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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.029% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.618% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £22,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +29.03%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
89 63 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 18.31% 11.48% 15.06%
Number of salaries quoted 75 56 55
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WLAN
North West

WLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire WLAN Jobs Demand Trend

WLAN
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WLAN across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire WLAN Salary Trend

WLAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the Lancashire 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
Blackpool - 3 £22,000 -
WLAN
North West

WLAN
Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (60.00%) Clustering
3 3 (60.00%) Wireless
4 2 (40.00%) VMware
4 2 (40.00%) Firewall
4 2 (40.00%) CCNA
4 2 (40.00%) Content Management
4 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (40.00%) HP
4 2 (40.00%) Citrix
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Avaya
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) Internet
4 2 (40.00%) VPN
4 2 (40.00%) DNS
4 2 (40.00%) SSL
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco
4 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 2 (40.00%) WAN
4 2 (40.00%) DHCP

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (60.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) SSL
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Field Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Content Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
2 2 (40.00%) Avaya
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco