counties IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Home Counties
Matching permanent IT job ads4380
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.033 %
Salaries quoted4162
Average minimum salary£36,871£48,405
Average salary£38,300£53,428
% change on same period last year-28.31 %
Average maximum salary£39,729£58,450
UK excluding London average salary£37,584£39,545
% change on same period last year-4.96 %
WAN South EastWAN
South East

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Home Counties WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

Home Counties WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the Home Counties region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Home Counties WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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.

18 (88.89 %)LAN
26 (66.67 %)Windows
26 (66.67 %)MS Office
26 (66.67 %)MS Excel
26 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
26 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
26 (66.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
35 (55.56 %)Backup Exec
35 (55.56 %)Blackberry
35 (55.56 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
35 (55.56 %)Internet
35 (55.56 %)Windows XP
42 (22.22 %)E-Commerce
42 (22.22 %)ERP
42 (22.22 %)VoIP
42 (22.22 %)VPN
42 (22.22 %)Oracle
42 (22.22 %)ADSL
42 (22.22 %)B2B
42 (22.22 %)Cisco
42 (22.22 %)Process Management
42 (22.22 %)Firewall
42 (22.22 %)Electronics
42 (22.22 %)Telecoms
42 (22.22 %)Oracle ERP
42 (22.22 %)Video Conferencing
51 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (11.11 %)VMware
51 (11.11 %)EIGRP
51 (11.11 %)VLAN

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (55.56 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
21 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (11.11 %)SharePoint
21 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
Home Counties IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (66.67 %)MS Office
16 (66.67 %)MS Excel
Home Counties IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (22.22 %)Oracle ERP
Home Counties IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (88.89 %)LAN
26 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
35 (55.56 %)Internet
42 (22.22 %)VoIP
42 (22.22 %)VPN
42 (22.22 %)Firewall
42 (22.22 %)ADSL
51 (11.11 %)VLAN
51 (11.11 %)DNS
51 (11.11 %)DHCP
51 (11.11 %)RIP
51 (11.11 %)OSPF
51 (11.11 %)BGP
51 (11.11 %)EIGRP
Home Counties IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Electronics
12 (22.22 %)Telecoms
Home Counties IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (55.56 %)Analyst
15 (55.56 %)Support Analyst
15 (55.56 %)IT Support Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Cisco Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Cisco Network Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Senior Cisco Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Senior Cisco Network Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Senior Network Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Network Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Systems Engineer
Home Counties IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (55.56 %)Blackberry
22 (22.22 %)Video Conferencing
Home Counties IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (66.67 %)Windows
16 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
16 (66.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
25 (55.56 %)Windows XP
31 (11.11 %)Linux
31 (11.11 %)Windows 2000
Home Counties IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)E-Commerce
12 (22.22 %)ERP
12 (22.22 %)B2B
12 (22.22 %)Process Management
Home Counties IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)MCP
11 (11.11 %)MCSE
11 (11.11 %)MCSA
11 (11.11 %)CCNP
11 (11.11 %)Cisco Certification
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
Home Counties IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (55.56 %)Backup Exec
21 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (11.11 %)Active Directory
21 (11.11 %)Terminal Services
Home Counties IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (22.22 %)Oracle
12 (22.22 %)Cisco
21 (11.11 %)Microsoft
21 (11.11 %)CheckPoint
21 (11.11 %)VMware
21 (11.11 %)WatchGuard
21 (11.11 %)Draytek