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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank7890
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads285172
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.139 %0.074 %
As % of the category below12.76 %10.66 %
Salaries quoted245153
Average minimum salary£31,934£30,398
Average salary£34,181£32,417
% change on same period last year+5.44 %
Average maximum salary£36,427£34,435
UK excluding London average salary£36,224£37,335
% change on same period last year-2.97 %
Communications & Networking South WestCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads22341613
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.093 %0.693 %
Salaries quoted18241252
Average minimum salary£32,528£30,981
Average salary£35,625£34,367
% change on same period last year+3.65 %
Average maximum salary£38,721£37,754
UK excluding London average salary£37,690£39,009
% change on same period last year-3.38 %
WAN EnglandWAN
England

WAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing WAN across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

South West WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the South West region over the past 3 months.

South West WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South West region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1WiltshireUp+2083£35,056+12.82 %
2SomersetUp+1856£36,716+15.15 %
3BristolDown-449£33,930+7.84 %
4DevonUp+2045£33,517+6.24 %
4GloucestershireDown-1345£29,348-11.10 %
5DorsetDown-219£38,778+50.48 %
6AvonNew entry-4£25,000-
WAN EnglandWAN
England

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the South West region citing WAN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WAN.

1627 (95.73 %)LAN
2288 (43.97 %)TCP/IP
3259 (39.54 %)Windows
4225 (34.35 %)Firewall
5191 (29.16 %)Active Directory
6188 (28.70 %)Citrix
7170 (25.95 %)Cisco
8166 (25.34 %)Microsoft
9134 (20.46 %)SAN
10126 (19.24 %)Oracle
11120 (18.32 %)Microsoft Certification
1299 (15.11 %)MPLS
1392 (14.05 %)Cisco Certification
1490 (13.74 %)Lotus Domino
1490 (13.74 %)MCSE
1588 (13.44 %)AIX
1682 (12.52 %)VPN
1776 (11.60 %)Internet
1875 (11.45 %)CCNA
1970 (10.69 %)MS Exchange
2069 (10.53 %)Windows 2000
2166 (10.08 %)Windows Server 2003
2265 (9.924 %)Exchange Server 2003
2364 (9.771 %)Telecoms
2463 (9.618 %)CCNP
2562 (9.466 %)Windows XP
2660 (9.160 %)MCSA
2660 (9.160 %)SQL Server
2758 (8.855 %)Wireless
2855 (8.397 %)Network Security

