The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN 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 Communications & Networking category for the Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 77 61 78
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +17
Permanent jobs citing WAN 25 30 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.939% 2.830% 0.847%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.56% 15.00% 7.080%
Number of salaries quoted 21 28 2
Average salary £52,500 £38,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.48% +3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £26,700
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £55,750 £48,300
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Communications & Networking
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
199 200 113
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 15.44% 18.87% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 155 163 90
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,350 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
WAN
Buckinghamshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes WAN Jobs Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

Milton Keynes WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

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

Milton Keynes WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 40 (74.07%) LAN
2 31 (57.41%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (53.70%) Cisco
4 26 (48.15%) Firewall
5 20 (37.04%) VPN
6 19 (35.19%) Wireless
6 19 (35.19%) Network Design
7 17 (31.48%) MPLS
7 17 (31.48%) CCIE
7 17 (31.48%) CCNP
7 17 (31.48%) Active Directory
8 16 (29.63%) Windows
8 16 (29.63%) OSPF
8 16 (29.63%) BGP
8 16 (29.63%) EIGRP
8 16 (29.63%) Network Security
9 13 (24.07%) Cisco Nexus
9 13 (24.07%) CCDP
9 13 (24.07%) Microsoft
10 12 (22.22%) CCSP
10 12 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (22.22%) Finance
10 12 (22.22%) FWSM
10 12 (22.22%) Cisco PIX
10 12 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (20.37%) VMware
11 11 (20.37%) TCP/IP
12 9 (16.67%) MS Excel
12 9 (16.67%) MS Exchange
12 9 (16.67%) Reuters

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (7.407%) CSS
2 2 (3.704%) XMPP
3 1 (1.852%) COM
3 1 (1.852%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 9 (16.67%) MS Exchange
2 4 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (5.556%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (5.556%) IIS
4 2 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.852%) Apache
5 1 (1.852%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (1.852%) Lync
Applications
1 9 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 7 (12.96%) MS Office
3 1 (1.852%) MS Project
3 1 (1.852%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.852%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 40 (74.07%) LAN
2 26 (48.15%) Firewall
3 20 (37.04%) VPN
4 19 (35.19%) Wireless
5 17 (31.48%) MPLS
6 16 (29.63%) OSPF
6 16 (29.63%) BGP
6 16 (29.63%) EIGRP
6 16 (29.63%) Network Security
7 13 (24.07%) Cisco Nexus
8 12 (22.22%) FWSM
8 12 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (22.22%) Cisco PIX
9 11 (20.37%) TCP/IP
10 7 (12.96%) DNS
10 7 (12.96%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (9.259%) VLAN
11 5 (9.259%) DHCP
12 4 (7.407%) WLAN
12 4 (7.407%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.407%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.852%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.852%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.852%) ProC
1 1 (1.852%) JMeter
General
1 12 (22.22%) Finance
2 9 (16.67%) Banking
3 4 (7.407%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.556%) French Language
4 3 (5.556%) German Language
4 3 (5.556%) Italian Language
5 2 (3.704%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.852%) Retail
6 1 (1.852%) Local Government
6 1 (1.852%) Marketing
6 1 (1.852%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (29.63%) Consultant
2 13 (24.07%) Network Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Network Consultant
4 7 (12.96%) Architect
4 7 (12.96%) Cisco Consultant
5 6 (11.11%) Network Architect
6 5 (9.259%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (7.407%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (7.407%) Technical Architect
7 4 (7.407%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (7.407%) Senior Technical Architect
7 4 (7.407%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (7.407%) Senior Network Architect
7 4 (7.407%) Senior Architect
7 4 (7.407%) Technical Design Architect
7 4 (7.407%) Network Technical Architect
7 4 (7.407%) Network Design Architect
8 3 (5.556%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 3 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.556%) Blackberry
1 3 (5.556%) iPhone
1 3 (5.556%) iPad
2 2 (3.704%) Open Source
2 2 (3.704%) IVR
3 1 (1.852%) Economics
3 1 (1.852%) Replication
3 1 (1.852%) Clustering
3 1 (1.852%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 16 (29.63%) Windows
2 8 (14.81%) Linux
3 7 (12.96%) Windows XP
4 6 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (11.11%) Windows 7
5 5 (9.259%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (7.407%) Windows Vista
7 3 (5.556%) Android
8 1 (1.852%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (1.852%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (35.19%) Network Design
2 8 (14.81%) Load Balancing
3 7 (12.96%) Change Control
4 6 (11.11%) ITIL
5 4 (7.407%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (5.556%) ISMS
6 3 (5.556%) Data Protection
6 3 (5.556%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (5.556%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (5.556%) Information Security
7 2 (3.704%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (3.704%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (3.704%) Business Analysis
7 2 (3.704%) Incident Management
7 2 (3.704%) IT Governance
7 2 (3.704%) Change Management
7 2 (3.704%) Performance Testing
7 2 (3.704%) ITIL V3
7 2 (3.704%) Analytics
8 1 (1.852%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) SQL
2 1 (1.852%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (57.41%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (31.48%) CCIE
2 17 (31.48%) CCNP
3 13 (24.07%) CCDP
4 12 (22.22%) CCSP
4 12 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (11.11%) MCSE
5 6 (11.11%) CCNA
6 5 (9.259%) Degree
7 4 (7.407%) MCITP
8 3 (5.556%) CCVP
8 3 (5.556%) CCIP
9 2 (3.704%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (3.704%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.852%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.852%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (1.852%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.852%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.852%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.407%) SLA
1 4 (7.407%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.852%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 17 (31.48%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.407%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (7.407%) NFS
3 1 (1.852%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.852%) Terminal Server
3 1 (1.852%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.852%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (7.407%) OpenView
1 4 (7.407%) CiscoWorks
1 4 (7.407%) Netcool
1 4 (7.407%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 29 (53.70%) Cisco
2 13 (24.07%) Microsoft
3 11 (20.37%) VMware
4 9 (16.67%) Reuters
4 9 (16.67%) Bloomberg
5 5 (9.259%) Oracle
5 5 (9.259%) Citrix
6 4 (7.407%) SAP
6 4 (7.407%) HP
6 4 (7.407%) CheckPoint
6 4 (7.407%) Infovista
6 4 (7.407%) Blue Coat
7 3 (5.556%) Apple
7 3 (5.556%) McAfee
8 2 (3.704%) Avaya
8 2 (3.704%) Genesys
8 2 (3.704%) NetApp
8 2 (3.704%) F5
8 2 (3.704%) Twitter
9 1 (1.852%) ProCurve
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