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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) 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 WAN over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank7076
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads56305649
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.754 %2.426 %
As % of the category below15.96 %14.87 %
Salaries quoted48804747
Average minimum salary£37,205£37,070
Average salary£39,686£39,441
% change on same period last year+0.62 %
Average maximum salary£42,166£41,812
UK excluding London average salary£36,224£37,335
% change on same period last year-2.97 %
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 %

WAN
Demand Trend

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

WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

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

WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN 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+65397£39,554+0.25 %
2LondonDown-31877£47,150+8.81 %
3South EastDown-61460£39,533-2.21 %
4City of LondonUp+50552£50,405+7.15 %
5YorkshireUp+6435£32,502+0.57 %
6BerkshireDown-7421£43,533+3.88 %
7North WestUp+11375£33,178-4.36 %
8East of EnglandUp+4364£36,110-2.23 %
9SurreyUp+20354£38,319-3.80 %
10West MidlandsUp+3332£31,413-7.78 %
11South WestUp+12285£34,181+5.44 %
12East MidlandsUp+18257£31,421-6.37 %
13West YorkshireUp+25227£32,002+4.31 %
14HampshireDown-2199£36,023-4.12 %
15ManchesterUp+1192£33,568-2.42 %
16HertfordshireUp+6176£37,332-8.12 %
17LeedsUp+31151£35,617+6.65 %
18South YorkshireDown-1137£31,956-1.47 %
19ReadingDown-2124£42,502+11.21 %
20BuckinghamshireDown-2123£34,172-7.31 %
21ScotlandDown-5119£42,774+27.55 %
22West SussexUp+37116£43,383+30.96 %
23OxfordshireDown-5111£33,239-18.98 %
24CheshireUp+3299£31,832-3.48 %
25BirminghamDown-493£38,049+5.21 %
26CambridgeshireDown-188£36,762+4.39 %
27SheffieldUp+587£30,665-4.38 %
28WiltshireUp+2083£35,056+12.82 %
28NottinghamshireUp+1683£29,907-10.13 %
29North YorkshireDown-275£35,489+5.06 %

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing WAN 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 WAN.

19188 (82.68 %)LAN
25447 (49.01 %)Cisco
34596 (41.36 %)Windows
43502 (31.51 %)TCP/IP
53463 (31.16 %)Firewall
63135 (28.21 %)Cisco Certification
72528 (22.75 %)Active Directory
82513 (22.61 %)VPN
92345 (21.10 %)Microsoft
101789 (16.10 %)CCNP
111759 (15.83 %)MS Exchange
121702 (15.32 %)VoIP
131686 (15.17 %)Microsoft Certification
141654 (14.88 %)Exchange Server 2003
151612 (14.51 %)Finance
161554 (13.98 %)CCNA
171541 (13.87 %)MPLS
181389 (12.50 %)MCSE
191360 (12.24 %)Windows 2000
201351 (12.16 %)DNS
211312 (11.81 %)Telecoms
221303 (11.73 %)Citrix
231263 (11.37 %)MS Excel
241153 (10.38 %)Linux
251152 (10.37 %)SQL
261088 (9.790 %)CheckPoint
271075 (9.673 %)BGP
271075 (9.673 %)Unix
28983 (8.845 %)OSPF
29980 (8.819 %)Internet

