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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 50 49 50
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Permanent jobs citing WAN 14 8 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.491% 1.361% 1.468%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.790% 10.81% 6.838%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 7
Average salary £32,500 £23,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.29% -32.85%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Communications & Networking
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
143 74 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 25.44% 12.59% 21.47%
Number of salaries quoted 128 63 105
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £26,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
WAN
North East

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -5 11 £32,500 +38.29%
Tyneside - 2 £18,200 -
South Shields - 1 £18,000 -
WAN
North East

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 30 (73.17%) LAN
2 23 (56.10%) Cisco
3 20 (48.78%) Microsoft
4 19 (46.34%) Firewall
5 15 (36.59%) CCNA
5 15 (36.59%) MS Excel
5 15 (36.59%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (34.15%) Network Design
6 14 (34.15%) Cisco IOS
6 14 (34.15%) Network Management
7 12 (29.27%) Solaris
7 12 (29.27%) VPN
8 11 (26.83%) CCNP
8 11 (26.83%) Oracle
8 11 (26.83%) SAN
9 10 (24.39%) Windows
9 10 (24.39%) MS Visio
9 10 (24.39%) HP
9 10 (24.39%) Hyper-V
9 10 (24.39%) Fibre Channel
9 10 (24.39%) Capacity Planning
9 10 (24.39%) Cisco PIX
9 10 (24.39%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (24.39%) VLAN
10 8 (19.51%) Active Directory
11 7 (17.07%) SLA
12 6 (14.63%) MS Exchange
12 6 (14.63%) MS Office
12 6 (14.63%) ITIL
12 6 (14.63%) Problem Management

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 (2.439%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (14.63%) MS Exchange
2 2 (4.878%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 15 (36.59%) MS Excel
2 10 (24.39%) MS Visio
3 6 (14.63%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 30 (73.17%) LAN
2 19 (46.34%) Firewall
3 14 (34.15%) Cisco IOS
4 12 (29.27%) VPN
5 11 (26.83%) SAN
6 10 (24.39%) Cisco PIX
6 10 (24.39%) VLAN
6 10 (24.39%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (24.39%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (9.756%) OSPF
7 4 (9.756%) BGP
8 3 (7.317%) DNS
8 3 (7.317%) DHCP
8 3 (7.317%) TCP/IP
9 2 (4.878%) VoIP
9 2 (4.878%) DSL
9 2 (4.878%) MPLS
10 1 (2.439%) Network Security
10 1 (2.439%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (2.439%) SSL
General
1 3 (7.317%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (19.51%) Network Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) Team Leader
3 4 (9.756%) Network Technician
3 4 (9.756%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (9.756%) Systems Administrator
3 4 (9.756%) Administrator
4 3 (7.317%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (7.317%) Service Analyst
4 3 (7.317%) Technical Specialist
5 2 (4.878%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
5 2 (4.878%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (4.878%) Network Team Leader
5 2 (4.878%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (4.878%) Support Team Leader
5 2 (4.878%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (4.878%) Technical Support
5 2 (4.878%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (2.439%) Help Desk Analyst
6 1 (2.439%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.878%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.439%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 12 (29.27%) Solaris
2 10 (24.39%) Windows
3 4 (9.756%) UNIX
3 4 (9.756%) Linux
3 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (9.756%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (9.756%) Windows 7
4 2 (4.878%) Windows 8
4 2 (4.878%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.878%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.439%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Network Design
1 14 (34.15%) Network Management
2 10 (24.39%) Capacity Planning
3 6 (14.63%) Infrastructure Management
3 6 (14.63%) Problem Management
3 6 (14.63%) ITIL
3 6 (14.63%) Service Delivery
4 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
5 4 (9.756%) Data Management
6 2 (4.878%) Service Management
6 2 (4.878%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (4.878%) Performance Management
6 2 (4.878%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (4.878%) Risk Management
6 2 (4.878%) Workflow
6 2 (4.878%) Business Development
7 1 (2.439%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.439%) Demand Management
7 1 (2.439%) Capacity Management
7 1 (2.439%) Migration
Qualifications
1 15 (36.59%) CCNA
1 15 (36.59%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (26.83%) CCNP
3 4 (9.756%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (7.317%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (2.439%) CCDA
5 1 (2.439%) CCDP
5 1 (2.439%) MCP
5 1 (2.439%) MCSE
5 1 (2.439%) MCSA
5 1 (2.439%) CCIE
5 1 (2.439%) CCSA
5 1 (2.439%) JNCIP
5 1 (2.439%) JNCIE
5 1 (2.439%) MCDST
5 1 (2.439%) MCITP
5 1 (2.439%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.439%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.439%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (24.39%) Hyper-V
2 8 (19.51%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.878%) XenServer
4 1 (2.439%) vSphere
4 1 (2.439%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.878%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (56.10%) Cisco
2 20 (48.78%) Microsoft
3 11 (26.83%) Oracle
4 10 (24.39%) HP
5 4 (9.756%) Citrix
5 4 (9.756%) CheckPoint
6 3 (7.317%) VMware
7 2 (4.878%) Remedy
8 1 (2.439%) Sun
8 1 (2.439%) Juniper
8 1 (2.439%) Apple
8 1 (2.439%) Riverbed
8 1 (2.439%) F5
8 1 (2.439%) Twitter