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The table below looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) 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 WAN over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5248
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads113154
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.066 %
As % of the category below22.65 %24.29 %
Salaries quoted103132
Average minimum salary£30,340£33,667
Average salary£31,694£34,913
% change on same period last year-9.21 %
Average maximum salary£33,049£36,159
UK excluding London average salary£36,766£37,380
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads499634
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.289 %0.273 %
Salaries quoted400510
Average minimum salary£30,688£33,964
Average salary£32,674£35,484
% change on same period last year-7.91 %
Average maximum salary£34,660£37,003
UK excluding London average salary£37,928£38,940
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
WAN West YorkshireWAN
West Yorkshire

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Leeds WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1183 (79.22 %)LAN
2158 (68.40 %)Windows
3125 (54.11 %)Active Directory
4117 (50.65 %)Windows Server 2003
5105 (45.45 %)Microsoft
6101 (43.72 %)Firewall
7100 (43.29 %)MS Exchange
882 (35.50 %)VPN
980 (34.63 %)TCP/IP
1077 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
1157 (24.68 %)Cisco
1157 (24.68 %)Windows XP
1157 (24.68 %)SQL
1254 (23.38 %)VMware
1353 (22.94 %)SQL Server
1447 (20.35 %)Microsoft Certification
1545 (19.48 %)MPLS
1644 (19.05 %)VoIP
1644 (19.05 %)ITIL
1644 (19.05 %)MCSE
1743 (18.61 %)Windows 2000
1743 (18.61 %)Windows Vista
1743 (18.61 %)Windows 2000 Server
1841 (17.75 %)MS Excel
1841 (17.75 %)SQL Server 2005
1938 (16.45 %)SQL Server 2000
2036 (15.58 %)PRINCE2
2036 (15.58 %)Citrix
2131 (13.42 %)SAN
2230 (12.99 %)Finance

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (1.299 %)Java RMI
21 (0.433 %)XML Messaging
21 (0.433 %)ISPF
21 (0.433 %)XML
Leeds IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1100 (43.29 %)MS Exchange
277 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
326 (11.26 %)IIS
421 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2007
518 (7.792 %)Exchange Server 2000
616 (6.926 %)Lotus Notes
714 (6.061 %)SharePoint
88 (3.463 %)Apache
97 (3.030 %)SAS
102 (0.866 %)WorkSite
102 (0.866 %)Lotus Domino
111 (0.433 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Leeds IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
141 (17.75 %)MS Excel
213 (5.628 %)MS Office
34 (1.732 %)MS Visio
41 (0.433 %)SPSS
41 (0.433 %)MS Project
Leeds IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (4.762 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (0.866 %)e-Work
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1183 (79.22 %)LAN
2101 (43.72 %)Firewall
382 (35.50 %)VPN
480 (34.63 %)TCP/IP
545 (19.48 %)MPLS
644 (19.05 %)VoIP
731 (13.42 %)SAN
829 (12.55 %)DNS
928 (12.12 %)VLAN
1020 (8.658 %)Internet
1114 (6.061 %)Cisco PIX
1210 (4.329 %)Network Security
1210 (4.329 %)SMTP
1210 (4.329 %)DHCP
1210 (4.329 %)Ethernet
1210 (4.329 %)FTP
1210 (4.329 %)HTTP
138 (3.463 %)Wireless
147 (3.030 %)BGP
147 (3.030 %)DSL
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
153 (22.94 %)SQL Server
241 (17.75 %)SQL Server 2005
338 (16.45 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (0.866 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.433 %)RDBMS
51 (0.433 %)Database Marketing
Leeds IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.299 %)Visual Studio
Leeds IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
130 (12.99 %)Finance
217 (7.359 %)Law
310 (4.329 %)Telecoms
310 (4.329 %)Education
46 (2.597 %)Retail
46 (2.597 %)Pensions
55 (2.165 %)Construction
55 (2.165 %)Health
64 (1.732 %)Government
72 (0.866 %)Legal
72 (0.866 %)Marketing
