The first table below looks at the demand for WAN 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 over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 88 74 71
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -3
Permanent jobs citing WAN 144 146 128
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.686% 3.095% 2.913%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.31% 18.23% 18.29%
Number of salaries quoted 126 119 102
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -14.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,250
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
883 801 700
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 16.47% 16.98% 15.93%
Number of salaries quoted 725 650 561
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% -6.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WAN
England

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands WAN Jobs Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

West Midlands WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham -22 34 £39,000 +9.85% 2
Staffordshire +17 29 £32,500 -4.41% 3
Warwickshire +7 25 £30,000 - 1
Coventry -18 14 £27,000 -23.40%
Solihull -4 13 £31,000 +31.91% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 7 £27,000 -
Worcestershire +3 6 £41,645 +79.11% 3
Wolverhampton 0 5 £30,000 -20.00%
West Bromwich - 5 £32,500 -
Shropshire -16 4 £40,000 +23.07% 1
Dudley - 3 £30,000 -
Stourbridge - 1 - -
WAN
England

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 258 (89.58%) LAN
2 131 (45.49%) Windows
2 131 (45.49%) Cisco
3 98 (34.03%) Active Directory
4 97 (33.68%) Microsoft
5 88 (30.56%) Cisco Certification
6 86 (29.86%) Firewall
7 80 (27.78%) VMware
8 71 (24.65%) Citrix
9 65 (22.57%) Windows Server 2008
10 59 (20.49%) TCP/IP
11 57 (19.79%) MS Exchange
11 57 (19.79%) ITIL
12 56 (19.44%) CCNP
13 54 (18.75%) MPLS
14 53 (18.40%) Windows Server 2003
14 53 (18.40%) CCNA
15 50 (17.36%) VMware Infrastructure
16 47 (16.32%) DNS
17 44 (15.28%) VPN
18 40 (13.89%) SQL
19 37 (12.85%) Network Design
20 34 (11.81%) SQL Server
20 34 (11.81%) Microsoft Certification
21 33 (11.46%) MS Excel
21 33 (11.46%) Windows 7
22 32 (11.11%) Service Delivery
23 31 (10.76%) Telecoms
24 30 (10.42%) DHCP
25 29 (10.07%) MS Office

