The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 21 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 123 99 96
Rank change year-on-year
-24 -3
Permanent jobs citing LAN 32 52 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.010% 1.490% 1.881%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.729% 10.26% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 20 40 48
Average salary £42,500 £34,000 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +18.26%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
414 507 446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 13.07% 14.53% 13.11%
Number of salaries quoted 222 329 312
Average salary £40,500 £35,000 £38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.71% -8.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £77,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LAN
UK

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Scotland LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Aberdeen +6 14 £42,500 +37.09%
Glasgow -24 4 £30,000 -33.33%
Edinburgh -14 3 £35,000 +7.69%
Dundee - 2 £42,500 -
Fife +2 1 £35,000 -14.63%
Renfrewshire - 1 - -
Stirling - 1 £37,500 -
LAN
UK

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 57 (75.00%) WAN
2 43 (56.58%) Windows
3 40 (52.63%) Cisco
4 39 (51.32%) Firewall
5 35 (46.05%) Wireless
6 32 (42.11%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (40.79%) VPN
8 28 (36.84%) Microsoft
8 28 (36.84%) CCNA
9 25 (32.89%) TCP/IP
10 24 (31.58%) Active Directory
11 22 (28.95%) DNS
12 21 (27.63%) DHCP
12 21 (27.63%) MS Exchange
13 20 (26.32%) ITIL
14 19 (25.00%) VMware
15 18 (23.68%) VoIP
15 18 (23.68%) HP
16 16 (21.05%) SNMP
16 16 (21.05%) Linux
16 16 (21.05%) Cisco ASA
16 16 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2010
17 15 (19.74%) Finance
17 15 (19.74%) Dell
18 14 (18.42%) SQL Server
18 14 (18.42%) Disaster Recovery
18 14 (18.42%) VMware Infrastructure
19 13 (17.11%) WLAN
19 13 (17.11%) CCNP
20 12 (15.79%) SAN

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 5 (6.579%) ASP.NET MVC
1 5 (6.579%) WCF
1 5 (6.579%) WPF
1 5 (6.579%) .NET
1 5 (6.579%) ASP.NET
2 3 (3.947%) XML
3 1 (1.316%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 21 (27.63%) MS Exchange
2 16 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2003
3 12 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (6.579%) Apache
5 4 (5.263%) Lync
6 2 (2.632%) IIS
6 2 (2.632%) SharePoint
6 2 (2.632%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (2.632%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.316%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 9 (11.84%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.947%) MS Office
3 1 (1.316%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 57 (75.00%) WAN
2 39 (51.32%) Firewall
3 35 (46.05%) Wireless
4 31 (40.79%) VPN
5 25 (32.89%) TCP/IP
6 22 (28.95%) DNS
7 21 (27.63%) DHCP
8 18 (23.68%) VoIP
9 16 (21.05%) SNMP
9 16 (21.05%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (17.11%) WLAN
11 12 (15.79%) SAN
11 12 (15.79%) IPsec
12 11 (14.47%) Network Security
12 11 (14.47%) Ethernet
13 10 (13.16%) OSPF
14 8 (10.53%) Cisco PIX
15 7 (9.211%) MRTG
15 7 (9.211%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (9.211%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (18.42%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.947%) MySQL
4 2 (2.632%) DB2
4 2 (2.632%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.316%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.316%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.316%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 15 (19.74%) Finance
2 5 (6.579%) Games
3 4 (5.263%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.632%) Electronics
5 1 (1.316%) French Language
Job Titles
1 19 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 16 (21.05%) Analyst
2 16 (21.05%) Support Engineer
3 9 (11.84%) Network Support
3 9 (11.84%) Consultant
4 8 (10.53%) Network Support Engineer
5 7 (9.211%) Administrator
5 7 (9.211%) Systems Administrator
6 6 (7.895%) Support Analyst
6 6 (7.895%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 6 (7.895%) Integration Engineer
7 5 (6.579%) .NET Software Developer
7 5 (6.579%) .NET Developer
7 5 (6.579%) Data Consultant
7 5 (6.579%) Field Engineer
7 5 (6.579%) Software Developer
7 5 (6.579%) Developer
8 4 (5.263%) Software Engineer
8 4 (5.263%) Security Analyst
8 4 (5.263%) .NET Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.211%) Client/Server
2 6 (7.895%) Thin Client
2 6 (7.895%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.895%) Fat Client
3 4 (5.263%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (3.947%) Cryptography
4 3 (3.947%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.632%) EqualLogic
6 1 (1.316%) iPad
6 1 (1.316%) PDA
6 1 (1.316%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 43 (56.58%) Windows
2 16 (21.05%) Linux
3 12 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (9.211%) UNIX
5 2 (2.632%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.316%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.316%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (26.32%) ITIL
2 14 (18.42%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (15.79%) Business Continuity
4 9 (11.84%) Network Architecture
5 8 (10.53%) Project Management
5 8 (10.53%) Service Delivery
6 7 (9.211%) Network Management
6 7 (9.211%) Security Management
7 6 (7.895%) Network Design
8 5 (6.579%) Load Balancing
8 5 (6.579%) MVC
8 5 (6.579%) BCP
9 4 (5.263%) Risk Management
10 3 (3.947%) Capacity Management
10 3 (3.947%) ITIL V3
10 3 (3.947%) SIEM
10 3 (3.947%) Change Control
10 3 (3.947%) Information Management
10 3 (3.947%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 3 (3.947%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.895%) SQL
2 5 (6.579%) C#
3 2 (2.632%) VBScript
3 2 (2.632%) VB.NET
3 2 (2.632%) VBA
4 1 (1.316%) Perl
4 1 (1.316%) PHP
Qualifications
1 32 (42.11%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (36.84%) CCNA
3 13 (17.11%) CCNP
4 11 (14.47%) Degree
5 9 (11.84%) CCDA
6 7 (9.211%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (6.579%) MCP
7 5 (6.579%) MCSE
8 3 (3.947%) CEH
8 3 (3.947%) GIAC
8 3 (3.947%) SSCP
8 3 (3.947%) CISSP
8 3 (3.947%) CCSP
9 2 (2.632%) MCSA
9 2 (2.632%) CCVP
9 2 (2.632%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.632%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.632%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.316%) MCTS
10 1 (1.316%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.632%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (31.58%) Active Directory
2 14 (18.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.895%) vSphere
4 4 (5.263%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (3.947%) VMware ESX
5 3 (3.947%) Terminal Server
6 2 (2.632%) Terminal Services
6 2 (2.632%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.632%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.316%) XenApp
7 1 (1.316%) XenServer
7 1 (1.316%) XenDesktop
7 1 (1.316%) Samba
7 1 (1.316%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (5.263%) Backup Exec
2 3 (3.947%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (52.63%) Cisco
2 28 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 19 (25.00%) VMware
4 18 (23.68%) HP
5 15 (19.74%) Dell
6 10 (13.16%) Citrix
6 10 (13.16%) Riverbed
7 8 (10.53%) EMC
7 8 (10.53%) Juniper
8 4 (5.263%) NetApp
9 3 (3.947%) Twitter
9 3 (3.947%) Oracle
10 2 (2.632%) CommVault
10 2 (2.632%) ProCurve
11 1 (1.316%) Aruba
11 1 (1.316%) Iron Mountain
11 1 (1.316%) F5
11 1 (1.316%) Blue Coat
11 1 (1.316%) 3Com
11 1 (1.316%) Veritas
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