LAN Jobs in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the West Midlands region.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 82 99 64
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -35
Permanent jobs citing LAN 148 94 131
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.981% 2.087% 3.156%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.13% 13.37% 17.49%
Number of salaries quoted 132 81 92
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,100 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,250 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.97% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 864 703 749
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.40% 15.61% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 716 569 590
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
LAN
England

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing LAN across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing LAN across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham -28 35 £40,000 -8.57%
Warwickshire +37 32 £27,000 -14.98%
Staffordshire +13 29 £33,750 +3.84%
Coventry +6 22 £27,000 -20.00%
Sutton Coldfield - 12 £27,000 -
Solihull -6 8 £28,750 -
Worcestershire +3 5 £41,791 +81.69%
West Bromwich - 5 £32,500 -
Dudley +11 4 £31,750 +15.45%
Wolverhampton +2 4 £30,000 -7.69%
Shropshire -3 3 £40,000 +23.07%
Wednesbury - 1 £22,500 -
Stourbridge - 1 - -
LAN
England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing LAN 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 LAN.

1 270 (91.53%) WAN
2 144 (48.81%) Windows
3 123 (41.69%) Cisco
4 99 (33.56%) Active Directory
5 96 (32.54%) Microsoft
6 89 (30.17%) Cisco Certification
7 82 (27.80%) Firewall
8 79 (26.78%) VMware
9 70 (23.73%) Windows Server 2008
10 68 (23.05%) Citrix
11 63 (21.36%) TCP/IP
12 62 (21.02%) MS Exchange
13 59 (20.00%) CCNP
14 56 (18.98%) CCNA
14 56 (18.98%) Windows Server 2003
15 53 (17.97%) DNS
15 53 (17.97%) ITIL
16 46 (15.59%) VMware Infrastructure
17 44 (14.92%) MPLS
18 41 (13.90%) Windows 7
19 40 (13.56%) MS Office
20 39 (13.22%) MS Excel
21 37 (12.54%) SQL
22 36 (12.20%) VPN
23 35 (11.86%) DHCP
24 34 (11.53%) Service Delivery
25 32 (10.85%) Telecoms
25 32 (10.85%) SQL Server
26 31 (10.51%) Microsoft Certification
27 30 (10.17%) HP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing LAN 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 LAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (3.390%) .NET
2 6 (2.034%) WebSphere
3 5 (1.695%) Web Services
3 5 (1.695%) J2EE
4 4 (1.356%) MFC
4 4 (1.356%) EDI
5 2 (0.678%) ASP
5 2 (0.678%) COM
6 1 (0.339%) XML
Application Platforms
1 62 (21.02%) MS Exchange
2 21 (7.119%) Exchange Server 2003
3 20 (6.780%) Exchange Server 2010
3 20 (6.780%) SharePoint
4 15 (5.085%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 14 (4.746%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (3.390%) IIS
6 10 (3.390%) Tomcat
7 7 (2.373%) Lotus Notes
8 5 (1.695%) Apache
8 5 (1.695%) WebSphere MQ
9 4 (1.356%) NetWeaver
10 2 (0.678%) Lync
11 1 (0.339%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.339%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.339%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 40 (13.56%) MS Office
2 39 (13.22%) MS Excel
3 7 (2.373%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.678%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.678%) Google Apps
4 2 (0.678%) MS Project
5 1 (0.339%) Office 365
5 1 (0.339%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.695%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (1.695%) Remedy AR System
2 3 (1.017%) assyst
3 2 (0.678%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.678%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.339%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.339%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 270 (91.53%) WAN
2 82 (27.80%) Firewall
3 63 (21.36%) TCP/IP
4 53 (17.97%) DNS
5 44 (14.92%) MPLS
6 36 (12.20%) VPN
7 35 (11.86%) DHCP
8 28 (9.492%) SAN
8 28 (9.492%) Wireless
9 25 (8.475%) VoIP
10 23 (7.797%) Unified Communications
11 21 (7.119%) IP Telephony
12 20 (6.780%) Network Security
12 20 (6.780%) PBX
13 18 (6.102%) VLAN
