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This section looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank7480
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads54145375
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.649 %2.308 %
As % of the category below15.35 %14.15 %
Salaries quoted45864420
Average minimum salary£36,388£36,391
Average salary£38,792£38,729
% change on same period last year+0.16 %
Average maximum salary£41,196£41,067
UK excluding London average salary£35,917£37,058
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Communications & Networking UKCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3528137995
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.26 %16.32 %
Salaries quoted2945530490
Average minimum salary£37,740£38,747
Average salary£40,522£41,712
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Average maximum salary£43,304£44,676
UK excluding London average salary£37,690£39,009
% change on same period last year-3.38 %

LAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing LAN across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

LAN Demand Trend

LAN
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing LAN across the UK.

LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the UK over the past 3 months.

LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+105180£38,650-0.20 %
2LondonUp+41754£45,417+8.02 %
3South EastDown-91464£39,251-1.79 %
4City of LondonUp+35476£50,196+12.44 %
5BerkshireDown-9420£43,161+2.27 %
6YorkshireUp+13419£31,840+0.63 %
7East of EnglandUp+4370£35,782-5.57 %
8West MidlandsUp+9342£31,168-5.80 %
9SurreyUp+11315£37,239-3.31 %
10South WestDown-2308£33,489+6.82 %
11North WestUp+11285£33,541-3.98 %
12East MidlandsUp+40231£29,835+2.66 %
13West YorkshireUp+22205£31,048+6.87 %
14HampshireDown-9201£36,758-2.08 %
15HertfordshireUp+8180£35,852-14.19 %
16LeedsUp+26141£34,931+11.74 %
17BuckinghamshireDown-3139£38,023+1.28 %
18South YorkshireUp+1138£32,588-2.60 %
19ScotlandDown-8128£42,328+29.26 %
20ReadingDown-9123£42,797+9.91 %
21OxfordshireDown-12119£34,778-14.86 %
22ManchesterDown-7113£33,350-4.52 %
23KentUp+16109£38,646+20.17 %
24CheshireUp+30102£32,167-1.17 %
25CambridgeshireUp+294£35,742+0.41 %
26West SussexUp+4293£40,383+20.67 %
27BirminghamUp+689£37,612+13.91 %
28WiltshireUp+1288£34,730+18.65 %
29SheffieldUp+1487£31,858-5.01 %
30North YorkshireUp+2083£34,489-0.56 %

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing LAN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing LAN.

19188 (84.94 %)WAN
25011 (46.33 %)Cisco
34554 (42.10 %)Windows
43496 (32.32 %)TCP/IP
53189 (29.48 %)Firewall
62788 (25.77 %)Cisco Certification
72525 (23.34 %)Active Directory
82349 (21.72 %)Microsoft
92030 (18.77 %)VPN
101625 (15.02 %)MS Exchange
111619 (14.97 %)Microsoft Certification
121584 (14.64 %)VoIP
131572 (14.53 %)CCNP
141450 (13.40 %)CCNA
151430 (13.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
161371 (12.67 %)MCSE
171364 (12.61 %)DNS
181344 (12.42 %)Citrix
191321 (12.21 %)Windows 2000
201297 (11.99 %)Finance
211288 (11.91 %)MS Excel
221242 (11.48 %)Telecoms
231217 (11.25 %)MPLS
241123 (10.38 %)Linux
251094 (10.11 %)Unix
261079 (9.975 %)SQL
271060 (9.799 %)MS Office
28969 (8.958 %)Windows XP
29951 (8.792 %)Windows Server 2003
30948 (8.764 %)SQL Server

