The first table below looks at the demand for WLAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WLAN over the 3 months to 21 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 Communications & Networking category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Rank 171 172 174
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 18 4 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.439% 0.110% 0.051%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.035% 0.672% 0.378%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 2
Average salary £56,250 - £28,500
90% offered a salary of more than £39,750 - £24,900
10% offered a salary of more than £67,750 - £32,100
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +23.07%
All Communications & Networking
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
593 595 529
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 14.47% 16.34% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 492 530 460
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £23,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,400 £75,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WLAN
North West

WLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WLAN across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Manchester WLAN Jobs Demand Trend

WLAN
Salary Trend

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

Manchester WLAN Salary Trend

WLAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WLAN across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Manchester WLAN Salary Histogram

WLAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 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
Wigan - 1 £37,500 -
WLAN
North West

WLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing WLAN 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 WLAN.

1 24 (77.42%) Cisco
1 24 (77.42%) Wireless
2 22 (70.97%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (67.74%) LAN
4 20 (64.52%) Network Security
5 19 (61.29%) CCNP
6 17 (54.84%) Cisco ASA
7 15 (48.39%) HP
8 14 (45.16%) CheckPoint
9 13 (41.94%) Fortinet
10 12 (38.71%) VMware
10 12 (38.71%) Firewall
10 12 (38.71%) CCIE
10 12 (38.71%) VPN
11 11 (35.48%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (32.26%) WAN
13 9 (29.03%) Cisco PIX
14 8 (25.81%) VMware Infrastructure
14 8 (25.81%) Juniper
15 7 (22.58%) Windows Server 2003
15 7 (22.58%) Symantec
15 7 (22.58%) Check Point Certification
15 7 (22.58%) Project Management
15 7 (22.58%) Change Management
15 7 (22.58%) SSL
15 7 (22.58%) Windows
15 7 (22.58%) ProCurve
15 7 (22.58%) Unified Communications
15 7 (22.58%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (22.58%) Customer Engagement

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing WLAN 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 WLAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.452%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.226%) MS Exchange
1 1 (3.226%) Lync
1 1 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (3.226%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.226%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 24 (77.42%) Wireless
2 21 (67.74%) LAN
3 20 (64.52%) Network Security
4 17 (54.84%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (38.71%) Firewall
5 12 (38.71%) VPN
6 11 (35.48%) Cisco Nexus
7 10 (32.26%) WAN
8 9 (29.03%) Cisco PIX
9 7 (22.58%) SSL
9 7 (22.58%) Unified Communications
10 6 (19.35%) IPsec
10 6 (19.35%) MPLS
11 3 (9.677%) EIGRP
11 3 (9.677%) VoIP
11 3 (9.677%) VLAN
11 3 (9.677%) HSRP
12 2 (6.452%) FWSM
12 2 (6.452%) SAN
13 1 (3.226%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 3 (9.677%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (3.226%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.226%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Consultant
2 9 (29.03%) Network Consultant
3 8 (25.81%) Cisco Consultant
4 7 (22.58%) Cisco Network Consultant
5 6 (19.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (16.13%) Architect
6 5 (16.13%) Security Consultant
6 5 (16.13%) Security Architect
6 5 (16.13%) Network Architect
6 5 (16.13%) Network Security Architect
7 4 (12.90%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (9.677%) Network Engineer
8 3 (9.677%) Pre Sales Consultant
8 3 (9.677%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (9.677%) Network Security Consultant
9 1 (3.226%) Analyst
9 1 (3.226%) Sales Consultant
9 1 (3.226%) Support Engineer
9 1 (3.226%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 1 (3.226%) Principal Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.226%) Clustering
1 1 (3.226%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (22.58%) Windows Server 2003
1 7 (22.58%) Windows
1 7 (22.58%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (6.452%) Linux
3 1 (3.226%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Project Management
1 7 (22.58%) Change Management
1 7 (22.58%) Customer Engagement
1 7 (22.58%) Load Balancing
2 4 (12.90%) Migration
3 3 (9.677%) ITIL
4 2 (6.452%) Capacity Management
5 1 (3.226%) BCP
5 1 (3.226%) Service Management
5 1 (3.226%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.226%) Risk Management
5 1 (3.226%) CRM
5 1 (3.226%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.226%) Business Continuity
5 1 (3.226%) Network Design
5 1 (3.226%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (3.226%) Project Planning
5 1 (3.226%) Network Management
5 1 (3.226%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (3.226%) OpenUP
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.226%) C
1 1 (3.226%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (70.97%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (61.29%) CCNP
3 12 (38.71%) CCIE
4 7 (22.58%) Check Point Certification
4 7 (22.58%) CCSE
5 5 (16.13%) CCDP
6 3 (9.677%) CCSP
7 2 (6.452%) CCNA
8 1 (3.226%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (3.226%) CCIP
8 1 (3.226%) MCSE
8 1 (3.226%) CCSA
8 1 (3.226%) CCVP
8 1 (3.226%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (3.226%) CCDE
8 1 (3.226%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.226%) ISO 9000
1 1 (3.226%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (25.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (19.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.226%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (9.677%) Cisco UCCX
2 2 (6.452%) NetBackup
3 1 (3.226%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (3.226%) SCCM
3 1 (3.226%) SCOM
3 1 (3.226%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (3.226%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (3.226%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 24 (77.42%) Cisco
2 15 (48.39%) HP
3 14 (45.16%) CheckPoint
4 13 (41.94%) Fortinet
5 12 (38.71%) VMware
6 8 (25.81%) Juniper
7 7 (22.58%) Symantec
7 7 (22.58%) ProCurve
7 7 (22.58%) Sourcefire
7 7 (22.58%) F5
8 6 (19.35%) Blue Coat
8 6 (19.35%) Brocade
8 6 (19.35%) Citrix
9 3 (9.677%) Trapeze
9 3 (9.677%) Aruba
10 2 (6.452%) Microsoft
11 1 (3.226%) Siemens
11 1 (3.226%) Polycom
11 1 (3.226%) IronPort
11 1 (3.226%) SolarWinds
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