The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

Wireless
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank197222219
Rank change year-on-year
Up+25Down-3
Matching permanent IT job ads15711302935
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.303 %1.062 %0.979 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category7.419 %6.746 %6.352 %
Number of salaries quoted13111061790
Average salary£42,500£45,000£42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55 %+7.14 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,500£42,500£42,000
% change year-on-year
-4.70 %+1.19 %
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
211741929914719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK17.56 %15.74 %15.42 %
Number of salaries quoted176421597812153
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£61,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-

Wireless
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Wireless Demand Trend

Wireless
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK.

Wireless Salary Trend

Wireless
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wireless over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Wireless Salary Histogram

Wireless
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+261527£42,500-5.55 %
LondonUp+91529£50,500+6.31 %
South EastUp+33510£42,500+4.93 %
East of EnglandDown-31211£44,439+3.34 %
HampshireUp+39171£41,250+1.85 %
BerkshireUp+27126£45,000+30.43 %
City of LondonUp+63123£52,500-10.63 %
SurreyUp+17120£45,000-
CambridgeshireDown-26100£44,000+2.32 %
CambridgeDown-1785£45,000-
South WestDown-2882£40,000-2.43 %
North WestUp+3172£40,000-4.76 %
HertfordshireDown-971£45,000-
ReadingUp+1852£40,000+23.07 %
YorkshireDown-250£36,000-15.29 %
West YorkshireUp+337£35,000+16.66 %
BasingstokeUp+1034£42,500-37.03 %
ManchesterUp+332£40,000-1.84 %
BristolDown-3231£45,000+9.75 %
East MidlandsDown-230£31,250-43.18 %
LeatherheadNo change028£52,500+40.00 %
West MidlandsDown-3028£31,250-6.01 %
StevenageDown-1726£57,500+35.29 %
BuckinghamshireDown-224£40,000+6.66 %
LeedsDown-924£34,000+13.33 %
BedfordshireDown-1924£40,000-20.00 %
CheshireNew entry-23£62,500-
MiddlesexUp+3219£52,500+5.00 %
DerbyUp+1017£28,500+46.15 %
FarnboroughUp+1017£41,125-21.66 %

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Wireless 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 Wireless.

11299 (44.24 %)Cisco
2879 (29.94 %)Cisco Certification
3821 (27.96 %)LAN
4743 (25.31 %)WAN
5733 (24.97 %)Firewall
6691 (23.54 %)Windows
7681 (23.19 %)Telecoms
8588 (20.03 %)CCNP
9568 (19.35 %)Microsoft
10518 (17.64 %)C
11474 (16.14 %)CCNA
11474 (16.14 %)Degree
12467 (15.91 %)VPN
13426 (14.51 %)VoIP
14397 (13.52 %)TCP/IP
15386 (13.15 %)C++
16384 (13.08 %)LTE
17350 (11.92 %)Linux
18345 (11.75 %)Active Directory
19326 (11.10 %)VMware
20316 (10.76 %)GSM
21308 (10.49 %)MS Excel
22300 (10.22 %)DNS
23296 (10.08 %)MPLS
24288 (9.809 %)OSPF
25287 (9.775 %)Juniper
26273 (9.298 %)HP
27272 (9.264 %)UMTS
28268 (9.128 %)Internet
29265 (9.026 %)WLAN

