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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 51 59 55
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Permanent jobs citing WAN 29 13 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 4.252% 1.839% 1.085%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% 13.27% 9.836%
Number of salaries quoted 25 9 6
Average salary £27,000 £28,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.57% -9.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,600 £23,875
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £37,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Communications & Networking
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
145 98 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 21.26% 13.86% 11.03%
Number of salaries quoted 137 83 61
Average salary £28,000 £31,250 £32,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.40% -4.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £40,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
WAN
East Midlands

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire WAN Jobs Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

Leicestershire WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

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

Leicestershire WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leicester +19 24 £27,000 -1.81%
Market Harborough - 2 £20,000 -
Hinckley -12 1 £25,000 -
WAN
East Midlands

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

1 50 (71.43%) LAN
2 33 (47.14%) Cisco
2 33 (47.14%) Cisco Certification
3 30 (42.86%) CCNP
3 30 (42.86%) Firewall
4 22 (31.43%) Citrix
5 21 (30.00%) Windows
6 20 (28.57%) Retail
7 19 (27.14%) CCNA
8 18 (25.71%) TCP/IP
8 18 (25.71%) MS Exchange
9 16 (22.86%) Microsoft
10 15 (21.43%) Project Management
11 14 (20.00%) Load Balancing
12 13 (18.57%) SLA
12 13 (18.57%) Active Directory
12 13 (18.57%) F5
13 12 (17.14%) VPN
13 12 (17.14%) MPLS
13 12 (17.14%) MS Office
14 11 (15.71%) Reverse Proxy
14 11 (15.71%) CheckPoint
15 10 (14.29%) SolarWinds
15 10 (14.29%) Network Management
15 10 (14.29%) Internet
15 10 (14.29%) CiscoWorks
15 10 (14.29%) VMware
16 9 (12.86%) MS Excel
17 8 (11.43%) VoIP
17 8 (11.43%) HP

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (4.286%) HTML
2 2 (2.857%) XML
3 1 (1.429%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 18 (25.71%) MS Exchange
2 4 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (4.286%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (4.286%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.429%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 12 (17.14%) MS Office
2 9 (12.86%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.429%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.857%) SAP Retail
1 2 (2.857%) Retail-J
Communications & Networking
1 50 (71.43%) LAN
2 30 (42.86%) Firewall
3 18 (25.71%) TCP/IP
4 12 (17.14%) VPN
4 12 (17.14%) MPLS
5 11 (15.71%) Reverse Proxy
6 10 (14.29%) Internet
7 8 (11.43%) VoIP
8 7 (10.00%) UMTS
8 7 (10.00%) GPRS
8 7 (10.00%) ISDN
8 7 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
8 7 (10.00%) Network Security
8 7 (10.00%) xDSL
9 5 (7.143%) Wireless
9 5 (7.143%) DHCP
10 4 (5.714%) IP Telephony
11 3 (4.286%) PABX
11 3 (4.286%) Intranet
11 3 (4.286%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.286%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.429%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 20 (28.57%) Retail
2 6 (8.571%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (32.86%) Network Engineer
2 13 (18.57%) Analyst
3 12 (17.14%) Support Analyst
4 11 (15.71%) Implementation Engineer
4 11 (15.71%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 10 (14.29%) Administrator
6 7 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
6 7 (10.00%) Graduate
6 7 (10.00%) Coordinator
6 7 (10.00%) IT Administrator
6 7 (10.00%) Junior
6 7 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
6 7 (10.00%) Network Administrator
7 5 (7.143%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (7.143%) Network Analyst
8 4 (5.714%) Network Support Analyst
8 4 (5.714%) 1st Line Support
8 4 (5.714%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (5.714%) 3rd Line Support
8 4 (5.714%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.286%) Blackberry
2 2 (2.857%) IVR
3 1 (1.429%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.429%) Data Integration
3 1 (1.429%) SaaS
3 1 (1.429%) PaaS
3 1 (1.429%) iPad
3 1 (1.429%) IaaS
3 1 (1.429%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 21 (30.00%) Windows
2 5 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (5.714%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (5.714%) Windows XP
4 3 (4.286%) Windows 7
4 3 (4.286%) Windows 8
5 2 (2.857%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (2.857%) Android
6 1 (1.429%) UNIX
6 1 (1.429%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.43%) Project Management
2 14 (20.00%) Load Balancing
3 10 (14.29%) Network Management
4 8 (11.43%) Time Management
4 8 (11.43%) Service Delivery
5 7 (10.00%) Security Management
5 7 (10.00%) Supplier Management
6 6 (8.571%) ITIL
7 4 (5.714%) E-Commerce
7 4 (5.714%) ERP
8 3 (4.286%) Migration
8 3 (4.286%) Configuration Management
9 2 (2.857%) Performance Management
9 2 (2.857%) Incident Management
9 2 (2.857%) Service Management
10 1 (1.429%) Data Security
10 1 (1.429%) DNA
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.714%) SQL
2 3 (4.286%) VB
3 2 (2.857%) Java
3 2 (2.857%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (47.14%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (42.86%) CCNP
3 19 (27.14%) CCNA
4 7 (10.00%) CCIE
5 2 (2.857%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.857%) MCSE
6 1 (1.429%) MCSA
6 1 (1.429%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.429%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.57%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (18.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.714%) Terminal Services
2 4 (5.714%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.286%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (1.429%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (14.29%) CiscoWorks
2 2 (2.857%) Backup Exec
2 2 (2.857%) WSUS
2 2 (2.857%) SCCM
3 1 (1.429%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 33 (47.14%) Cisco
2 22 (31.43%) Citrix
3 16 (22.86%) Microsoft
4 13 (18.57%) F5
5 11 (15.71%) CheckPoint
6 10 (14.29%) VMware
6 10 (14.29%) SolarWinds
7 8 (11.43%) HP
8 4 (5.714%) Avaya
9 3 (4.286%) Symantec
9 3 (4.286%) Sophos
9 3 (4.286%) ProCurve
10 2 (2.857%) SAP
10 2 (2.857%) NEC
11 1 (1.429%) Mitel
11 1 (1.429%) BT
11 1 (1.429%) CA
11 1 (1.429%) NetApp
11 1 (1.429%) Sage
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Salary: £30k - 35k per year
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Salary: £45k per year
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