The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 22 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 52 70 56
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -14
Permanent jobs citing LAN 8 14 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.732% 2.059% 2.434%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.76% 12.61% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 10
Average salary £26,125 £38,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.58% +29.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,900 £21,250 £29,750
10% offered a salary of more than £33,700 £42,850 £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
68 111 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 14.72% 16.32% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 56 98 58
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £31,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LAN
North West

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Merseyside LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 22 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
Liverpool +12 3 £27,250 -33.93%
St Helens +8 3 £25,000 -39.75%
Bootle +1 1 £18,000 -
LAN
North West

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing LAN 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 LAN.

1 14 (100.00%) WAN
2 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 8 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (57.14%) Cisco
4 7 (50.00%) MS Excel
5 6 (42.86%) MS Exchange
5 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
6 5 (35.71%) DHCP
6 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
6 5 (35.71%) DNS
6 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
6 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
7 4 (28.57%) FTP
7 4 (28.57%) VoIP
8 3 (21.43%) EDI
8 3 (21.43%) ActionScript
8 3 (21.43%) MCSE
8 3 (21.43%) MCSA
8 3 (21.43%) Citrix
8 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (21.43%) VMware
8 3 (21.43%) MCITP
8 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (21.43%) Time Management
8 3 (21.43%) Android
8 3 (21.43%) iPhone
8 3 (21.43%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (14.29%) VMware ESXi

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing LAN 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 LAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (21.43%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 6 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (50.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 14 (100.00%) WAN
2 5 (35.71%) DHCP
2 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
2 5 (35.71%) DNS
3 4 (28.57%) FTP
3 4 (28.57%) VoIP
4 1 (7.143%) Firewall
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (7.143%) Network Security
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (7.143%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (14.29%) IT Support
3 2 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (7.143%) Project Planner
4 1 (7.143%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) iPhone
2 2 (14.29%) Blackberry
3 1 (7.143%) Statistics
3 1 (7.143%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 8 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (21.43%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Time Management
2 2 (14.29%) Migration
2 2 (14.29%) BCP
3 1 (7.143%) ITIL
3 1 (7.143%) Project Management
3 1 (7.143%) Change Management
3 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.143%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (7.143%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.143%) Resource Management
3 1 (7.143%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) ActionScript
1 3 (21.43%) ActionScript 2.0
2 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) MCSE
1 3 (21.43%) MCSA
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (21.43%) MCITP
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (7.143%) CCIE
3 1 (7.143%) CCNP
3 1 (7.143%) CISSP
3 1 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
3 2 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (14.29%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 8 (57.14%) Cisco
3 3 (21.43%) Citrix
3 3 (21.43%) VMware
4 1 (7.143%) F5
Liverpool, Merseyside
Network Technician - CCNA / Cisco / Checkpoint / Firewalls / LAN/WAN... The successful candidate must have demonstrable experience supporting network infrastructures particularly with skills in Cisco, Checkpoint, Firewalls LAN/WAN and...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Merseyside
You will have strong background in :- VMWare vSphere v4, v5 ESXi VMWare vCentre Standard / Foundation Cisco IOS internetworking, WAN, LAN, VLAN Cisco - ASA, VPN, AnyConnect, WCS/WLC, Call...
Vertical IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birkenhead, Merseyside
Experience of using project management tools, such as Microsoft Project... - Knowledge of information technology, including Windows and Linux operating systems is not essential but would be an advantage... -...
FT Select
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
The right candidate must also have experience in a service level orientated customer environment as well as fundamental network knowledge to include Wireless LAN and an understanding of...
Calyx Managed Services
Salary: £25,500 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013