The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 36 75 50
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -25
Permanent jobs citing WAN 50 7 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 5.118% 0.870% 3.630%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.61% 4.730% 17.84%
Number of salaries quoted 31 7 33
Average salary £38,500 £46,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.20% +24.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,063 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,750 £46,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
North Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
255 148 185
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 26.10% 18.39% 20.35%
Number of salaries quoted 166 99 148
Average salary £42,500 £43,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.29% +8.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WAN
Yorkshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Harrogate - 16 £30,000 -
York - 16 £38,500 -
Ripon - 9 £42,500 -
Skipton - 5 £32,500 -
WAN
Yorkshire

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

1 103 (91.15%) LAN
2 79 (69.91%) Firewall
3 74 (65.49%) Cisco
4 62 (54.87%) CheckPoint
5 60 (53.10%) Network Security
6 54 (47.79%) VoIP
7 45 (39.82%) Cisco ASA
8 38 (33.63%) Network Design
9 36 (31.86%) Wireless
10 35 (30.97%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (27.43%) BGP
12 30 (26.55%) VPN
13 28 (24.78%) Information Security
14 26 (23.01%) EIGRP
15 23 (20.35%) MPLS
15 23 (20.35%) WLAN
15 23 (20.35%) WAN Optimisation
16 22 (19.47%) SAN
17 21 (18.58%) ITIL
17 21 (18.58%) CCNA
17 21 (18.58%) CCSA
18 20 (17.70%) Windows
19 18 (15.93%) OSPF
19 18 (15.93%) TippingPoint
20 17 (15.04%) Cisco PIX
20 17 (15.04%) Load Balancing
20 17 (15.04%) NAS
20 17 (15.04%) Foundry
20 17 (15.04%) Brocade
21 16 (14.16%) Enterprise Storage

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 8 (7.080%) MS Exchange
2 5 (4.425%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (0.885%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 103 (91.15%) LAN
2 79 (69.91%) Firewall
3 60 (53.10%) Network Security
4 54 (47.79%) VoIP
5 45 (39.82%) Cisco ASA
6 36 (31.86%) Wireless
7 31 (27.43%) BGP
8 30 (26.55%) VPN
9 26 (23.01%) EIGRP
10 23 (20.35%) MPLS
10 23 (20.35%) WLAN
11 22 (19.47%) SAN
12 18 (15.93%) OSPF
13 17 (15.04%) Cisco PIX
13 17 (15.04%) NAS
14 12 (10.62%) IP Telephony
14 12 (10.62%) TCP/IP
15 10 (8.850%) Internet
16 5 (4.425%) DMZ
16 5 (4.425%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.770%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (13.27%) Finance
2 3 (2.655%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.885%) Banking
Job Titles
1 65 (57.52%) Network Engineer
2 26 (23.01%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 22 (19.47%) Analyst
4 17 (15.04%) Security Engineer
5 15 (13.27%) Network Security Engineer
6 14 (12.39%) Security Analyst
7 13 (11.50%) Network Analyst
7 13 (11.50%) Network Security Analyst
8 12 (10.62%) Senior Network Engineer
9 11 (9.735%) Project Manager
10 5 (4.425%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 5 (4.425%) Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (4.425%) Technical Analyst
11 4 (3.540%) Systems Engineer
12 3 (2.655%) Senior Manager
12 3 (2.655%) Technical Specialist
12 3 (2.655%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
12 3 (2.655%) Senior Project Manager
12 3 (2.655%) Voice Specialist
12 3 (2.655%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.16%) Enterprise Storage
2 8 (7.080%) Handset
3 5 (4.425%) PKI
4 4 (3.540%) Clustering
5 2 (1.770%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (17.70%) Windows
2 7 (6.195%) UNIX
2 7 (6.195%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (2.655%) Linux
4 2 (1.770%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.770%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.770%) Windows Vista
4 2 (1.770%) Windows XP
5 1 (0.885%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (33.63%) Network Design
2 28 (24.78%) Information Security
3 23 (20.35%) WAN Optimisation
4 21 (18.58%) ITIL
5 17 (15.04%) Load Balancing
6 11 (9.735%) Project Management
7 7 (6.195%) ERP
8 6 (5.310%) PRINCE2
9 3 (2.655%) Service Management
9 3 (2.655%) Infrastructure Management
10 1 (0.885%) Service Delivery
10 1 (0.885%) Data Management
10 1 (0.885%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.885%) C
Qualifications
1 35 (30.97%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (18.58%) CCNA
2 21 (18.58%) CCSA
3 14 (12.39%) CCNP
3 14 (12.39%) Degree
4 6 (5.310%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 6 (5.310%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (4.425%) CCSP
5 5 (4.425%) CCVP
6 4 (3.540%) CCSE
6 4 (3.540%) Check Point Certification
7 3 (2.655%) CISM
7 3 (2.655%) Citrix Certification
7 3 (2.655%) CISSP
8 2 (1.770%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.885%) MCP
9 1 (0.885%) Microsoft Certified Architect
9 1 (0.885%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (7.080%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.310%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.425%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.425%) Forefront TMG
3 5 (4.425%) UAG
4 2 (1.770%) XenServer
5 1 (0.885%) Snort
Systems Management
1 5 (4.425%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.885%) Nessus
Vendors
1 74 (65.49%) Cisco
2 62 (54.87%) CheckPoint
3 18 (15.93%) TippingPoint
4 17 (15.04%) Foundry
4 17 (15.04%) Brocade
5 13 (11.50%) F5
6 9 (7.965%) Infoblox
7 8 (7.080%) Polycom
8 6 (5.310%) VMware
8 6 (5.310%) Juniper
9 4 (3.540%) Microsoft
10 3 (2.655%) Citrix
11 2 (1.770%) Twitter
11 2 (1.770%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.885%) HP
12 1 (0.885%) Blue Coat
12 1 (0.885%) Mitel
12 1 (0.885%) ArcSight