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This section looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the West Midlands 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 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4139
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads378380
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.203 %0.158 %
As % of the category below27.55 %26.39 %
Salaries quoted339338
Average minimum salary£31,561£31,413
Average salary£33,295£33,981
% change on same period last year-2.01 %
Average maximum salary£35,030£36,550
UK excluding London average salary£35,087£37,122
% change on same period last year-5.48 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads13721440
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.738 %0.600 %
Salaries quoted11431203
Average minimum salary£31,957£33,295
Average salary£34,234£35,801
% change on same period last year-4.37 %
Average maximum salary£36,510£38,308
UK excluding London average salary£37,584£39,545
% change on same period last year-4.96 %
LAN EnglandLAN
England

LAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

LAN
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

West Midlands LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Job Locations

This section 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 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamUp+19140£33,049-6.30 %
HerefordshireUp+1470£30,121-22.99 %
ShropshireDown-140£51,778+2.86 %
WarwickshireDown-2038£30,041-12.72 %
SolihullUp+416£39,083+30.82 %
StaffordshireDown-615£40,417+20.54 %
WolverhamptonDown-514£20,179-3.91 %
CoventryDown-1912£31,083+27.59 %
WalsallUp+17£33,214-21.84 %
WorcestershireDown-135£28,083+39.15 %
West BromwichNew entry-3£37,167-
DudleyNew entry-1£22,500-
Sutton ColdfieldDown-131£30,000+53.84 %
LAN EnglandLAN
England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

1632 (87.90 %)WAN
2429 (59.67 %)Windows
3317 (44.09 %)TCP/IP
4238 (33.10 %)Active Directory
5232 (32.27 %)Cisco
6201 (27.96 %)Windows Server 2003
7199 (27.68 %)Microsoft
8165 (22.95 %)Firewall
9160 (22.25 %)Windows XP
10146 (20.31 %)Cisco Certification
11142 (19.75 %)Microsoft Certification
12122 (16.97 %)Windows 2000
13115 (15.99 %)MCSE
14109 (15.16 %)SQL
15106 (14.74 %)MS Exchange
16102 (14.19 %)Citrix
1790 (12.52 %)CCNA
1884 (11.68 %)DNS
1884 (11.68 %)Linux
1884 (11.68 %)MCP
1982 (11.40 %)SQL Server
2078 (10.85 %)Degree
2177 (10.71 %)CCNP
2274 (10.29 %)VPN
2371 (9.875 %)UNIX
2467 (9.318 %)Telecoms
2467 (9.318 %)ITIL
2565 (9.040 %)MS Excel
2662 (8.623 %)SLA
2760 (8.345 %)MS Office

