The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 17 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 85 86 78
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -8
Permanent jobs citing LAN 65 43 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 2.473% 2.053% 2.138%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 11.56% 12.58%
Number of salaries quoted 50 39 39
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,500 £20,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £40,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,250 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.97% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
455 372 310
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 17.31% 17.76% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 380 295 257
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
LAN
West Yorkshire

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leeds LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 157 (96.91%) WAN
2 111 (68.52%) Cisco
3 74 (45.68%) Cisco Certification
4 67 (41.36%) Microsoft
5 51 (31.48%) SQL
6 46 (28.40%) ITIL
7 45 (27.78%) Firewall
8 42 (25.93%) CCNA
9 41 (25.31%) CCNP
10 39 (24.07%) MS Excel
10 39 (24.07%) CheckPoint
10 39 (24.07%) Lync
11 38 (23.46%) SAN
11 38 (23.46%) VPN
12 37 (22.84%) Windows
13 36 (22.22%) MPLS
13 36 (22.22%) Unified Communications
14 31 (19.14%) SQL Server
15 30 (18.52%) Active Directory
15 30 (18.52%) MCITP
15 30 (18.52%) Network Security
16 29 (17.90%) Video Conferencing
16 29 (17.90%) Cisco ASA
17 28 (17.28%) CCSP
18 24 (14.81%) MS Exchange
18 24 (14.81%) .NET
19 23 (14.20%) Office Communications Server
20 22 (13.58%) VMware
20 22 (13.58%) Internet
20 22 (13.58%) VoIP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 24 (14.81%) .NET
2 16 (9.877%) COM+
3 9 (5.556%) Web Services
4 8 (4.938%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.852%) Java EE
5 3 (1.852%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 39 (24.07%) Lync
2 24 (14.81%) MS Exchange
3 23 (14.20%) Office Communications Server
4 13 (8.025%) IIS
5 7 (4.321%) SharePoint
6 6 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (1.852%) WebLogic
7 3 (1.852%) Apache
7 3 (1.852%) Tomcat
8 2 (1.235%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.617%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 39 (24.07%) MS Excel
2 16 (9.877%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.852%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.617%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 157 (96.91%) WAN
2 45 (27.78%) Firewall
3 38 (23.46%) VPN
3 38 (23.46%) SAN
4 36 (22.22%) MPLS
4 36 (22.22%) Unified Communications
5 30 (18.52%) Network Security
6 29 (17.90%) Cisco ASA
7 22 (13.58%) Internet
7 22 (13.58%) VoIP
8 18 (11.11%) Wireless
9 17 (10.49%) BGP
9 17 (10.49%) VLAN
10 16 (9.877%) TCP/IP
11 15 (9.259%) Cisco PIX
12 13 (8.025%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (7.407%) DMZ
14 9 (5.556%) FWSM
15 7 (4.321%) DHCP
16 6 (3.704%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (19.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.469%) Data Mining
2 4 (2.469%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (2.469%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (1.852%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (1.852%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (1.852%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (1.852%) MS Access
4 1 (0.617%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (0.617%) MySQL
General
1 18 (11.11%) Finance
2 12 (7.407%) Law
3 6 (3.704%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.617%) Legal
Job Titles
1 43 (26.54%) Analyst
2 24 (14.81%) Support Analyst
3 22 (13.58%) Network Engineer
4 19 (11.73%) Network Analyst
5 18 (11.11%) Communications Manager
6 16 (9.877%) Applications Support
7 15 (9.259%) Security Analyst
8 14 (8.642%) Communications Engineer
8 14 (8.642%) Network Security Analyst
9 13 (8.025%) Technical Manager
10 10 (6.173%) Security Engineer
11 9 (5.556%) IT Support
11 9 (5.556%) Applications Support Analyst
11 9 (5.556%) Architect
11 9 (5.556%) Project Manager
12 8 (4.938%) Technical Project Manager
12 8 (4.938%) Senior Manager
12 8 (4.938%) Network Security Engineer
12 8 (4.938%) Senior Project Manager
12 8 (4.938%) Telephony Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.90%) Video Conferencing
2 12 (7.407%) PKI
3 5 (3.086%) NHS
4 2 (1.235%) SecurID
4 2 (1.235%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.617%) Clustering
5 1 (0.617%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.617%) ASIC
5 1 (0.617%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.617%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.617%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.617%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 37 (22.84%) Windows
2 9 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
2 9 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (4.938%) Windows XP
4 6 (3.704%) UNIX
5 3 (1.852%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.852%) Windows Vista
6 2 (1.235%) Solaris
6 2 (1.235%) Linux
7 1 (0.617%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.617%) Android
7 1 (0.617%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (0.617%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (28.40%) ITIL
2 22 (13.58%) Capacity Planning
3 21 (12.96%) Change Control
4 17 (10.49%) Disaster Recovery
5 15 (9.259%) Time Management
6 14 (8.642%) Load Balancing
7 13 (8.025%) Incident Management
8 11 (6.790%) Problem Management
9 10 (6.173%) OO
10 9 (5.556%) E-Commerce
10 9 (5.556%) Project Management
10 9 (5.556%) Change Management
11 8 (4.938%) Service Delivery
12 7 (4.321%) PRINCE2
13 5 (3.086%) Asset Management
13 5 (3.086%) Logistics
13 5 (3.086%) Systems Analysis
13 5 (3.086%) Matrix Management
13 5 (3.086%) Waterfall
13 5 (3.086%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 51 (31.48%) SQL
2 16 (9.877%) C#
2 16 (9.877%) C++
3 15 (9.259%) PowerShell
4 10 (6.173%) Java
5 7 (4.321%) VBA
6 5 (3.086%) C
7 3 (1.852%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.235%) Uniface
9 1 (0.617%) Python
9 1 (0.617%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.617%) PHP
Qualifications
1 74 (45.68%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (25.93%) CCNA
3 41 (25.31%) CCNP
4 30 (18.52%) MCITP
5 28 (17.28%) CCSP
6 20 (12.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (7.407%) CCSA
8 11 (6.790%) MCSE
9 5 (3.086%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (2.469%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (2.469%) CCIE
10 4 (2.469%) Degree
10 4 (2.469%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.852%) CCSE
11 3 (1.852%) GIAC
11 3 (1.852%) CISSP
12 2 (1.235%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (1.235%) CCDP
12 2 (1.235%) Security Cleared
13 1 (0.617%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.407%) SLA
2 6 (3.704%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.235%) COBIT
3 2 (1.235%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.938%) Forefront TMG
3 8 (4.938%) UAG
4 4 (2.469%) Terminal Services
5 3 (1.852%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.852%) vSphere
6 1 (0.617%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.617%) Snort
6 1 (0.617%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (1.852%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (1.852%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (1.235%) SolarWinds Orion
2 2 (1.235%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.617%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.617%) Nessus
3 1 (0.617%) SCCM
Vendors
1 111 (68.52%) Cisco
2 67 (41.36%) Microsoft
3 39 (24.07%) CheckPoint
4 22 (13.58%) VMware
5 20 (12.35%) Tandberg
6 18 (11.11%) Juniper
7 10 (6.173%) Riverbed
8 9 (5.556%) Avaya
9 7 (4.321%) Nortel
9 7 (4.321%) Citrix
9 7 (4.321%) HP
10 6 (3.704%) McAfee
11 5 (3.086%) BT
11 5 (3.086%) NetApp
11 5 (3.086%) Dell
11 5 (3.086%) IBM
11 5 (3.086%) Veeam
11 5 (3.086%) WatchGuard
11 5 (3.086%) SonicWALL
11 5 (3.086%) Altiris
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