The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 28 70 67
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -3
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 39 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 5.660% 0.457% 0.141%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.35% 3.636% 0.714%
Number of salaries quoted 39 4 0
Average salary £40,000 £26,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.94% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-2.43% -3.52%
All Communications & Networking
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
167 110 140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 24.24% 12.57% 19.80%
Number of salaries quoted 149 94 121
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £23,100
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Wireless
England

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East Wireless Jobs Demand Trend

Wireless
Salary Trend

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

North East Wireless Salary Trend

Wireless
Salary Histogram

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

North East Wireless Salary Histogram

Wireless
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the North East 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
Tyne and Wear +24 37 £40,000 +50.94%
Durham - 2 £32,500 -
Wireless
England

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East region citing Wireless 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 Wireless.

1 39 (63.93%) Linux
2 38 (62.30%) Telecoms
3 37 (60.66%) Cisco
4 31 (50.82%) Cisco Certification
4 31 (50.82%) Internet
5 30 (49.18%) Firewall
5 30 (49.18%) HP
6 25 (40.98%) VLAN
7 23 (37.70%) DNS
7 23 (37.70%) DHCP
8 21 (34.43%) Apache
8 21 (34.43%) LDAP
8 21 (34.43%) MySQL
8 21 (34.43%) Red Hat
8 21 (34.43%) CentOS
9 20 (32.79%) OSPF
9 20 (32.79%) CCNA
10 19 (31.15%) Degree
11 18 (29.51%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (19.67%) Citrix
12 12 (19.67%) XenServer
13 11 (18.03%) Windows
13 11 (18.03%) BGP
14 10 (16.39%) CCNP
15 9 (14.75%) RHCE
15 9 (14.75%) TCP/IP
15 9 (14.75%) VPN
15 9 (14.75%) Nagios
15 9 (14.75%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (14.75%) HSRP

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (11.48%) soapUI
2 5 (8.197%) SOAP
3 1 (1.639%) HTML
3 1 (1.639%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 21 (34.43%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (3.279%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.639%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 31 (50.82%) Internet
2 30 (49.18%) Firewall
3 25 (40.98%) VLAN
4 23 (37.70%) DNS
4 23 (37.70%) DHCP
5 21 (34.43%) LDAP
6 20 (32.79%) OSPF
7 11 (18.03%) BGP
8 9 (14.75%) TCP/IP
8 9 (14.75%) VPN
8 9 (14.75%) Cisco ASA
8 9 (14.75%) HSRP
9 7 (11.48%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (9.836%) LAN
11 5 (8.197%) Unified Communications
12 4 (6.557%) Cisco Nexus
13 2 (3.279%) IPv4
13 2 (3.279%) VoIP
13 2 (3.279%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (3.279%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (34.43%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Selenium
General
1 38 (62.30%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.279%) Electronics
3 1 (1.639%) Finance
Job Titles
1 30 (49.18%) Administrator
2 20 (32.79%) Linux Administrator
3 12 (19.67%) Analyst
3 12 (19.67%) Systems Administrator
4 11 (18.03%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 9 (14.75%) Support Analyst
5 9 (14.75%) Network Support Analyst
5 9 (14.75%) Network Analyst
5 9 (14.75%) Network Support
5 9 (14.75%) Network Administrator
5 9 (14.75%) Senior Network Administrator
5 9 (14.75%) Senior Linux Administrator
6 5 (8.197%) Test Engineer
7 4 (6.557%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
7 4 (6.557%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.279%) QA Test Manager
8 2 (3.279%) QA Tester
8 2 (3.279%) QA Manager
8 2 (3.279%) Business Analyst
8 2 (3.279%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Open Source
2 2 (3.279%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.639%) Statistics
3 1 (1.639%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 39 (63.93%) Linux
2 21 (34.43%) CentOS
3 11 (18.03%) Windows
4 2 (3.279%) Windows 7
4 2 (3.279%) Windows Vista
4 2 (3.279%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.639%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (29.51%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (11.48%) Automation Testing
2 7 (11.48%) Scrum
2 7 (11.48%) RAD
3 4 (6.557%) PRINCE2
4 3 (4.918%) Project Management
4 3 (4.918%) Software Testing
4 3 (4.918%) Test Management
5 2 (3.279%) Business Development
5 2 (3.279%) Product Management
5 2 (3.279%) Network Management
5 2 (3.279%) Business Analysis
5 2 (3.279%) Use Case
5 2 (3.279%) Workflow
6 1 (1.639%) OO
6 1 (1.639%) Automated Testing
6 1 (1.639%) Network Design
6 1 (1.639%) Web Development
6 1 (1.639%) Release Management
6 1 (1.639%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.639%) C
1 1 (1.639%) Java
1 1 (1.639%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.639%) SQL
1 1 (1.639%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 31 (50.82%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (32.79%) CCNA
3 19 (31.15%) Degree
4 10 (16.39%) CCNP
5 9 (14.75%) RHCE
6 7 (11.48%) ISTQB
7 4 (6.557%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.639%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.197%) QA
System Software
1 12 (19.67%) XenServer
2 1 (1.639%) XenDesktop
2 1 (1.639%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (14.75%) Nagios
Vendors
1 37 (60.66%) Cisco
2 30 (49.18%) HP
3 21 (34.43%) Red Hat
4 12 (19.67%) Citrix
5 3 (4.918%) Microsoft