The first table below looks at the demand for Network Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Architecture over the 3 months to 20 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Reading region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architecture
Rank 121 130 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Permanent jobs citing Network Architecture 9 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.424% 0.265% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.641% 0.369% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 0
Average salary £52,500 £60,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -18.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1403 1625 1187
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 66.02% 71.71% 64.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1094 1364 926
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,250 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Network Architecture
Berkshire

Network Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network Architecture across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Reading Network Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Network Architecture
Salary Trend

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

Reading Network Architecture Salary Trend

Network Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing Network Architecture 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 Network Architecture.

1 25 (78.13%) CCIE
1 25 (78.13%) Cisco
1 25 (78.13%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (68.75%) CCNP
3 21 (65.63%) IPv6
4 20 (62.50%) CCIP
4 20 (62.50%) IPv4
4 20 (62.50%) MPLS
5 16 (50.00%) Telecoms
6 11 (34.38%) VMware
6 11 (34.38%) Network Design
6 11 (34.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (34.38%) OSPF
6 11 (34.38%) BGP
6 11 (34.38%) SAN
6 11 (34.38%) HP
6 11 (34.38%) Windows
7 8 (25.00%) Firewall
7 8 (25.00%) Linux
7 8 (25.00%) ITIL
8 6 (18.75%) EMC
8 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
8 6 (18.75%) Finance
8 6 (18.75%) Retail
8 6 (18.75%) VMware ESX
8 6 (18.75%) Fujitsu
8 6 (18.75%) PowerShell
8 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
8 6 (18.75%) DV Cleared

Network Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (9.375%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.375%) Apache
1 3 (9.375%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 21 (65.63%) IPv6
2 20 (62.50%) IPv4
2 20 (62.50%) MPLS
3 11 (34.38%) OSPF
3 11 (34.38%) BGP
3 11 (34.38%) SAN
4 8 (25.00%) Firewall
5 4 (12.50%) Network Security
6 3 (9.375%) Unified Communications
6 3 (9.375%) HSRP
6 3 (9.375%) IPsec
6 3 (9.375%) DSL
6 3 (9.375%) L2TP
6 3 (9.375%) TACACS
6 3 (9.375%) 3G
6 3 (9.375%) VoIP
6 3 (9.375%) DHCP
6 3 (9.375%) Ethernet
6 3 (9.375%) SNMP
6 3 (9.375%) DNS
General
1 16 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (18.75%) Finance
2 6 (18.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Network Engineer
2 9 (28.13%) IP Network Engineer
2 9 (28.13%) IP Engineer
3 8 (25.00%) Network Team Leader
3 8 (25.00%) Team Leader
4 6 (18.75%) Virtualisation Architect
4 6 (18.75%) Customer Solutions Architect
4 6 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (18.75%) Architect
5 5 (15.63%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (9.375%) Principal Consultant
6 3 (9.375%) Consultant
7 1 (3.125%) Design Engineer
7 1 (3.125%) Network Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.375%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 11 (34.38%) Windows
2 8 (25.00%) Linux
3 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (9.375%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Network Design
2 8 (25.00%) ITIL
3 3 (9.375%) PRINCE2
3 3 (9.375%) Supplier Management
3 3 (9.375%) Network Management
4 1 (3.125%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.375%) Perl
2 3 (9.375%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (78.13%) Cisco Certification
1 25 (78.13%) CCIE
2 22 (68.75%) CCNP
3 20 (62.50%) CCIP
4 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 6 (18.75%) DV Cleared
4 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.375%) ISO 9001
1 3 (9.375%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (9.375%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (34.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (18.75%) vSphere
2 6 (18.75%) VMware ESXi
2 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 6 (18.75%) VMware ESX
3 3 (9.375%) FreeRADIUS
Systems Management
1 3 (9.375%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (78.13%) Cisco
2 11 (34.38%) HP
2 11 (34.38%) VMware
3 6 (18.75%) Fujitsu
3 6 (18.75%) EMC
4 5 (15.63%) Juniper
4 5 (15.63%) F5
5 3 (9.375%) BT
5 3 (9.375%) ZyXEL
5 3 (9.375%) Draytek
5 3 (9.375%) Huawei
6 1 (3.125%) Twitter