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing WAN 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 WAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1188 (1.692 %)XML
2161 (1.449 %).NET
3135 (1.215 %)HTML
464 (0.576 %)J2EE
556 (0.504 %)ASP
646 (0.414 %)ASP.NET
745 (0.405 %)CSS
838 (0.342 %)WebSphere
937 (0.333 %)MAPI
1030 (0.270 %)WebServices
1126 (0.234 %)Middleware
1221 (0.189 %)JSP
1319 (0.171 %)XSLT
1418 (0.162 %)SAP Basis
1418 (0.162 %)ActiveX
1517 (0.153 %)AJAX
1614 (0.126 %)SOAP
1712 (0.108 %)EDI
1811 (0.099 %)MFC
1910 (0.090 %)FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
11759 (15.83 %)MS Exchange
21654 (14.88 %)Exchange Server 2003
3978 (8.801 %)Exchange Server 2000
4514 (4.625 %)IIS
5295 (2.655 %)Exchange Server 2007
6240 (2.160 %)SharePoint
7181 (1.629 %)Lotus Notes
8159 (1.431 %)Apache
9155 (1.395 %)Lotus Domino
10143 (1.287 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1169 (0.621 %)SAS
1260 (0.540 %)Tomcat
1344 (0.396 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1428 (0.252 %)GroupWise
1526 (0.234 %)CMS
1624 (0.216 %)JBoss
1721 (0.189 %)WebLogic
1813 (0.117 %)BizTalk Server
1912 (0.108 %)ColdFusion
2011 (0.099 %)Oracle Application Server
Applications
11263 (11.37 %)MS Excel
2937 (8.432 %)MS Office
371 (0.639 %)MS Visio
464 (0.576 %)MS Project
542 (0.378 %)MS PowerPoint
618 (0.162 %)SPSS
711 (0.099 %)AutoCAD
84 (0.036 %)Windchill
93 (0.027 %)Acrobat
102 (0.018 %)CA Clarity
102 (0.018 %)S-PLUS
102 (0.018 %)Paint Shop Pro
111 (0.009 %)DeltaView
111 (0.009 %)3ds Max
111 (0.009 %)Adobe Illustrator
111 (0.009 %)InDesign
111 (0.009 %)MATLAB
111 (0.009 %)Photoshop
Business Applications
157 (0.513 %)RMDS
223 (0.207 %)Navision
317 (0.153 %)Microsoft CRM
413 (0.117 %)Remedy AR System
59 (0.081 %)SAP Business One
68 (0.072 %)SAP ERP
77 (0.063 %)Oracle Applications
77 (0.063 %)Bankmaster
77 (0.063 %)FLEXCUBE
86 (0.054 %)Fidessa
86 (0.054 %)Dynamics AX
94 (0.036 %)Dynamics CRM
94 (0.036 %)Line 500
94 (0.036 %)Oracle EBS
94 (0.036 %)e-Work
103 (0.027 %)Axapta
103 (0.027 %)SAP FI/CO
103 (0.027 %)Oracle Financials
103 (0.027 %)Oracle 11i
103 (0.027 %)Pegasus Opera
Communications & Networking
19188 (82.68 %)LAN
23502 (31.51 %)TCP/IP
33463 (31.16 %)Firewall
42513 (22.61 %)VPN
51702 (15.32 %)VoIP
61541 (13.87 %)MPLS
71351 (12.16 %)DNS
81075 (9.673 %)BGP
9983 (8.845 %)OSPF
10980 (8.819 %)Internet
11907 (8.162 %)SAN
12767 (6.902 %)Network Security
13732 (6.587 %)DHCP
14682 (6.137 %)Wireless
15507 (4.562 %)EIGRP
16494 (4.445 %)VLAN
17482 (4.337 %)Cisco PIX
18468 (4.211 %)Ethernet
19437 (3.932 %)IP Telephony
20398 (3.581 %)Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1942 (8.477 %)SQL Server
2231 (2.079 %)SQL Server 2000
3127 (1.143 %)SQL Server 2005
4117 (1.053 %)MySQL
568 (0.612 %)RDBMS
665 (0.585 %)SQL Server 7
756 (0.504 %)Oracle 9i
850 (0.450 %)MS Access
936 (0.324 %)Crystal Reports
1035 (0.315 %)Oracle 10g
1129 (0.261 %)Datawarehouse
1228 (0.252 %)Cognos Impromptu
1327 (0.243 %)InterBase
1420 (0.180 %)Oracle Reports
1420 (0.180 %)DTS
1519 (0.171 %)BusinessObjects
1618 (0.162 %)DB2
1716 (0.144 %)Informix
1716 (0.144 %)Base SAS