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (1.669 %)J2EE
28 (1.113 %).NET
36 (0.834 %)ActiveX
43 (0.417 %)HTML
43 (0.417 %)ASP
52 (0.278 %)CSS
61 (0.139 %)EDI
61 (0.139 %)ASP.NET
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1106 (14.74 %)MS Exchange
246 (6.398 %)Exchange Server 2003
333 (4.590 %)SharePoint
427 (3.755 %)Lotus Notes
519 (2.643 %)IIS
615 (2.086 %)Lotus Domino
714 (1.947 %)Exchange Server 5.5
812 (1.669 %)Exchange Server 2000
97 (0.974 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
106 (0.834 %)Apache
114 (0.556 %)Exchange Server 2007
121 (0.139 %)SharePoint Server 2007
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
165 (9.040 %)MS Excel
260 (8.345 %)MS Office
314 (1.947 %)MS PowerPoint
48 (1.113 %)MS Visio
52 (0.278 %)CA Clarity
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.695 %)Line 50
15 (0.695 %)Line 100
15 (0.695 %)Sage MMS
24 (0.556 %)SAP Business One
32 (0.278 %)Microsoft CRM
41 (0.139 %)Misys Equation
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1632 (87.90 %)WAN
2317 (44.09 %)TCP/IP
3165 (22.95 %)Firewall
484 (11.68 %)DNS
574 (10.29 %)VPN
660 (8.345 %)Internet
759 (8.206 %)VoIP
846 (6.398 %)Network Security
941 (5.702 %)Cisco PIX
1036 (5.007 %)SAN
1036 (5.007 %)BGP
1135 (4.868 %)OSPF
1135 (4.868 %)Wireless
1233 (4.590 %)DHCP
1327 (3.755 %)MPLS
1421 (2.921 %)Ethernet
1421 (2.921 %)BIG-IP
1421 (2.921 %)Cisco ASA
1520 (2.782 %)IP Telephony
1617 (2.364 %)VLAN
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
182 (11.40 %)SQL Server
224 (3.338 %)DB2
318 (2.503 %)SQL Server 2000
48 (1.113 %)MS Access
56 (0.834 %)MySQL
64 (0.556 %)SQL Server 2005
73 (0.417 %)EDRMS
82 (0.278 %)RDBMS
91 (0.139 %)Cognos Powerplay
91 (0.139 %)Cognos Impromptu
91 (0.139 %)SQL Server 2008
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (0.417 %)Visual Studio
13 (0.417 %)Subversion
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
167 (9.318 %)Telecoms
254 (7.510 %)Pensions
346 (6.398 %)Health
432 (4.451 %)Finance
521 (2.921 %)Government
617 (2.364 %)Retail
715 (2.086 %)Back Office
812 (1.669 %)Insurance
910 (1.391 %)Manufacturing
107 (0.974 %)Banking
115 (0.695 %)Construction
124 (0.556 %)Education
124 (0.556 %)Law
124 (0.556 %)Automotive
124 (0.556 %)Online Gambling
124 (0.556 %)Online Betting
133 (0.417 %)FMCG
133 (0.417 %)Marketing
133 (0.417 %)Online Games
133 (0.417 %)Pharmaceutical
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1123 (17.11 %)Analyst
292 (12.80 %)Support Engineer
390 (12.52 %)Support Analyst
471 (9.875 %)Network Engineer
554 (7.510 %)Network Support
647 (6.537 %)IT Support Analyst
746 (6.398 %)Technical Support
842 (5.841 %)Consultant
940 (5.563 %)IT Support Engineer
1039 (5.424 %)Architect
1130 (4.172 %)Junior
1130 (4.172 %)IT Manager
1228 (3.894 %)Systems Engineer
1326 (3.616 %)Technical Analyst
1425 (3.477 %)Administrator
1425 (3.477 %)2nd Line Support
1523 (3.199 %)Network Architect
1620 (2.782 %)Cisco Engineer
1719 (2.643 %)Technical Support Analyst
1719 (2.643 %)Junior Network Support
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
133 (4.590 %)EPoS
228 (3.894 %)AS400
316 (2.225 %)Client/Server
415 (2.086 %)Blackberry
513 (1.808 %)Replication
513 (1.808 %)Clustering
612 (1.669 %)Thin Client
612 (1.669 %)Fat Client
79 (1.252 %)SecurID
86 (0.834 %)Computer Science
95 (0.695 %)NHS
104 (0.556 %)PMI
113 (0.417 %)CMDB
113 (0.417 %)Mainframe
122 (0.278 %)NPfIT
131 (0.139 %)PDA
131 (0.139 %)e-Health
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1429 (59.67 %)Windows
2201 (27.96 %)Windows Server 2003
3160 (22.25 %)Windows XP
4122 (16.97 %)Windows 2000
584 (11.68 %)Linux
671 (9.875 %)UNIX
755 (7.650 %)Windows 2000 Server
835 (4.868 %)Windows NT
927 (3.755 %)Windows Vista
1010 (1.391 %)Solaris
119 (1.252 %)HPUX
126 (0.834 %)AIX
135 (0.695 %)Red Hat Linux
143 (0.417 %)VMS
143 (0.417 %)Debian
152 (0.278 %)OS/400
152 (0.278 %)Windows Server 2008
161 (0.139 %)i5/OS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
167 (9.318 %)ITIL
245 (6.259 %)Project Management
336 (5.007 %)Incident Management
433 (4.590 %)Load Balancing
433 (4.590 %)Security Cleared
526 (3.616 %)Network Design
622 (3.060 %)ERP
622 (3.060 %)PRINCE2
720 (2.782 %)Service Delivery
818 (2.503 %)CRM
916 (2.225 %)Change Management
916 (2.225 %)Disaster Recovery
1013 (1.808 %)Stakeholder Management
1111 (1.530 %)Technical Architecture
1210 (1.391 %)Migration
1210 (1.391 %)Service Management
137 (0.974 %)TOGAF
137 (0.974 %)Systems Analysis
137 (0.974 %)Business Analysis
137 (0.974 %)Strategic Planning
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1109 (15.16 %)SQL
224 (3.338 %)C
323 (3.199 %)Java
411 (1.530 %)C++
411 (1.530 %)COBOL
55 (0.695 %)VB
63 (0.417 %)PHP
72 (0.278 %)Transact-SQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1146 (20.31 %)Cisco Certification
2142 (19.75 %)Microsoft Certification
3115 (15.99 %)MCSE
490 (12.52 %)CCNA
584 (11.68 %)MCP
678 (10.85 %)Degree
777 (10.71 %)CCNP
823 (3.199 %)CCIE
922 (3.060 %)CCDP
1018 (2.503 %)MCSA
1115 (2.086 %)CCSP
1115 (2.086 %)MCDST
1210 (1.391 %)PRINCE2 Certification
139 (1.252 %)HND
148 (1.113 %)CCVP
156 (0.834 %)CCDA
165 (0.695 %)CCIP
174 (0.556 %)Citrix Certification
183 (0.417 %)CCEA
192 (0.278 %)ISEB
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
162 (8.623 %)SLA
23 (0.417 %)QA
31 (0.139 %)ISO9001
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1238 (33.10 %)Active Directory
218 (2.503 %)VMware ESX
317 (2.364 %)Citrix Presentation Server
415 (2.086 %)MetaFrame
513 (1.808 %)Backup Exec
612 (1.669 %)Terminal Services
79 (1.252 %)ISA Server
87 (0.974 %)VMware Infrastructure
93 (0.417 %)Terminal Server
93 (0.417 %)VMware Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (2.225 %)OpenView
29 (1.252 %)CiscoWorks
34 (0.556 %)ARCserve
43 (0.417 %)Norton AntiVirus
43 (0.417 %)WSUS
52 (0.278 %)MOM
61 (0.139 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (0.139 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
61 (0.139 %)BMC Marimba
61 (0.139 %)SCCM
61 (0.139 %)HP Data Protector
61 (0.139 %)NNM
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1232 (32.27 %)Cisco
2199 (27.68 %)Microsoft
3102 (14.19 %)Citrix
447 (6.537 %)HP
544 (6.120 %)Lotus
641 (5.702 %)CheckPoint
641 (5.702 %)VMware
736 (5.007 %)Oracle
824 (3.338 %)Remedy
921 (2.921 %)IBM
1017 (2.364 %)Sage
1114 (1.947 %)Avaya
1212 (1.669 %)Capita
1311 (1.530 %)Mitel
149 (1.252 %)SAP
158 (1.113 %)Dell
158 (1.113 %)VERITAS
167 (0.974 %)Nokia
176 (0.834 %)Nortel
176 (0.834 %)Juniper