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Wireless 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 Wireless. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1114 (3.883 %).NET
255 (1.873 %)XML
340 (1.362 %)COM
425 (0.851 %)HTML
520 (0.681 %)HTML5
618 (0.613 %)ASP.NET
618 (0.613 %)Web Services
717 (0.579 %)CSS
815 (0.511 %)Qt
914 (0.477 %)WSH
1013 (0.443 %)Cocoa
1112 (0.409 %)jQuery
1112 (0.409 %)Flash
1210 (0.341 %)OpenGL
1210 (0.341 %)SOAP
139 (0.307 %)Google Maps API
139 (0.307 %)Middleware
139 (0.307 %)JSON
147 (0.238 %).NET Framework
147 (0.238 %)LAMP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1251 (8.549 %)MS Exchange
2130 (4.428 %)Exchange Server 2010
3104 (3.542 %)Exchange Server 2007
491 (3.099 %)Exchange Server 2003
562 (2.112 %)SharePoint
655 (1.873 %)Apache
742 (1.431 %)IIS
834 (1.158 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
924 (0.817 %)CMS
1015 (0.511 %)Exchange Server 2000
1114 (0.477 %)SAS
1213 (0.443 %)SharePoint 2010
1311 (0.375 %)Lotus Notes
1311 (0.375 %)Lotus Domino
1410 (0.341 %)WebLogic
1410 (0.341 %)Amazon AWS
159 (0.307 %)Lync
159 (0.307 %)nginx
159 (0.307 %)Exchange Server 5.5
159 (0.307 %)Adobe CQ
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1308 (10.49 %)MS Excel
2189 (6.437 %)MS Office
393 (3.168 %)MS Visio
488 (2.997 %)MATLAB
537 (1.260 %)MS PowerPoint
614 (0.477 %)MS Project
78 (0.272 %)Simulink
84 (0.136 %)Office 365
93 (0.102 %)CINEMA 4D
93 (0.102 %)Vectorworks
101 (0.034 %)Google Apps
101 (0.034 %)Spreadsheet
101 (0.034 %)FrameMaker
101 (0.034 %)CorelDRAW
101 (0.034 %)Adobe Illustrator
101 (0.034 %)RoboHelp
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
114 (0.477 %)Summit
27 (0.238 %)SoftGrid
35 (0.170 %)assyst
35 (0.170 %)SAP MM
44 (0.136 %)SAP WM
44 (0.136 %)Dynamics CRM
53 (0.102 %)Dynamics AX
62 (0.068 %)Dynamics NAV
71 (0.034 %)Line 50
71 (0.034 %)Oracle EBS R12
71 (0.034 %)Oracle Applications
71 (0.034 %)SAP PP
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1821 (27.96 %)LAN
2743 (25.31 %)WAN
3733 (24.97 %)Firewall
4467 (15.91 %)VPN
5426 (14.51 %)VoIP
6397 (13.52 %)TCP/IP
7384 (13.08 %)LTE
8316 (10.76 %)GSM
9300 (10.22 %)DNS
10296 (10.08 %)MPLS
11288 (9.809 %)OSPF
12272 (9.264 %)UMTS
13268 (9.128 %)Internet
14265 (9.026 %)WLAN
15244 (8.311 %)3G
16223 (7.595 %)DHCP
17220 (7.493 %)BGP
18205 (6.982 %)Cisco ASA
19204 (6.948 %)Network Security
20193 (6.574 %)SAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1115 (3.917 %)SQL Server
238 (1.294 %)MySQL
331 (1.056 %)GIS
419 (0.647 %)RDBMS
518 (0.613 %)SQL Server 2005
518 (0.613 %)SQL Server 2008
518 (0.613 %)NoSQL
613 (0.443 %)PostgreSQL
712 (0.409 %)SQL Server 2000
89 (0.307 %)Oracle Reports
89 (0.307 %)SQLite
97 (0.238 %)Oracle 8/8i
106 (0.204 %)Data Mining
115 (0.170 %)MS Access
115 (0.170 %)DB2
123 (0.102 %)Oracle 10g
123 (0.102 %)Oracle OWB
123 (0.102 %)Data Warehouse
123 (0.102 %)Oracle 11g
132 (0.068 %)SAP BW
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
136 (1.226 %)ClearCase
232 (1.090 %)Visual Studio
331 (1.056 %)Eclipse
430 (1.022 %)JIRA
524 (0.817 %)Selenium
622 (0.749 %)Subversion
