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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 52 23 53
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +30
Permanent jobs citing LAN 19 48 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 2.827% 7.196% 1.411%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.38% 19.20% 6.087%
Number of salaries quoted 17 48 4
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £50,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -20.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £31,500 £29,900
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,750 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
142 250 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 21.13% 37.48% 23.19%
Number of salaries quoted 122 178 72
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LAN
Berkshire

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Slough region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Slough LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 47 (97.92%) WAN
2 27 (56.25%) Cisco
3 26 (54.17%) Windows
4 22 (45.83%) CCNA
4 22 (45.83%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (41.67%) DNS
5 20 (41.67%) Service Delivery
6 19 (39.58%) Microsoft
6 19 (39.58%) ITIL
6 19 (39.58%) Citrix
7 18 (37.50%) Finance
8 16 (33.33%) DHCP
9 15 (31.25%) TCP/IP
9 15 (31.25%) HP
9 15 (31.25%) Firewall
10 14 (29.17%) Wireless
10 14 (29.17%) VMware
10 14 (29.17%) MCTS
10 14 (29.17%) MCITP
10 14 (29.17%) Active Directory
10 14 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
11 13 (27.08%) VPN
11 13 (27.08%) VoIP
12 12 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
13 11 (22.92%) Juniper
14 10 (20.83%) Lotus
14 10 (20.83%) Lotus Notes
15 9 (18.75%) LDAP
15 9 (18.75%) MS Exchange
15 9 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2007

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 1 (2.083%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 10 (20.83%) Lotus Notes
2 9 (18.75%) MS Exchange
2 9 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (2.083%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.083%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 47 (97.92%) WAN
2 20 (41.67%) DNS
3 16 (33.33%) DHCP
4 15 (31.25%) TCP/IP
4 15 (31.25%) Firewall
5 14 (29.17%) Wireless
6 13 (27.08%) VPN
6 13 (27.08%) VoIP
7 9 (18.75%) LDAP
8 8 (16.67%) 802.11
8 8 (16.67%) SMTP
9 7 (14.58%) OSPF
9 7 (14.58%) BGP
9 7 (14.58%) IPsec
9 7 (14.58%) Network Security
10 5 (10.42%) SNMP
10 5 (10.42%) VLAN
10 5 (10.42%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (8.333%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (8.333%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (37.50%) Finance
2 5 (10.42%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.083%) Electronics
3 1 (2.083%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 9 (18.75%) Analyst
2 8 (16.67%) Technical Leader
2 8 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 6 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 6 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 5 (10.42%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) Senior Support Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) Operations Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) IT Operations Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) IT Support
4 5 (10.42%) Operations Support Analyst
5 4 (8.333%) Pre Sales Consultant
5 4 (8.333%) Consultant
6 3 (6.250%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (6.250%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.250%) Security Engineer
6 3 (6.250%) IT Security Engineer
6 3 (6.250%) Security Support Engineer
7 2 (4.167%) IT Operations Manager
7 2 (4.167%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.67%) Fat Client
1 8 (16.67%) EqualLogic
1 8 (16.67%) Thin Client
1 8 (16.67%) Client/Server
2 5 (10.42%) Blackberry
3 2 (4.167%) Handset
4 1 (2.083%) Clustering
4 1 (2.083%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.083%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 26 (54.17%) Windows
2 12 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (12.50%) UNIX
4 4 (8.333%) Linux
5 3 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (4.167%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (41.67%) Service Delivery
2 19 (39.58%) ITIL
3 8 (16.67%) Time Management
4 7 (14.58%) Change Management
4 7 (14.58%) Network Management
5 4 (8.333%) Data Security
6 2 (4.167%) Project Management
6 2 (4.167%) Configuration Management
6 2 (4.167%) ERP
7 1 (2.083%) E-Commerce
7 1 (2.083%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.083%) Network Design
7 1 (2.083%) Performance Management
7 1 (2.083%) Business Development
7 1 (2.083%) Fault Management
7 1 (2.083%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (45.83%) CCNA
1 22 (45.83%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (29.17%) MCTS
2 14 (29.17%) MCITP
3 7 (14.58%) Degree
4 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (12.50%) MCSE
5 5 (10.42%) MCSA
5 5 (10.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (8.333%) JNCIA
6 4 (8.333%) CCSP
7 3 (6.250%) CCNP
7 3 (6.250%) CCSA
7 3 (6.250%) CCSE
8 1 (2.083%) CCDA
8 1 (2.083%) CCDP
8 1 (2.083%) CCA
8 1 (2.083%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (2.083%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.333%) PCI DSS
1 4 (8.333%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (4.167%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (29.17%) Active Directory
1 14 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (18.75%) Hyper-V
3 8 (16.67%) XenServer
4 1 (2.083%) Xen
4 1 (2.083%) UAG
Systems Management
1 1 (2.083%) OpenView
Vendors
1 27 (56.25%) Cisco
2 19 (39.58%) Microsoft
2 19 (39.58%) Citrix
3 15 (31.25%) HP
4 14 (29.17%) VMware
5 11 (22.92%) Juniper
6 10 (20.83%) Lotus
7 9 (18.75%) ProCurve
8 8 (16.67%) DataCore
8 8 (16.67%) CheckPoint
9 5 (10.42%) IBM
9 5 (10.42%) Blue Coat
10 4 (8.333%) Avaya
11 3 (6.250%) Nokia
12 2 (4.167%) F5
13 1 (2.083%) Apple
13 1 (2.083%) SonicWALL
13 1 (2.083%) Tandberg
Slough, Berkshire
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Randstad Technologies
Salary: £40000 - £45000.00 per annum + car allowance & bonus
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Salary: £45,000 per annum + 10% Bonus + 7% On-Call + Full Bens
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