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing LAN also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing LAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1188 (1.738 %)XML
2176 (1.627 %).NET
3146 (1.350 %)HTML
464 (0.592 %)J2EE
559 (0.545 %)ASP.NET
653 (0.490 %)CSS
751 (0.471 %)ASP
837 (0.342 %)MAPI
837 (0.342 %)WebSphere
932 (0.296 %)WebServices
1031 (0.287 %)Middleware
1123 (0.213 %)XSLT
1222 (0.203 %)SAP Basis
1321 (0.194 %)LAMP
1321 (0.194 %)JSP
1418 (0.166 %)ActiveX
1517 (0.157 %)AJAX
1613 (0.120 %).NET Framework
1712 (0.111 %)EDI
1811 (0.102 %)MFC
Application Platforms
11625 (15.02 %)MS Exchange
21430 (13.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
3788 (7.285 %)Exchange Server 2000
4503 (4.650 %)IIS
5255 (2.357 %)Lotus Notes
6234 (2.163 %)SharePoint
7214 (1.978 %)Exchange Server 2007
8173 (1.599 %)Lotus Domino
9170 (1.572 %)Apache
10129 (1.193 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1162 (0.573 %)GroupWise
1254 (0.499 %)Tomcat
1340 (0.370 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1438 (0.351 %)CMS
1523 (0.213 %)JBoss
1621 (0.194 %)WebLogic
1717 (0.157 %)BizTalk Server
1812 (0.111 %)ColdFusion
1911 (0.102 %)Oracle Application Server
2010 (0.092 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
11288 (11.91 %)MS Excel
21060 (9.799 %)MS Office
371 (0.656 %)MS Project
467 (0.619 %)MS Visio
545 (0.416 %)MS PowerPoint
620 (0.185 %)AutoCAD
711 (0.102 %)MATLAB
89 (0.083 %)Acrobat
96 (0.055 %)Photoshop
104 (0.037 %)Windchill
112 (0.018 %)CA Clarity
112 (0.018 %)Paint Shop Pro
121 (0.009 %)DeltaView
121 (0.009 %)3ds Max
121 (0.009 %)Adobe Illustrator
121 (0.009 %)InDesign
Business Applications
157 (0.527 %)RMDS
225 (0.231 %)Microsoft CRM
319 (0.176 %)Navision
413 (0.120 %)Remedy AR System
512 (0.111 %)Fidessa
610 (0.092 %)SAP Business One
78 (0.074 %)SAP ERP
78 (0.074 %)Dynamics CRM
87 (0.065 %)Oracle Applications
87 (0.065 %)Bankmaster
87 (0.065 %)FLEXCUBE
94 (0.037 %)Oracle EBS
94 (0.037 %)Line 500
103 (0.028 %)e-Work
103 (0.028 %)WebTrends
103 (0.028 %)Axapta
103 (0.028 %)Oracle 11i
112 (0.018 %)BPCS
112 (0.018 %)Oracle ERP
112 (0.018 %)Summit
Communications & Networking
19188 (84.94 %)WAN
23496 (32.32 %)TCP/IP
33189 (29.48 %)Firewall
42030 (18.77 %)VPN
51584 (14.64 %)VoIP
61364 (12.61 %)DNS
71217 (11.25 %)MPLS
8879 (8.126 %)SAN
9867 (8.015 %)Wireless
10857 (7.923 %)BGP
11835 (7.719 %)OSPF
12819 (7.571 %)Internet
13736 (6.804 %)Network Security
14721 (6.665 %)DHCP
15504 (4.659 %)Ethernet
16498 (4.604 %)EIGRP
17464 (4.290 %)VLAN
18435 (4.021 %)WLAN
19406 (3.753 %)Cisco PIX
20376 (3.476 %)IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1948 (8.764 %)SQL Server
2211 (1.951 %)SQL Server 2000
3134 (1.239 %)MySQL
4109 (1.008 %)SQL Server 2005
570 (0.647 %)RDBMS
658 (0.536 %)SQL Server 7
750 (0.462 %)Crystal Reports
849 (0.453 %)MS Access
948 (0.444 %)Oracle 9i
1028 (0.259 %)Cognos Impromptu
1127 (0.250 %)InterBase
1223 (0.213 %)Oracle 10g
1321 (0.194 %)Oracle Reports
1321 (0.194 %)DB2
1419 (0.176 %)BusinessObjects
1515 (0.139 %)Informix
1613 (0.120 %)Datawarehouse
1712 (0.111 %)Oracle 8/8i
