WAN Jobs in the North West
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for WAN 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 WAN over the 3 months to 20 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 West region.

Location
 3 months to
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 108 100 113
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +13
Permanent jobs citing WAN 152 167 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 2.139% 2.356% 2.024%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.94% 16.12% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 127 142 121
Average salary £29,500 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.33% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £22,850 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,100 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 1175 1036 1006
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 16.54% 14.61% 14.86%
Number of salaries quoted 947 907 851
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
WAN
England

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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 -44 64 £32,500 -13.33%
Cheshire +16 44 £29,000 -12.78%
Lancashire +17 18 £35,000 +62.79%
Merseyside +23 13 £27,250 -27.33%
WAN
England

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 256 (82.05%) LAN
2 179 (57.37%) Cisco
3 171 (54.81%) Windows
4 156 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 133 (42.63%) VMware
6 127 (40.71%) MS Exchange
7 125 (40.06%) TCP/IP
8 122 (39.10%) Firewall
9 110 (35.26%) Active Directory
10 98 (31.41%) Windows Server 2008
11 88 (28.21%) VMware Infrastructure
12 82 (26.28%) Cisco Certification
13 78 (25.00%) MS Excel
14 76 (24.36%) MS Office
15 74 (23.72%) Windows Server 2003
16 71 (22.76%) Citrix
16 71 (22.76%) ITIL
17 66 (21.15%) VoIP
18 65 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2010
19 63 (20.19%) DNS
20 62 (19.87%) SQL Server
21 58 (18.59%) Linux
21 58 (18.59%) Windows XP
22 55 (17.63%) Telecoms
22 55 (17.63%) VPN
23 53 (16.99%) MPLS
24 52 (16.67%) CCNP
25 45 (14.42%) Juniper
26 44 (14.10%) SAN
27 43 (13.78%) CCNA

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 11 (3.526%) WebSphere
2 8 (2.564%) COM
3 4 (1.282%) .NET
4 3 (0.962%) EDI
5 2 (0.641%) Application Packaging
6 1 (0.321%) Mason
6 1 (0.321%) XML
Application Platforms
1 127 (40.71%) MS Exchange
2 65 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2010
3 32 (10.26%) SharePoint
4 29 (9.295%) Exchange Server 2007
5 26 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
6 18 (5.769%) Lync
7 12 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
8 10 (3.205%) IIS
9 9 (2.885%) Apache
9 9 (2.885%) Tomcat
10 8 (2.564%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 5 (1.603%) Exchange Server 2000
12 3 (0.962%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.962%) WebSphere Application Server
12 3 (0.962%) CICS
13 2 (0.641%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.641%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.641%) WorkSite
14 1 (0.321%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 78 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 76 (24.36%) MS Office
3 3 (0.962%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.641%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (4.167%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (3.205%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.962%) Bond Adapt
3 3 (0.962%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.321%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 256 (82.05%) LAN
2 125 (40.06%) TCP/IP
3 122 (39.10%) Firewall
4 66 (21.15%) VoIP
5 63 (20.19%) DNS
6 55 (17.63%) VPN
7 53 (16.99%) MPLS
8 44 (14.10%) SAN
9 42 (13.46%) Internet
10 36 (11.54%) DHCP
11 33 (10.58%) Cisco Nexus
12 30 (9.615%) Cisco ASA
13 28 (8.974%) Wireless
14 26 (8.333%) VLAN
14 26 (8.333%) Cisco PIX
14 26 (8.333%) Network Security
15 22 (7.051%) SSL
16 20 (6.410%) BGP
17 19 (6.090%) Ethernet
18 18 (5.769%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (19.87%) SQL Server
2 36 (11.54%) SQL Server 2005
2 36 (11.54%) SQL Server 2008
3 25 (8.013%) SQL Server 2012
4 9 (2.885%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (2.885%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (2.564%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (1.603%) SQL Server 2000
7 3 (0.962%) DB2
8 2 (0.641%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.321%) Informix
Development Applications
1 1 (0.321%) JIRA
1 1 (0.321%) Rational DOORS
General
1 55 (17.63%) Telecoms
2 34 (10.90%) Finance
3 13 (4.167%) Legal
4 7 (2.244%) Manufacturing
4 7 (2.244%) Marketing
5 5 (1.603%) Advertising
5 5 (1.603%) Banking
6 4 (1.282%) Retail
6 4 (1.282%) Law
7 3 (0.962%) Games
8 1 (0.321%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.321%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 56 (17.95%) Analyst
2 41 (13.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (11.22%) Support Engineer
3 35 (11.22%) Consultant
4 33 (10.58%) Network Engineer
4 33 (10.58%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 26 (8.333%) Support Technician
6 23 (7.372%) Architect
6 23 (7.372%) Senior Analyst