14 17 (5.763%) Internet
15 16 (5.424%) WLAN
15 16 (5.424%) Cisco ASA
16 15 (5.085%) Cisco IOS
16 15 (5.085%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.85%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.051%) MySQL
3 5 (1.695%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (1.356%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.356%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.678%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (0.678%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.339%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.339%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (1.695%) TestDirector
2 4 (1.356%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.339%) Ant
3 1 (0.339%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 32 (10.85%) Telecoms
2 24 (8.136%) Finance
3 15 (5.085%) Retail
4 6 (2.034%) Advertising
5 5 (1.695%) Banking
5 5 (1.695%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.017%) Legal
7 2 (0.678%) Back Office
7 2 (0.678%) Automotive
8 1 (0.339%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.339%) French Language
8 1 (0.339%) German Language
8 1 (0.339%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 47 (15.93%) Analyst
2 43 (14.58%) Network Engineer
3 25 (8.475%) Consultant
4 24 (8.136%) Support Engineer
5 22 (7.458%) Support Analyst
6 15 (5.085%) Technical Support
7 13 (4.407%) Architect
7 13 (4.407%) Administrator
7 13 (4.407%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 13 (4.407%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (4.068%) Team Leader
8 12 (4.068%) Systems Engineer
9 11 (3.729%) Technical Consultant
9 11 (3.729%) Network Consultant
9 11 (3.729%) Desktop Support
10 10 (3.390%) Account Manager
10 10 (3.390%) 3rd Line Support
10 10 (3.390%) Senior Network Engineer
10 10 (3.390%) Cisco Engineer
10 10 (3.390%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.441%) Blackberry
2 10 (3.390%) Management Information System
2 10 (3.390%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (3.390%) SaaS
2 10 (3.390%) PaaS
2 10 (3.390%) IaaS
3 9 (3.051%) iPad
4 7 (2.373%) IVR
5 6 (2.034%) CCTV
5 6 (2.034%) Clustering
6 5 (1.695%) CMDB
7 4 (1.356%) Statistics
8 3 (1.017%) Computer Science
8 3 (1.017%) iPhone
8 3 (1.017%) EPoS
8 3 (1.017%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.678%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.678%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.678%) PDA
10 1 (0.339%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 144 (48.81%) Windows
2 70 (23.73%) Windows Server 2008
3 56 (18.98%) Windows Server 2003
4 41 (13.90%) Windows 7
5 27 (9.153%) Windows XP
6 24 (8.136%) Linux
7 10 (3.390%) UNIX
8 8 (2.712%) Windows Vista
9 5 (1.695%) Solaris
10 4 (1.356%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.017%) CentOS
12 2 (0.678%) Android
12 2 (0.678%) Windows Phone 7
12 2 (0.678%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.678%) Windows Phone
13 1 (0.339%) Windows Mobile
13 1 (0.339%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.339%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.339%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (17.97%) ITIL
2 34 (11.53%) Service Delivery
3 27 (9.153%) Project Management
4 26 (8.814%) Network Design
5 16 (5.424%) Service Management
6 13 (4.407%) PRINCE2
7 11 (3.729%) Change Management
7 11 (3.729%) Data Security
7 11 (3.729%) Business Continuity
7 11 (3.729%) Requirements Analysis
8 10 (3.390%) ERP
8 10 (3.390%) Problem Management
8 10 (3.390%) Time Management
8 10 (3.390%) Capacity Management
9 9 (3.051%) Supplier Management
9 9 (3.051%) Incident Management
10 7 (2.373%) TOGAF
10 7 (2.373%) Root Cause Analysis
11 6 (2.034%) Load Balancing
11 6 (2.034%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (12.54%) SQL
2 13 (4.407%) C
3 9 (3.051%) Java
4 5 (1.695%) PL/SQL
4 5 (1.695%) R
5 4 (1.356%) ABAP
6 2 (0.678%) PHP
7 1 (0.339%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.339%) X++
Qualifications
1 89 (30.17%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (20.00%) CCNP
3 56 (18.98%) CCNA
4 31 (10.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (6.441%) MCSE
6 18 (6.102%) CCIE
7 14 (4.746%) CCSA
