The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 20 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 41 59 51
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -8
Permanent jobs citing LAN 30 10 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 4.601% 1.642% 2.301%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.70% 16.39% 11.93%
Number of salaries quoted 27 10 6
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £31,800 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +11.42%
All Communications & Networking
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
101 61 109
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 15.49% 10.02% 19.29%
Number of salaries quoted 91 54 93
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £31,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LAN
West Midlands

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Salary Trend

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

Staffordshire LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Staffordshire LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Tamworth +5 7 £38,250 +19.53% 1
Cannock - 5 £30,000 -
Burton-upon-Trent -12 4 £29,500 -9.23% 1
Stoke-on-Trent +7 3 £19,250 -45.77% 1
LAN
West Midlands

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region citing LAN 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 LAN.

1 42 (89.36%) WAN
2 30 (63.83%) Cisco
3 26 (55.32%) Active Directory
4 25 (53.19%) Windows
5 21 (44.68%) Citrix
6 20 (42.55%) VMware
7 18 (38.30%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (34.04%) Firewall
9 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
10 14 (29.79%) ITIL
10 14 (29.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (27.66%) CCNA
12 12 (25.53%) NetApp
12 12 (25.53%) Windows Server 2003
12 12 (25.53%) VMware Infrastructure
12 12 (25.53%) Windows Server 2008
13 11 (23.40%) SAN
13 11 (23.40%) TCP/IP
13 11 (23.40%) SQL
13 11 (23.40%) MCSE
14 10 (21.28%) MCITP
15 9 (19.15%) SQL Server
15 9 (19.15%) CCNP
15 9 (19.15%) vSphere
16 8 (17.02%) DNS
16 8 (17.02%) MS Exchange
16 8 (17.02%) PRINCE2
16 8 (17.02%) SharePoint
17 7 (14.89%) WLAN
17 7 (14.89%) Wireless

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region citing LAN 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 LAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (8.511%) MFC
2 1 (2.128%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (17.02%) MS Exchange
1 8 (17.02%) SharePoint
2 7 (14.89%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (4.255%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (4.255%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (8.511%) MS Office
2 2 (4.255%) Google Apps
2 2 (4.255%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.255%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.128%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 42 (89.36%) WAN
2 16 (34.04%) Firewall
3 11 (23.40%) SAN
3 11 (23.40%) TCP/IP
4 8 (17.02%) DNS
5 7 (14.89%) WLAN
5 7 (14.89%) Wireless
6 5 (10.64%) VPN
7 3 (6.383%) VLAN
7 3 (6.383%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (4.255%) NetScaler
8 2 (4.255%) MPLS
9 1 (2.128%) Network Security
9 1 (2.128%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (2.128%) IPsec
9 1 (2.128%) OSPF
9 1 (2.128%) BGP
9 1 (2.128%) EIGRP
9 1 (2.128%) DHCP
9 1 (2.128%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.511%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.128%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 4 (8.511%) Telecoms
1 4 (8.511%) Finance
2 2 (4.255%) Retail
3 1 (2.128%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.128%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 10 (21.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (17.02%) Analyst
3 7 (14.89%) Network Engineer
3 7 (14.89%) Infrastructure Manager
3 7 (14.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (14.89%) Support Engineer
4 5 (10.64%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (8.511%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 4 (8.511%) Design Engineer
5 4 (8.511%) Real Time Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Help Desk Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Support Specialist
6 3 (6.383%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (6.383%) Help Desk Support
6 3 (6.383%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (6.383%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 3 (6.383%) Help Desk Support Engineer
7 2 (4.255%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.383%) Replication
2 2 (4.255%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.255%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 25 (53.19%) Windows
2 12 (25.53%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (25.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (6.383%) Windows XP
3 3 (6.383%) Windows 7
4 2 (4.255%) Linux
5 1 (2.128%) Windows Vista
5 1 (2.128%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) ITIL
2 8 (17.02%) PRINCE2
3 5 (10.64%) ERP
4 4 (8.511%) Project Management
4 4 (8.511%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (6.383%) Incident Management
5 3 (6.383%) Network Design
5 3 (6.383%) Change Management
6 2 (4.255%) Transition Management
6 2 (4.255%) Capacity Management
6 2 (4.255%) Service Management
6 2 (4.255%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.255%) Business Continuity
6 2 (4.255%) Load Balancing
6 2 (4.255%) Resource Management
7 1 (2.128%) Time Management
7 1 (2.128%) TOGAF
7 1 (2.128%) Migration
7 1 (2.128%) Security Management
7 1 (2.128%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.40%) SQL
2 4 (8.511%) C
3 1 (2.128%) X++
Qualifications
1 18 (38.30%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (29.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (27.66%) CCNA
4 11 (23.40%) MCSE
5 10 (21.28%) MCITP
6 9 (19.15%) CCNP
7 7 (14.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (6.383%) MCSA
9 2 (4.255%) CCSP
9 2 (4.255%) SC Cleared
9 2 (4.255%) Security Cleared
10 1 (2.128%) CCIP
10 1 (2.128%) CCIE
10 1 (2.128%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.128%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (2.128%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (55.32%) Active Directory
2 12 (25.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (19.15%) vSphere
4 7 (14.89%) XenApp
5 5 (10.64%) Terminal Services
6 3 (6.383%) Terminal Server
7 1 (2.128%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (2.128%) ProxySG
7 1 (2.128%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (10.64%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.128%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 30 (63.83%) Cisco
2 21 (44.68%) Citrix
3 20 (42.55%) VMware
4 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
5 12 (25.53%) NetApp
6 5 (10.64%) SolarWinds
6 5 (10.64%) Avaya
6 5 (10.64%) CheckPoint
7 4 (8.511%) HP
8 2 (4.255%) Nortel
8 2 (4.255%) Juniper
8 2 (4.255%) JD Edwards
8 2 (4.255%) Google
9 1 (2.128%) Blue Coat
9 1 (2.128%) Sage
9 1 (2.128%) Epicor
9 1 (2.128%) Symantec
9 1 (2.128%) SAP
9 1 (2.128%) Oracle
9 1 (2.128%) F5
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