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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the Walsall region 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 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1413
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads51
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below35.71 %10.00 %
Salaries quoted51
Average minimum salary£34,000£40,000
Average salary£35,000£42,500
% change on same period last year-17.64 %
Average maximum salary£36,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,544£37,281
% change on same period last year-4.65 %
Walsall IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Walsall
Matching permanent IT job ads1410
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.004 %
Salaries quoted149
Average minimum salary£29,027£27,647
Average salary£30,392£30,618
% change on same period last year-0.73 %
Average maximum salary£31,757£33,588
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
WAN West MidlandsWAN
West Midlands

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Walsall WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

Walsall WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the Walsall region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Walsall WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Walsall 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.

15 (100.00 %)Windows
15 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
15 (100.00 %)LAN
15 (100.00 %)Citrix
23 (60.00 %)Lotus
23 (60.00 %)Active Directory
23 (60.00 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (60.00 %)TCP/IP
23 (60.00 %)MS Office
23 (60.00 %)Lotus Domino
23 (60.00 %)MS Excel
23 (60.00 %)VMware
23 (60.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (40.00 %)SQL Server
32 (40.00 %)DB2
32 (40.00 %)Lotus Notes
32 (40.00 %)SharePoint
32 (40.00 %)Ethernet
32 (40.00 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (40.00 %)AS400
32 (40.00 %)IBM
41 (20.00 %)Thin Client
41 (20.00 %)Sophos
41 (20.00 %)Telecoms
41 (20.00 %)Education
41 (20.00 %)Law
41 (20.00 %)Firewall
41 (20.00 %)VPN
41 (20.00 %)Cisco
41 (20.00 %)Windows XP

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Walsall 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.

Walsall IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
23 (60.00 %)Lotus Domino
32 (40.00 %)SharePoint
32 (40.00 %)Lotus Notes
Walsall IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (60.00 %)MS Office
13 (60.00 %)MS Excel
Walsall IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (100.00 %)LAN
23 (60.00 %)TCP/IP
32 (40.00 %)Ethernet
41 (20.00 %)VPN
41 (20.00 %)Firewall
Walsall IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server
12 (40.00 %)DB2
Walsall IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Telecoms
11 (20.00 %)Education
11 (20.00 %)Law
Walsall IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Analyst
13 (60.00 %)Support Analyst
22 (40.00 %)IT Manager
22 (40.00 %)Network Support Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Network Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Service Manager
22 (40.00 %)Technical Manager
22 (40.00 %)Network Support
22 (40.00 %)Technical Services Manager
22 (40.00 %)IT Services Manager
31 (20.00 %)Technical Support Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Technical Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Technical Support
Walsall IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)AS400
21 (20.00 %)Fat Client
21 (20.00 %)Thin Client
Walsall IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (60.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (20.00 %)Windows NT
31 (20.00 %)Windows XP
Walsall IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (20.00 %)CRM
Walsall IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (60.00 %)Active Directory
13 (60.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
21 (20.00 %)VMware Server
21 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Walsall IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (100.00 %)Citrix
23 (60.00 %)Lotus
23 (60.00 %)VMware
32 (40.00 %)IBM
41 (20.00 %)Cisco
41 (20.00 %)Sophos
41 (20.00 %)WatchGuard