The first table below looks at the demand for Network Management 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 Management 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 Management
Rank 226 234 227
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -7
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 22 17 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.309% 0.241% 0.204%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.404% 0.330% 0.297%
Number of salaries quoted 22 13 10
Average salary £43,000 £35,000 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.85% -7.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,750 £19,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,750 £49,000 £52,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,327 £40,000 £39,750
% change year-on-year
-4.18% +0.62%
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 Management
England

Network Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Network Management Jobs Demand Trend

Network Management
Salary Trend

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

North West Network Management Salary Trend

Network Management
Salary Histogram

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

North West Network Management Salary Histogram

Network Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management 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
Cheshire - 18 £43,000 -
Manchester -25 3 £43,500 -3.33%
Lancashire 0 1 £45,000 +122.22%
Network Management
England

Network Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 25 (67.57%) Windows
2 20 (54.05%) Linux
2 20 (54.05%) Windows Server 2003
2 20 (54.05%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (48.65%) Active Directory
3 18 (48.65%) SQL Server
3 18 (48.65%) MS Exchange
4 17 (45.95%) WAN
4 17 (45.95%) Microsoft
5 16 (43.24%) UNIX
5 16 (43.24%) Firewall
6 15 (40.54%) LAN
6 15 (40.54%) SharePoint
6 15 (40.54%) SharePoint 2010
6 15 (40.54%) Lync
7 13 (35.14%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (29.73%) Cisco
8 11 (29.73%) Exchange Server 2010
9 9 (24.32%) Finance
9 9 (24.32%) TCP/IP
10 8 (21.62%) SQL
10 8 (21.62%) CCNA
11 7 (18.92%) CCNP
11 7 (18.92%) HP
11 7 (18.92%) DNS
11 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (18.92%) SAN
11 7 (18.92%) MCSE
11 7 (18.92%) Migration
11 7 (18.92%) VMware

Network Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (2.703%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 18 (48.65%) MS Exchange
2 15 (40.54%) SharePoint 2010
2 15 (40.54%) Lync
2 15 (40.54%) SharePoint
3 11 (29.73%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (2.703%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (45.95%) WAN
2 16 (43.24%) Firewall
3 15 (40.54%) LAN
4 9 (24.32%) TCP/IP
5 7 (18.92%) DNS
5 7 (18.92%) SAN
5 7 (18.92%) NAS
6 6 (16.22%) SNMP
6 6 (16.22%) DHCP
7 5 (13.51%) VoIP
7 5 (13.51%) VPN
7 5 (13.51%) Cisco PIX
7 5 (13.51%) Wireless
8 4 (10.81%) Frame Relay
8 4 (10.81%) Internet
9 3 (8.108%) SSL
9 3 (8.108%) ATM
9 3 (8.108%) IPX
9 3 (8.108%) IPX/SPX
9 3 (8.108%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (48.65%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.108%) MySQL
3 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (2.703%) MS Access
General
1 9 (24.32%) Finance
2 4 (10.81%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 9 (24.32%) Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Support Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Architect
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Architect
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Administrator
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Architect
5 4 (10.81%) Network Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) IT Architect
6 3 (8.108%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (8.108%) Cisco Support
6 3 (8.108%) Windows Support Engineer
6 3 (8.108%) Cisco Support Engineer
6 3 (8.108%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (8.108%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (8.108%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.703%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.703%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 25 (67.57%) Windows
2 20 (54.05%) Linux
2 20 (54.05%) Windows Server 2008
2 20 (54.05%) Windows Server 2003
3 16 (43.24%) UNIX
4 3 (8.108%) Windows NT
5 2 (5.405%) AIX
5 2 (5.405%) Solaris
5 2 (5.405%) CentOS
5 2 (5.405%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (5.405%) Fedora
6 1 (2.703%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (18.92%) Migration
2 6 (16.22%) ITIL
3 4 (10.81%) Project Management
3 4 (10.81%) Risk Management
4 3 (8.108%) Change Management
4 3 (8.108%) PRINCE2
4 3 (8.108%) E-Commerce
4 3 (8.108%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.703%) Communications Security
5 1 (2.703%) Data Protection
5 1 (2.703%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (2.703%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.703%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.62%) SQL
2 2 (5.405%) VBScript
2 2 (5.405%) Shell Script
2 2 (5.405%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.703%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (21.62%) CCNA
3 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (18.92%) MCSE
3 7 (18.92%) CCNP
4 3 (8.108%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (8.108%) MCP
4 3 (8.108%) MCTS
4 3 (8.108%) MCITP
5 1 (2.703%) CCDE
5 1 (2.703%) VCAP
5 1 (2.703%) CCDP
5 1 (2.703%) CCSA
5 1 (2.703%) CCVP
5 1 (2.703%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (2.703%) CCIP
5 1 (2.703%) CCIE
5 1 (2.703%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.703%) ISO 9000
1 1 (2.703%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.703%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (48.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.108%) Samba
2 3 (8.108%) Hyper-V
2 3 (8.108%) vSphere
2 3 (8.108%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.703%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.703%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 17 (45.95%) Microsoft
2 11 (29.73%) Cisco
3 7 (18.92%) HP
3 7 (18.92%) VMware
4 4 (10.81%) CheckPoint
4 4 (10.81%) EMC
4 4 (10.81%) IBM
5 3 (8.108%) Nokia
5 3 (8.108%) F5
6 2 (5.405%) Red Hat
6 2 (5.405%) Sun
7 1 (2.703%) Avaya
7 1 (2.703%) Symantec
7 1 (2.703%) McAfee
7 1 (2.703%) SolarWinds