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the South West region citing WAN also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
14 (0.611 %).NET
14 (0.611 %)CSS
22 (0.305 %)HTML
22 (0.305 %)ASP
22 (0.305 %)ASP.NET
31 (0.153 %)WML
31 (0.153 %)J2EE
31 (0.153 %)XML
31 (0.153 %)XHTML
31 (0.153 %)J2ME
31 (0.153 %)AJAX
Application Platforms
190 (13.74 %)Lotus Domino
270 (10.69 %)MS Exchange
365 (9.924 %)Exchange Server 2003
436 (5.496 %)Exchange Server 2000
529 (4.427 %)Lotus Notes
621 (3.206 %)SharePoint
714 (2.137 %)Exchange Server 5.5
812 (1.832 %)IIS
93 (0.458 %)WebLogic
93 (0.458 %)Apache
93 (0.458 %)Tomcat
102 (0.305 %)BizTalk Server
102 (0.305 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
111 (0.153 %)JBoss
Applications
145 (6.870 %)MS Office
237 (5.649 %)MS Excel
33 (0.458 %)MS Visio
33 (0.458 %)Windchill
42 (0.305 %)MS Project
Business Applications
13 (0.458 %)Line 500
22 (0.305 %)Summit
31 (0.153 %)Navision
Communications & Networking
1627 (95.73 %)LAN
2288 (43.97 %)TCP/IP
3225 (34.35 %)Firewall
4134 (20.46 %)SAN
599 (15.11 %)MPLS
682 (12.52 %)VPN
776 (11.60 %)Internet
858 (8.855 %)Wireless
955 (8.397 %)Network Security
1042 (6.412 %)SSH
1140 (6.107 %)Intranet
1140 (6.107 %)SSL
1239 (5.954 %)VoIP
1336 (5.496 %)Ethernet
1435 (5.344 %)SNMP
1534 (5.191 %)HTTPS
1622 (3.359 %)DNS
1718 (2.748 %)DHCP
1815 (2.290 %)IPX
1815 (2.290 %)IPX/SPX
Database & Business Intelligence
160 (9.160 %)SQL Server
236 (5.496 %)SQL Server 2000
326 (3.969 %)InterBase
326 (3.969 %)Cognos Impromptu
420 (3.053 %)SQL Server 2005
59 (1.374 %)SQL Server 7
67 (1.069 %)MySQL
67 (1.069 %)MS Access
71 (0.153 %)RDBMS
Development Applications
134 (5.191 %)Flash
134 (5.191 %)ClearCase
23 (0.458 %)ARTiSAN
General
164 (9.771 %)Telecoms
241 (6.260 %)Marketing
333 (5.038 %)Back Office
432 (4.885 %)Finance
521 (3.206 %)Legal
613 (1.985 %)Pensions
712 (1.832 %)Government
811 (1.679 %)Health
811 (1.679 %)Construction
910 (1.527 %)Automotive
910 (1.527 %)Military
104 (0.611 %)Law
113 (0.458 %)Banking
122 (0.305 %)Insurance
122 (0.305 %)Manufacturing
122 (0.305 %)Chemicals
122 (0.305 %)Pharmaceutical
131 (0.153 %)Financial Institution
Job Titles
1118 (18.02 %)Network Engineer
2108 (16.49 %)Analyst
399 (15.11 %)Architect
472 (10.99 %)Technical Architect
570 (10.69 %)Support Engineer
641 (6.260 %)Network Analyst
735 (5.344 %)Software Engineer
834 (5.191 %)Design Engineer
834 (5.191 %)Principal Software Engineer
834 (5.191 %)Software Design Engineer
932 (4.885 %)3rd Line Support
932 (4.885 %)Support Analyst
1031 (4.733 %)Field Engineer
1130 (4.580 %)Systems Engineer
1227 (4.122 %)Administrator
1227 (4.122 %)Senior Analyst
1227 (4.122 %)Network Support
1326 (3.969 %)Consultant
1425 (3.817 %)Field Service Engineer
1520 (3.053 %)IT Manager
Miscellaneous
114 (2.137 %)Speech Recognition
212 (1.832 %)Asset Management
311 (1.679 %)Client/Server
410 (1.527 %)Thin Client
410 (1.527 %)e-Health
410 (1.527 %)Fat Client
58 (1.221 %)Mainframe
58 (1.221 %)Management Information System
65 (0.763 %)Blackberry
73 (0.458 %)Life Science
82 (0.305 %)PDA
82 (0.305 %)Biotechnology
91 (0.153 %)AS400
91 (0.153 %)Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1259 (39.54 %)Windows
288 (13.44 %)AIX
369 (10.53 %)Windows 2000
466 (10.08 %)Windows Server 2003
562 (9.466 %)Windows XP
640 (6.107 %)Windows NT
726 (3.969 %)Unix
825 (3.817 %)Linux
95 (0.763 %)Solaris
102 (0.305 %)Mac OS X
102 (0.305 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.153 %)Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
141 (6.260 %)ITIL
238 (5.802 %)Business Analysis
335 (5.344 %)Disaster Recovery
431 (4.733 %)Project Management
514 (2.137 %)Software Testing
610 (1.527 %)Service Delivery
610 (1.527 %)ERP
79 (1.374 %)Document Management
79 (1.374 %)Load Balancing
88 (1.221 %)PRINCE2
97 (1.069 %)Network Design
106 (0.916 %)CRM
106 (0.916 %)Investment Management
115 (0.763 %)Operations Management
115 (0.763 %)Technical Architecture
115 (0.763 %)Service Management
115 (0.763 %)SSADM
115 (0.763 %)B2B
115 (0.763 %)Incident Management
115 (0.763 %)Information Management
Programming Languages
154 (8.244 %)SQL
240 (6.107 %)C
328 (4.275 %)Perl
426 (3.969 %)Python
59 (1.374 %)VB
67 (1.069 %)VBA
73 (0.458 %)C#
81 (0.153 %)C++
81 (0.153 %)Java
81 (0.153 %)JavaScript
81 (0.153 %)VB.NET
81 (0.153 %)PHP
81 (0.153 %)Embedded C
Qualifications
1120 (18.32 %)Microsoft Certification
292 (14.05 %)Cisco Certification
390 (13.74 %)MCSE
475 (11.45 %)CCNA
563 (9.618 %)CCNP
660 (9.160 %)MCSA
731 (4.733 %)MCP
811 (1.679 %)Degree
97 (1.069 %)CCIE
105 (0.763 %)CCSP
105 (0.763 %)PMP
105 (0.763 %)PMI Certification
114 (0.611 %)ITIL Certification
123 (0.458 %)CCDA
132 (0.305 %)CCDP
132 (0.305 %)CCVP
132 (0.305 %)PRINCE2 Certification
141 (0.153 %)Sun Certification
141 (0.153 %)CCSE
141 (0.153 %)CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
138 (5.802 %)SLA
21 (0.153 %)QA
System Software
1191 (29.16 %)Active Directory
224 (3.664 %)Backup Exec
318 (2.748 %)Terminal Services
48 (1.221 %)MetaFrame
57 (1.069 %)VMware ESX
65 (0.763 %)Citrix Presentation Server
65 (0.763 %)Terminal Server
72 (0.305 %)ISA Server
Systems Management
110 (1.527 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (0.611 %)OpenView
32 (0.305 %)CiscoWorks
Vendors
1188 (28.70 %)Citrix
2170 (25.95 %)Cisco
3166 (25.34 %)Microsoft
4126 (19.24 %)Oracle
549 (7.481 %)VMware
641 (6.260 %)CheckPoint
737 (5.649 %)Juniper
830 (4.580 %)Nortel
830 (4.580 %)Lotus
923 (3.511 %)HP
1011 (1.679 %)Symantec
1110 (1.527 %)OPNET
128 (1.221 %)IBM
128 (1.221 %)Motorola
137 (1.069 %)SonicWALL
146 (0.916 %)Altiris
146 (0.916 %)Siebel
146 (0.916 %)Compaq
155 (0.763 %)Sun
155 (0.763 %)VERITAS
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