The first table below looks at the demand for Network Design skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Design 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Design
Rank 227 219 205
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -14
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 21 32 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.295% 0.454% 0.525%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.386% 0.622% 0.763%
Number of salaries quoted 19 29 32
Average salary £41,000 £48,750 £56,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.89% -12.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,100 £35,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £70,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,250
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -9.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5447 5146 4717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.40% 72.98% 68.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4545 4502 4139
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,429
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Network Design
England

Network Design
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network Design across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Network Design Jobs Demand Trend

Network Design
Salary Trend

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

North West Network Design Salary Trend

Network Design
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Design across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Network Design Salary Histogram

Network Design
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Manchester -18 13 £41,000 -3.52%
Cheshire -6 5 £63,250 +10.00%
Cumbria +6 3 £30,000 -28.54%
Network Design
England

Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Network Design 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 Network Design.

1 30 (60.00%) Cisco
2 29 (58.00%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (48.00%) Finance
4 22 (44.00%) VPN
5 21 (42.00%) Windows
6 18 (36.00%) WAN
6 18 (36.00%) HP
7 17 (34.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 16 (32.00%) VoIP
9 15 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (30.00%) MS Excel
9 15 (30.00%) Firewall
10 14 (28.00%) MS Exchange
10 14 (28.00%) CCNA
11 13 (26.00%) CCNP
11 13 (26.00%) LAN
12 12 (24.00%) MCSE
13 11 (22.00%) CCIE
13 11 (22.00%) Office 365
14 10 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (20.00%) MPLS
15 9 (18.00%) Telecoms
16 8 (16.00%) Wireless
16 8 (16.00%) VMware
16 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
16 8 (16.00%) Java
17 7 (14.00%) UNIX
17 7 (14.00%) SAN
17 7 (14.00%) Cisco Nexus
17 7 (14.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Network Design 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 Network Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (10.00%) Web Services
2 4 (8.000%) MapReduce
2 4 (8.000%) LAMP
3 3 (6.000%) COM
4 2 (4.000%) .NET
4 2 (4.000%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.000%) HTML
5 1 (2.000%) J2EE
5 1 (2.000%) Ajax
5 1 (2.000%) Google Maps API
5 1 (2.000%) HTML5
5 1 (2.000%) XML
Application Platforms
1 14 (28.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (8.000%) Lync
2 4 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (8.000%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.000%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 15 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 11 (22.00%) Office 365
3 3 (6.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 22 (44.00%) VPN
2 18 (36.00%) WAN
3 16 (32.00%) VoIP
4 15 (30.00%) Firewall
5 13 (26.00%) LAN
6 10 (20.00%) MPLS
7 8 (16.00%) Wireless
8 7 (14.00%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (14.00%) SAN
9 6 (12.00%) BGP
9 6 (12.00%) FWSM
9 6 (12.00%) Cisco PIX
9 6 (12.00%) Network Security
9 6 (12.00%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (10.00%) EIGRP
10 5 (10.00%) OSPF
10 5 (10.00%) DMZ
11 4 (8.000%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (6.000%) NAS
12 3 (6.000%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.000%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (8.000%) Data Mining
2 4 (8.000%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (8.000%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (6.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (6.000%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (4.000%) MySQL
5 1 (2.000%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 24 (48.00%) Finance
2 9 (18.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (10.00%) Retail
4 3 (6.000%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.000%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.000%) Legal
6 1 (2.000%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
