The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 98 112 74
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -38
Permanent jobs citing LAN 129 110 152
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 2.441% 1.985% 2.613%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.24% 11.84% 14.95%
Number of salaries quoted 108 88 126
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% +12.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £55,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
906 929 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 17.15% 16.77% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 774 758 838
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,041 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LAN
England

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

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

South West 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 South West 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
Wiltshire +19 30 £35,000 +7.69%
Gloucestershire +7 29 £46,000 -3.15%
Bristol -18 27 £42,500 +30.76%
Dorset +10 23 £30,000 -7.69%
Somerset -1 12 £28,750 -8.00%
Devon +1 5 £28,750 -11.53%
LAN
England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 226 (84.01%) WAN
2 141 (52.42%) Windows
3 129 (47.96%) Cisco
4 110 (40.89%) Microsoft
5 107 (39.78%) Firewall
6 97 (36.06%) VPN
7 94 (34.94%) VMware
8 93 (34.57%) Active Directory
9 91 (33.83%) ITIL
10 83 (30.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 76 (28.25%) TCP/IP
12 75 (27.88%) MCSE
12 75 (27.88%) Cisco Certification
13 73 (27.14%) Windows Server 2008
14 68 (25.28%) VMware Infrastructure
14 68 (25.28%) Windows Server 2003
15 65 (24.16%) MS Exchange
16 64 (23.79%) Security Cleared
17 61 (22.68%) CCNA
18 60 (22.30%) DNS
19 57 (21.19%) MPLS
20 56 (20.82%) Juniper
21 50 (18.59%) MS Office
22 49 (18.22%) Linux
23 47 (17.47%) Citrix
24 45 (16.73%) MS Excel
25 43 (15.99%) UNIX
25 43 (15.99%) Windows 7
26 42 (15.61%) Wireless
27 41 (15.24%) VoIP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 15 (5.576%) CGI
2 6 (2.230%) WSH
2 6 (2.230%) .NET
3 5 (1.859%) Middleware
4 4 (1.487%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.372%) WebCenter
5 1 (0.372%) HTML
5 1 (0.372%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 65 (24.16%) MS Exchange
2 36 (13.38%) Exchange Server 2010
3 29 (10.78%) SharePoint
3 29 (10.78%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 23 (8.550%) Exchange Server 2003
5 19 (7.063%) IIS
6 17 (6.320%) SharePoint 2010
7 10 (3.717%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (1.115%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.743%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.743%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.743%) Oracle 10gAS
10 1 (0.372%) DotNetNuke
10 1 (0.372%) Lotus Notes
10 1 (0.372%) SAS
Applications
1 50 (18.59%) MS Office
2 45 (16.73%) MS Excel
3 5 (1.859%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (1.859%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.743%) Office 365
5 1 (0.372%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.743%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.743%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (0.743%) Oracle 11i
1 2 (0.743%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (0.743%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 226 (84.01%) WAN
2 107 (39.78%) Firewall
3 97 (36.06%) VPN
4 76 (28.25%) TCP/IP
5 60 (22.30%) DNS
6 57 (21.19%) MPLS
7 42 (15.61%) Wireless
8 41 (15.24%) VoIP
9 34 (12.64%) DHCP
10 33 (12.27%) SAN
11 31 (11.52%) VLAN
11 31 (11.52%) OSPF
12 30 (11.15%) Ethernet
13 29 (10.78%) Internet
14 28 (10.41%) Network Security
15 25 (9.294%) IPsec
16 21 (7.807%) BGP
16 21 (7.807%) IP Telephony
17 19 (7.063%) 3G
18 16 (5.948%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (15.24%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.320%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (2.230%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (1.487%) GIS
4 4 (1.487%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (1.487%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (0.743%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.743%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (0.743%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.372%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 29 (10.78%) LoadRunner
General
1 35 (13.01%) Telecoms
2 12 (4.461%) Finance
3 11 (4.089%) Marketing
4 10 (3.717%) Legal
5 6 (2.230%) Back Office
6 5 (1.859%) Advertising
7 4 (1.487%) Law
8 2 (0.743%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.372%) Banking
9 1 (0.372%) Publishing
9 1 (0.372%) Military
9 1 (0.372%) Electronics
9 1 (0.372%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 63 (23.42%) Analyst
2 28 (10.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (9.665%) Support Analyst
4 24 (8.922%) Network Analyst
4 24 (8.922%) Systems Engineer
5 23 (8.550%) Support Engineer
6 22 (8.178%) Technical Analyst
7 21 (7.807%) Consultant
8 18 (6.691%) Network Engineer
9 16 (5.948%) IT Support
10 15 (5.576%) Tester
11 14 (5.204%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 14 (5.204%) Test Consultant
