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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) 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 WAN over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank9996
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads18842066
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.924 %0.915 %
As % of the category below14.33 %13.72 %
Salaries quoted16581681
Average minimum salary£44,253£40,750
Average salary£47,329£43,325
% change on same period last year+9.24 %
Average maximum salary£50,405£45,899
UK excluding London average salary£36,171£37,389
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Communications & Networking LondonCommunications & Networking
London
Matching permanent IT job ads1314515056
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.445 %6.666 %
Salaries quoted1119812005
Average minimum salary£42,638£42,949
Average salary£45,678£45,959
% change on same period last year-0.61 %
Average maximum salary£48,718£48,968
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
WAN EnglandWAN
England

WAN
Demand Trend

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

London WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

London WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the London region over the past 3 months.

London WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the London region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1City of LondonUp+48564£50,387+7.37 %
2Docklands, LondonUp+738£55,185+28.54 %
2UxbridgeUp+838£29,059-11.78 %
3CroydonUp+727£38,865+28.05 %
4FelthamUp+1116£30,625-
5LutonUp+1410£39,444-31.40 %
6HammersmithDown-98£28,750-22.29 %
7EalingNew entry-6£70,000-
8Kingston Upon ThamesDown-105£23,700-49.57 %
8SurbitonNew entry-5£21,000-
9WembleyUp+124£32,500+6.55 %
10HarrowDown-73£40,833+15.02 %
11GraysNew entry-2£37,500-
11BrentfordUp+82£42,500-
11BexleyheathNew entry-2£16,250-
11HounslowDown-82£30,000-29.07 %
11IlfordNew entry-2£27,250-
11Canary WharfDown-52£42,500-24.33 %
12South CroydonNew entry-1--
12TwickenhamNew entry-1£35,000-
12BarkingNew entry-1£18,000-
12BromleyNew entry-1£22,500-
12HayesDown-21£45,000-10.00 %
WAN EnglandWAN
England

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the London region citing WAN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WAN.

13185 (79.61 %)LAN
22118 (52.94 %)Cisco
31564 (39.09 %)Windows
41473 (36.82 %)Firewall
51224 (30.59 %)Cisco Certification
61129 (28.22 %)VPN
71079 (26.97 %)Finance
81042 (26.04 %)TCP/IP
9812 (20.29 %)Active Directory
10718 (17.95 %)CCNP
11652 (16.30 %)MPLS
12631 (15.77 %)Microsoft
13625 (15.62 %)BGP
14603 (15.07 %)MS Exchange
15583 (14.57 %)CheckPoint
16581 (14.52 %)VoIP
17573 (14.32 %)Exchange Server 2003
18550 (13.75 %)OSPF
19527 (13.17 %)DNS
20512 (12.80 %)CCNA
21481 (12.02 %)Telecoms
22458 (11.45 %)CCIE
23453 (11.32 %)Linux
24435 (10.87 %)SQL
25433 (10.82 %)Unix
26428 (10.70 %)Windows Server 2003
27422 (10.55 %)Windows 2000
28417 (10.42 %)Microsoft Certification
29403 (10.07 %)Citrix
30395 (9.873 %)MS Excel

