The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SolarWinds products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SolarWinds over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the South West region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within SolarWinds.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SolarWinds
Rank 191 211 204
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -7
Permanent jobs citing SolarWinds 19 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.362% 0.073% 0.017%
As % of the Vendors category 0.859% 0.157% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 16 4 1
Average salary £37,500 £32,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.18% -1.53%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Vendors
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2213 2541 2447
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 42.18% 46.07% 41.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1891 2196 2083
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SolarWinds
England

SolarWinds
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West SolarWinds Jobs Demand Trend

SolarWinds
Salary Trend

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

South West SolarWinds Salary Trend

SolarWinds
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SolarWinds across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West SolarWinds Salary Histogram

SolarWinds
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Gloucestershire - 9 £27,500 -
Somerset - 5 £50,000 -
Dorset - 3 £37,500 -
Wiltshire +9 2 £36,875 +27.15%
SolarWinds
England

SolarWinds
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing SolarWinds 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 SolarWinds.

1 24 (92.31%) Cisco
2 14 (53.85%) Firewall
2 14 (53.85%) Network Management
3 13 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 12 (46.15%) Juniper
4 12 (46.15%) SQL
5 11 (42.31%) Windows
6 10 (38.46%) LAN
7 9 (34.62%) BGP
7 9 (34.62%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (34.62%) WAN
7 9 (34.62%) VPN
7 9 (34.62%) VMware
8 8 (30.77%) Network Security
8 8 (30.77%) CCNA
8 8 (30.77%) OSPF
9 7 (26.92%) SolarWinds Orion
10 6 (23.08%) OPNET
10 6 (23.08%) OpenView
10 6 (23.08%) HP
10 6 (23.08%) VoIP
10 6 (23.08%) Java
11 5 (19.23%) SSL
11 5 (19.23%) MPLS
11 5 (19.23%) Business Development
11 5 (19.23%) Junos
11 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
11 5 (19.23%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (19.23%) Cisco Nexus

SolarWinds
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing SolarWinds 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 SolarWinds. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (11.54%) HTML
1 3 (11.54%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 14 (53.85%) Firewall
2 10 (38.46%) LAN
3 9 (34.62%) WAN
3 9 (34.62%) VPN
3 9 (34.62%) BGP
4 8 (30.77%) OSPF
4 8 (30.77%) Network Security
5 6 (23.08%) VoIP
6 5 (19.23%) MPLS
6 5 (19.23%) SSL
6 5 (19.23%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (19.23%) Junos
6 5 (19.23%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (15.38%) Wireshark
7 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
8 3 (11.54%) DNS
8 3 (11.54%) Wireless
9 2 (7.692%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (7.692%) Cisco PIX
9 2 (7.692%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) MySQL
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) ClearCase
1 3 (11.54%) ClearQuest
1 3 (11.54%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (3.846%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Network Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Analyst
3 8 (30.77%) Support Engineer
4 7 (26.92%) Network Analyst
4 7 (26.92%) Network Support Engineer
4 7 (26.92%) Network Support
5 5 (19.23%) Consultant
6 4 (15.38%) Applications Consultant
7 3 (11.54%) Management Consultant
7 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (11.54%) Performance Analyst
7 3 (11.54%) Application Performance Analyst
7 3 (11.54%) Performance Management Consultant
8 2 (7.692%) Data Network Analyst
8 2 (7.692%) Data Analyst
8 2 (7.692%) Senior Data Analyst
8 2 (7.692%) Senior Network Analyst
8 2 (7.692%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (3.846%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (11.54%) Replication
2 3 (11.54%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.846%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.846%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 11 (42.31%) Windows
2 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (15.38%) Linux
4 3 (11.54%) Solaris
4 3 (11.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (11.54%) Ubuntu
5 2 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (3.846%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Network Management
2 5 (19.23%) Business Development
3 4 (15.38%) Time Management
3 4 (15.38%) Migration
4 3 (11.54%) Performance Management
5 2 (7.692%) Network Design
5 2 (7.692%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 12 (46.15%) SQL
2 6 (23.08%) Java
3 3 (11.54%) Perl
3 3 (11.54%) VB
3 3 (11.54%) Python
3 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (34.62%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (30.77%) CCNA
4 3 (11.54%) CCNP
4 3 (11.54%) Degree
4 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.846%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (15.38%) Terminal Services
3 3 (11.54%) vSphere
3 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
3 3 (11.54%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (7.692%) Hyper-V
5 1 (3.846%) ISA Server
5 1 (3.846%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) SolarWinds Orion
2 6 (23.08%) OpenView
3 4 (15.38%) Nagios
4 3 (11.54%) Backup Exec
4 3 (11.54%) WSUS
5 1 (3.846%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (3.846%) Tivoli
5 1 (3.846%) Netcool
5 1 (3.846%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 24 (92.31%) Cisco
2 12 (46.15%) Juniper
3 9 (34.62%) VMware
4 6 (23.08%) OPNET
4 6 (23.08%) HP
5 4 (15.38%) Citrix
5 4 (15.38%) Compuware
5 4 (15.38%) F5
6 3 (11.54%) Perforce
6 3 (11.54%) NetScout
6 3 (11.54%) Dell
6 3 (11.54%) Oracle
6 3 (11.54%) JBoss
6 3 (11.54%) BMC
6 3 (11.54%) CA
6 3 (11.54%) Red Hat
6 3 (11.54%) CheckPoint
6 3 (11.54%) Symantec
7 2 (7.692%) Nokia
7 2 (7.692%) Nortel
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