1811 (0.099 %)PostgreSQL
Development Applications
146 (0.414 %)Flash
234 (0.306 %)ClearCase
321 (0.189 %)Visual Studio
48 (0.072 %)Oracle Forms
57 (0.063 %)MSI
66 (0.054 %)AdminStudio
66 (0.054 %)Oracle Designer/2000
75 (0.045 %)Ant
84 (0.036 %)Dreamweaver
84 (0.036 %)TestDirector
84 (0.036 %)Synon
84 (0.036 %)ARTiSAN
93 (0.027 %)Subversion
102 (0.018 %)LoadRunner
102 (0.018 %)Rational Rose
General
11612 (14.51 %)Finance
21312 (11.81 %)Telecoms
3535 (4.814 %)Pensions
4449 (4.040 %)Banking
5428 (3.851 %)Health
6218 (1.962 %)Education
7152 (1.368 %)Government
8145 (1.305 %)Retail
8145 (1.305 %)Insurance
9139 (1.251 %)Law
10117 (1.053 %)Back Office
10117 (1.053 %)Investment Banking
11115 (1.035 %)Marketing
12109 (0.981 %)Legal
13108 (0.972 %)Financial Institution
1478 (0.702 %)Manufacturing
1573 (0.657 %)Construction
1642 (0.378 %)Electronics
1741 (0.369 %)Pharmaceutical
1837 (0.333 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
11888 (16.99 %)Network Engineer
21697 (15.27 %)Analyst
31134 (10.20 %)Support Engineer
4967 (8.702 %)Consultant
5734 (6.605 %)Support Analyst
6724 (6.515 %)Network Support
7568 (5.111 %)Administrator
8565 (5.084 %)Architect
9551 (4.958 %)Network Analyst
10531 (4.778 %)Cisco Engineer
11388 (3.491 %)3rd Line Support
12373 (3.356 %)Project Manager
13356 (3.203 %)Technical Support
14328 (2.951 %)Senior Network Engineer
15307 (2.763 %)Systems Engineer
16288 (2.592 %)Systems Administrator
17261 (2.349 %)Cisco Network Engineer
18258 (2.322 %)IT Manager
19256 (2.304 %)Network Consultant
19256 (2.304 %)Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1267 (2.403 %)Clustering
2179 (1.611 %)Blackberry
3139 (1.251 %)Thin Client
3139 (1.251 %)Fat Client
4123 (1.107 %)Client/Server
595 (0.855 %)French Language
693 (0.837 %)Video Conferencing
785 (0.765 %)Asset Management
881 (0.729 %)Computer Science
967 (0.603 %)German Language
1063 (0.567 %)EPoS
1154 (0.486 %)AS400
1253 (0.477 %)Management Information System
1350 (0.450 %)Replication
1446 (0.414 %)Statistics
1544 (0.396 %)IVR
1642 (0.378 %)Spanish Language
1736 (0.324 %)Credit Risk
1834 (0.306 %)PDA
1930 (0.270 %)Mainframe
Operating Systems
14596 (41.36 %)Windows
21360 (12.24 %)Windows 2000
31153 (10.38 %)Linux
41075 (9.673 %)Unix
5935 (8.414 %)Windows Server 2003
6910 (8.189 %)Windows XP
7587 (5.282 %)Windows NT
8362 (3.257 %)Solaris
9196 (1.764 %)AIX
1070 (0.630 %)NetWare
1144 (0.396 %)Mac OS X
1243 (0.387 %)HPUX
1243 (0.387 %)Fedora
1333 (0.297 %)Debian
1428 (0.252 %)Windows Vista
1526 (0.234 %)SUSE
1617 (0.153 %)FreeBSD
1713 (0.117 %)Mac OS X Server
1812 (0.108 %)Windows Mobile
1812 (0.108 %)OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1740 (6.659 %)ITIL
2655 (5.894 %)Project Management
3600 (5.399 %)Network Design
4321 (2.889 %)PRINCE2
5302 (2.718 %)Disaster Recovery
6254 (2.286 %)Service Delivery
7217 (1.953 %)Load Balancing
8158 (1.422 %)Service Management
9134 (1.206 %)Migration
10123 (1.107 %)CRM
11110 (0.990 %)Business Development
12107 (0.963 %)ERP
13106 (0.954 %)Configuration Management
14103 (0.927 %)E-Commerce
1598 (0.882 %)Change Management
1598 (0.882 %)Project Planning
1694 (0.846 %)Incident Management