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the London region citing WAN also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
194 (2.349 %)XML
288 (2.199 %)HTML
352 (1.300 %).NET
436 (0.900 %)J2EE
528 (0.700 %)WebSphere
619 (0.475 %)ASP
712 (0.300 %)CSS
810 (0.250 %)AJAX
99 (0.225 %)FIX Protocol
108 (0.200 %)Middleware
108 (0.200 %)ASP.NET
116 (0.150 %)XSL
125 (0.125 %)ActiveX
125 (0.125 %)XHTML
134 (0.100 %)SOAP
143 (0.075 %)WebServices
143 (0.075 %)EJB
143 (0.075 %)JSP
143 (0.075 %)ADSI
143 (0.075 %)XSLT
Application Platforms
1603 (15.07 %)MS Exchange
2573 (14.32 %)Exchange Server 2003
3293 (7.323 %)Exchange Server 2000
4238 (5.949 %)IIS
579 (1.975 %)Apache
677 (1.925 %)SharePoint
743 (1.075 %)Exchange Server 5.5
842 (1.050 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
842 (1.050 %)Lotus Notes
941 (1.025 %)Exchange Server 2007
1040 (1.000 %)Tomcat
1119 (0.475 %)CMS
1215 (0.375 %)JBoss
1312 (0.300 %)GroupWise
1410 (0.250 %)Lotus Domino
159 (0.225 %)WebLogic
165 (0.125 %)BizTalk Server
165 (0.125 %)Resin
174 (0.100 %)ColdFusion
174 (0.100 %)WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1395 (9.873 %)MS Excel
2324 (8.098 %)MS Office
325 (0.625 %)MS Visio
422 (0.550 %)MS Project
514 (0.350 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.075 %)AutoCAD
72 (0.050 %)S-PLUS
81 (0.025 %)Windchill
81 (0.025 %)Acrobat
Business Applications
157 (1.425 %)RMDS
27 (0.175 %)Bankmaster
27 (0.175 %)FLEXCUBE
27 (0.175 %)Navision
36 (0.150 %)Fidessa
44 (0.100 %)SAP ERP
53 (0.075 %)WebTrends
53 (0.075 %)Kondor+
62 (0.050 %)Misys Opics
62 (0.050 %)SoftGrid
71 (0.025 %)e-Work
Communications & Networking
13185 (79.61 %)LAN
21473 (36.82 %)Firewall
31129 (28.22 %)VPN
41042 (26.04 %)TCP/IP
5652 (16.30 %)MPLS
6625 (15.62 %)BGP
7581 (14.52 %)VoIP
8550 (13.75 %)OSPF
9527 (13.17 %)DNS
10386 (9.648 %)SAN
11332 (8.298 %)Internet
12301 (7.523 %)DHCP
13288 (7.198 %)Network Security
14283 (7.073 %)EIGRP
15259 (6.473 %)Cisco IOS
16245 (6.123 %)VLAN
17186 (4.649 %)Wireless
18184 (4.599 %)Cisco PIX
19172 (4.299 %)Ethernet
20158 (3.949 %)IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1354 (8.848 %)SQL Server
260 (1.500 %)SQL Server 2000
349 (1.225 %)MySQL
446 (1.150 %)SQL Server 7
537 (0.925 %)SQL Server 2005
626 (0.650 %)RDBMS
725 (0.625 %)Oracle 9i
820 (0.500 %)DTS
914 (0.350 %)Oracle 10g
1013 (0.325 %)BusinessObjects
1112 (0.300 %)MS Access
128 (0.200 %)Datawarehouse
137 (0.175 %)Informix
145 (0.125 %)Crystal Reports
154 (0.100 %)SQLPlus
163 (0.075 %)TOAD
172 (0.050 %)DB2
172 (0.050 %)Oracle 8/8i
181 (0.025 %)ETL
Development Applications
14 (0.100 %)Flash
23 (0.075 %)Subversion
32 (0.050 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.025 %)Synon
41 (0.025 %)ARTiSAN
41 (0.025 %)MSI
General
11079 (26.97 %)Finance
2481 (12.02 %)Telecoms
3364 (9.098 %)Banking
4149 (3.724 %)Pensions
5119 (2.974 %)Health
6112 (2.799 %)Investment Banking
7110 (2.749 %)Law
889 (2.224 %)Education
987 (2.174 %)Financial Institution
1073 (1.825 %)Insurance
1155 (1.375 %)Retail
1244 (1.100 %)Legal
1342 (1.050 %)Back Office
1429 (0.725 %)Front Office
1429 (0.725 %)Government
1524 (0.600 %)Marketing
1617 (0.425 %)Construction
1714 (0.350 %)Games
1813 (0.325 %)Billing
199 (0.225 %)Music
Job Titles
1858 (21.44 %)Network Engineer
2600 (15.00 %)Analyst
3312 (7.798 %)Network Support
4298 (7.448 %)Support Engineer
5283 (7.073 %)Support Analyst
6265 (6.623 %)Consultant
7248 (6.198 %)Network Analyst
8223 (5.574 %)Administrator
9209 (5.224 %)Architect
10202 (5.049 %)Cisco Engineer
11185 (4.624 %)3rd Line Support
12179 (4.474 %)Senior Network Engineer
13159 (3.974 %)Project Manager
14142 (3.549 %)Cisco Network Engineer
15121 (3.024 %)Systems Administrator
16107 (2.674 %)Team Leader
1794 (2.349 %)Network Support Engineer
1891 (2.274 %)Network Support Analyst
1990 (2.249 %)Technical Consultant
2089 (2.224 %)Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1121 (3.024 %)Blackberry
2107 (2.674 %)Clustering
348 (1.200 %)Client/Server
445 (1.125 %)Asset Management
544 (1.100 %)Video Conferencing
643 (1.075 %)EPoS
734 (0.850 %)French Language
833 (0.825 %)Computer Science
929 (0.725 %)Statistics
929 (0.725 %)Replication
1024 (0.600 %)IVR
1121 (0.525 %)Derivative
