The first table below looks at the demand for WLAN 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 WLAN 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 Communications & Networking category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Rank 200 209 163
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -46
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 16 6 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.305% 0.108% 0.878%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.770% 0.644% 4.991%
Number of salaries quoted 14 5 20
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% +40.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,458 £27,500 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £56,500 £31,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +29.03%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
904 932 1062
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 17.23% 16.84% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 773 768 875
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 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £50,400 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WLAN
England

WLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West WLAN Jobs Demand Trend

WLAN
Salary Trend

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

South West WLAN Salary Trend

WLAN
Salary Histogram

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

South West WLAN Salary Histogram

WLAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN 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 -3 4 £56,250 +60.71%
Somerset -2 2 £25,000 +11.11%
Wiltshire - 2 £30,429 -
WLAN
England

WLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 25 (83.33%) Wireless
2 17 (56.67%) Cisco
3 14 (46.67%) Firewall
4 13 (43.33%) 3G
4 13 (43.33%) VPN
4 13 (43.33%) WAN
5 12 (40.00%) 802.11
5 12 (40.00%) Telecoms
5 12 (40.00%) VLAN
6 11 (36.67%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (36.67%) LAN
6 11 (36.67%) TCP/IP
7 10 (33.33%) IP Telephony
8 9 (30.00%) Windows
8 9 (30.00%) Linux
9 8 (26.67%) VoIP
9 8 (26.67%) Video Conferencing
10 7 (23.33%) CCNA
10 7 (23.33%) Juniper
10 7 (23.33%) Bluetooth
10 7 (23.33%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (20.00%) Service Delivery
11 6 (20.00%) Device Driver
11 6 (20.00%) Verilog
11 6 (20.00%) Electronics
11 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (20.00%) Avaya
11 6 (20.00%) Internet
11 6 (20.00%) MPLS
11 6 (20.00%) McAfee

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (3.333%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.667%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (83.33%) Wireless
2 14 (46.67%) Firewall
3 13 (43.33%) 3G
3 13 (43.33%) VPN
3 13 (43.33%) WAN
4 12 (40.00%) 802.11
4 12 (40.00%) VLAN
5 11 (36.67%) LAN
5 11 (36.67%) TCP/IP
6 10 (33.33%) IP Telephony
7 8 (26.67%) VoIP
8 7 (23.33%) Bluetooth
8 7 (23.33%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (20.00%) Internet
9 6 (20.00%) MPLS
9 6 (20.00%) LTE
9 6 (20.00%) OFDM
9 6 (20.00%) MIMO
9 6 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (20.00%) WiMAX
General
1 12 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (20.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
1 6 (20.00%) Architect
1 6 (20.00%) Analyst
1 6 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
1 6 (20.00%) DSP Engineer
2 4 (13.33%) Network Technician
3 3 (10.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 3 (10.00%) Senior Network Technician
3 3 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (6.667%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (6.667%) IT Administrator
4 2 (6.667%) Administrator
4 2 (6.667%) Cisco Consultant
5 1 (3.333%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Test Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Sales Consultant
5 1 (3.333%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (20.00%) Device Driver
2 6 (20.00%) Verilog
2 6 (20.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 6 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 6 (20.00%) Physics
3 2 (6.667%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (6.667%) SaaS
4 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.333%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (30.00%) Windows
1 9 (30.00%) Linux
2 2 (6.667%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (6.667%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.00%) Service Delivery
1 6 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 6 (20.00%) Signal Processing
1 6 (20.00%) WAN Optimisation
2 2 (6.667%) Time Management
3 1 (3.333%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (3.333%) OpenUP
3 1 (3.333%) Project Planning
3 1 (3.333%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (6.667%) SQL
3 1 (3.333%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (23.33%) CCNA
3 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (20.00%) MCSE
3 6 (20.00%) PhD
4 5 (16.67%) CCNP
5 3 (10.00%) Degree
5 3 (10.00%) CCIE
6 2 (6.667%) HND
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (3.333%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (3.333%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 17 (56.67%) Cisco
2 7 (23.33%) Juniper
3 6 (20.00%) Avaya
3 6 (20.00%) McAfee
3 6 (20.00%) Polycom
3 6 (20.00%) SonicWALL
4 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.667%) Oracle
5 2 (6.667%) NetApp
5 2 (6.667%) Symantec
5 2 (6.667%) Citrix
5 2 (6.667%) VMware
5 2 (6.667%) Exinda
5 2 (6.667%) Aruba
5 2 (6.667%) Trapeze
5 2 (6.667%) Riverbed
6 1 (3.333%) IronPort
6 1 (3.333%) HP
South West
Network Engineer, Cisco, Aruba, HP, Wireless, LAN, WAN, STP, ARP, VRRP, OSPF, SNMP, Multicast, RADIUS, NPS, Wireless Network Engineer, Mitel, Juniper, Brocade... The Wireless Network Engineer's key...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £55000.00
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
This involves RTL design and verification for FPGA/ASIC using appropriate tools... The role may involve close interaction with System Architects, Design, Validation and Firmware teams... Key Responsibilities:...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Good understanding of wireless communication protocols such as Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, GSM or UMTS... Keywords: Test, Engineer, Software, WLAN PHY, DSP, Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, GSM, UMTS.
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013