1784 (0.756 %)Problem Management
1881 (0.729 %)Business Continuity
1976 (0.684 %)Performance Management
Programming Languages
11152 (10.37 %)SQL
2236 (2.124 %)C
3205 (1.845 %)Perl
4180 (1.620 %)Java
5120 (1.080 %)VB
691 (0.819 %)Shell Script
778 (0.702 %)C++
869 (0.621 %)C#
956 (0.504 %)PHP
1052 (0.468 %)VBA
1148 (0.432 %)Python
1243 (0.387 %)VBScript
1328 (0.252 %)VB.NET
1424 (0.216 %)JavaScript
1517 (0.153 %)Korn
1616 (0.144 %)PL/SQL
1715 (0.135 %)SAS Macro
188 (0.072 %)AWK
188 (0.072 %)VB6
197 (0.063 %)PowerHouse
Qualifications
13135 (28.21 %)Cisco Certification
21789 (16.10 %)CCNP
31686 (15.17 %)Microsoft Certification
41554 (13.98 %)CCNA
51389 (12.50 %)MCSE
6808 (7.271 %)CCIE
7599 (5.390 %)Degree
8597 (5.372 %)MCP
9501 (4.508 %)CCDP
10389 (3.500 %)MCSA
11383 (3.446 %)CCIP
12317 (2.853 %)CCVP
13189 (1.701 %)CCSP
14107 (0.963 %)CCDA
15101 (0.909 %)CCSE
1695 (0.855 %)Citrix Certification
1790 (0.810 %)ITIL Certification
1888 (0.792 %)CCSA
1985 (0.765 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2068 (0.612 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1493 (4.436 %)SLA
240 (0.360 %)QA
319 (0.171 %)ISO27001
413 (0.117 %)BS7799
512 (0.108 %)BS25999
67 (0.063 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
75 (0.045 %)JSP 440
75 (0.045 %)COBIT
84 (0.036 %)Basel II
84 (0.036 %)ISO9001
93 (0.027 %)PCI DSS
102 (0.018 %)ISO9000
111 (0.009 %)CESG Infosec
111 (0.009 %)ISO9002
111 (0.009 %)ISO17799
111 (0.009 %)GAMP
System Software
12528 (22.75 %)Active Directory
2246 (2.214 %)ISA Server
2246 (2.214 %)Backup Exec
3207 (1.863 %)Terminal Services
4118 (1.062 %)Citrix Presentation Server
5105 (0.945 %)MetaFrame
6102 (0.918 %)VMware ESX
778 (0.702 %)Terminal Server
851 (0.459 %)NFS
925 (0.225 %)NetBackup
925 (0.225 %)VMware Server
1017 (0.153 %)Oracle RMAN
1017 (0.153 %)VMware Workstation
1116 (0.144 %)Squid
1212 (0.108 %)MailMarshal
1212 (0.108 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
138 (0.072 %)Snort
147 (0.063 %)NDS
154 (0.036 %)VMware GSX
154 (0.036 %)Nmap
Systems Management
1216 (1.944 %)CiscoWorks
2215 (1.935 %)OpenView
3104 (0.936 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
470 (0.630 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
562 (0.558 %)Tivoli
652 (0.468 %)Netcool
751 (0.459 %)MOM
751 (0.459 %)Norton AntiVirus
835 (0.315 %)HP Data Protector
934 (0.306 %)WSUS
1031 (0.279 %)Nagios
1126 (0.234 %)Unicenter
1222 (0.198 %)ZENworks
1319 (0.171 %)ARCserve
1319 (0.171 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
1414 (0.126 %)MAILsweeper
1511 (0.099 %)BMC PATROL
169 (0.081 %)Legato
169 (0.081 %)RepliStor
176 (0.054 %)NNM
Vendors
15447 (49.01 %)Cisco
22345 (21.10 %)Microsoft
31303 (11.73 %)Citrix
41088 (9.790 %)CheckPoint
5667 (6.002 %)VMware
6637 (5.732 %)HP
7561 (5.048 %)Oracle
8498 (4.481 %)Juniper
9386 (3.473 %)Nortel
10384 (3.455 %)Nokia
11311 (2.799 %)Avaya
12225 (2.025 %)Red Hat
13218 (1.962 %)Lotus
14192 (1.728 %)IBM
15158 (1.422 %)VERITAS
16157 (1.413 %)Symantec
17129 (1.161 %)Blue Coat
18119 (1.071 %)Mitel
19118 (1.062 %)Altiris
20117 (1.053 %)Novell
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