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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WAN Optimization
Rank 596 617 624
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +7
Permanent jobs citing WAN Optimisation 13 23 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.030% 0.043% 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.055% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 12 22 7
Average salary £70,000 £51,250 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.58% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £34,950 £49,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,250 £70,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £29,429 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-34.60% +20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34701 41461 43779
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 79.55% 77.05% 76.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28833 35647 36435
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
WAN Optimisation
England

WAN Optimisation
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WAN Optimisation across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London WAN Optimisation Jobs Demand Trend

WAN Optimisation
Salary Trend

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

London WAN Optimisation Salary Trend

WAN Optimisation
Salary Histogram

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

London WAN Optimisation Salary Histogram

WAN Optimisation
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Optimisation 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 -3 2 £60,000 -
WAN Optimisation
England

WAN Optimisation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 17 (100.00%) WAN
2 15 (88.24%) Cisco
3 13 (76.47%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (52.94%) CCNA
5 8 (47.06%) VoIP
6 7 (41.18%) Wireless
7 5 (29.41%) VMware
7 5 (29.41%) Network Design
7 5 (29.41%) VPN
7 5 (29.41%) Data Mining
7 5 (29.41%) CCNP
7 5 (29.41%) SAN
7 5 (29.41%) MPLS
7 5 (29.41%) IPTV
7 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (23.53%) Riverbed
8 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
8 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
9 3 (17.65%) Firewall
9 3 (17.65%) LAN
9 3 (17.65%) SolarWinds
9 3 (17.65%) Load Balancing
9 3 (17.65%) F5
10 2 (11.76%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (11.76%) Aruba
10 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
10 2 (11.76%) Physics
10 2 (11.76%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (11.76%) VLAN
10 2 (11.76%) xDSL

WAN Optimisation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.882%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 17 (100.00%) WAN
2 8 (47.06%) VoIP
3 7 (41.18%) Wireless
4 5 (29.41%) VPN
4 5 (29.41%) SAN
4 5 (29.41%) MPLS
5 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
6 3 (17.65%) Firewall
6 3 (17.65%) LAN
7 2 (11.76%) SDH
7 2 (11.76%) ATM
7 2 (11.76%) Ethernet
7 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (11.76%) DWDM
7 2 (11.76%) BGP
7 2 (11.76%) EIGRP
7 2 (11.76%) SS7
7 2 (11.76%) H.323
7 2 (11.76%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (11.76%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) Data Mining
2 1 (5.882%) MySQL
General
1 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.76%) Electronics
2 2 (11.76%) Law
2 2 (11.76%) Legal
3 1 (5.882%) Banking
3 1 (5.882%) Marketing
3 1 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Network Support
2 5 (29.41%) Network Technician
2 5 (29.41%) Support Technician
2 5 (29.41%) Network Support Technician
3 3 (17.65%) Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) Network Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Sales Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Network Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Technical Leader
5 1 (5.882%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Applications Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) IPTV
2 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
2 2 (11.76%) Physics
2 2 (11.76%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.882%) IaaS
3 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.882%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.882%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Network Design
2 3 (17.65%) Load Balancing
3 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 1 (5.882%) Network Management
4 1 (5.882%) Supplier Management
4 1 (5.882%) ITIL
4 1 (5.882%) ERP
4 1 (5.882%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (52.94%) CCNA
3 5 (29.41%) CCNP
4 2 (11.76%) CCIE
5 1 (5.882%) Degree
5 1 (5.882%) CCIP
5 1 (5.882%) CISSP
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (5.882%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) Cisco
2 5 (29.41%) VMware
3 4 (23.53%) Riverbed
4 3 (17.65%) SolarWinds
4 3 (17.65%) F5
5 2 (11.76%) CheckPoint
5 2 (11.76%) Aruba
5 2 (11.76%) Juniper
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
6 1 (5.882%) Citrix
6 1 (5.882%) Oracle
6 1 (5.882%) SAP
6 1 (5.882%) Nokia
6 1 (5.882%) Google
6 1 (5.882%) Brocade
City of London
The successful candidate would be responsible for the IP Telephony, global WAN and LAN, managing the wireless network as well as taking part in many different up and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Experience working with Unified Communications technology like Lync or Cisco Jabber Any exposure to the following will be advantageous: * Broadcast technologies (MPEG encoding, Contribution and Distribution networking) * Managed...
Sanderson
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + 25% Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Cisco devices including Routers (who knows how they connect to the MPLS network or internet based VPN) Multisite (50+) architectures ideally internationally and not just UK based. Experience...
Sanderson
Salary: £75000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
International law firm requires a highly technical project manager to oversee a WAN optimisation across international sites. Experience Experience working within an international organisation managing large scale projects...
Scope AT Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Experience Experience working within an international organisation managing large scale projects Experience in large scale infrastructure change, such as desktop refresh or data centre moves Appreciation of Wintel...
Scope AT Ltd
Salary: £70000 - £75000 per annum + benefits, bonus
Posted: 9 May 2013