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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Wide Area Network (WAN) |
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29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 80 | 71 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 281 | 350 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.153 % | 0.147 % |
| As % of the category below | 15.02 % | 17.82 % |
| Salaries quoted | 243 | 295 |
| Average minimum salary | £31,583 | £35,362 |
| Average salary | £34,047 | £37,771 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.86 % |
| Average maximum salary | £36,510 | £40,181 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,660 | £37,387 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.61 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 1871 | 1964 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 1.022 % | 0.825 % |
| Salaries quoted | 1645 | 1671 |
| Average minimum salary | £29,904 | £35,066 |
| Average salary | £32,493 | £37,689 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.78 % |
| Average maximum salary | £35,082 | £40,312 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,625 | £39,458 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.64 % |
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WAN
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing WAN across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
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