7 20 (6.410%) 2nd Line Support
8 19 (6.090%) Support Analyst
9 18 (5.769%) Systems Engineer
10 17 (5.449%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
11 15 (4.808%) Pre Sales Consultant
11 15 (4.808%) Sales Consultant
12 13 (4.167%) Network Consultant
12 13 (4.167%) 3rd Line Support
13 12 (3.846%) Technical Consultant
14 11 (3.526%) Senior Network Engineer
14 11 (3.526%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.167%) Blackberry
2 9 (2.885%) Statistics
3 8 (2.564%) Client/Server
3 8 (2.564%) Firmware
4 7 (2.244%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (1.603%) SWIFT
5 5 (1.603%) Replication
6 4 (1.282%) Clustering
6 4 (1.282%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.962%) iPhone
7 3 (0.962%) Fat Client
7 3 (0.962%) IBM Mainframe
7 3 (0.962%) Mathematics
7 3 (0.962%) Thin Client
7 3 (0.962%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.641%) SCADA
8 2 (0.641%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.641%) Mobile Computing
8 2 (0.641%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.321%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 171 (54.81%) Windows
2 98 (31.41%) Windows Server 2008
3 74 (23.72%) Windows Server 2003
4 58 (18.59%) Linux
4 58 (18.59%) Windows XP
5 35 (11.22%) UNIX
6 32 (10.26%) Windows Vista
7 27 (8.654%) Windows 7
8 20 (6.410%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (4.167%) AIX
10 11 (3.526%) Windows 8
11 7 (2.244%) Windows 2000 Server
12 5 (1.603%) Solaris
13 4 (1.282%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.962%) Android
14 3 (0.962%) SUSE
14 3 (0.962%) zOS
15 2 (0.641%) HPUX
16 1 (0.321%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (22.76%) ITIL
2 40 (12.82%) Service Delivery
3 36 (11.54%) Incident Management
4 34 (10.90%) Disaster Recovery
5 22 (7.051%) Project Management
6 20 (6.410%) Business Continuity
7 18 (5.769%) Service Management
8 17 (5.449%) Network Design
8 17 (5.449%) Network Management
9 16 (5.128%) WAN Optimisation
10 15 (4.808%) CRM
10 15 (4.808%) ITSM
11 13 (4.167%) E-Commerce
11 13 (4.167%) Migration
11 13 (4.167%) High Availability
12 12 (3.846%) Capacity Planning
12 12 (3.846%) Load Balancing
13 10 (3.205%) Capacity Management
14 9 (2.885%) Change Management
15 8 (2.564%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.26%) SQL
2 6 (1.923%) Java
3 5 (1.603%) C
4 4 (1.282%) X++
5 3 (0.962%) ActionScript 2.0
5 3 (0.962%) ActionScript
5 3 (0.962%) C++
6 2 (0.641%) VBA
6 2 (0.641%) Python
7 1 (0.321%) VBScript
7 1 (0.321%) VB
Qualifications
1 82 (26.28%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (16.67%) CCNP
3 43 (13.78%) CCNA
4 19 (6.090%) CCIE
5 17 (5.449%) Security Cleared
6 14 (4.487%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (3.205%) MCSE
8 9 (2.885%) CCDP
9 8 (2.564%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.244%) Degree
10 7 (2.244%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (1.923%) CCSP
12 5 (1.603%) CCIP
12 5 (1.603%) CCDE
12 5 (1.603%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.603%) JNCIA
13 4 (1.282%) HP APS
14 3 (0.962%) MCITP
14 3 (0.962%) MCSA
14 3 (0.962%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.90%) SLA
2 7 (2.244%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.641%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.321%) QA
4 1 (0.321%) BS7799
4 1 (0.321%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 110 (35.26%) Active Directory
2 88 (28.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (9.936%) Hyper-V
4 20 (6.410%) vSphere
5 16 (5.128%) XenApp
6 11 (3.526%) Xen
7 10 (3.205%) VMware ESX
8 8 (2.564%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (2.244%) XenServer
9 7 (2.244%) XenDesktop
10 5 (1.603%) ProxySG
10 5 (1.603%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.282%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (1.282%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.641%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 2 (0.641%) ISA Server
13 1 (0.321%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 25 (8.013%) Backup Exec
2 17 (5.449%) WSUS
3 14 (4.487%) Tivoli
4 13 (4.167%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 10 (3.205%) SCOM
6 8 (2.564%) SCCM
6 8 (2.564%) NetBackup
7 4 (1.282%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 2 (0.641%) WhatsUp Gold
8 2 (0.641%) HP SIM
8 2 (0.641%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.641%) CiscoWorks
9 1 (0.321%) MOM
9 1 (0.321%) Nagios
9 1 (0.321%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.321%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 179 (57.37%) Cisco
2 156 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 133 (42.63%) VMware
4 71 (22.76%) Citrix
5 45 (14.42%) Juniper
6 35 (11.22%) Avaya
7 30 (9.615%) NetApp
8 29 (9.295%) HP
9 23 (7.372%) CheckPoint
10 19 (6.090%) IBM
11 17 (5.449%) Mitel
12 16 (5.128%) F5
13 13 (4.167%) Red Hat
14 12 (3.846%) EMC
15 9 (2.885%) Symantec
15 9 (2.885%) Riverbed
15 9 (2.885%) WatchGuard
15 9 (2.885%) Lotus
16 8 (2.564%) Isilon
16 8 (2.564%) Dell
Network Technician - Accrington
Accrington, North West
You will be responsible for advising and maintaining the Cisco Network Systems and any IT Systems it is connected with... Key Skills: LAN WAN MAN Cisco Firewalls Routers...
