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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the Manchester 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
Rank6166
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads192176
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.094 %0.078 %
As % of the category below16.67 %17.98 %
Salaries quoted161152
Average minimum salary£31,632£32,296
Average salary£33,518£34,335
% change on same period last year-2.37 %
Average maximum salary£35,405£36,373
UK excluding London average salary£36,171£37,389
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Communications & Networking ManchesterCommunications & Networking
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads1152979
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.565 %0.433 %
Salaries quoted1006857
Average minimum salary£32,404£33,750
Average salary£34,678£36,430
% change on same period last year-4.80 %
Average maximum salary£36,952£39,110
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
WAN North WestWAN
North West

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
1BoltonDown-911£34,182+157.97 %
2StockportNew entry-10£30,450-
3SalfordDown-68£32,250+4.45 %
3WiganNew entry-8£31,813-
4OldhamDown-47£33,000+14.78 %
5RochdaleNew entry-1£32,500-
5CheadleNew entry-1£18,500-
5AltrinchamDown-141£30,000+73.07 %
WAN North WestWAN
North West

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1266 (69.27 %)Cisco
2244 (63.54 %)LAN
3185 (48.18 %)Windows
4158 (41.15 %)Microsoft
5134 (34.90 %)Exchange Server 2003
6132 (34.38 %)Microsoft Certification
6132 (34.38 %)Internet
7131 (34.11 %)MS Exchange
8121 (31.51 %)VoIP
8121 (31.51 %)Cisco Certification
9116 (30.21 %)MPLS
10109 (28.39 %)Windows 2000
11100 (26.04 %)VPN
1299 (25.78 %)Exchange Server 2000
1397 (25.26 %)Firewall
1490 (23.44 %)Citrix
1589 (23.18 %)ISA Server
1678 (20.31 %)MCSA
1774 (19.27 %)Exchange Server 2007
1873 (19.01 %)MS Excel
1967 (17.45 %)MCSE
1967 (17.45 %)Active Directory
2059 (15.36 %)Project Management
2158 (15.10 %)CCIE
2255 (14.32 %)Windows XP
2353 (13.80 %)CCNA
2447 (12.24 %)TCP/IP
2546 (11.98 %)ADSL
2546 (11.98 %)SQL Server
2645 (11.72 %)IP Telephony

