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This section looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the London 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank9794
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads17352299
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.947 %0.965 %
As % of the category below14.53 %13.96 %
Salaries quoted14871814
Average minimum salary£41,566£41,136
Average salary£44,226£43,378
% change on same period last year+1.95 %
Average maximum salary£46,886£45,621
UK excluding London average salary£35,330£37,248
% change on same period last year-5.14 %
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
London
Matching permanent IT job ads1193916466
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.518 %6.914 %
Salaries quoted1029713017
Average minimum salary£42,993£42,782
Average salary£46,020£45,729
% change on same period last year+0.63 %
Average maximum salary£49,046£48,677
UK excluding London average salary£37,625£39,458
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
LAN EnglandLAN
England

LAN
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

London LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonUp+2381£50,476+6.18 %
CroydonUp+2455£38,264+10.24 %
PaddingtonNew entry-25£35,588-
Canary WharfUp+1922£57,885+24.48 %
UxbridgeDown-1221£46,310+56.16 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2516£42,769-8.95 %
HammersmithUp+1515£35,409+1.80 %
LutonUp+415£35,000+5.42 %
New MaldenUp+38£44,438+101.98 %
SurbitonNew entry-8£50,000-
HayesUp+37£58,071+47.48 %
ChessingtonNew entry-5£29,600-
South CroydonDown-65£42,000+20.00 %
RomfordDown-64£26,250-38.23 %
BromleyDown-112£30,500-6.87 %
HounslowNo change02£28,375-30.96 %
HackneyNo change02£42,000+31.25 %
ClaphamNew entry-1£32,500-
WembleyUp+201£40,000+11.11 %
WestminsterUp+31£32,500-38.09 %
WimbledonUp+121£22,500-36.87 %
GreenfordNew entry-1£37,000-
EnfieldDown-91£25,000+6.38 %
HarrowDown-91£35,000-4.97 %
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+31£24,500-3.92 %
TwickenhamNew entry-1--
SidcupNew entry-1£26,000-
LAN EnglandLAN
England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

12988 (86.23 %)WAN
21551 (44.76 %)Windows
31518 (43.81 %)Cisco
41136 (32.78 %)Firewall
51070 (30.88 %)TCP/IP
6967 (27.91 %)Cisco Certification
7875 (25.25 %)Active Directory
8846 (24.42 %)Windows Server 2003
9816 (23.55 %)VPN
10775 (22.37 %)Finance
11686 (19.80 %)Microsoft
12663 (19.13 %)MS Exchange
13528 (15.24 %)VoIP
14526 (15.18 %)CCNP
15508 (14.66 %)CCNA
16497 (14.34 %)Windows XP
17480 (13.85 %)Exchange Server 2003
18476 (13.74 %)DNS
19469 (13.54 %)UNIX
20456 (13.16 %)Microsoft Certification
21436 (12.58 %)SQL
22430 (12.41 %)MS Excel
23410 (11.83 %)MCSE
24391 (11.28 %)CheckPoint
25390 (11.26 %)MS Office
26388 (11.20 %)Citrix
27382 (11.02 %)Telecoms
28378 (10.91 %)MPLS
29375 (10.82 %)OSPF
30370 (10.68 %)Linux

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
185 (2.453 %)HTML
284 (2.424 %)XML
361 (1.760 %)J2EE
434 (0.981 %)CSS
532 (0.924 %).NET
626 (0.750 %)WebSphere
722 (0.635 %)ODBC
819 (0.548 %)WMI
819 (0.548 %)XSLT
819 (0.548 %)ADSI
918 (0.519 %)WebServices
1015 (0.433 %)ASP
1015 (0.433 %)Middleware
1015 (0.433 %)Application Packaging
1112 (0.346 %)FIX Protocol
127 (0.202 %)XSL
127 (0.202 %)ASP.NET
127 (0.202 %)ATL
135 (0.144 %)ActiveX
135 (0.144 %)WAP
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1663 (19.13 %)MS Exchange
2480 (13.85 %)Exchange Server 2003
3242 (6.984 %)IIS
4126 (3.636 %)Exchange Server 2000
5104 (3.001 %)Apache
6101 (2.915 %)Lotus Notes
771 (2.049 %)Tomcat
866 (1.905 %)SharePoint
963 (1.818 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1056 (1.616 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1150 (1.443 %)Exchange Server 2007
1222 (0.635 %)CMS
1312 (0.346 %)JBoss
147 (0.202 %)Lotus Domino
156 (0.173 %)BizTalk Server
