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The table below looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the Salford region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2316
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching permanent IT job ads29
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below4.651 %42.86 %
Salaries quoted29
Average minimum salary£20,000£26,667
Average salary£21,000£27,778
% change on same period last year-24.39 %
Average maximum salary£22,000£28,889
UK excluding London average salary£36,766£37,380
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
Salford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Salford
Matching permanent IT job ads4321
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.009 %
Salaries quoted4321
Average minimum salary£23,536£29,741
Average salary£24,507£32,871
% change on same period last year-25.44 %
Average maximum salary£25,478£36,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,928£38,940
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
WAN ManchesterWAN
Manchester

WAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing WAN across the Salford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Salford WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WAN across the Salford region.

Salford WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the Salford region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Salford WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Salford 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.

14 (57.14 %)Windows
14 (57.14 %)VPN
14 (57.14 %)Cisco
14 (57.14 %)Cisco Certification
23 (42.86 %)DNS
23 (42.86 %)Windows 2000
23 (42.86 %)LAN
32 (28.57 %)DHCP
32 (28.57 %)Windows XP
32 (28.57 %)MCSE
32 (28.57 %)Linux
32 (28.57 %)CCSP
32 (28.57 %)CCNP
32 (28.57 %)CCIP
32 (28.57 %)CCNA
32 (28.57 %)Active Directory
32 (28.57 %)Intel
32 (28.57 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (28.57 %)MPLS
32 (28.57 %)BGP
32 (28.57 %)DSL
32 (28.57 %)EIGRP
32 (28.57 %)Firewall
32 (28.57 %)Back Office
32 (28.57 %)Government
32 (28.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (14.29 %)Perl
41 (14.29 %)Pensions
41 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2000

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Salford 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.

Salford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
11 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2000
11 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
Salford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)MS Excel
Salford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (57.14 %)VPN
23 (42.86 %)DNS
23 (42.86 %)LAN
32 (28.57 %)DHCP
32 (28.57 %)BGP
32 (28.57 %)DSL
32 (28.57 %)EIGRP
32 (28.57 %)Firewall
32 (28.57 %)MPLS
41 (14.29 %)OSPF
41 (14.29 %)Broadband
41 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
41 (14.29 %)Internet
Salford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Back Office
12 (28.57 %)Government
21 (14.29 %)Pensions
Salford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Network Engineer
22 (28.57 %)Senior Network Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Cisco Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Cisco Network Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Helpdesk Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Linux Administrator
31 (14.29 %)Linux Engineer
31 (14.29 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Support Engineer
31 (14.29 %)2nd Line Support
31 (14.29 %)Administrator
Salford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (57.14 %)Windows
23 (42.86 %)Windows 2000
32 (28.57 %)Windows XP
32 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (28.57 %)Linux
32 (28.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
Salford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)Perl
Salford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (57.14 %)Cisco Certification
22 (28.57 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (28.57 %)MCSE
22 (28.57 %)CCSP
22 (28.57 %)CCNP
22 (28.57 %)CCIP
22 (28.57 %)CCNA
Salford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (14.29 %)SLA
Salford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (28.57 %)Active Directory
Salford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (57.14 %)Cisco
22 (28.57 %)Intel
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft