The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 23 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 31 79 45
Rank change year-on-year
+48 -34
Permanent jobs citing LAN 143 57 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 6.657% 2.514% 4.273%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.29% 9.811% 21.30%
Number of salaries quoted 131 54 76
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,450 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
782 581 385
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 36.41% 25.63% 20.06%
Number of salaries quoted 620 461 315
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LAN
Berkshire

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Salary Trend

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

Reading LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Reading region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Reading LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing LAN 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 LAN.

1 186 (89.00%) WAN
2 93 (44.50%) Cisco
3 76 (36.36%) Windows
4 72 (34.45%) Linux
5 69 (33.01%) Cisco Certification
6 55 (26.32%) UNIX
7 52 (24.88%) VPN
8 51 (24.40%) CCNP
9 50 (23.92%) CCNA
9 50 (23.92%) ITIL
10 49 (23.44%) Microsoft
11 45 (21.53%) Windows Server 2003
12 44 (21.05%) TCP/IP
13 43 (20.57%) SQL
14 42 (20.10%) VMware
15 40 (19.14%) MS Excel
16 36 (17.22%) SAN
16 36 (17.22%) Active Directory
16 36 (17.22%) WLAN
16 36 (17.22%) Telecoms
17 32 (15.31%) Ethernet
17 32 (15.31%) HP
18 30 (14.35%) VMware Infrastructure
19 29 (13.88%) Windows Server 2008
19 29 (13.88%) Firewall
20 28 (13.40%) Incident Management
20 28 (13.40%) Citrix
20 28 (13.40%) Windows XP
21 25 (11.96%) MS Exchange
21 25 (11.96%) Problem Management