165 (0.144 %)WebLogic
174 (0.115 %)Office Communications Server
182 (0.058 %)SharePoint Portal Server
182 (0.058 %)Commerce Server
182 (0.058 %)Rendezvous
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1430 (12.41 %)MS Excel
2390 (11.26 %)MS Office
345 (1.299 %)MS Visio
424 (0.693 %)MS PowerPoint
514 (0.404 %)AutoCAD
612 (0.346 %)MS Project
711 (0.317 %)Photoshop
85 (0.144 %)Spreadsheet
93 (0.087 %)3ds Max
102 (0.058 %)Paint Shop Pro
111 (0.029 %)MATLAB
111 (0.029 %)Acrobat
111 (0.029 %)Windchill
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (0.173 %)SoftGrid
25 (0.144 %)SAP ERP
34 (0.115 %)RMDS
43 (0.087 %)Microsoft CRM
43 (0.087 %)Dynamics CRM
52 (0.058 %)Thomson PORTIA
61 (0.029 %)Endur
61 (0.029 %)assyst
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12988 (86.23 %)WAN
21136 (32.78 %)Firewall
31070 (30.88 %)TCP/IP
4816 (23.55 %)VPN
5528 (15.24 %)VoIP
6476 (13.74 %)DNS
7378 (10.91 %)MPLS
8375 (10.82 %)OSPF
9365 (10.53 %)BGP
10323 (9.322 %)SAN
11290 (8.369 %)DHCP
12257 (7.417 %)Internet
13238 (6.869 %)EIGRP
14226 (6.522 %)Network Security
15216 (6.234 %)Wireless
16214 (6.176 %)VLAN
17176 (5.079 %)Cisco PIX
18161 (4.646 %)Ethernet
19151 (4.358 %)IP Telephony
20131 (3.781 %)RIP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1303 (8.745 %)SQL Server
266 (1.905 %)MySQL
266 (1.905 %)SQL Server 2005
358 (1.674 %)SQL Server 2000
434 (0.981 %)RDBMS
513 (0.375 %)Oracle 9i
67 (0.202 %)SQL Server 7
76 (0.173 %)Crystal Reports
85 (0.144 %)DB2
85 (0.144 %)MS Access
85 (0.144 %)Datawarehouse
85 (0.144 %)Oracle 10g
94 (0.115 %)SQLPlus
94 (0.115 %)Informix
103 (0.087 %)OLAP
111 (0.029 %)Oracle 8/8i
111 (0.029 %)DTS
111 (0.029 %)Data Mining
111 (0.029 %)ETL
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (0.577 %)Ant
210 (0.289 %)Flash
39 (0.260 %)Dreamweaver
46 (0.173 %)ClearQuest
46 (0.173 %)ClearCase
46 (0.173 %)Subversion
46 (0.173 %)JIRA
54 (0.115 %)MSI
61 (0.029 %)ARTiSAN
61 (0.029 %)Visual Studio
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1775 (22.37 %)Finance
2382 (11.02 %)Telecoms
3306 (8.831 %)Banking
4115 (3.319 %)Health
5110 (3.175 %)Law
6108 (3.117 %)Pensions
7102 (2.944 %)Investment Banking
897 (2.799 %)Education
981 (2.338 %)Financial Institution
1080 (2.309 %)Insurance
1164 (1.847 %)Legal
1243 (1.241 %)Back Office
1339 (1.126 %)Government
1339 (1.126 %)Retail
1431 (0.895 %)Publishing
1529 (0.837 %)Front Office
1529 (0.837 %)Marketing
1624 (0.693 %)Construction
1723 (0.664 %)Auditing
1818 (0.519 %)Graphic Design
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1600 (17.32 %)Network Engineer
2550 (15.87 %)Analyst
3283 (8.167 %)Administrator
4266 (7.677 %)Support Analyst
5252 (7.273 %)Consultant
6241 (6.955 %)Support Engineer
7200 (5.772 %)Architect
8168 (4.848 %)Network Analyst
9164 (4.733 %)Network Support
10163 (4.704 %)Systems Administrator
11161 (4.646 %)Cisco Engineer
12128 (3.694 %)IT Manager
13122 (3.521 %)Desktop Support
14120 (3.463 %)Senior Network Engineer
1592 (2.655 %)Team Leader
1691 (2.626 %)Network Architect
1789 (2.569 %)2nd Line Support
1789 (2.569 %)Project Manager
1789 (2.569 %)3rd Line Support
1887 (2.511 %)Infrastructure Engineer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1132 (3.810 %)Blackberry
269 (1.991 %)Clustering
342 (1.212 %)Client/Server
430 (0.866 %)Derivative
430 (0.866 %)Video Conferencing
529 (0.837 %)Equities
623 (0.664 %)Firmware
722 (0.635 %)AS400
821 (0.606 %)PKI
919 (0.548 %)Management Information System
1018 (0.519 %)AVVID
1117 (0.491 %)PDA
1216 (0.462 %)Computer Science
1216 (0.462 %)Japanese Language
1216 (0.462 %)Spanish Language
1216 (0.462 %)IVR
1314 (0.404 %)Mainframe
1413 (0.375 %)HACMP
1413 (0.375 %)Replication
1511 (0.317 %)French Language
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11551 (44.76 %)Windows
2846 (24.42 %)Windows Server 2003
3497 (14.34 %)Windows XP
4469 (13.54 %)UNIX
5370 (10.68 %)Linux
