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This section looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the Leeds 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7849
Rank change on same period last yearDown-29
Matching permanent IT job ads80154
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.043 %0.064 %
As % of the category below14.01 %23.16 %
Salaries quoted71125
Average minimum salary£28,176£34,736
Average salary£29,363£35,700
% change on same period last year-17.75 %
Average maximum salary£30,549£36,664
UK excluding London average salary£35,075£37,120
% change on same period last year-5.50 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads571665
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.307 %0.277 %
Salaries quoted484534
Average minimum salary£30,105£34,756
Average salary£32,145£36,221
% change on same period last year-11.25 %
Average maximum salary£34,185£37,687
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
LAN West YorkshireLAN
West Yorkshire

LAN
Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Leeds LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1202 (91.82 %)WAN
2145 (65.91 %)Windows
399 (45.00 %)Active Directory
498 (44.55 %)Windows Server 2003
596 (43.64 %)Firewall
693 (42.27 %)Microsoft
781 (36.82 %)TCP/IP
876 (34.55 %)VPN
961 (27.73 %)Cisco
1060 (27.27 %)Windows 2000
1156 (25.45 %)Windows XP
1156 (25.45 %)MS Exchange
1255 (25.00 %)VoIP
1352 (23.64 %)SQL
1444 (20.00 %)DNS
1543 (19.55 %)Microsoft Certification
1642 (19.09 %)Exchange Server 2003
1740 (18.18 %)VMware
1838 (17.27 %)MCSE
1937 (16.82 %)Citrix
2036 (16.36 %)Finance
2134 (15.45 %)Windows 2000 Server
2233 (15.00 %)IIS
2332 (14.55 %)MPLS
2431 (14.09 %)MS Excel
2529 (13.18 %)SQL Server
2628 (12.73 %)Cisco Certification
2726 (11.82 %)ITIL
2726 (11.82 %)MCP
2825 (11.36 %)VLAN

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (0.455 %)Java RMI
11 (0.455 %)ISPF
Leeds IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
156 (25.45 %)MS Exchange
242 (19.09 %)Exchange Server 2003
333 (15.00 %)IIS
424 (10.91 %)Exchange Server 2000
517 (7.727 %)SharePoint
613 (5.909 %)Lotus Notes
712 (5.455 %)Exchange Server 2007
88 (3.636 %)Apache
93 (1.364 %)Lotus Domino
102 (0.909 %)WorkSite
102 (0.909 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Leeds IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
131 (14.09 %)MS Excel
214 (6.364 %)MS Office
32 (0.909 %)MS Visio
41 (0.455 %)MS Project
Leeds IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (5.000 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (0.909 %)e-Work
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1202 (91.82 %)WAN
296 (43.64 %)Firewall
381 (36.82 %)TCP/IP
476 (34.55 %)VPN
555 (25.00 %)VoIP
644 (20.00 %)DNS
732 (14.55 %)MPLS
825 (11.36 %)VLAN
919 (8.636 %)DHCP
1015 (6.818 %)Cisco PIX
1114 (6.364 %)Internet
1212 (5.455 %)Wireless
1311 (5.000 %)SAN
1311 (5.000 %)Network Security
1410 (4.545 %)IP Telephony
1410 (4.545 %)Ethernet
159 (4.091 %)BGP
168 (3.636 %)SMTP
177 (3.182 %)PBX
177 (3.182 %)FTP
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (13.18 %)SQL Server
216 (7.273 %)SQL Server 2005
314 (6.364 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.455 %)Data Mining
Leeds IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.364 %)Visual Studio
13 (1.364 %)WebLOAD
Leeds IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
136 (16.36 %)Finance
213 (5.909 %)Education
39 (4.091 %)Telecoms
47 (3.182 %)Construction
47 (3.182 %)Banking
55 (2.273 %)Government
63 (1.364 %)Health
63 (1.364 %)Law
63 (1.364 %)Retail
63 (1.364 %)Pensions
72 (0.909 %)Legal
72 (0.909 %)Back Office