1811 (0.102 %)PostgreSQL
196 (0.055 %)DTS
Development Applications
148 (0.444 %)Flash
236 (0.333 %)ClearCase
328 (0.259 %)Visual Studio
49 (0.083 %)Dreamweaver
58 (0.074 %)Oracle Forms
67 (0.065 %)Subversion
76 (0.055 %)Oracle Designer/2000
76 (0.055 %)LabVIEW
76 (0.055 %)TestDirector
85 (0.046 %)Ant
94 (0.037 %)Synon
94 (0.037 %)ARTiSAN
102 (0.018 %)MSI
102 (0.018 %)LoadRunner
102 (0.018 %)Rational Rose
102 (0.018 %)Eclipse
111 (0.009 %)Bugzilla
111 (0.009 %)WebLOAD
General
11297 (11.99 %)Finance
21242 (11.48 %)Telecoms
3548 (5.066 %)Pensions
4443 (4.095 %)Health
5387 (3.578 %)Banking
6204 (1.886 %)Education
7160 (1.479 %)Retail
7160 (1.479 %)Insurance
8137 (1.267 %)Government
9119 (1.100 %)Investment Banking
10116 (1.072 %)Back Office
10116 (1.072 %)Legal
11110 (1.017 %)Law
12101 (0.934 %)Financial Institution
12101 (0.934 %)Marketing
1386 (0.795 %)Manufacturing
1473 (0.675 %)Construction
1555 (0.508 %)Pharmaceutical
1644 (0.407 %)Electronics
1737 (0.342 %)Military
Job Titles
11697 (15.69 %)Analyst
21659 (15.34 %)Network Engineer
31166 (10.78 %)Support Engineer
4862 (7.969 %)Consultant
5757 (6.998 %)Support Analyst
6629 (5.815 %)Network Support
7591 (5.464 %)Administrator
8543 (5.020 %)Architect
9530 (4.900 %)Cisco Engineer
10529 (4.890 %)Network Analyst
11396 (3.661 %)Technical Support
12363 (3.356 %)Project Manager
13294 (2.718 %)Systems Administrator
14292 (2.699 %)Systems Engineer
15288 (2.662 %)3rd Line Support
16281 (2.598 %)2nd Line Support
17272 (2.515 %)IT Manager
18260 (2.404 %)Desktop Support
19249 (2.302 %)Senior Network Engineer
20237 (2.191 %)Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1203 (1.877 %)Blackberry
2185 (1.710 %)Clustering
3154 (1.424 %)Client/Server
4135 (1.248 %)Thin Client
4135 (1.248 %)Fat Client
593 (0.860 %)Video Conferencing
691 (0.841 %)EPoS
691 (0.841 %)French Language
788 (0.814 %)Asset Management
872 (0.666 %)German Language
970 (0.647 %)Computer Science
1062 (0.573 %)AS400
1149 (0.453 %)Management Information System
1246 (0.425 %)PMI
1344 (0.407 %)Spanish Language
1441 (0.379 %)Statistics
1540 (0.370 %)IVR
1634 (0.314 %)Replication
1732 (0.296 %)Mainframe
1827 (0.250 %)Tandem
Operating Systems
14554 (42.10 %)Windows
21321 (12.21 %)Windows 2000
31123 (10.38 %)Linux
41094 (10.11 %)Unix
5969 (8.958 %)Windows XP
6951 (8.792 %)Windows Server 2003
7569 (5.260 %)Windows NT
8362 (3.347 %)Solaris
9153 (1.414 %)AIX
1054 (0.499 %)Mac OS X
1150 (0.462 %)NetWare
1245 (0.416 %)HPUX
1343 (0.398 %)Fedora
1434 (0.314 %)Debian
1533 (0.305 %)Symbian OS
1632 (0.296 %)Windows Vista
1728 (0.259 %)SUSE
1819 (0.176 %)OS/400
1914 (0.129 %)Windows Mobile
1914 (0.129 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1766 (7.081 %)ITIL
2575 (5.316 %)Network Design
3568 (5.251 %)Project Management
4332 (3.069 %)Disaster Recovery
5304 (2.810 %)PRINCE2
6280 (2.589 %)Service Delivery
7208 (1.923 %)Load Balancing
8142 (1.313 %)Service Management
9137 (1.267 %)CRM
10132 (1.220 %)Incident Management
11124 (1.146 %)Change Management
12114 (1.054 %)Configuration Management
13112 (1.035 %)ERP
14105 (0.971 %)Business Development