12 12 (4.461%) 2nd Line Support
13 11 (4.089%) Team Leader
13 11 (4.089%) Administrator
13 11 (4.089%) Support Technician
13 11 (4.089%) Systems Administrator
13 11 (4.089%) Architect
14 10 (3.717%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.04%) Blackberry
1 27 (10.04%) Video Conferencing
2 22 (8.178%) Management Information System
3 15 (5.576%) Mathematics
4 14 (5.204%) Clustering
5 8 (2.974%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.859%) Fat Client
6 5 (1.859%) Thin Client
6 5 (1.859%) IVR
7 3 (1.115%) iPhone
7 3 (1.115%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.115%) FMCG
7 3 (1.115%) Firmware
8 2 (0.743%) SaaS
8 2 (0.743%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.743%) Cryptography
8 2 (0.743%) CESG
8 2 (0.743%) Computer Science
9 1 (0.372%) CMDB
9 1 (0.372%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 141 (52.42%) Windows
2 73 (27.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 68 (25.28%) Windows Server 2003
4 49 (18.22%) Linux
5 43 (15.99%) UNIX
5 43 (15.99%) Windows 7
6 33 (12.27%) Windows XP
7 11 (4.089%) Windows Vista
8 4 (1.487%) Android
8 4 (1.487%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.115%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.743%) Solaris
10 2 (0.743%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.372%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.372%) CentOS
11 1 (0.372%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.372%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.372%) BlackBerry OS
11 1 (0.372%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (33.83%) ITIL
2 29 (10.78%) Penetration Testing
2 29 (10.78%) User Acceptance Testing
2 29 (10.78%) Performance Testing
3 15 (5.576%) Identity Management
3 15 (5.576%) Business Continuity
4 14 (5.204%) Information Security
4 14 (5.204%) Disaster Recovery
4 14 (5.204%) Service Delivery
5 13 (4.833%) Network Management
5 13 (4.833%) Root Cause Analysis
5 13 (4.833%) PRINCE2
5 13 (4.833%) Project Management
6 11 (4.089%) ISMS
6 11 (4.089%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (4.089%) Information Security Management
6 11 (4.089%) Security Management
7 10 (3.717%) Change Management
7 10 (3.717%) Migration
8 8 (2.974%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 35 (13.01%) SQL
2 29 (10.78%) Shell Script
3 17 (6.320%) Java
4 15 (5.576%) C++
5 14 (5.204%) C#
6 6 (2.230%) Python
6 6 (2.230%) Perl
6 6 (2.230%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.115%) C
8 1 (0.372%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 83 (30.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 75 (27.88%) MCSE
2 75 (27.88%) Cisco Certification
3 64 (23.79%) Security Cleared
4 61 (22.68%) CCNA
5 40 (14.87%) MCSA
6 37 (13.75%) DV Cleared
7 33 (12.27%) Degree
7 33 (12.27%) MCITP
8 29 (10.78%) ISEB
9 27 (10.04%) CCNP
10 21 (7.807%) SC Cleared
11 20 (7.435%) MCTS
12 16 (5.948%) MCP
13 12 (4.461%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 10 (3.717%) CCIP
15 9 (3.346%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (2.230%) CCDP
16 6 (2.230%) CCIE
16 6 (2.230%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.204%) SLA
2 13 (4.833%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.974%) QA
4 1 (0.372%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.372%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 93 (34.57%) Active Directory
2 68 (25.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (10.04%) Hyper-V
4 15 (5.576%) Terminal Services
5 9 (3.346%) VMware ESX
6 8 (2.974%) vSphere
6 8 (2.974%) Xen
7 7 (2.602%) XenApp
8 4 (1.487%) XenServer
8 4 (1.487%) XenDesktop
8 4 (1.487%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 4 (1.487%) BlackBerry Internet Service
9 3 (1.115%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.115%) ISA Server
10 2 (0.743%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.743%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.743%) Squid
10 2 (0.743%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.743%) NLBS
11 1 (0.372%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (4.089%) WSUS
2 6 (2.230%) SCCM
3 4 (1.487%) SCOM
4 2 (0.743%) Backup Exec
4 2 (0.743%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (0.743%) MOM
4 2 (0.743%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (0.743%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.372%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.372%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (0.372%) Nagios
5 1 (0.372%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.372%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 129 (47.96%) Cisco
2 110 (40.89%) Microsoft
3 94 (34.94%) VMware
4 56 (20.82%) Juniper
5 47 (17.47%) Citrix
6 29 (10.78%) Avaya
7 27 (10.04%) CheckPoint
8 23 (8.550%) McAfee
9 20 (7.435%) HP
10 18 (6.691%) SonicWALL
11 17 (6.320%) Polycom
12 15 (5.576%) Oracle
13 11 (4.089%) NetSuite
14 9 (3.346%) SolarWinds
15 8 (2.974%) Nortel
16 7 (2.602%) Dell
16 7 (2.602%) Nokia
16 7 (2.602%) Sage
17 6 (2.230%) SAP
17 6 (2.230%) Symantec
Wiltshire, South West
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Sand Resources