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Manchester 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
13 (0.781 %).NET
13 (0.781 %)WebServices
13 (0.781 %)XML
22 (0.521 %)SOAP
31 (0.260 %)ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1134 (34.90 %)Exchange Server 2003
2131 (34.11 %)MS Exchange
399 (25.78 %)Exchange Server 2000
474 (19.27 %)Exchange Server 2007
521 (5.469 %)IIS
66 (1.563 %)Apache
73 (0.781 %)SAS
73 (0.781 %)Exchange Server 5.5
73 (0.781 %)WorkSite
82 (0.521 %)SharePoint
82 (0.521 %)Lotus Notes
Applications
173 (19.01 %)MS Excel
215 (3.906 %)MS Office
32 (0.521 %)MS Project
41 (0.260 %)MS Visio
41 (0.260 %)SPSS
Business Applications
13 (0.781 %)e-Work
Communications & Networking
1244 (63.54 %)LAN
2132 (34.38 %)Internet
3121 (31.51 %)VoIP
4116 (30.21 %)MPLS
5100 (26.04 %)VPN
697 (25.26 %)Firewall
747 (12.24 %)TCP/IP
846 (11.98 %)ADSL
945 (11.72 %)IP Telephony
1032 (8.333 %)Wireless
1032 (8.333 %)DNS
1129 (7.552 %)Cisco PIX
1220 (5.208 %)VLAN
1319 (4.948 %)SAN
1414 (3.646 %)Network Security
157 (1.823 %)BGP
166 (1.563 %)OSPF
166 (1.563 %)PBX
166 (1.563 %)WLAN
175 (1.302 %)Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
146 (11.98 %)SQL Server
26 (1.563 %)MySQL
26 (1.563 %)SQL Server 2000
26 (1.563 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (0.521 %)Datawarehouse
41 (0.260 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
12 (0.521 %)Rational Rose
General
134 (8.854 %)Finance
229 (7.552 %)Telecoms
229 (7.552 %)Pensions
310 (2.604 %)Education
49 (2.344 %)Law
58 (2.083 %)Legal
65 (1.302 %)Health
74 (1.042 %)Back Office
83 (0.781 %)Construction
83 (0.781 %)Retail
92 (0.521 %)Government
101 (0.260 %)Aerospace
101 (0.260 %)Electronics
101 (0.260 %)Pharmaceutical
101 (0.260 %)Insurance
101 (0.260 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
173 (19.01 %)Consultant
251 (13.28 %)Support Engineer
338 (9.896 %)Network Consultant
435 (9.115 %)Analyst
523 (5.990 %)Network Support
622 (5.729 %)Administrator
721 (5.469 %)Support Technician
820 (5.208 %)Senior Consultant
820 (5.208 %)Cisco Consultant
919 (4.948 %)Senior Cisco Consultant
1017 (4.427 %)Senior Support Engineer
1017 (4.427 %)IT Support Engineer
1114 (3.646 %)Team Leader
1114 (3.646 %)Systems Administrator
1213 (3.385 %)Network Engineer
1213 (3.385 %)Architect
1312 (3.125 %)Network Manager
1312 (3.125 %)Field Engineer
1312 (3.125 %)Network Analyst
1312 (3.125 %)Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
141 (10.68 %)Thin Client
141 (10.68 %)Fat Client
210 (2.604 %)Video Conferencing
38 (2.083 %)Management Information System
45 (1.302 %)Client/Server
54 (1.042 %)German Language
54 (1.042 %)Spanish Language
54 (1.042 %)CCTV
54 (1.042 %)SCADA
62 (0.521 %)PMI
62 (0.521 %)Smartcard
71 (0.260 %)AS400
71 (0.260 %)Replication
71 (0.260 %)Clustering
71 (0.260 %)IVR
71 (0.260 %)Asset Management
71 (0.260 %)PDA
71 (0.260 %)Mathematics
71 (0.260 %)Statistics
71 (0.260 %)Data Integration
Operating Systems
1185 (48.18 %)Windows
2109 (28.39 %)Windows 2000
355 (14.32 %)Windows XP
430 (7.813 %)Windows Server 2003
516 (4.167 %)Linux
69 (2.344 %)Unix
75 (1.302 %)Solaris
75 (1.302 %)Windows NT
81 (0.260 %)Debian
Processes & Methodologies
159 (15.36 %)Project Management
224 (6.250 %)ITIL
317 (4.427 %)PRINCE2
317 (4.427 %)Business Development
416 (4.167 %)Network Design
59 (2.344 %)Migration
67 (1.823 %)Content Management
76 (1.563 %)Incident Management
85 (1.302 %)Network Planning
85 (1.302 %)Business Continuity
85 (1.302 %)Data Management
85 (1.302 %)B2B
94 (1.042 %)Service Delivery
94 (1.042 %)User Acceptance Testing
103 (0.781 %)Project Planning
103 (0.781 %)PRINCE
112 (0.521 %)Quality Management
112 (0.521 %)SSADM
112 (0.521 %)RUP
112 (0.521 %)CRM
Programming Languages
112 (3.125 %)SQL
28 (2.083 %)Perl
36 (1.563 %)C
36 (1.563 %)VB
42 (0.521 %)Java
51 (0.260 %)PHP
51 (0.260 %)VB.NET
51 (0.260 %)PowerHouse
Qualifications
1132 (34.38 %)Microsoft Certification
2121 (31.51 %)Cisco Certification
378 (20.31 %)MCSA
467 (17.45 %)MCSE
558 (15.10 %)CCIE
653 (13.80 %)CCNA
737 (9.635 %)Citrix Certification
831 (8.073 %)CCEA
917 (4.427 %)CCNP
1016 (4.167 %)MCP
119 (2.344 %)CCSP
119 (2.344 %)CCDP
128 (2.083 %)CCA
128 (2.083 %)Degree
136 (1.563 %)CCVP
145 (1.302 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
145 (1.302 %)CCIP
154 (1.042 %)Dell Certification
163 (0.781 %)MCDST
163 (0.781 %)CCDA
System Software
189 (23.18 %)ISA Server
267 (17.45 %)Active Directory
341 (10.68 %)Citrix Presentation Server
425 (6.510 %)MetaFrame
523 (5.990 %)Backup Exec
619 (4.948 %)Terminal Services
73 (0.781 %)VMware ESX
81 (0.260 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
115 (3.906 %)Norton AntiVirus
28 (2.083 %)CiscoWorks
33 (0.781 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.260 %)NNM
41 (0.260 %)OpenView
Vendors
1266 (69.27 %)Cisco
2158 (41.15 %)Microsoft
390 (23.44 %)Citrix
439 (10.16 %)Avaya
521 (5.469 %)HP
521 (5.469 %)CheckPoint
521 (5.469 %)Symantec
620 (5.208 %)VMware
719 (4.948 %)Juniper
817 (4.427 %)McAfee Security
911 (2.865 %)Altiris
108 (2.083 %)WatchGuard
117 (1.823 %)Mitel
126 (1.563 %)Blue Coat
126 (1.563 %)Nokia
126 (1.563 %)Dell
135 (1.302 %)IBM
135 (1.302 %)Red Hat
144 (1.042 %)Nortel
153 (0.781 %)Metastorm
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