The first table below looks at the demand for WAN Optimisation 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 WAN Optimisation 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WAN Optimization
Rank 206 187 152
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -35
Permanent jobs citing WAN Optimisation 1 2 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.020% 0.044% 0.434%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.064% 0.630%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
Average salary £40,000 - £36,250
UK excluding London average salary £29,429 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-34.60% +20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3728 3115 2859
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 75.09% 69.18% 68.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3143 2685 2417
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
WAN Optimisation
England

WAN Optimisation
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WAN Optimisation across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands WAN Optimisation Jobs Demand Trend

WAN Optimisation
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands WAN Optimisation Salary Trend

WAN Optimisation
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Optimisation 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
Shropshire - 1 £40,000 -
WAN Optimisation
England

WAN Optimisation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) CCNP
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) VLAN
2 4 (80.00%) QA
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (80.00%) IronPort
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco PIX
2 4 (80.00%) ISA Server
2 4 (80.00%) McAfee
2 4 (80.00%) Nokia
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (80.00%) Riverbed
2 4 (80.00%) SolarWinds
2 4 (80.00%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) CCIE
3 1 (20.00%) CCSP
3 1 (20.00%) CCIP
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing

WAN Optimisation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) VLAN
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco PIX
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (20.00%) Security Management
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Network Design
1 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNP
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCIP
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) Nokia
2 4 (80.00%) McAfee
2 4 (80.00%) IronPort
2 4 (80.00%) Riverbed
2 4 (80.00%) SolarWinds