The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SolarWinds products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SolarWinds 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 Vendors for the London region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within SolarWinds.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SolarWinds
Rank 494 515 579
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +64
Permanent jobs citing SolarWinds 115 125 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.264% 0.232% 0.099%
As % of the Vendors category 0.567% 0.495% 0.222%
Number of salaries quoted 99 111 55
Average salary £43,000 £42,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £29,300 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £69,600
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Vendors
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
20295 25261 25719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 46.53% 46.94% 44.72%
Number of salaries quoted 16766 21654 21368
Average salary £50,500 £52,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.80% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SolarWinds
England

SolarWinds
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SolarWinds across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

London SolarWinds Jobs Demand Trend

SolarWinds
Salary Trend

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

London SolarWinds Salary Trend

SolarWinds
Salary Histogram

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

London SolarWinds Salary Histogram

SolarWinds
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the London 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
City of London -8 15 £44,500 -6.31%
Canary Wharf +1 9 £35,000 +20.68%
Chiswick - 2 £42,500 -
Harrow -5 1 £37,500 -17.58%
SolarWinds
England

SolarWinds
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing SolarWinds 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 SolarWinds.

1 196 (71.53%) Cisco
2 159 (58.03%) Windows
3 152 (55.47%) Cisco Certification
4 147 (53.65%) Firewall
5 106 (38.69%) Windows Server 2008
6 103 (37.59%) VPN
7 101 (36.86%) CCNP
8 100 (36.50%) ITIL
9 96 (35.04%) CiscoWorks
10 94 (34.31%) DNS
10 94 (34.31%) Cisco ASA
11 93 (33.94%) SolarWinds Orion
12 86 (31.39%) HP
13 84 (30.66%) Wireless
14 83 (30.29%) LAN
15 79 (28.83%) WAN
15 79 (28.83%) CCNA
16 77 (28.10%) Windows Server 2003
17 76 (27.74%) CheckPoint
17 76 (27.74%) Active Directory
17 76 (27.74%) Microsoft
18 71 (25.91%) OSPF
18 71 (25.91%) VMware
19 67 (24.45%) Linux
20 66 (24.09%) TCP/IP
20 66 (24.09%) BGP
21 65 (23.72%) EIGRP
22 60 (21.90%) Juniper
23 58 (21.17%) MPLS
23 58 (21.17%) Finance