1598 (0.906 %)Problem Management
1695 (0.878 %)Project Planning
1794 (0.869 %)E-Commerce
1794 (0.869 %)Migration
1878 (0.721 %)Business Continuity
1965 (0.601 %)B2B
Programming Languages
11079 (9.975 %)SQL
2229 (2.117 %)C
3197 (1.821 %)Java
4182 (1.683 %)Perl
5141 (1.304 %)VB
6133 (1.230 %)C++
798 (0.906 %)Shell Script
881 (0.749 %)C#
980 (0.740 %)PHP
1044 (0.407 %)VBScript
1143 (0.398 %)Python
1242 (0.388 %)VBA
1340 (0.370 %)VB.NET
1431 (0.287 %)JavaScript
1517 (0.157 %)Korn
1616 (0.148 %)PL/SQL
1712 (0.111 %)Embedded C++
189 (0.083 %)Transact-SQL
198 (0.074 %)AWK
207 (0.065 %)Delphi
Qualifications
12788 (25.77 %)Cisco Certification
21619 (14.97 %)Microsoft Certification
31572 (14.53 %)CCNP
41450 (13.40 %)CCNA
51371 (12.67 %)MCSE
6631 (5.833 %)CCIE
7626 (5.787 %)MCP
8549 (5.075 %)Degree
9395 (3.652 %)CCDP
10382 (3.531 %)MCSA
11338 (3.125 %)CCVP
12310 (2.866 %)CCIP
13173 (1.599 %)CCSP
14103 (0.952 %)CCSE
1596 (0.887 %)ITIL Certification
1691 (0.841 %)CCDA
1782 (0.758 %)CCSA
1879 (0.730 %)Citrix Certification
1977 (0.712 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2063 (0.582 %)MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1501 (4.632 %)SLA
239 (0.361 %)QA
325 (0.231 %)ISO27001
415 (0.139 %)BS7799
511 (0.102 %)BS25999
610 (0.092 %)JSP 440
610 (0.092 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
76 (0.055 %)ISO9001
85 (0.046 %)COBIT
85 (0.046 %)PCI DSS
92 (0.018 %)ISO9000
92 (0.018 %)ISO17799
101 (0.009 %)GAMP
101 (0.009 %)ISO9002
System Software
12525 (23.34 %)Active Directory
2242 (2.237 %)Backup Exec
3198 (1.830 %)Terminal Services
4197 (1.821 %)ISA Server
5100 (0.924 %)Terminal Server
692 (0.851 %)MetaFrame
786 (0.795 %)VMware ESX
876 (0.703 %)Citrix Presentation Server
951 (0.471 %)NFS
1018 (0.166 %)NetBackup
1018 (0.166 %)Squid
1117 (0.157 %)VMware Server
1117 (0.157 %)VMware Workstation
1215 (0.139 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1312 (0.111 %)MailMarshal
1411 (0.102 %)Samba
158 (0.074 %)Snort
167 (0.065 %)NDS
175 (0.046 %)Oracle RMAN
184 (0.037 %)Nmap
Systems Management
1229 (2.117 %)OpenView
2226 (2.089 %)CiscoWorks
3107 (0.989 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
461 (0.564 %)Norton AntiVirus
543 (0.398 %)Netcool
642 (0.388 %)MOM
739 (0.361 %)Tivoli
835 (0.324 %)HP Data Protector
933 (0.305 %)WSUS
1027 (0.250 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1120 (0.185 %)Nagios
1219 (0.176 %)ARCserve
1312 (0.111 %)Tivoli NetView
1312 (0.111 %)Unicenter
1411 (0.102 %)BMC PATROL
159 (0.083 %)MAILsweeper
159 (0.083 %)RepliStor
159 (0.083 %)ZENworks
166 (0.055 %)NNM
174 (0.037 %)Nessus
Vendors
15011 (46.33 %)Cisco
22349 (21.72 %)Microsoft
31344 (12.42 %)Citrix
4874 (8.080 %)CheckPoint
5660 (6.102 %)HP
6607 (5.612 %)VMware
7510 (4.715 %)Oracle
8468 (4.327 %)Nortel
9429 (3.966 %)Juniper
10368 (3.402 %)Avaya
11306 (2.829 %)Lotus
12275 (2.542 %)Nokia
13209 (1.932 %)Red Hat
14202 (1.867 %)IBM
15197 (1.821 %)VERITAS
16143 (1.322 %)Symantec
17135 (1.248 %)Novell
18132 (1.220 %)Mitel
19118 (1.091 %)Blue Coat
20103 (0.952 %)Sun
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