7 14 (4.746%) MCITP
8 11 (3.729%) Degree
9 10 (3.390%) MCP
10 9 (3.051%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (2.712%) CCIP
12 7 (2.373%) MCSA
13 6 (2.034%) Security Cleared
14 5 (1.695%) CCDP
15 4 (1.356%) CCSE
15 4 (1.356%) Check Point Certification
15 4 (1.356%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (1.017%) SC Cleared
17 2 (0.678%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.441%) SLA
2 10 (3.390%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 8 (2.712%) QA
4 4 (1.356%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.678%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.339%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.339%) BS25999
System Software
1 99 (33.56%) Active Directory
2 46 (15.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.085%) vSphere
4 11 (3.729%) XenApp
4 11 (3.729%) Terminal Services
5 7 (2.373%) ISA Server
6 6 (2.034%) VMware ESX
7 5 (1.695%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.356%) XenDesktop
9 3 (1.017%) Postfix
9 3 (1.017%) BlackBerry Internet Service
9 3 (1.017%) Samba
10 2 (0.678%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.678%) Xen
10 2 (0.678%) Forefront TMG
11 1 (0.339%) UAG
11 1 (0.339%) NFS
11 1 (0.339%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 10 (3.390%) Cisco IPCC
1 10 (3.390%) WSUS
2 7 (2.373%) SolarWinds Orion
3 6 (2.034%) Backup Exec
4 5 (1.695%) SCOM
5 4 (1.356%) SCCM
5 4 (1.356%) ARCserve
6 2 (0.678%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.678%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.678%) HP SIM
7 1 (0.339%) Splunk
7 1 (0.339%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.339%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.339%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 123 (41.69%) Cisco
2 96 (32.54%) Microsoft
3 79 (26.78%) VMware
4 68 (23.05%) Citrix
5 30 (10.17%) HP
6 24 (8.136%) CheckPoint
7 21 (7.119%) NetApp
8 12 (4.068%) Nokia
8 12 (4.068%) Mitel
8 12 (4.068%) Juniper
8 12 (4.068%) SolarWinds
9 11 (3.729%) Avaya
9 11 (3.729%) Oracle
10 8 (2.712%) IBM
10 8 (2.712%) Remedy
10 8 (2.712%) IronPort
11 7 (2.373%) Riverbed
11 7 (2.373%) Lotus
11 7 (2.373%) SAP
12 6 (2.034%) Nortel
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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Senior Infrastructure Engineer
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The successful candidate will have strong technical skills for the role with good knowledge of Windows Servers; VMware; Exchange; Active Directory; Cisco; WAN/LAN; NetApp SAN and SQL...
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Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Car/Allowance & Benefits
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Senior Networks Engineer - Alcatel-Lucent/Cisco
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Cisco Network Engineer - MPLS/WAN - Internet Service Provider
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Network Design and Implementation Cisco Engineer - CCNP / CCIP / CCNA. Cisco Design and Implementation Network Engineer - based in W.Midlands covering Cisco Switches, Routers, WAN, Protocols TCP/IP, OSPF,...
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Senior Network Engineer (SC Cleared) - West Mids - £50-60K+bens
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Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
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Network Analyst / Network Engineer - Cisco, LAN, WAN - Urgent
Cannock, Staffordshire
My client is currently looking for a Cisco, CCNP, LAN, WAN Network Analyst / Network Engineer to join their growing team managing the operations and development of their Network...
Rullion IT Plus
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IT Technical Support Engineer
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Linux/Unix System Support... MS Windows System Support... Networking / Cisco knowledge - LAN / WAN and Wireless... Holds a detailed understanding of core internet technologies - Routing and Switching, DNS, DHCP,...
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Network Team Lead
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