SolarWinds
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing SolarWinds 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 SolarWinds. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (6.569%) XML
2 12 (4.380%) Middleware
3 9 (3.285%) .NET
4 7 (2.555%) SAML
5 4 (1.460%) HTML5
6 2 (0.730%) LAMP
6 2 (0.730%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.730%) COM
6 2 (0.730%) Web Services
7 1 (0.365%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 43 (15.69%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 26 (9.489%) MS Exchange
2 26 (9.489%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (6.569%) IIS
4 17 (6.204%) Apache
5 12 (4.380%) Tomcat
6 11 (4.015%) Exchange Server 2007
7 10 (3.650%) SharePoint
8 7 (2.555%) Rendezvous
9 5 (1.825%) SAS
10 3 (1.095%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.730%) Confluence
11 2 (0.730%) DotNetNuke
11 2 (0.730%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.730%) WordPress
11 2 (0.730%) CMS
11 2 (0.730%) Lotus Notes
12 1 (0.365%) Force.com
12 1 (0.365%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.365%) Lync
Applications
1 30 (10.95%) MS Excel
2 16 (5.839%) MS Office
3 9 (3.285%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.555%) RMDS
2 2 (0.730%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.365%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 147 (53.65%) Firewall
2 103 (37.59%) VPN
3 94 (34.31%) DNS
3 94 (34.31%) Cisco ASA
4 84 (30.66%) Wireless
5 83 (30.29%) LAN
6 79 (28.83%) WAN
7 71 (25.91%) OSPF
8 66 (24.09%) BGP
8 66 (24.09%) TCP/IP
9 65 (23.72%) EIGRP
10 58 (21.17%) MPLS
11 55 (20.07%) DHCP
12 52 (18.98%) Cisco PIX
13 51 (18.61%) Cisco Nexus
14 42 (15.33%) SNMP
14 42 (15.33%) SAN
15 40 (14.60%) TACACS
16 38 (13.87%) VoIP
16 38 (13.87%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (15.69%) SQL Server
2 31 (11.31%) MySQL
3 20 (7.299%) Informix
4 18 (6.569%) TOAD
5 12 (4.380%) SQL Server 2008
6 10 (3.650%) SQL Server 2005
7 9 (3.285%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (2.555%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 10 (3.650%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (0.730%) JIRA
General
1 58 (21.17%) Finance
2 26 (9.489%) Law
3 21 (7.664%) Banking
4 16 (5.839%) Legal
5 9 (3.285%) Investment Banking
5 9 (3.285%) Games
6 3 (1.095%) Marketing
6 3 (1.095%) Back Office
6 3 (1.095%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.095%) Publishing
7 1 (0.365%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.365%) Advertising
7 1 (0.365%) German Language
7 1 (0.365%) Retail
7 1 (0.365%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 68 (24.82%) Analyst
2 62 (22.63%) Network Engineer
3 32 (11.68%) Network Analyst
4 29 (10.58%) Consultant
5 28 (10.22%) Team Leader
6 25 (9.124%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 23 (8.394%) Network Consultant
8 20 (7.299%) Cisco Consultant
9 19 (6.934%) Administrator
10 18 (6.569%) Senior Network Engineer
11 17 (6.204%) Operations Analyst
11 17 (6.204%) Support Engineer
12 16 (5.839%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (5.474%) Cisco Network Consultant
14 14 (5.109%) Network Manager
15 11 (4.015%) Systems Administrator
15 11 (4.015%) Service Desk Engineer
16 9 (3.285%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
16 9 (3.285%) Operations Engineer
17 8 (2.920%) Infrastructure Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.854%) Blackberry
2 19 (6.934%) Replication
3 12 (4.380%) Video Conferencing
4 10 (3.650%) Computer Science
4 10 (3.650%) Learning Management System
4 10 (3.650%) SaaS
5 9 (3.285%) Statistics
5 9 (3.285%) Clustering
5 9 (3.285%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.460%) Streaming Media
7 3 (1.095%) AS400
7 3 (1.095%) EqualLogic
8 2 (0.730%) Open Source
8 2 (0.730%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.730%) NHS
8 2 (0.730%) Cryptography
8 2 (0.730%) SecurID
8 2 (0.730%) Spread Betting
8 2 (0.730%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.730%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 159 (58.03%) Windows
2 106 (38.69%) Windows Server 2008
3 77 (28.10%) Windows Server 2003
4 67 (24.45%) Linux
5 47 (17.15%) UNIX
6 27 (9.854%) Windows 7
7 26 (9.489%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 26 (9.489%) Solaris
8 10 (3.650%) Android
8 10 (3.650%) Apple iOS
9 9 (3.285%) Windows XP
10 4 (1.460%) Windows 2000
11 3 (1.095%) Windows Vista
12 2 (0.730%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (36.50%) ITIL
2 53 (19.34%) Network Management
