The first table below looks at the demand for WLAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Rank - - 73
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford - - 0.125%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 0.855%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +23.07%
All Communications & Networking
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
153 83 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 15.09% 12.93% 14.64%
Number of salaries quoted 148 59 94
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -15.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £20,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,300 £52,000 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
WLAN
Oxfordshire

WLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford WLAN Salary Trend

WLAN
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 11 (100.00%) LAN
1 11 (100.00%) VoIP
1 11 (100.00%) WAN
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
1 11 (100.00%) Juniper
1 11 (100.00%) HP
2 10 (90.91%) Network Design
3 8 (72.73%) Riverbed
3 8 (72.73%) Telecoms
4 7 (63.64%) MPLS
5 5 (45.45%) IPv4
5 5 (45.45%) IPv6
5 5 (45.45%) IPsec
5 5 (45.45%) VLAN
6 3 (27.27%) ITIL
6 3 (27.27%) F5
6 3 (27.27%) OSPF
6 3 (27.27%) BGP
6 3 (27.27%) EIGRP
6 3 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (18.18%) CCIE
7 2 (18.18%) CCNP
7 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
8 1 (9.091%) Multimedia
8 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (9.091%) Network Management
8 1 (9.091%) Firewall

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) LAN
1 11 (100.00%) VoIP
1 11 (100.00%) WAN
2 7 (63.64%) MPLS
3 5 (45.45%) IPv4
3 5 (45.45%) IPv6
3 5 (45.45%) IPsec
3 5 (45.45%) VLAN
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (27.27%) OSPF
4 3 (27.27%) BGP
4 3 (27.27%) EIGRP
5 1 (9.091%) Firewall
General
1 8 (72.73%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Network Manager
3 4 (36.36%) Telecoms Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Network Design Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Design Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Engineering Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Network Design
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.091%) Network Management
4 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CCIE
1 2 (18.18%) CCNP
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
1 11 (100.00%) HP
1 11 (100.00%) Juniper
2 8 (72.73%) Riverbed
3 3 (27.27%) F5