719 (0.647 %)GCC
818 (0.613 %)Bugzilla
913 (0.443 %)ClearQuest
913 (0.443 %)LabVIEW
913 (0.443 %)Metasploit
1011 (0.375 %)JMeter
1110 (0.341 %)Cucumber
129 (0.307 %)InstallShield
129 (0.307 %)Xcode
136 (0.204 %)JUnit
144 (0.136 %)VSS/SourceSafe
144 (0.136 %)WATIR
153 (0.102 %)Rational DOORS
153 (0.102 %)GDB
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1681 (23.19 %)Telecoms
2257 (8.753 %)Finance
3180 (6.131 %)Electronics
494 (3.202 %)Marketing
580 (2.725 %)Banking
666 (2.248 %)Retail
747 (1.601 %)Multimedia
841 (1.396 %)German Language
938 (1.294 %)Law
1026 (0.886 %)Billing
1124 (0.817 %)Games
1124 (0.817 %)Legal
1124 (0.817 %)Manufacturing
1218 (0.613 %)Advertising
1317 (0.579 %)Automotive
1416 (0.545 %)Investment Banking
1514 (0.477 %)Military
1612 (0.409 %)Aerospace
179 (0.307 %)Local Government
179 (0.307 %)Back Office
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1430 (14.65 %)Network Engineer
2329 (11.21 %)Consultant
3299 (10.18 %)Analyst
4278 (9.469 %)Software Engineer
5194 (6.608 %)Support Engineer
6160 (5.450 %)Architect
7124 (4.223 %)Network Analyst
8104 (3.542 %)Embedded Software Engineer
9103 (3.508 %)Administrator
9103 (3.508 %)Senior Software Engineer
10100 (3.406 %)Network Consultant
1197 (3.304 %)Network Support
1294 (3.202 %)Cisco Engineer
1391 (3.099 %)Support Analyst
1485 (2.895 %)Developer
1576 (2.589 %)Senior Network Engineer
1673 (2.486 %)Test Engineer
1768 (2.316 %)Network Architect
1864 (2.180 %)Senior Analyst
1962 (2.112 %)Team Leader
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1165 (5.620 %)Computer Science
294 (3.202 %)Handset
393 (3.168 %)Blackberry
471 (2.418 %)Mathematics
568 (2.316 %)Firmware
661 (2.078 %)Device Driver
759 (2.010 %)Embedded Systems
858 (1.975 %)Statistics
952 (1.771 %)Open Source
1049 (1.669 %)Video Conferencing
1145 (1.533 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1243 (1.465 %)Physics
1341 (1.396 %)iPhone
1435 (1.192 %)SecurID
1435 (1.192 %)Management Information System
1532 (1.090 %)VHDL
1630 (1.022 %)Clustering
1630 (1.022 %)Smartphone
1728 (0.954 %)CLARiiON
1823 (0.783 %)ASIC
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1691 (23.54 %)Windows
2350 (11.92 %)Linux
3253 (8.617 %)Windows Server 2008
4200 (6.812 %)Windows Server 2003
5176 (5.995 %)UNIX
6122 (4.155 %)Windows 7
7120 (4.087 %)Windows XP
856 (1.907 %)Embedded Linux
955 (1.873 %)Android
1041 (1.396 %)Windows Vista
1133 (1.124 %)Windows 2000
1230 (1.022 %)Mac OS X
1329 (0.988 %)Windows NT
1422 (0.749 %)Ubuntu
1521 (0.715 %)Apple iOS
1619 (0.647 %)Windows 2000 Server
1716 (0.545 %)Mac OS
1814 (0.477 %)Solaris
1910 (0.341 %)VxWorks
209 (0.307 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1254 (8.651 %)Network Management
2232 (7.902 %)Project Management
3224 (7.629 %)ITIL
4160 (5.450 %)Network Design
5126 (4.292 %)Load Balancing
6103 (3.508 %)Validation
798 (3.338 %)Disaster Recovery
896 (3.270 %)OO
992 (3.134 %)Capacity Planning
1090 (3.065 %)Service Delivery
1179 (2.691 %)Configuration Management
1278 (2.657 %)Change Management
1373 (2.486 %)PRINCE2
1373 (2.486 %)Signal Processing
1471 (2.418 %)Product Management
