The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 22 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 Shropshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 33 14 26
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +12
Permanent jobs citing WAN 4 20 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 1.747% 12.20% 4.082%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.018% 37.74% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 4
Average salary £40,000 £21,500 £41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+86.04% -47.87%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Shropshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
57 53 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 24.89% 32.32% 22.45%
Number of salaries quoted 24 35 31
Average salary £35,000 £30,500 £36,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.75% -17.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £20,300 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WAN
West Midlands

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Telford -11 3 £40,000 -
Shrewsbury - 1 - -
WAN
West Midlands

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 8 (88.89%) LAN
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco
2 7 (77.78%) DNS
2 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 7 (77.78%) VLAN
3 6 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
3 6 (66.67%) IronPort
3 6 (66.67%) Cisco PIX
3 6 (66.67%) Riverbed
3 6 (66.67%) SolarWinds
3 6 (66.67%) SolarWinds Orion
3 6 (66.67%) Nokia
3 6 (66.67%) CheckPoint
3 6 (66.67%) VPN
3 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (66.67%) CCNP
4 4 (44.44%) VoIP
4 4 (44.44%) ISA Server
4 4 (44.44%) McAfee
4 4 (44.44%) WAN Optimisation
4 4 (44.44%) QA
5 3 (33.33%) CCSA
5 3 (33.33%) DHCP
6 2 (22.22%) CCNA
6 2 (22.22%) MPLS
7 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 1 (11.11%) IP Telephony
7 1 (11.11%) Data Security

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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.

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) LAN
2 7 (77.78%) DNS
2 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 7 (77.78%) VLAN
3 6 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
3 6 (66.67%) Cisco PIX
3 6 (66.67%) VPN
4 4 (44.44%) VoIP
5 3 (33.33%) DHCP
6 2 (22.22%) MPLS
7 1 (11.11%) IP Telephony
7 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (11.11%) PBX
7 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
7 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Network Team Leader
2 3 (33.33%) Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Account Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Network Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) IaaS
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
1 1 (11.11%) PaaS
1 1 (11.11%) iPad
1 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) WAN Optimisation
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
2 1 (11.11%) Data Security
2 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
2 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (66.67%) CCNP
2 3 (33.33%) CCSA
3 2 (22.22%) CCNA
4 1 (11.11%) CCDA
4 1 (11.11%) CCDP
4 1 (11.11%) CCIE
4 1 (11.11%) JNCIP
4 1 (11.11%) JNCIE
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) QA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco
2 6 (66.67%) IronPort
2 6 (66.67%) Riverbed
2 6 (66.67%) SolarWinds
2 6 (66.67%) Nokia
2 6 (66.67%) CheckPoint
3 4 (44.44%) McAfee
4 1 (11.11%) Juniper
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Twitter
Telford, West Midlands
We are currently working with a client based in Telford to recruit an experienced Network Team Lead to work on a permanent basis- This role is part of...
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Posted: 18 May 2013