1217 (0.425 %)AVVID
1316 (0.400 %)Thin Client
1316 (0.400 %)Management Information System
1316 (0.400 %)Fat Client
1415 (0.375 %)N-Tier
1514 (0.350 %)Equities
1514 (0.350 %)German Language
1514 (0.350 %)Spread Betting
Operating Systems
11564 (39.09 %)Windows
2453 (11.32 %)Linux
3433 (10.82 %)Unix
4428 (10.70 %)Windows Server 2003
5422 (10.55 %)Windows 2000
6272 (6.798 %)Windows XP
7180 (4.499 %)Solaris
8113 (2.824 %)Windows NT
931 (0.775 %)Mac OS X
1029 (0.725 %)NetWare
1124 (0.600 %)Fedora
1222 (0.550 %)HPUX
1321 (0.525 %)Windows Vista
1420 (0.500 %)AIX
1516 (0.400 %)SUSE
1613 (0.325 %)Debian
1613 (0.325 %)Mac OS X Server
1711 (0.275 %)Slackware
1711 (0.275 %)FreeBSD
1810 (0.250 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1246 (6.148 %)Network Design
2221 (5.524 %)Project Management
3182 (4.549 %)ITIL
4131 (3.274 %)Disaster Recovery
5120 (2.999 %)Load Balancing
6117 (2.924 %)PRINCE2
786 (2.149 %)Service Delivery
854 (1.350 %)CRM
947 (1.175 %)E-Commerce
1046 (1.150 %)Investment Management
1145 (1.125 %)Service Management
1145 (1.125 %)Migration
1242 (1.050 %)Business Continuity
1341 (1.025 %)Performance Management
1439 (0.975 %)Project Planning
1538 (0.950 %)Configuration Management
1630 (0.750 %)Problem Management
1630 (0.750 %)Time Management
1729 (0.725 %)Business Development
1828 (0.700 %)Information Security
Programming Languages
1435 (10.87 %)SQL
2126 (3.149 %)Perl
3103 (2.574 %)C
493 (2.324 %)Java
564 (1.600 %)Shell Script
635 (0.875 %)VB
733 (0.825 %)PHP
825 (0.625 %)VBScript
924 (0.600 %)C++
1020 (0.500 %)C#
1114 (0.350 %)Korn
1212 (0.300 %)Python
1310 (0.250 %)JavaScript
148 (0.200 %)VB.NET
156 (0.150 %)AWK
164 (0.100 %)PowerHouse
164 (0.100 %)DHTML
173 (0.075 %)PL/SQL
173 (0.075 %)Delphi
182 (0.050 %)VBA
Qualifications
11224 (30.59 %)Cisco Certification
2718 (17.95 %)CCNP
3512 (12.80 %)CCNA
4458 (11.45 %)CCIE
5417 (10.42 %)Microsoft Certification
6374 (9.348 %)MCSE
7220 (5.499 %)CCIP
8210 (5.249 %)Degree
9186 (4.649 %)CCDP
10120 (2.999 %)CCVP
11114 (2.849 %)MCP
1277 (1.925 %)CCSP
1375 (1.875 %)CCSE
1458 (1.450 %)CCSA
1552 (1.300 %)MCSA
1638 (0.950 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1730 (0.750 %)CCDA
1730 (0.750 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1828 (0.700 %)CISSP
1923 (0.575 %)MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1132 (3.299 %)SLA
218 (0.450 %)ISO27001
311 (0.275 %)QA
311 (0.275 %)BS25999
45 (0.125 %)BS7799
54 (0.100 %)PCI DSS
62 (0.050 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (0.050 %)JSP 440
71 (0.025 %)ISO17799
71 (0.025 %)ISO9000
71 (0.025 %)CESG Infosec
System Software
1812 (20.29 %)Active Directory
298 (2.449 %)Backup Exec
356 (1.400 %)ISA Server
447 (1.175 %)VMware ESX
536 (0.900 %)Citrix Presentation Server
623 (0.575 %)Terminal Server
720 (0.500 %)Terminal Services
818 (0.450 %)VMware Server
917 (0.425 %)Oracle RMAN
1013 (0.325 %)VMware Workstation
1112 (0.300 %)MetaFrame
1210 (0.250 %)NFS
139 (0.225 %)NetBackup
139 (0.225 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
147 (0.175 %)NDS
156 (0.150 %)Xen
163 (0.075 %)VMware GSX
171 (0.025 %)PowerConvert
171 (0.025 %)ClearTrust
Systems Management
1102 (2.549 %)OpenView
279 (1.975 %)CiscoWorks
326 (0.650 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
423 (0.575 %)MOM
520 (0.500 %)Tivoli
619 (0.475 %)Nagios
717 (0.425 %)Netcool
814 (0.350 %)HP Data Protector
913 (0.325 %)ZENworks
109 (0.225 %)BMC PATROL
118 (0.200 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
126 (0.150 %)ARCserve
126 (0.150 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
126 (0.150 %)Netcool/Proviso
135 (0.125 %)Norton AntiVirus
144 (0.100 %)AutoSys
144 (0.100 %)Unicenter
144 (0.100 %)MAILsweeper
153 (0.075 %)OVSD
162 (0.050 %)NNM
Vendors
12118 (52.94 %)Cisco
2631 (15.77 %)Microsoft
3583 (14.57 %)CheckPoint
4403 (10.07 %)Citrix
5269 (6.723 %)HP
6237 (5.924 %)Nokia
7205 (5.124 %)VMware
8188 (4.699 %)Juniper
9185 (4.624 %)Oracle
10173 (4.324 %)Nortel
11112 (2.799 %)Avaya
12103 (2.574 %)Reuters
1385 (2.124 %)Red Hat
1481 (2.024 %)Bloomberg
1565 (1.625 %)Symantec
1664 (1.600 %)Mitel
1664 (1.600 %)IBM
1761 (1.525 %)VERITAS
1852 (1.300 %)Blue Coat
1949 (1.225 %)Lotus
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