6281 (8.110 %)Windows 2000
7240 (6.926 %)Windows 2000 Server
8171 (4.935 %)Solaris
9145 (4.185 %)Windows Vista
10115 (3.319 %)Red Hat Linux
1162 (1.789 %)Windows NT
1244 (1.270 %)AIX
1339 (1.126 %)HPUX
1430 (0.866 %)Windows Server 2008
1526 (0.750 %)SUSE
1624 (0.693 %)Mac OS X
1717 (0.491 %)VMS
1816 (0.462 %)NetWare
1910 (0.289 %)Fedora
209 (0.260 %)CentOS
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1225 (6.494 %)Project Management
2219 (6.320 %)ITIL
3171 (4.935 %)Disaster Recovery
4167 (4.820 %)Network Design
5126 (3.636 %)Service Delivery
693 (2.684 %)Load Balancing
783 (2.395 %)PRINCE2
868 (1.962 %)E-Commerce
958 (1.674 %)Asset Management
1055 (1.587 %)Business Continuity
1149 (1.414 %)Problem Management
1244 (1.270 %)Service Management
1343 (1.241 %)Investment Management
1441 (1.183 %)Security Cleared
1539 (1.126 %)Change Management
1636 (1.039 %)Configuration Management
1636 (1.039 %)Incident Management
1732 (0.924 %)Security Management
1829 (0.837 %)Business Development
1928 (0.808 %)Performance Management
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1436 (12.58 %)SQL
2112 (3.232 %)Shell Script
3108 (3.117 %)Perl
489 (2.569 %)C
554 (1.558 %)PHP
646 (1.328 %)Java
726 (0.750 %)VB
823 (0.664 %)DHTML
823 (0.664 %)C++
916 (0.462 %)C#
1015 (0.433 %)Korn
1113 (0.375 %)VBScript
1211 (0.317 %)JavaScript
1211 (0.317 %)AWK
139 (0.260 %)DCL
146 (0.173 %)VB.NET
153 (0.087 %)Transact-SQL
153 (0.087 %)Delphi
162 (0.058 %)PL/SQL
162 (0.058 %)VBA
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1967 (27.91 %)Cisco Certification
2526 (15.18 %)CCNP
3508 (14.66 %)CCNA
4456 (13.16 %)Microsoft Certification
5410 (11.83 %)MCSE
6274 (7.908 %)CCIE
7179 (5.166 %)Degree
8128 (3.694 %)MCP
9119 (3.434 %)CCIP
10110 (3.175 %)CCVP
1194 (2.713 %)CCDP
1194 (2.713 %)CCSP
1287 (2.511 %)CCSE
1379 (2.280 %)MCSA
1473 (2.107 %)CCSA
1536 (1.039 %)CISSP
1628 (0.808 %)MBA
1727 (0.779 %)ITIL Certification
1824 (0.693 %)Citrix Certification
1920 (0.577 %)RHCE
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1113 (3.261 %)SLA
220 (0.577 %)ISO27001
220 (0.577 %)QA
36 (0.173 %)BS7799
44 (0.115 %)PCI DSS
53 (0.087 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (0.058 %)ISO17799
71 (0.029 %)ISO9000
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1875 (25.25 %)Active Directory
2133 (3.838 %)VMware Infrastructure
383 (2.395 %)Backup Exec
482 (2.367 %)ISA Server
555 (1.587 %)Citrix Presentation Server
637 (1.068 %)VMware ESX
732 (0.924 %)Terminal Services
825 (0.722 %)Terminal Server
920 (0.577 %)NFS
1016 (0.462 %)NetBackup
1113 (0.375 %)Xen
128 (0.231 %)Samba
128 (0.231 %)VMware Server
137 (0.202 %)NDS
137 (0.202 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
146 (0.173 %)MetaFrame
151 (0.029 %)MailMarshal
151 (0.029 %)VMware Workstation
151 (0.029 %)Squid
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1108 (3.117 %)OpenView
273 (2.107 %)CiscoWorks
334 (0.981 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
431 (0.895 %)Tivoli
529 (0.837 %)HP Data Protector
623 (0.664 %)MOM
719 (0.548 %)Netcool
814 (0.404 %)ARCserve
913 (0.375 %)Nagios
913 (0.375 %)AutoSys
1010 (0.289 %)SCOM
119 (0.260 %)BMC PATROL
119 (0.260 %)Norton AntiVirus
125 (0.144 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
125 (0.144 %)OVSD
134 (0.115 %)MAILsweeper
134 (0.115 %)SCCM
134 (0.115 %)ZENworks
134 (0.115 %)Unicenter
143 (0.087 %)MIMEsweeper
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11518 (43.81 %)Cisco
2686 (19.80 %)Microsoft
3391 (11.28 %)CheckPoint
4388 (11.20 %)Citrix
5261 (7.532 %)VMware
6225 (6.494 %)HP
7219 (6.320 %)Juniper
8182 (5.253 %)Nortel
9152 (4.387 %)Oracle
10136 (3.925 %)Nokia
11121 (3.492 %)Red Hat
12105 (3.030 %)IBM
13102 (2.944 %)Lotus
14101 (2.915 %)Avaya
1583 (2.395 %)VERITAS
1681 (2.338 %)Reuters
1777 (2.222 %)Blue Coat
1869 (1.991 %)Bloomberg
1958 (1.674 %)Symantec
2055 (1.587 %)Remedy