The first table below looks at the demand for Network Architecture 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 Network Architecture 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architecture
Rank 206 - 212
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Network Architecture 10 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.191% - 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.253% - 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £42,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -18.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3952 4174 4136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.33% 75.41% 68.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3460 3551 3494
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network Architecture across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West Network Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Network Architecture
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Architecture across the South West region.

South West Network Architecture Salary Trend

Network Architecture
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Architecture across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West Network Architecture Salary Histogram

Network Architecture
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architecture within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bristol - 7 £45,000 -
Gloucestershire - 2 £37,500 -
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Network Architecture 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 Network Architecture.

1 13 (61.90%) Degree
2 11 (52.38%) Network Design
2 11 (52.38%) Network Security
3 10 (47.62%) Firewall
4 9 (42.86%) IPsec
4 9 (42.86%) VPN
4 9 (42.86%) VoIP
4 9 (42.86%) Computer Science
5 8 (38.10%) Network Management
5 8 (38.10%) Capacity Management
5 8 (38.10%) DMVPN
5 8 (38.10%) Network Planning
5 8 (38.10%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 8 (38.10%) Project Planning
5 8 (38.10%) CESG
5 8 (38.10%) E-Commerce
5 8 (38.10%) Cisco
5 8 (38.10%) CCNP
5 8 (38.10%) CCNA
5 8 (38.10%) CCDP
5 8 (38.10%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (38.10%) Juniper
5 8 (38.10%) Management Information System
5 8 (38.10%) OSPF
5 8 (38.10%) BGP
5 8 (38.10%) CheckPoint
6 7 (33.33%) SQL
6 7 (33.33%) Legal
7 6 (28.57%) Finance
8 5 (23.81%) SQL Server

Network Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Network Architecture 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 Network Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (14.29%) Middleware
2 1 (4.762%) CSS
2 1 (4.762%) XML
2 1 (4.762%) DOM
2 1 (4.762%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.762%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (4.762%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (52.38%) Network Security
2 10 (47.62%) Firewall
3 9 (42.86%) IPsec
3 9 (42.86%) VPN
3 9 (42.86%) VoIP
4 8 (38.10%) DMVPN
4 8 (38.10%) OSPF
4 8 (38.10%) BGP
5 4 (19.05%) SSL
5 4 (19.05%) LTE
6 3 (14.29%) tcpdump
6 3 (14.29%) Wireshark
6 3 (14.29%) TELNET
6 3 (14.29%) DNS
6 3 (14.29%) 3G
6 3 (14.29%) LDAP
6 3 (14.29%) 3GPP
6 3 (14.29%) SMTP
6 3 (14.29%) DHCP
6 3 (14.29%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.524%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (9.524%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (4.762%) RDBMS
General
1 7 (33.33%) Legal
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (4.762%) Electronics
3 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Design Engineer
1 6 (28.57%) Network Design Engineer
1 6 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Test Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Network Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Technical Architect
4 2 (9.524%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Administrator
4 2 (9.524%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Systems Integration Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Network Administrator
4 2 (9.524%) Systems Test Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Senior Network Administrator
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Development Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Testing Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 8 (38.10%) CESG
2 8 (38.10%) Management Information System
3 3 (14.29%) Client/Server
4 1 (4.762%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (4.762%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.762%) Mathematics
4 1 (4.762%) Physics
4 1 (4.762%) Streaming Video
4 1 (4.762%) VHDL
4 1 (4.762%) Firmware
4 1 (4.762%) DTV
4 1 (4.762%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 2 (9.524%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Network Design
2 8 (38.10%) Network Management
2 8 (38.10%) Capacity Management
2 8 (38.10%) Network Planning
2 8 (38.10%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 8 (38.10%) Project Planning
2 8 (38.10%) E-Commerce
3 3 (14.29%) Reverse Engineering
3 3 (14.29%) Financial Modelling
3 3 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (14.29%) Information Security
3 3 (14.29%) BPR
3 3 (14.29%) OOA/OOD
3 3 (14.29%) OO
3 3 (14.29%) SOA
4 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (4.762%) Test Automation
5 1 (4.762%) System Testing
5 1 (4.762%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.762%) Erlang
2 1 (4.762%) Shell Script
2 1 (4.762%) Python
2 1 (4.762%) C
2 1 (4.762%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.762%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (61.90%) Degree
2 8 (38.10%) CCNP
2 8 (38.10%) CCNA
2 8 (38.10%) CCDP
2 8 (38.10%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Snort
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Cisco
1 8 (38.10%) Juniper
1 8 (38.10%) CheckPoint
2 3 (14.29%) Oracle
3 2 (9.524%) F5
3 2 (9.524%) Infoblox
4 1 (4.762%) Agilent
4 1 (4.762%) IBM
4 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.762%) Hyperion
4 1 (4.762%) Cognos