The first table below looks at the demand for WLAN 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 WLAN 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 Communications & Networking category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Rank 221 242 239
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -3
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 27 9 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.379% 0.128% 0.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.273% 0.865% 0.196%
Number of salaries quoted 20 3 2
Average salary £52,500 £55,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% +92.98%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,450 £43,000 £24,900
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £55,000 £32,100
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +23.07%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1188 1040 1022
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 16.66% 14.75% 14.89%
Number of salaries quoted 954 912 863
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%
WLAN
England

WLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West WLAN Jobs Demand Trend

WLAN
Salary Trend

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

North West WLAN Salary Trend

WLAN
Salary Histogram

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

North West WLAN Salary Histogram

WLAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN 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 -6 17 £55,000 -
Cheshire +5 6 £57,500 +4.54%
Lancashire - 4 £22,250 -
WLAN
England

WLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 35 (72.92%) Wireless
2 31 (64.58%) LAN
3 26 (54.17%) Cisco
3 26 (54.17%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (41.67%) HP
5 19 (39.58%) Windows
5 19 (39.58%) Network Security
6 18 (37.50%) CCNP
7 17 (35.42%) Cisco ASA
8 16 (33.33%) VMware
9 15 (31.25%) CCIE
9 15 (31.25%) CheckPoint
9 15 (31.25%) WAN
10 14 (29.17%) VPN
10 14 (29.17%) Firewall
10 14 (29.17%) Windows Server 2008
11 13 (27.08%) VMware Infrastructure
11 13 (27.08%) Fortinet
12 12 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
12 12 (25.00%) Linux
13 11 (22.92%) Citrix
13 11 (22.92%) ProCurve
14 10 (20.83%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (18.75%) Cisco PIX
15 9 (18.75%) SSL
16 8 (16.67%) Symantec
16 8 (16.67%) VoIP
16 8 (16.67%) Active Directory
16 8 (16.67%) Juniper
16 8 (16.67%) SQL Server

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (10.42%) Flash
1 5 (10.42%) J2ME
1 5 (10.42%) SVG
1 5 (10.42%) OpenGL
1 5 (10.42%) Middleware
1 5 (10.42%) BREW
1 5 (10.42%) Qt
1 5 (10.42%) OpenAL
2 3 (6.250%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 6 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 6 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.083%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.083%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.083%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (2.083%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.167%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.083%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 35 (72.92%) Wireless
2 31 (64.58%) LAN
3 19 (39.58%) Network Security
4 17 (35.42%) Cisco ASA
5 15 (31.25%) WAN
6 14 (29.17%) VPN
6 14 (29.17%) Firewall
7 10 (20.83%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (18.75%) Cisco PIX
8 9 (18.75%) SSL
9 8 (16.67%) VoIP
10 7 (14.58%) Unified Communications
11 6 (12.50%) SAN
11 6 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (12.50%) MPLS
11 6 (12.50%) IPsec
12 5 (10.42%) NFC
12 5 (10.42%) DVB
12 5 (10.42%) UMTS
12 5 (10.42%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (10.42%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.083%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (2.083%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (2.083%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (6.250%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (10.42%) Electronics
1 5 (10.42%) Multimedia
2 2 (4.167%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.083%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (27.08%) Consultant
2 9 (18.75%) Network Consultant
3 8 (16.67%) Cisco Consultant
4 7 (14.58%) Cisco Network Consultant
5 5 (10.42%) Network Security Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Support Manager
5 5 (10.42%) Security Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Network Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Network Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Software Developer
5 5 (10.42%) Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Developer
5 5 (10.42%) Security Consultant
5 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (8.333%) Technical Support
6 4 (8.333%) Technical Manager
6 4 (8.333%) Technical Support Manager
6 4 (8.333%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (6.250%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (6.250%) Network Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) MPEG
1 5 (10.42%) Device Driver
1 5 (10.42%) Speech Recognition
1 5 (10.42%) iPhone
2 4 (8.333%) Clustering
3 1 (2.083%) SecurID
3 1 (2.083%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (39.58%) Windows
2 14 (29.17%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (25.00%) Linux
3 12 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (12.50%) Windows XP
4 6 (12.50%) Windows 7
5 5 (10.42%) Windows Phone 7
5 5 (10.42%) Windows 8
5 5 (10.42%) Windows Phone 8
5 5 (10.42%) Windows Phone
5 5 (10.42%) Android
5 5 (10.42%) Windows Mobile
5 5 (10.42%) Nucleus RTOS
6 4 (8.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.083%) Windows Vista
7 1 (2.083%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (16.67%) Load Balancing
2 7 (14.58%) Customer Engagement
2 7 (14.58%) ITIL
2 7 (14.58%) Project Management
2 7 (14.58%) Change Management
3 5 (10.42%) E-Commerce
3 5 (10.42%) Mobile Commerce
3 5 (10.42%) DRM
4 3 (6.250%) Migration
5 2 (4.167%) Capacity Management
6 1 (2.083%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.083%) Content Management
6 1 (2.083%) Network Design
6 1 (2.083%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (2.083%) Project Planning
6 1 (2.083%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.083%) Network Management
6 1 (2.083%) OpenUP
6 1 (2.083%) BCP
6 1 (2.083%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.50%) C
2 5 (10.42%) C++
2 5 (10.42%) Java
2 5 (10.42%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (54.17%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (37.50%) CCNP
3 15 (31.25%) CCIE
4 7 (14.58%) Check Point Certification
4 7 (14.58%) CCSE
5 5 (10.42%) CCDP
6 4 (8.333%) HP APS
7 3 (6.250%) CCSP
7 3 (6.250%) CCNA
8 2 (4.167%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.083%) MCSE
9 1 (2.083%) CCIP
9 1 (2.083%) VCAP
9 1 (2.083%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (2.083%) CCDE
9 1 (2.083%) CCSA
9 1 (2.083%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.083%) ISO 9000
1 1 (2.083%) SLA
1 1 (2.083%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (27.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (8.333%) VMware ESX
3 4 (8.333%) XenApp
3 4 (8.333%) XenDesktop
4 1 (2.083%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (4.167%) NetBackup
1 2 (4.167%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (2.083%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (2.083%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (2.083%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (2.083%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (2.083%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.083%) SCCM
2 1 (2.083%) SCOM
2 1 (2.083%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 26 (54.17%) Cisco
2 20 (41.67%) HP
3 16 (33.33%) VMware
4 15 (31.25%) CheckPoint
5 13 (27.08%) Fortinet
6 11 (22.92%) ProCurve
6 11 (22.92%) Citrix
7 8 (16.67%) Juniper
7 8 (16.67%) Symantec
8 7 (14.58%) Sourcefire
8 7 (14.58%) F5
9 6 (12.50%) Brocade
9 6 (12.50%) Blue Coat
9 6 (12.50%) Microsoft
10 4 (8.333%) NetApp
10 4 (8.333%) Red Hat
10 4 (8.333%) Mitel
11 2 (4.167%) Aruba
11 2 (4.167%) Trapeze
12 1 (2.083%) IronPort
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My client. Operate in 51 countries in five regions - Middle East & Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and the Americas. Their growth has been driven by their clients' need...
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