greywood
Salary: £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 23 April 2013
Network Technician - Accrington
Accrington, Lancashire
You will be responsible for advising and maintaining the Cisco Network Systems and any IT Systems it is connected with... Key Skills: LAN. WAN... Cisco. Firewalls... A CCNA...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
Network Technician -CCNA/CISCO/EXCHANGE/SQL *FREE iPad-Mini*
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
IT support engineer (Windows, Server, AD, SQL, etc) - Burnley
Burnley, North West
You will be an excellent communicator, building relationships with users at all levels of the company and will be able to demonstrate practical knowledge of providing desktop support,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £19000 - £23000 per annum + profit bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
IT support engineer (Windows, Server, AD, SQL, etc) - Burnley
Burnley, Lancashire
IT support engineer (with good experience of Desktop, Windows, Server / Active Directory, SQL server, etc) sought by this leading eCommerce based organisation... You will be an excellent communicator,...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £19000 - £23000 per annum + profit bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Infrastructure Engineer
Manchester, Lancashire
A company based in Manchester are looking for a infrastructure engineer to join there driven team on a 12 month Fixed term basis to provide 3rd line support...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cisco LAN/WAN/Switching Network/System Administrator- Wirral
Birkenhead, Merseyside
Also backup management and disaster recovery... - Experience of Cisco networking switching, LAN/WAN construction, implementation andmanagement. - Experience with communication systems, including fibre optics and microwave links - Intranet and...
FT Select
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 14 May 2013
2nd Line Support Analyst (6 Month initial Fixed Term Role)
Manchester, Lancashire
Client operates across a wide range of platforms including Windows XP and Windows 7 - Client operates both Practice Management and Case Management systems... Key Words: Support / 2nd Line /...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £25,000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
IT Support Engineer - Bolton
Bolton, North West
Day-to-day support, includes: 1st - 3rd line trouble-shooting and configuration Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 April 2013
IT Support Engineer - Bolton
Bolton, Lancashire
Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office 2007/2010) Experience supporting Windows 2003 or 2008 Active Directory and the...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cisco LAN/WAN/Switching MS Project Technical Project Manager
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
IT Support - Windows Server 2003/2008, Exchange, Active Directory, IIS
Chester, Cheshire
IT Support - £22k basic + benefits package, Chester, Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, Backup Exec 2010, Office 2010. IIS, Routers... System administration Servers (administration and maintenance, backup/restore)...
PNG Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £22,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Senior Systems Engineer
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside,...
SKILLS Implementation experience of some of the following technologies: - Microsoft Server 2003 / 2008 / (2012) - Storage (Dell, EMC etc) - Citrix (VDI, Xenserver, Xenapp etc) - Virtualisation - VMWare, Hyper-V - Current...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30,000 - £44,000 per year
Posted: 14 May 2013
IT Infrastructure Specialist
North West
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic IT Infrastructure Specialist- Working for a large government body, the successful candidate will be responsible for the support and maintenance...
Michael Page
Salary: GBP25000 to GBP29500 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Infrastructure Analyst - Merseyside
Merseyside
Key Words: Infrastructure Analyst, Infrastructure Engineer, Infrastructure, Network Administrator, Network Support, 3rd Line Support, 2nd Line Support, Infrastructure Support, IT Support, Service Desk Analyst, IT Technician, Windows Server...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 14 May 2013
Senior Project Manager - x2
Greater Manchester
Key Requirements Holds Prince2 Practitioner qualification. Solid experience of Windows 7 deployment... Intimate knowledge of change management, risk management, setting up and initiating projects... Key facts about Computacenter.....
ComputaCenter
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 1 May 2013
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