The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 51 52 45
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -7
Permanent jobs citing WAN 7 11 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 1.346% 1.943% 1.807%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.77% 12.09% 11.69%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 9
Average salary £44,000 £32,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.38% +1.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,050 £20,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £32,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
65 91 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 12.50% 16.08% 15.46%
Number of salaries quoted 59 64 74
Average salary £38,472 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.37% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,072 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £47,050
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WAN
Wiltshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

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

Swindon WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 27 (90.00%) Cisco
2 24 (80.00%) LAN
3 20 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (60.00%) VPN
5 15 (50.00%) Juniper
6 12 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (40.00%) MCSE
6 12 (40.00%) Firewall
7 11 (36.67%) CCNA
7 11 (36.67%) MPLS
8 10 (33.33%) CCNP
8 10 (33.33%) TCP/IP
8 10 (33.33%) VLAN
9 8 (26.67%) IP Telephony
9 8 (26.67%) Degree
9 8 (26.67%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
9 8 (26.67%) Windows
9 8 (26.67%) WLAN
10 7 (23.33%) OSPF
10 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
10 7 (23.33%) BGP
10 7 (23.33%) VMware Infrastructure
10 7 (23.33%) Wireless
10 7 (23.33%) VMware
11 6 (20.00%) IPsec
11 6 (20.00%) Telecoms
11 6 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
11 6 (20.00%) Internet

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 Development
1 1 (3.333%) CGI
1 1 (3.333%) Middleware
1 1 (3.333%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.333%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle 10gAS
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Application Server
1 1 (3.333%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (3.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (80.00%) LAN
2 18 (60.00%) VPN
3 12 (40.00%) Firewall
4 11 (36.67%) MPLS
5 10 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 10 (33.33%) VLAN
6 8 (26.67%) IP Telephony
6 8 (26.67%) WLAN
7 7 (23.33%) OSPF
7 7 (23.33%) BGP
7 7 (23.33%) Wireless
8 6 (20.00%) IPsec
8 6 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (20.00%) Internet
9 5 (16.67%) DHCP
9 5 (16.67%) VoIP
9 5 (16.67%) DNS
10 4 (13.33%) Cisco PIX
10 4 (13.33%) Network Security
10 4 (13.33%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 6 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.667%) Finance
3 1 (3.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (20.00%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Network Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Lead Designer
4 3 (10.00%) Designer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Network Technician
4 3 (10.00%) Network Technician
5 2 (6.667%) Cisco Consultant
5 2 (6.667%) Cisco Network Consultant
5 2 (6.667%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Server Support
6 1 (3.333%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) Administrator
6 1 (3.333%) IT Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.333%) Architect
6 1 (3.333%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 5 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.667%) Cryptography
4 1 (3.333%) NHS
4 1 (3.333%) Thin Client
4 1 (3.333%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (26.67%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.333%) Linux
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (3.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) ITIL
1 5 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 3 (10.00%) WAN Optimisation
2 3 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (6.667%) Network Design
4 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2
4 1 (3.333%) ERP
4 1 (3.333%) ETL
4 1 (3.333%) Project Management
4 1 (3.333%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.333%) Information Assurance
4 1 (3.333%) Release Management
4 1 (3.333%) Change Management
4 1 (3.333%) BPEL
Qualifications
1 20 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (40.00%) MCSE
3 11 (36.67%) CCNA
4 10 (33.33%) CCNP
5 8 (26.67%) Degree
6 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 6 (20.00%) MCSA
7 5 (16.67%) MCTS
7 5 (16.67%) MCITP
7 5 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (13.33%) JNCIS
8 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
9 3 (10.00%) CCDP
10 2 (6.667%) CCIE
11 1 (3.333%) CCIP
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
1 7 (23.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.333%) Terminal Services
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (3.333%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (3.333%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 27 (90.00%) Cisco
2 15 (50.00%) Juniper
3 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
4 7 (23.33%) VMware
5 5 (16.67%) IBM
5 5 (16.67%) HP
5 5 (16.67%) Avaya
5 5 (16.67%) McAfee
5 5 (16.67%) SonicWALL
5 5 (16.67%) Polycom
6 4 (13.33%) CheckPoint
7 3 (10.00%) Citrix
7 3 (10.00%) Tandberg
8 2 (6.667%) Oracle
9 1 (3.333%) Informatica
9 1 (3.333%) Veritas
9 1 (3.333%) Sophos
9 1 (3.333%) F5
9 1 (3.333%) WatchGuard
9 1 (3.333%) Blue Coat
Swindon, South West
You will have in-depth experience in delivering support and management services across a range of platforms and technologies including LAN/WAN networks, Cisco, Avaya and Customer applications.
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013