Salary: £26000 - £36000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Plymouth, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: VMWARE Citrix Active Directory Cisco - Routing/Switching LAN/WAN SAN 2nd or 3rd...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Plymouth, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: VMWARE Citrix Active Directory Cisco - Routing/Switching LAN/WAN SAN 2nd or 3rd...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + PENSION/BONUS
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
You will have experience of VMWare 4 or 5, WAN/LAN monitoring and management systems and also Security Solutions such as Checkpoint and Cisco firewalls. You will have...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £33000.00 - £37000.00 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Torquay, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: VMWARE Citrix Active Directory Cisco - Routing/Switching LAN/WAN SAN 2nd or 3rd...
Computer Futures
Salary: £36000 - £40000 per annum + BONUS
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gloucestershire
Skills required are; - Windows OS - XP, 7, Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2. - Knowledge of HyperV or VMware... Key words; infrastructure engineer, network engineer, windows, xp, windows 7, SQL,...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Salisbury, South West
Skills and experience required: Knowledge and experience of using Windows Server 2003/2008 Experience of providing support to Windows XP, 7 and Vista. Experience of using Active Directory...
Salary: £16000 per annum + Company Car, Laptop and Mobile Phone
Posted: 26 April 2013
Bristol, Avon
You will be joining an existing team of 3 Network Analysts. The right candidate should have high level technical knowledge of a Network / Data Centre environment. You will...
Information Technology Services
Salary: £38k - 45k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Head of IT Operations - Digital/Media/Publishing - Bristol/Bath. Keywords: Digital, Media, Publishing, IT Operations, Head, Manager, LAN/WAN, Internet, Networks, Wen hosting Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Chippenham,...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
The successful candidate must have excellent knowledge of VMWare ESX, Storage Area Networking, Citrix / Terminal Services, Citrix VDI, Remote Access solutions and all Windows Server technologies and associated...
Commercial Group
Salary: From £38,000 to £42,000 per annum
Posted: 29 April 2013
South West
Key skills and experience: Experience of installing, configuring and troubleshooting of network systems such as HP, Aruba, HP, Mitel, Juniper, Brocade, etc... Aruba, HP, Wireless, LAN, WAN, STP,...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £50000.00
Posted: 17 May 2013
Somerset, South West
Installation, deployment and maintenance experience of VMware, Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 Server, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Active Directory, Blackberry Enterprise server (Ver 7), Backup Exec, MYSQL server 2005,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Swindon, South West
LAN administration for NT 2000 2003 server - LAN WAN technology experience, in particular TCP IPA - Implementation of 3rd party software - client/server applications To be successful as IT...
JAM
Salary: £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
South West
The Infrastructure Support Analyst is responsible for providing third line support for the Hardware and Software that is essential to business operations and development-The role includes working...
Michael Page International
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
An exciting opportunity to work with leading Data Communication Consultancy Main purpose of the role: - Responsible for the installation, maintenance and health of our clients Data Network - Evaluating...
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
You will also have exposure in at least one of the following areas - - Testing Lifecycle (unit, integration, system and user acceptance testing) - Linux/UNIX administration, Shell Scripting, Exposure...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: up to 46k + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
South West
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful, motivated and driven organisation as an IT Support Analyst in their Bristol based office to provide technical support and...
Michael Page International
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Proficient in writing C/C++ code for microcontrollers (including hardware drivers). - Experience of writing Engineering tools in Windows (Win32, MFC, etc.)... Keil MDK, Atlassian etc. - Knowledge of USB,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pension, Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gloucester, South West
Proficient in writing C/C++ code for microcontrollers (including hardware drivers). - Experience of writing Engineering tools in Windows (Win32, MFC, etc.)... Keil MDK, Atlassian etc. - Knowledge of USB,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Healthcare, Pension
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