72 (0.866 %)Insurance
81 (0.433 %)Manufacturing
Leeds IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
136 (15.58 %)Network Engineer
234 (14.72 %)Support Engineer
327 (11.69 %)Technical Engineer
424 (10.39 %)Consultant
424 (10.39 %)Analyst
520 (8.658 %)Network Support
619 (8.225 %)Project Manager
717 (7.359 %)Technical Support
816 (6.926 %)Infrastructure Manager
914 (6.061 %)Network Support Engineer
914 (6.061 %)Technical Support Engineer
1013 (5.628 %)Architect
1110 (4.329 %)Technical Consultant
129 (3.896 %)Systems Support
129 (3.896 %)Technical Architect
129 (3.896 %)2nd Line Support
129 (3.896 %)Administrator
129 (3.896 %)Security Engineer
138 (3.463 %)Support Consultant
138 (3.463 %)3rd Line Support
Leeds IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (6.926 %)Clustering
27 (3.030 %)Replication
34 (1.732 %)NHS
43 (1.299 %)Management Information System
43 (1.299 %)Video Conferencing
52 (0.866 %)Computer Science
52 (0.866 %)Client/Server
52 (0.866 %)Mainframe
61 (0.433 %)Blackberry
61 (0.433 %)IPTV
61 (0.433 %)CCTV
61 (0.433 %)Credit Risk
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1158 (68.40 %)Windows
2117 (50.65 %)Windows Server 2003
357 (24.68 %)Windows XP
443 (18.61 %)Windows 2000 Server
443 (18.61 %)Windows Vista
443 (18.61 %)Windows 2000
513 (5.628 %)Linux
67 (3.030 %)UNIX
74 (1.732 %)Red Hat Linux
83 (1.299 %)Solaris
91 (0.433 %)AIX
91 (0.433 %)HPUX
91 (0.433 %)Windows Server 2008
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
144 (19.05 %)ITIL
236 (15.58 %)PRINCE2
327 (11.69 %)Project Management
412 (5.195 %)CRM
57 (3.030 %)Network Load Balancing
66 (2.597 %)Service Delivery
75 (2.165 %)Migration
75 (2.165 %)Load Balancing
75 (2.165 %)Network Design
75 (2.165 %)Network Planning
84 (1.732 %)BCP
84 (1.732 %)Project Planning
84 (1.732 %)Service Management
84 (1.732 %)Business Continuity
84 (1.732 %)Change Management
93 (1.299 %)Information Security
93 (1.299 %)Time Management
93 (1.299 %)Software Testing
102 (0.866 %)Business Analysis
102 (0.866 %)Data Protection
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
157 (24.68 %)SQL
26 (2.597 %)Perl
31 (0.433 %)C
31 (0.433 %)C#
31 (0.433 %)Delphi
Leeds IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
147 (20.35 %)Microsoft Certification
244 (19.05 %)MCSE
319 (8.225 %)MCP
416 (6.926 %)MCSA
416 (6.926 %)Cisco Certification
416 (6.926 %)Degree
515 (6.494 %)CCNA
69 (3.896 %)PRINCE2 Certification
76 (2.597 %)CCSA
84 (1.732 %)ITIL Certification
84 (1.732 %)MCDST
93 (1.299 %)CCNP
93 (1.299 %)HND
102 (0.866 %)CISSP
102 (0.866 %)CISM
102 (0.866 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
111 (0.433 %)CCVP
111 (0.433 %)CCSE
111 (0.433 %)Check Point Certification
111 (0.433 %)CCSP
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (2.597 %)SLA
24 (1.732 %)QA
31 (0.433 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.433 %)ISO27001
Leeds IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1125 (54.11 %)Active Directory
227 (11.69 %)VMware Infrastructure
321 (9.091 %)VMware ESX
414 (6.061 %)Terminal Services
513 (5.628 %)Backup Exec
65 (2.165 %)NetBackup
74 (1.732 %)Citrix Presentation Server
74 (1.732 %)ISA Server
74 (1.732 %)MetaFrame
81 (0.433 %)Terminal Server
Leeds IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (2.165 %)Nagios
15 (2.165 %)HP Data Protector
23 (1.299 %)Norton AntiVirus
32 (0.866 %)OpenView
32 (0.866 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.433 %)WSUS
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1105 (45.45 %)Microsoft
257 (24.68 %)Cisco
354 (23.38 %)VMware
436 (15.58 %)Citrix
522 (9.524 %)HP
616 (6.926 %)Lotus
616 (6.926 %)CheckPoint
713 (5.628 %)Symantec
88 (3.463 %)VERITAS
88 (3.463 %)Nortel
95 (2.165 %)Juniper
95 (2.165 %)LANDesk
104 (1.732 %)BT
104 (1.732 %)Red Hat
104 (1.732 %)IBM
104 (1.732 %)Oracle
112 (0.866 %)Interwoven
112 (0.866 %)Avaya
112 (0.866 %)Novell
112 (0.866 %)Metastorm