1 10 (20.00%) Architect
1 10 (20.00%) Administrator
1 10 (20.00%) Windows Administrator
1 10 (20.00%) Windows Systems Administrator
2 9 (18.00%) Consultant
3 7 (14.00%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (12.00%) Support Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Data Architect
5 5 (10.00%) Data Centre Architect
6 4 (8.000%) Senior Network Specialist
6 4 (8.000%) Network Design Specialist
6 4 (8.000%) Head of Architecture
6 4 (8.000%) Designer
6 4 (8.000%) Sales Consultant
6 4 (8.000%) Network Specialist
6 4 (8.000%) Pre Sales Consultant
7 3 (6.000%) Help Desk Engineer
7 3 (6.000%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 3 (6.000%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (8.000%) SaaS
3 2 (4.000%) Open Source
3 2 (4.000%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.000%) Social Media
4 1 (2.000%) EMV
4 1 (2.000%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.000%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.000%) Cryptography
4 1 (2.000%) IPTV
4 1 (2.000%) CCTV
4 1 (2.000%) SCADA
4 1 (2.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 21 (42.00%) Windows
2 17 (34.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (14.00%) UNIX
4 3 (6.000%) Windows XP
4 3 (6.000%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (4.000%) Android
5 2 (4.000%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (14.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (12.00%) Project Management
3 4 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (8.000%) ETL
3 4 (8.000%) Release Management
3 4 (8.000%) Time Management
3 4 (8.000%) Waterfall
3 4 (8.000%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (6.000%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (6.000%) Network Architecture
4 3 (6.000%) CRM
4 3 (6.000%) Migration
4 3 (6.000%) Web Design
5 2 (4.000%) Information Security
5 2 (4.000%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (4.000%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (4.000%) SOA
5 2 (4.000%) BPR
5 2 (4.000%) UML
5 2 (4.000%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.00%) Java
2 6 (12.00%) SQL
3 1 (2.000%) Objective-C
3 1 (2.000%) C
3 1 (2.000%) C++
Qualifications
1 29 (58.00%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (28.00%) CCNA
4 13 (26.00%) CCNP
5 12 (24.00%) MCSE
6 11 (22.00%) CCIE
7 6 (12.00%) CCSP
7 6 (12.00%) CCDE
8 3 (6.000%) CCDP
9 1 (2.000%) Security Cleared
9 1 (2.000%) VCAP
9 1 (2.000%) CCIP
9 1 (2.000%) PMP
9 1 (2.000%) PMI Certification
9 1 (2.000%) CCSA
9 1 (2.000%) CCVP
9 1 (2.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (2.000%) Degree
9 1 (2.000%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.000%) QA
2 1 (2.000%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 7 (14.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (6.000%) Terminal Services
3 3 (6.000%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (6.000%) SCCM
1 3 (6.000%) SCOM
1 3 (6.000%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (2.000%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 30 (60.00%) Cisco
2 18 (36.00%) HP
3 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (16.00%) VMware
4 6 (12.00%) F5
4 6 (12.00%) Oracle
4 6 (12.00%) CheckPoint
5 5 (10.00%) Juniper
6 4 (8.000%) Avaya
7 3 (6.000%) Symantec
8 1 (2.000%) NetApp
8 1 (2.000%) Twitter
8 1 (2.000%) Google
8 1 (2.000%) Infoblox
Manchester, Lancashire
Pre Sales Consultant - Cisco Datacentre, Borderless networks, nexus... - Formal Cisco Accreditations are highly desirable... :- - Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) - Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Cisco DC certifications would...
FT Select
Salary: From £60,000 to £65,000 per annum plus bonus, car and benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Windows Systems Administrator (2nd line) - ideally with MCSE/CCNA - Altrincham... MS Exchange administration Network administration (network design, Cisco, HP, VPN) (interest in) Cloud Computing Windows Systems Administrator (2nd...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £23000 - £32000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Altrincham, North West
Windows Systems Administrator (2nd line) - ideally with MCSE/CCNA - Altrincham Main skills:Windows Administration (AD configuration, Group Policy, etc). MS Exchange administration Network administration (network design, Cisco, HP,...
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Salary: £23000 - £32000 per annum + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cheshire
An established Information Security Engineer is required to join a Global Blue-Chip Organisation to be responsible for, design and implement security solutions. As the Information Security Engineer,...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 17 May 2013