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing LAN 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 LAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (4.785%) .NET
2 3 (1.435%) COM
3 2 (0.957%) XMPP
3 2 (0.957%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.478%) CGI
4 1 (0.478%) MDX
4 1 (0.478%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 25 (11.96%) MS Exchange
2 18 (8.612%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.349%) Lotus Domino
4 6 (2.871%) Lync
4 6 (2.871%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 5 (2.392%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (1.914%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (1.435%) IIS
7 3 (1.435%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.478%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 40 (19.14%) MS Excel
2 14 (6.699%) MS Office
3 5 (2.392%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.478%) MS Project
4 1 (0.478%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.478%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.478%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.478%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 186 (89.00%) WAN
2 52 (24.88%) VPN
3 44 (21.05%) TCP/IP
4 36 (17.22%) SAN
4 36 (17.22%) WLAN
5 32 (15.31%) Ethernet
6 29 (13.88%) Firewall
7 25 (11.96%) Wireless
8 22 (10.53%) ADSL
9 20 (9.569%) DHCP
9 20 (9.569%) DNS
10 18 (8.612%) Internet
11 17 (8.134%) MPLS
12 15 (7.177%) VLAN
13 13 (6.220%) Cisco ASA
14 10 (4.785%) BGP
15 9 (4.306%) VoIP
15 9 (4.306%) IP Telephony
15 9 (4.306%) Unified Communications
16 8 (3.828%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.00%) SQL Server
2 16 (7.656%) SQL Server 2005
3 15 (7.177%) IDOL
4 2 (0.957%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (0.478%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.478%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.478%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.478%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.478%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (0.478%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.478%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 15 (7.177%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.478%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.478%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 36 (17.22%) Telecoms
2 20 (9.569%) Finance
3 14 (6.699%) Law
3 14 (6.699%) Retail
4 4 (1.914%) Marketing
5 2 (0.957%) Banking
5 2 (0.957%) Multimedia
5 2 (0.957%) Legal
5 2 (0.957%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.478%) Billing
6 1 (0.478%) Danish Language
6 1 (0.478%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 40 (19.14%) Analyst
2 33 (15.79%) Administrator
3 30 (14.35%) Systems Administrator
3 30 (14.35%) Network Engineer
4 28 (13.40%) Consultant
4 28 (13.40%) Support Analyst
5 22 (10.53%) Support Engineer
6 18 (8.612%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 18 (8.612%) Linux Administrator
7 17 (8.134%) HPUX Systems Administrator
8 16 (7.656%) Cisco Engineer
9 15 (7.177%) Sales Consultant
9 15 (7.177%) Designer
10 14 (6.699%) Network Support
10 14 (6.699%) Pre Sales Consultant
11 11 (5.263%) Architect
11 11 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
11 11 (5.263%) Network Analyst
12 10 (4.785%) Network Support Analyst
13 9 (4.306%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.091%) Management Information System
2 16 (7.656%) Clustering
3 15 (7.177%) PKI
4 5 (2.392%) Visualisation
5 3 (1.435%) Computer Science
5 3 (1.435%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.957%) Fat Client
6 2 (0.957%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.957%) Digital Media
6 2 (0.957%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.478%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.478%) Statistics
7 1 (0.478%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 76 (36.36%) Windows
2 72 (34.45%) Linux
3 55 (26.32%) UNIX
4 45 (21.53%) Windows Server 2003
5 29 (13.88%) Windows Server 2008
6 28 (13.40%) Windows XP
7 20 (9.569%) SUSE
8 19 (9.091%) HPUX
9 10 (4.785%) Windows 7
10 8 (3.828%) Windows Vista
10 8 (3.828%) Solaris
11 7 (3.349%) Windows 2000
11 7 (3.349%) Windows 8
12 3 (1.435%) Windows NT
13 2 (0.957%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.957%) Windows 2000 Server
14 1 (0.478%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (23.92%) ITIL
2 28 (13.40%) Incident Management
3 25 (11.96%) Problem Management
4 20 (9.569%) Service Management
5 19 (9.091%) CMMI
6 15 (7.177%) Performance Testing
7 12 (5.742%) Network Design
7 12 (5.742%) Project Management
8 11 (5.263%) Load Balancing
9 10 (4.785%) Change Management
10 8 (3.828%) PRINCE2
11 7 (3.349%) PRINCE
12 6 (2.871%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (2.871%) Risk Management
13 4 (1.914%) Network Management
13 4 (1.914%) Service Delivery
14 3 (1.435%) Product Management
15 2 (0.957%) Software Deployment
15 2 (0.957%) Time Management
15 2 (0.957%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 43 (20.57%) SQL
2 4 (1.914%) C
3 2 (0.957%) Scala
3 2 (0.957%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.478%) C#
4 1 (0.478%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.478%) X++
Qualifications
1 69 (33.01%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (24.40%) CCNP
3 50 (23.92%) CCNA
4 24 (11.48%) Security Cleared
5 21 (10.05%) SC Cleared
6 20 (9.569%) CCDP
7 19 (9.091%) CCDA
8 16 (7.656%) CCIE
9 10 (4.785%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (3.349%) CCVP
11 6 (2.871%) Degree
12 5 (2.392%) MCITP
13 4 (1.914%) DV Cleared
13 4 (1.914%) MCP
14 3 (1.435%) MCSE
14 3 (1.435%) MCTS
15 2 (0.957%) MOS
15 2 (0.957%) CCSP
15 2 (0.957%) CCIP
16 1 (0.478%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.00%) SLA
2 19 (9.091%) ISO 9000
3 2 (0.957%) QA
4 1 (0.478%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.478%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 36 (17.22%) Active Directory
2 30 (14.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.349%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 7 (3.349%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.435%) VMware ESX
5 1 (0.478%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.478%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (7.177%) Netcool
1 15 (7.177%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 3 (1.435%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (0.957%) Plesk
3 2 (0.957%) DameWare
4 1 (0.478%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (0.478%) SCCM
4 1 (0.478%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 93 (44.50%) Cisco
2 49 (23.44%) Microsoft
3 42 (20.10%) VMware
4 32 (15.31%) HP
5 28 (13.40%) Citrix
6 18 (8.612%) EMC
7 15 (7.177%) Meridio
8 14 (6.699%) CheckPoint
9 12 (5.742%) Fujitsu
10 11 (5.263%) Oracle
10 11 (5.263%) F5
11 10 (4.785%) Juniper
12 8 (3.828%) Sun
12 8 (3.828%) Dell
12 8 (3.828%) JBoss
13 7 (3.349%) LANDesk
14 6 (2.871%) Brocade
14 6 (2.871%) Lotus
15 5 (2.392%) Symantec
15 5 (2.392%) Blue Coat