1559 (2.010 %)Service Management
1657 (1.941 %)Time Management
1754 (1.839 %)Network Planning
1848 (1.635 %)UML
1945 (1.533 %)Root Cause Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1518 (17.64 %)C
2386 (13.15 %)C++
3181 (6.165 %)Perl
4176 (5.995 %)SQL
5165 (5.620 %)Python
6149 (5.075 %)Embedded C
7136 (4.632 %)Java
8114 (3.883 %)C#
961 (2.078 %)Assembly Language
1049 (1.669 %)JavaScript
1140 (1.362 %)Embedded C++
1237 (1.260 %)Tcl
1335 (1.192 %)Shell Script
1431 (1.056 %)PHP
1524 (0.817 %)Bash shell
1623 (0.783 %)VB
1722 (0.749 %)Ruby
1820 (0.681 %)VC++
1918 (0.613 %)VBScript
2014 (0.477 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1879 (29.94 %)Cisco Certification
2588 (20.03 %)CCNP
3474 (16.14 %)CCNA
3474 (16.14 %)Degree
4206 (7.016 %)CCIE
5157 (5.347 %)CCVP
6147 (5.007 %)CCSP
7141 (4.802 %)Microsoft Certification
8111 (3.781 %)MCSE
8111 (3.781 %)CCDP
979 (2.691 %)Security Cleared
1077 (2.623 %)CCSE
1077 (2.623 %)MCITP
1161 (2.078 %)CCSA
1254 (1.839 %)CISSP
1350 (1.703 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1442 (1.431 %)MCP
1541 (1.396 %)PhD
1541 (1.396 %)Citrix Certification
1640 (1.362 %)CCDA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1171 (5.824 %)SLA
251 (1.737 %)QA
333 (1.124 %)JTAG
432 (1.090 %)ISO/IEC 27001
515 (0.511 %)ISO 9001
611 (0.375 %)HMG Infosec
79 (0.307 %)ISO/IEC 17799
87 (0.238 %)ISO 9000
87 (0.238 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
87 (0.238 %)PCI DSS
93 (0.102 %)HIPAA
93 (0.102 %)TickIT
102 (0.068 %)BS7799
102 (0.068 %)ISO/IEC 14443
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1345 (11.75 %)Active Directory
2206 (7.016 %)VMware Infrastructure
3104 (3.542 %)Hyper-V
482 (2.793 %)XenApp
566 (2.248 %)vSphere
645 (1.533 %)Terminal Services
743 (1.465 %)UAG
842 (1.431 %)VMware ESX
932 (1.090 %)Squid
1029 (0.988 %)XenDesktop
1128 (0.954 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1225 (0.851 %)VMware ESXi
1321 (0.715 %)Snort
1416 (0.545 %)Nmap
1510 (0.341 %)VMware Workstation
167 (0.238 %)FreeRADIUS
167 (0.238 %)XenServer
175 (0.170 %)NFS
184 (0.136 %)Terminal Server
184 (0.136 %)Kerio MailServer
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
174 (2.520 %)Cisco UCCX
261 (2.078 %)Cisco CUCM
341 (1.396 %)CiscoWorks
440 (1.362 %)Backup Exec
538 (1.294 %)Nagios
637 (1.260 %)SCCM
729 (0.988 %)Cacti
821 (0.715 %)Cisco IPCC
920 (0.681 %)SCOM
1017 (0.579 %)Norton AntiVirus
1017 (0.579 %)SolarWinds Orion
1116 (0.545 %)Nessus
1215 (0.511 %)WSUS
1215 (0.511 %)Cisco UCCE
1314 (0.477 %)OpenView
1411 (0.375 %)Puppet
159 (0.307 %)Ganglia
168 (0.272 %)HP SIM
177 (0.238 %)Splunk
186 (0.204 %)NetBackup
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11299 (44.24 %)Cisco
2568 (19.35 %)Microsoft
3326 (11.10 %)VMware
4287 (9.775 %)Juniper
5273 (9.298 %)HP
6242 (8.243 %)CheckPoint
7189 (6.437 %)Citrix
8125 (4.257 %)F5
9100 (3.406 %)EMC
1095 (3.236 %)Oracle
1192 (3.134 %)Blue Coat
1279 (2.691 %)Aruba
1378 (2.657 %)Avaya
1473 (2.486 %)Nokia
1565 (2.214 %)Apple
1565 (2.214 %)Websense
1664 (2.180 %)ProCurve
1755 (1.873 %)SolarWinds
1852 (1.771 %)Riverbed
1949 (1.669 %)Dell