The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 62 44 42
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -2
Permanent jobs citing WAN 11 34 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.451% 3.868% 3.428%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.871% 21.38% 23.20%
Number of salaries quoted 10 27 27
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% +11.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,500 £22,500 £21,600
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £52,500 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
124 159 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 16.36% 18.09% 14.78%
Number of salaries quoted 106 119 109
Average salary £36,750 £33,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.36% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £22,500 £22,750
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WAN
Yorkshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire WAN Jobs Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

South Yorkshire WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South Yorkshire WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Sheffield -12 9 £35,000 +25.00%
Doncaster -1 3 £46,250 -
Rotherham +2 2 £21,500 -
WAN
Yorkshire

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing WAN 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 WAN.

1 32 (94.12%) LAN
2 29 (85.29%) Windows
3 25 (73.53%) Microsoft
3 25 (73.53%) Windows Server 2003
3 25 (73.53%) VMware
4 22 (64.71%) SAN
5 21 (61.76%) Windows Server 2008
6 20 (58.82%) SQL Server
7 19 (55.88%) SQL Server 2005
8 17 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
9 14 (41.18%) Change Management
9 14 (41.18%) Finance
10 13 (38.24%) VMware Infrastructure
10 13 (38.24%) Hyper-V
11 12 (35.29%) VMware ESXi
11 12 (35.29%) Capacity Management
11 12 (35.29%) Technical Architecture
12 11 (32.35%) MS Exchange
13 10 (29.41%) ITIL
13 10 (29.41%) Linux
13 10 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2003
14 8 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 6 (17.65%) Dell
15 6 (17.65%) MS Excel
15 6 (17.65%) DHCP
15 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
15 6 (17.65%) DNS
16 5 (14.71%) Windows XP
16 5 (14.71%) IBM Notes
16 5 (14.71%) IIS

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing WAN 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 WAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 11 (32.35%) MS Exchange
2 10 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (14.71%) IBM Notes
3 5 (14.71%) IIS
3 5 (14.71%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.941%) Lync
4 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) MS Excel
2 5 (14.71%) MS Office
3 4 (11.76%) SmartSuite
Communications & Networking
1 32 (94.12%) LAN
2 22 (64.71%) SAN
3 6 (17.65%) DHCP
3 6 (17.65%) DNS
4 3 (8.824%) Firewall
4 3 (8.824%) Network Security
5 2 (5.882%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (5.882%) Internet
5 2 (5.882%) VoIP
5 2 (5.882%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.941%) VPN
6 1 (2.941%) SNMP
6 1 (2.941%) OSPF
6 1 (2.941%) EIGRP
6 1 (2.941%) Wireshark
6 1 (2.941%) MRTG
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (58.82%) SQL Server
2 19 (55.88%) SQL Server 2005
3 17 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (5.882%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (5.882%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 14 (41.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Team Leader
2 12 (35.29%) Data Centre Team Leader
3 7 (20.59%) Analyst
4 5 (14.71%) Support Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Technical Support Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Technical Support
6 3 (8.824%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.824%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.824%) IT Support
7 2 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) Infrastructure Team Leader
7 2 (5.882%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (5.882%) Support Manager
7 2 (5.882%) IT Support Manager
7 2 (5.882%) Support Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support
8 1 (2.941%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 29 (85.29%) Windows
2 25 (73.53%) Windows Server 2003
3 21 (61.76%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (29.41%) Linux
5 5 (14.71%) Windows XP
5 5 (14.71%) Windows 2000 Server
6 4 (11.76%) Windows 2000
6 4 (11.76%) OS/400
7 2 (5.882%) Windows 7
7 2 (5.882%) Windows 8
8 1 (2.941%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Change Management
2 12 (35.29%) Capacity Management
2 12 (35.29%) Technical Architecture
3 10 (29.41%) ITIL
4 5 (14.71%) Migration
5 3 (8.824%) Service Management
6 2 (5.882%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (5.882%) Performance Management
6 2 (5.882%) ITSM
6 2 (5.882%) Network Design
7 1 (2.941%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.941%) CRM
7 1 (2.941%) ERP
7 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.941%) Quality Management
7 1 (2.941%) Information Security
7 1 (2.941%) Programme Management
7 1 (2.941%) TOGAF
7 1 (2.941%) Network Management
7 1 (2.941%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (2.941%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (5.882%) CCNA
2 1 (2.941%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.824%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (38.24%) VMware Infrastructure
1 13 (38.24%) Hyper-V
2 12 (35.29%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
4 5 (14.71%) VMware ESX
5 1 (2.941%) ISA Server
5 1 (2.941%) Snort
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) SCCM
2 1 (2.941%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.941%) Nessus
Vendors
1 25 (73.53%) Microsoft
1 25 (73.53%) VMware
2 6 (17.65%) Dell
3 5 (14.71%) Lotus
3 5 (14.71%) CheckPoint
3 5 (14.71%) Sophos
4 4 (11.76%) McAfee
4 4 (11.76%) Cisco
5 3 (8.824%) NetApp
6 2 (5.882%) SonicWALL
6 2 (5.882%) HP
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle
7 1 (2.941%) IBM
7 1 (2.941%) Nortel
7 1 (2.941%) Mitel
7 1 (2.941%) WatchGuard
7 1 (2.941%) Veeam
7 1 (2.941%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.941%) Trend Micro
7 1 (2.941%) ArcSight