The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Runcorn region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 24 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 Runcorn region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing WAN 10 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Runcorn 43.48% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 90.91% - -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
Average salary £25,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Runcorn
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
11 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Runcorn 47.83% 4.000% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 0
Average salary £25,000 £34,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.47% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WAN
Cheshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Runcorn 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 Runcorn region.

Runcorn WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Runcorn 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 16 (94.12%) Windows
1 16 (94.12%) MS Exchange
1 16 (94.12%) LAN
2 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
3 11 (64.71%) ITIL
3 11 (64.71%) Cisco
4 10 (58.82%) VMware
4 10 (58.82%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (58.82%) Citrix
5 9 (52.94%) MS Office
5 9 (52.94%) MS Excel
6 8 (47.06%) TCP/IP
7 7 (41.18%) Avaya
7 7 (41.18%) Service Delivery
7 7 (41.18%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (41.18%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (35.29%) Incident Management
8 6 (35.29%) Telecoms
8 6 (35.29%) SLA
8 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
8 6 (35.29%) Windows XP
9 5 (29.41%) SQL
9 5 (29.41%) HP
9 5 (29.41%) Wireless
9 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2008
10 4 (23.53%) XenApp
10 4 (23.53%) XenDesktop
10 4 (23.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (23.53%) VMware ESX

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Runcorn 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 16 (94.12%) MS Exchange
2 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (52.94%) MS Office
1 9 (52.94%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (94.12%) LAN
2 8 (47.06%) TCP/IP
3 5 (29.41%) Wireless
4 4 (23.53%) SAN
4 4 (23.53%) PBX
4 4 (23.53%) VoIP
4 4 (23.53%) WLAN
5 3 (17.65%) DHCP
5 3 (17.65%) DNS
6 1 (5.882%) Firewall
6 1 (5.882%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (5.882%) Network Security
6 1 (5.882%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (5.882%) Intranet
6 1 (5.882%) Internet
6 1 (5.882%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (35.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Support Technician
1 4 (23.53%) Technical Support
1 4 (23.53%) Technical Support Manager
1 4 (23.53%) Technical Manager
1 4 (23.53%) Support Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (5.882%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (5.882%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) Support Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (5.882%) Systems Support
3 1 (5.882%) Coordinator
3 1 (5.882%) Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Technician
3 1 (5.882%) IT Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 16 (94.12%) Windows
2 10 (58.82%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (41.18%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (35.29%) Windows XP
5 4 (23.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (23.53%) Linux
6 1 (5.882%) Windows Vista
6 1 (5.882%) Windows 2000
6 1 (5.882%) UNIX
6 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
6 1 (5.882%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) ITIL
2 7 (41.18%) Service Delivery
3 6 (35.29%) Incident Management
4 3 (17.65%) Time Management
5 1 (5.882%) Business Continuity
5 1 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.882%) Fault Management
5 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) HP APS
2 3 (17.65%) MCSE
2 3 (17.65%) MCSA
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (17.65%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
3 4 (23.53%) XenApp
3 4 (23.53%) XenDesktop
3 4 (23.53%) VMware ESX
4 1 (5.882%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 11 (64.71%) Cisco
3 10 (58.82%) VMware
3 10 (58.82%) Citrix
4 7 (41.18%) Avaya
5 5 (29.41%) HP
6 4 (23.53%) Mitel
6 4 (23.53%) ProCurve
6 4 (23.53%) NetApp
6 4 (23.53%) Red Hat
7 1 (5.882%) Sophos
7 1 (5.882%) Panasonic