3 43 (15.69%) Network Load Balancing
4 40 (14.60%) Change Management
5 28 (10.22%) Load Balancing
5 28 (10.22%) Capacity Planning
6 25 (9.124%) Problem Management
7 22 (8.029%) Incident Management
8 20 (7.299%) Project Management
9 18 (6.569%) Fault Management
9 18 (6.569%) Customer Engagement
10 17 (6.204%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (5.474%) Agile Software Development
12 14 (5.109%) Service Management
13 13 (4.745%) Performance Management
13 13 (4.745%) Change Control
14 12 (4.380%) Data Protection
15 11 (4.015%) Network Design
16 10 (3.650%) Business Continuity
16 10 (3.650%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 47 (17.15%) SQL
2 21 (7.664%) PowerShell
3 18 (6.569%) Perl
4 16 (5.839%) PHP
5 14 (5.109%) Bash shell
6 13 (4.745%) Ruby
7 7 (2.555%) VB
8 3 (1.095%) Python
9 2 (0.730%) C
10 1 (0.365%) Java
Qualifications
1 152 (55.47%) Cisco Certification
2 101 (36.86%) CCNP
3 79 (28.83%) CCNA
4 33 (12.04%) CCIE
5 27 (9.854%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (9.489%) MCSE
7 17 (6.204%) CCDP
8 16 (5.839%) CCVP
9 15 (5.474%) MCITP
10 13 (4.745%) Degree
11 9 (3.285%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (3.285%) CCDA
11 9 (3.285%) CCSP
12 8 (2.920%) Avaya Certification
12 8 (2.920%) CCSA
12 8 (2.920%) Security Cleared
13 6 (2.190%) Check Point Certification
14 3 (1.095%) MCTS
15 2 (0.730%) CEH
15 2 (0.730%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.95%) SLA
2 8 (2.920%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.730%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.730%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 76 (27.74%) Active Directory
2 29 (10.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (7.664%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (5.109%) VMware ESX
5 7 (2.555%) vSphere
6 6 (2.190%) ISA Server
6 6 (2.190%) XenApp
7 4 (1.460%) XenServer
8 3 (1.095%) ProxySG
8 3 (1.095%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.730%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.365%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.365%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.365%) IAG
10 1 (0.365%) UAG
Systems Management
1 96 (35.04%) CiscoWorks
2 93 (33.94%) SolarWinds Orion
3 52 (18.98%) Nagios
4 33 (12.04%) OpenView
5 26 (9.489%) HP Data Protector
6 22 (8.029%) HP SIM
7 19 (6.934%) WSUS
8 13 (4.745%) Puppet
9 12 (4.380%) Backup Exec
10 9 (3.285%) Norton AntiVirus
11 7 (2.555%) Cacti
12 6 (2.190%) Cisco UCCX
13 4 (1.460%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (1.460%) Splunk
13 4 (1.460%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 3 (1.095%) SCCM
15 2 (0.730%) Tivoli
16 1 (0.365%) Netcool
16 1 (0.365%) Netcool/OMNIbus
16 1 (0.365%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 196 (71.53%) Cisco
2 86 (31.39%) HP
3 76 (27.74%) Microsoft
3 76 (27.74%) CheckPoint
4 71 (25.91%) VMware
5 60 (21.90%) Juniper
6 50 (18.25%) F5
7 38 (13.87%) Red Hat
8 26 (9.489%) Citrix
9 24 (8.759%) Sophos
10 22 (8.029%) NetApp
11 20 (7.299%) Sybase
12 18 (6.569%) Aruba
13 17 (6.204%) Infoblox
13 17 (6.204%) IronPort
14 14 (5.109%) Symantec
14 14 (5.109%) Avaya
15 12 (4.380%) Mitel
15 12 (4.380%) Riverbed
16 10 (3.650%) McAfee
London
The ideal Network Support Engineer will have technical knowledge of a combination of the following: LAN (Switches, VLAS, QoS) WAN (routing, VPN, MPLS) Monitoring tools like Solarwinds or...
Information Technology Services
Salary: £43k - 48k per year + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Plan and implement LAN, WAN, comms, voice and wireless network solutions in accordance with the agreed design. Work closely with Programme Streams to design and implement secure and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + + 20% Bonus + great benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Operations Analyst Skills Required: Experience managing & supporting MS Windows 2003/2008 Server OS... Working environment management experience of an high availability, multi site VMWare ESX/ESXi deployment. Previous...
Lewis Paige
Salary: From £40,000 to £46,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
New Malden, Surrey
Experience of Incident, Problem and Change Management... Technical skills in; Server security, backups, Solarwinds, sever patching, VMWare, SAN, NetApp, AD (Active Directory) Location: Based in New Malden, Surrey.
Nuffield Health
Salary: From £35,000 to £42,000 per annum + Benefits which include our own Gym
Posted: 7 May 2013