The first table below looks at the demand for WAN Optimisation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN Optimisation 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WAN Optimization
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing WAN Optimisation 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £29,859 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-33.64% +20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
352 378 254
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 72.43% 68.85% 65.97%
Number of salaries quoted 312 350 214
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
WAN Optimisation
North West

WAN Optimisation
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing WAN Optimisation 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 Optimisation.

1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) 3Com
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere

WAN Optimisation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing WAN Optimisation 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 Optimisation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) 3Com
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei