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The table below looks at the demand for Wireless LAN (WLAN) 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 WLAN over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWireless LAN (WLAN)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank249210
Rank change on same period last yearDown-39
Matching permanent IT job ads349
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.021 %
As % of the category below0.159 %2.831 %
Salaries quoted223
Average minimum salary£50,000£27,761
Average salary£60,000£29,717
% change on same period last year+101.90 %
Average maximum salary£70,000£31,674
UK excluding London average salary£42,497£41,108
% change on same period last year+3.37 %
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads18831731
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.046 %0.729 %
Salaries quoted16561438
Average minimum salary£32,234£33,169
Average salary£35,231£36,134
% change on same period last year-2.49 %
Average maximum salary£38,228£39,098
UK excluding London average salary£37,613£39,408
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
WLAN EnglandWLAN
England

WLAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

WLAN
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WLAN across the South West region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

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 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GloucestershireDown-203£60,000+100.00 %
WLAN EnglandWLAN
England

WLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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.

110 (55.56 %)LAN
110 (55.56 %)Wireless
25 (27.78 %)Bluetooth
34 (22.22 %)Validation
34 (22.22 %)CCVP
34 (22.22 %)WAN
34 (22.22 %)C
34 (22.22 %)Cisco
34 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
43 (16.67 %)3G
43 (16.67 %)MATLAB
43 (16.67 %)Windows
43 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
43 (16.67 %)Windows XP
43 (16.67 %)ADSL
43 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
43 (16.67 %)VPN
43 (16.67 %)PSTN
43 (16.67 %)Construction
43 (16.67 %)SSH
43 (16.67 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
43 (16.67 %)Cisco IPT
52 (11.11 %)Wi-Fi
52 (11.11 %)CCNP
52 (11.11 %)WiMAX
61 (5.556 %)CCIP
61 (5.556 %)CCDP
61 (5.556 %)CCIE
61 (5.556 %)Simulink
61 (5.556 %)Tcl

WLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.556 %)Middleware
South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (16.67 %)MATLAB
21 (5.556 %)Simulink
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (55.56 %)LAN
110 (55.56 %)Wireless
25 (27.78 %)Bluetooth
34 (22.22 %)WAN
43 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
43 (16.67 %)VPN
43 (16.67 %)3G
43 (16.67 %)ADSL
43 (16.67 %)PSTN
43 (16.67 %)SSH
43 (16.67 %)Cisco IPT
52 (11.11 %)WiMAX
52 (11.11 %)Wi-Fi
61 (5.556 %)TETRA
61 (5.556 %)OFDM
61 (5.556 %)MIMO
South West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.556 %)LabVIEW
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (16.67 %)Construction
21 (5.556 %)Education
21 (5.556 %)Military
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (33.33 %)Systems Engineer
24 (22.22 %)Consultant
24 (22.22 %)Technical Consultant
24 (22.22 %)Cisco Consultant
33 (16.67 %)Lead Systems Engineer
33 (16.67 %)Network Analyst
33 (16.67 %)Network Support Analyst
33 (16.67 %)Analyst
33 (16.67 %)Support Analyst
33 (16.67 %)Systems Manager
33 (16.67 %)Network Support
33 (16.67 %)Cisco Technical Consultant
42 (11.11 %)RF Engineer
42 (11.11 %)RF Design Engineer
42 (11.11 %)Design Engineer
51 (5.556 %)Support Engineer
51 (5.556 %)Technical Support
51 (5.556 %)Cisco Support
51 (5.556 %)Principal Systems Engineer
51 (5.556 %)Technical Support Engineer
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (16.67 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (16.67 %)Windows
13 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
13 (16.67 %)Windows XP
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (22.22 %)Validation
21 (5.556 %)Systems Analysis
21 (5.556 %)Technical Architecture
21 (5.556 %)Test Scripting
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (22.22 %)C
21 (5.556 %)Tcl
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
14 (22.22 %)CCVP
22 (11.11 %)CCNP
31 (5.556 %)CCIP
31 (5.556 %)CCDP
31 (5.556 %)CCIE
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (22.22 %)Cisco