81 (0.455 %)Manufacturing
Leeds IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
137 (16.82 %)Support Engineer
233 (15.00 %)Technical Engineer
330 (13.64 %)Network Engineer
426 (11.82 %)Technical Support
525 (11.36 %)Analyst
621 (9.545 %)Consultant
621 (9.545 %)Network Support
719 (8.636 %)Project Manager
816 (7.273 %)Technical Support Engineer
816 (7.273 %)Network Analyst
914 (6.364 %)Technical Specialist
914 (6.364 %)Support Consultant
1011 (5.000 %)Administrator
119 (4.091 %)Systems Support
119 (4.091 %)Architect
119 (4.091 %)Network Support Engineer
128 (3.636 %)Presales Consultant
128 (3.636 %)Technical Architect
137 (3.182 %)Systems Administrator
137 (3.182 %)Sales Consultant
Leeds IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (9.545 %)Clustering
26 (2.727 %)Replication
34 (1.818 %)Mainframe
43 (1.364 %)Client/Server
43 (1.364 %)NHS
52 (0.909 %)Blackberry
52 (0.909 %)IVR
61 (0.455 %)CCTV
61 (0.455 %)Video Conferencing
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1145 (65.91 %)Windows
298 (44.55 %)Windows Server 2003
360 (27.27 %)Windows 2000
456 (25.45 %)Windows XP
534 (15.45 %)Windows 2000 Server
620 (9.091 %)Linux
718 (8.182 %)Windows Vista
815 (6.818 %)UNIX
93 (1.364 %)Solaris
102 (0.909 %)AIX
102 (0.909 %)Windows NT
102 (0.909 %)Red Hat Linux
102 (0.909 %)Fedora
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (11.82 %)ITIL
216 (7.273 %)Project Management
216 (7.273 %)Load Balancing
313 (5.909 %)PRINCE2
411 (5.000 %)CRM
59 (4.091 %)Service Management
68 (3.636 %)Information Security
68 (3.636 %)Network Design
76 (2.727 %)Service Delivery
85 (2.273 %)Migration
93 (1.364 %)Software Testing
93 (1.364 %)Time Management
102 (0.909 %)Security Cleared
102 (0.909 %)Operations Management
102 (0.909 %)Resource Management
102 (0.909 %)Matrix Management
102 (0.909 %)Programme Management
102 (0.909 %)Change Management
102 (0.909 %)Disaster Recovery
111 (0.455 %)PRINCE
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
152 (23.64 %)SQL
211 (5.000 %)Perl
31 (0.455 %)C
Leeds IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
143 (19.55 %)Microsoft Certification
238 (17.27 %)MCSE
328 (12.73 %)Cisco Certification
426 (11.82 %)MCP
524 (10.91 %)MCSA
621 (9.545 %)CCNA
710 (4.545 %)CCNP
710 (4.545 %)Degree
87 (3.182 %)PRINCE2 Certification
87 (3.182 %)CISM
87 (3.182 %)CISSP
96 (2.727 %)CCDP
105 (2.273 %)CCSA
105 (2.273 %)A+ Certification
105 (2.273 %)ITIL Certification
113 (1.364 %)CCVP
113 (1.364 %)Network+ Certification
113 (1.364 %)HND
122 (0.909 %)CCIP
122 (0.909 %)CCIE
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (4.545 %)SLA
23 (1.364 %)QA
31 (0.455 %)ISO27001
Leeds IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
199 (45.00 %)Active Directory
220 (9.091 %)Terminal Services
310 (4.545 %)VMware Infrastructure
48 (3.636 %)Backup Exec
55 (2.273 %)Citrix Presentation Server
64 (1.818 %)NetBackup
73 (1.364 %)ISA Server
73 (1.364 %)MetaFrame
81 (0.455 %)Terminal Server
81 (0.455 %)VMware ESX
Leeds IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.818 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (1.364 %)Norton AntiVirus
23 (1.364 %)OpenView
31 (0.455 %)MAILsweeper
31 (0.455 %)WSUS
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
193 (42.27 %)Microsoft
261 (27.73 %)Cisco
340 (18.18 %)VMware
437 (16.82 %)Citrix
518 (8.182 %)HP
518 (8.182 %)CheckPoint
613 (5.909 %)Symantec
613 (5.909 %)Lotus
710 (4.545 %)IBM
89 (4.091 %)Nortel
96 (2.727 %)Juniper
96 (2.727 %)VERITAS
105 (2.273 %)BT
105 (2.273 %)Oracle
112 (0.909 %)Sun
112 (0.909 %)Interwoven
112 (0.909 %)Red Hat
112 (0.909 %)Metastorm
112 (0.909 %)Nokia
112 (0.909 %)Novell