The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sutton Coldfield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 17 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 Sutton Coldfield region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing LAN 12 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sutton Coldfield 19.35% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 54.55% - -
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 0
Average salary £27,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,250 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.97% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
Sutton Coldfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
22 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sutton Coldfield 35.48% - 3.448%
Number of salaries quoted 21 0 1
Average salary £27,000 - £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +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 Sutton Coldfield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Sutton Coldfield 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 Sutton Coldfield region.

Sutton Coldfield LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sutton Coldfield 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 23 (100.00%) WAN
2 14 (60.87%) Firewall
3 11 (47.83%) Citrix
4 10 (43.48%) Retail
5 8 (34.78%) Internet
5 8 (34.78%) VPN
5 8 (34.78%) SLA
6 7 (30.43%) TCP/IP
6 7 (30.43%) CCIE
6 7 (30.43%) CCNP
6 7 (30.43%) CCNA
6 7 (30.43%) MPLS
6 7 (30.43%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (30.43%) GPRS
6 7 (30.43%) ISDN
6 7 (30.43%) UMTS
6 7 (30.43%) Supplier Management
6 7 (30.43%) Network Security
6 7 (30.43%) Service Delivery
6 7 (30.43%) Project Management
6 7 (30.43%) xDSL
7 5 (21.74%) Windows
8 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
8 4 (17.39%) HP
8 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (17.39%) Windows 7
9 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (13.04%) BlackBerry Internet Service

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sutton Coldfield 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 Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) MS Exchange
1 3 (13.04%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (4.348%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) MS Office
2 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 23 (100.00%) WAN
2 14 (60.87%) Firewall
3 8 (34.78%) VPN
3 8 (34.78%) Internet
4 7 (30.43%) MPLS
4 7 (30.43%) TCP/IP
4 7 (30.43%) GPRS
4 7 (30.43%) ISDN
4 7 (30.43%) UMTS
4 7 (30.43%) Network Security
4 7 (30.43%) xDSL
5 2 (8.696%) ADSL
6 1 (4.348%) POP3
6 1 (4.348%) SMTP
6 1 (4.348%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (4.348%) MySQL
General
1 10 (43.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Graduate
1 7 (30.43%) Coordinator
1 7 (30.43%) Junior
1 7 (30.43%) Analyst
1 7 (30.43%) Systems Administrator
1 7 (30.43%) Administrator
1 7 (30.43%) Project Coordinator
1 7 (30.43%) Network Administrator
1 7 (30.43%) IT Administrator
2 4 (17.39%) Network Support
2 4 (17.39%) Network Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Support Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Network Support Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Help Desk Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Service Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) EPoS
2 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.348%) Replication
2 1 (4.348%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (17.39%) Windows 7
3 3 (13.04%) Windows XP
4 1 (4.348%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.348%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (4.348%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Project Management
1 7 (30.43%) Service Delivery
1 7 (30.43%) Supplier Management
2 3 (13.04%) ITIL
3 1 (4.348%) Migration
3 1 (4.348%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) PHP
1 1 (4.348%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) CCIE
1 7 (30.43%) CCNP
1 7 (30.43%) CCNA
1 7 (30.43%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (34.78%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) VMware ESX
1 3 (13.04%) BlackBerry Internet Service
1 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (8.696%) Terminal Services
3 1 (4.348%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Citrix
2 4 (17.39%) HP
3 3 (13.04%) Sophos
3 3 (13.04%) VMware
4 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.348%) Sage