The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 35 25 29
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +4
Permanent jobs citing WAN 12 15 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 4.396% 6.787% 2.809%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.00% 25.86% 22.73%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 5
Average salary £30,500 £23,500 £17,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.78% +34.28%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
40 58 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 14.65% 26.24% 12.36%
Number of salaries quoted 31 23 17
Average salary £38,500 £23,500 £17,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+63.82% +34.28%
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 Solihull region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the Solihull region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Solihull WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 14 (100.00%) LAN
2 8 (57.14%) Cisco
3 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 7 (50.00%) Windows
4 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
4 5 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 4 (28.57%) CCNP
5 4 (28.57%) CCIP
5 4 (28.57%) MPLS
5 4 (28.57%) OSPF
5 4 (28.57%) BGP
5 4 (28.57%) EIGRP
5 4 (28.57%) ITIL
5 4 (28.57%) Network Design
6 3 (21.43%) Windows 7
6 3 (21.43%) Internet
6 3 (21.43%) Firewall
6 3 (21.43%) SQL
6 3 (21.43%) VPN
6 3 (21.43%) CCIE
7 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
7 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (14.29%) CCNA
7 2 (14.29%) Terminal Services
7 2 (14.29%) PBX
7 2 (14.29%) UNIX
7 2 (14.29%) Data Security
7 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (14.29%) MCITP

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 Development
1 1 (7.143%) WebSphere
1 1 (7.143%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (7.143%) .NET
1 1 (7.143%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (7.143%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (100.00%) LAN
2 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (28.57%) MPLS
3 4 (28.57%) OSPF
3 4 (28.57%) BGP
3 4 (28.57%) EIGRP
4 3 (21.43%) Internet
4 3 (21.43%) Firewall
4 3 (21.43%) VPN
5 2 (14.29%) PBX
5 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (14.29%) IP Telephony
5 2 (14.29%) Unified Communications
6 1 (7.143%) NAS
6 1 (7.143%) VLAN
6 1 (7.143%) DHCP
6 1 (7.143%) FTP
6 1 (7.143%) DNS
6 1 (7.143%) DMZ
6 1 (7.143%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (7.143%) Banking
1 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Design Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Implementation Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Network Design Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Account Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Account Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Network Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Network Support
5 1 (7.143%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) IaaS
1 2 (14.29%) SaaS
1 2 (14.29%) PaaS
1 2 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (7.143%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Windows 7
3 2 (14.29%) UNIX
4 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (7.143%) Linux
4 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) ITIL
1 4 (28.57%) Network Design
2 2 (14.29%) Data Security
3 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (7.143%) Zachman Framework
3 1 (7.143%) TOGAF
3 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.143%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (28.57%) CCNP
2 4 (28.57%) CCIP
3 3 (21.43%) CCIE
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (14.29%) CCNA
4 2 (14.29%) MCITP
5 1 (7.143%) Degree
5 1 (7.143%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (7.143%) Oracle
4 1 (7.143%) JD Edwards
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