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This section looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the Watford region 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank4014
Rank change on same period last yearDown-26
Matching permanent IT job ads2335
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.015 %
As % of the category below15.65 %30.43 %
Salaries quoted2327
Average minimum salary£33,087£37,556
Average salary£34,826£38,796
% change on same period last year-10.23 %
Average maximum salary£36,565£40,037
UK excluding London average salary£35,806£37,079
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Communications & Networking WatfordCommunications & Networking
Watford
Matching permanent IT job ads147115
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.072 %0.051 %
Salaries quoted13185
Average minimum salary£35,198£35,145
Average salary£37,375£37,077
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
Average maximum salary£39,552£39,009
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
LAN HertfordshireLAN
Hertfordshire

LAN
Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

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

Watford LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Watford region 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.

131 (65.96 %)WAN
223 (48.94 %)Windows
322 (46.81 %)Microsoft
421 (44.68 %)SQL Server
518 (38.30 %)MS Excel
617 (36.17 %)SQL
715 (31.91 %)Firewall
814 (29.79 %)TCP/IP
913 (27.66 %)C++
1012 (25.53 %)Cisco Certification
1111 (23.40 %)Cisco
1111 (23.40 %)CCNA
1111 (23.40 %)Active Directory
1111 (23.40 %)Management Information System
1111 (23.40 %)Crystal Reports
1210 (21.28 %)CheckPoint
1210 (21.28 %)Degree
139 (19.15 %)VPN
148 (17.02 %)MS Exchange
148 (17.02 %)MS Office
148 (17.02 %)Lotus
157 (14.89 %)Microsoft Certification
157 (14.89 %)A+ Certification
157 (14.89 %)Lotus Domino
157 (14.89 %)MCSE
157 (14.89 %)Computer Science
157 (14.89 %)Dutch Language
157 (14.89 %)French Language
157 (14.89 %)Network+ Certification
166 (12.77 %)HP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Watford region 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
12 (4.255 %).NET
12 (4.255 %)ASP.NET
Application Platforms
18 (17.02 %)MS Exchange
27 (14.89 %)Lotus Domino
35 (10.64 %)IIS
43 (6.383 %)SharePoint
43 (6.383 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (6.383 %)SharePoint Server 2007
43 (6.383 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (2.128 %)Exchange Server 2000
51 (2.128 %)Lotus Notes
Applications
118 (38.30 %)MS Excel
28 (17.02 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
131 (65.96 %)WAN
215 (31.91 %)Firewall
314 (29.79 %)TCP/IP
49 (19.15 %)VPN
55 (10.64 %)DNS
64 (8.511 %)SAN
64 (8.511 %)SMTP
64 (8.511 %)DHCP
64 (8.511 %)Network Security
73 (6.383 %)Internet
73 (6.383 %)MPLS
73 (6.383 %)X.25
82 (4.255 %)ISDN
82 (4.255 %)Ethernet
91 (2.128 %)MGCP
91 (2.128 %)PBX
91 (2.128 %)H.323
91 (2.128 %)IPCC
91 (2.128 %)Cisco IOS
91 (2.128 %)Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
121 (44.68 %)SQL Server
211 (23.40 %)Crystal Reports
General
15 (10.64 %)Retail
23 (6.383 %)Finance
32 (4.255 %)Games
41 (2.128 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
113 (27.66 %)Developer
211 (23.40 %)DBA
310 (21.28 %)Support Engineer
48 (17.02 %)Administrator
57 (14.89 %)Customer Engineer
57 (14.89 %)Systems Administrator
57 (14.89 %)Customer Support Engineer
65 (10.64 %)Network Administrator
65 (10.64 %)Network Engineer
74 (8.511 %)IT Manager
74 (8.511 %)Network Support
83 (6.383 %)Support Manager
83 (6.383 %)Server Engineer
83 (6.383 %)IT Administrator
83 (6.383 %)IT Support Manager
83 (6.383 %)Security Engineer
83 (6.383 %)Senior Server Engineer
83 (6.383 %)Systems Support Engineer
83 (6.383 %)Systems Engineer
83 (6.383 %)Systems Support
Miscellaneous
111 (23.40 %)Management Information System
27 (14.89 %)Computer Science
27 (14.89 %)Dutch Language
27 (14.89 %)French Language
32 (4.255 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
123 (48.94 %)Windows
25 (10.64 %)Windows 2000
34 (8.511 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (4.255 %)Windows XP
51 (2.128 %)Linux
Programming Languages
117 (36.17 %)SQL
213 (27.66 %)C++
34 (8.511 %)VBA
42 (4.255 %)VB
42 (4.255 %)VB.NET
51 (2.128 %)C
Qualifications
112 (25.53 %)Cisco Certification
211 (23.40 %)CCNA
310 (21.28 %)Degree
47 (14.89 %)Microsoft Certification
47 (14.89 %)A+ Certification
47 (14.89 %)Network+ Certification
47 (14.89 %)MCSE
53 (6.383 %)MCSA
53 (6.383 %)MCP
53 (6.383 %)HNC
53 (6.383 %)CCSA
53 (6.383 %)CCNP
61 (2.128 %)CCVP
61 (2.128 %)CCIE
System Software
111 (23.40 %)Active Directory
23 (6.383 %)ISA Server
31 (2.128 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
13 (6.383 %)OpenView
Vendors
122 (46.81 %)Microsoft
211 (23.40 %)Cisco
310 (21.28 %)CheckPoint
48 (17.02 %)Lotus
56 (12.77 %)HP
64 (8.511 %)VMware
73 (6.383 %)VERITAS
82 (4.255 %)Oracle
91 (2.128 %)Nokia
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