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 8 (2.778%) .NET
2 5 (1.736%) Web Services
3 3 (1.042%) WebSphere MQ
3 3 (1.042%) EDI
3 3 (1.042%) J2EE
3 3 (1.042%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.347%) COM
Application Platforms
1 57 (19.79%) MS Exchange
2 24 (8.333%) SharePoint
3 23 (7.986%) Exchange Server 2003
4 19 (6.597%) Exchange Server 2010
5 13 (4.514%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 10 (3.472%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (3.472%) IIS
7 9 (3.125%) Tomcat
8 5 (1.736%) Apache
9 4 (1.389%) NetWeaver
10 2 (0.694%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.347%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.347%) Lync
Applications
1 33 (11.46%) MS Excel
2 29 (10.07%) MS Office
3 3 (1.042%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.694%) Google Apps
4 2 (0.694%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.347%) MS Project
5 1 (0.347%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.347%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 5 (1.736%) Remedy AR System
2 4 (1.389%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (1.042%) assyst
3 3 (1.042%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.694%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.347%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.347%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 258 (89.58%) LAN
2 86 (29.86%) Firewall
3 59 (20.49%) TCP/IP
4 54 (18.75%) MPLS
5 47 (16.32%) DNS
6 44 (15.28%) VPN
7 30 (10.42%) DHCP
8 25 (8.681%) SAN
8 25 (8.681%) VLAN
9 23 (7.986%) Wireless
10 22 (7.639%) BGP
10 22 (7.639%) OSPF
11 21 (7.292%) Unified Communications
12 20 (6.944%) PBX
13 19 (6.597%) VoIP
13 19 (6.597%) IP Telephony
14 18 (6.250%) Network Security
14 18 (6.250%) Internet
14 18 (6.250%) EIGRP
15 15 (5.208%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.81%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.125%) MySQL
3 5 (1.736%) Oracle 8/8i
3 5 (1.736%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (1.389%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (1.389%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.389%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.694%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (0.694%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 5 (1.736%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.347%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (0.347%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 31 (10.76%) Telecoms
2 16 (5.556%) Finance
2 16 (5.556%) Retail
3 11 (3.819%) Advertising
4 8 (2.778%) French Language
5 5 (1.736%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.389%) Automotive
7 3 (1.042%) Banking
7 3 (1.042%) Legal
8 1 (0.347%) Back Office
8 1 (0.347%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 42 (14.58%) Network Engineer
2 39 (13.54%) Analyst
3 23 (7.986%) Consultant
4 21 (7.292%) Support Engineer
5 19 (6.597%) Support Analyst
6 18 (6.250%) Cisco Engineer
7 16 (5.556%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (4.861%) Team Leader
8 14 (4.861%) Administrator
9 12 (4.167%) Architect
9 12 (4.167%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 11 (3.819%) Network Analyst
10 11 (3.819%) Technical Support
10 11 (3.819%) Account Manager
10 11 (3.819%) Network Consultant
11 10 (3.472%) Desktop Support
11 10 (3.472%) Technical Consultant
12 9 (3.125%) Network Support
12 9 (3.125%) Infrastructure Manager
12 9 (3.125%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.903%) Blackberry
2 14 (4.861%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (3.819%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.819%) IaaS
4 10 (3.472%) SaaS
4 10 (3.472%) PaaS
5 9 (3.125%) iPad
6 7 (2.431%) IVR
6 7 (2.431%) Clustering
7 6 (2.083%) CCTV
8 5 (1.736%) Statistics
9 4 (1.389%) Replication
10 3 (1.042%) iPhone
10 3 (1.042%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.694%) SecurID
11 2 (0.694%) EPoS
12 1 (0.347%) Handset
12 1 (0.347%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.347%) Open Source
12 1 (0.347%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 131 (45.49%) Windows
2 65 (22.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 53 (18.40%) Windows Server 2003
4 33 (11.46%) Windows 7
5 26 (9.028%) Linux
6 19 (6.597%) Windows XP
7 9 (3.125%) Windows Vista
8 8 (2.778%) UNIX
9 5 (1.736%) Solaris
9 5 (1.736%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.389%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.042%) CentOS
12 2 (0.694%) Windows Phone 7
12 2 (0.694%) Windows Phone
12 2 (0.694%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.694%) Android
13 1 (0.347%) VMS
13 1 (0.347%) Windows Mobile
13 1 (0.347%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (19.79%) ITIL
2 37 (12.85%) Network Design
3 32 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 28 (9.722%) Project Management
5 17 (5.903%) Service Management
6 15 (5.208%) PRINCE2
7 13 (4.514%) Change Management
8 11 (3.819%) Problem Management
9 10 (3.472%) Data Security
10 9 (3.125%) ERP
10 9 (3.125%) Supplier Management
10 9 (3.125%) Capacity Management
11 8 (2.778%) Incident Management
11 8 (2.778%) Migration
11 8 (2.778%) Business Continuity
12 7 (2.431%) Time Management
12 7 (2.431%) Requirements Analysis
12 7 (2.431%) Technical Architecture
12 7 (2.431%) ITIL V3
12 7 (2.431%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 40 (13.89%) SQL
2 9 (3.125%) Java
3 5 (1.736%) C
3 5 (1.736%) PL/SQL
4 4 (1.389%) R
4 4 (1.389%) ABAP
5 2 (0.694%) PHP
6 1 (0.347%) X++
Qualifications
1 88 (30.56%) Cisco Certification
2 56 (19.44%) CCNP
3 53 (18.40%) CCNA
4 34 (11.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (9.028%) CCIE
6 24 (8.333%) MCSE
7 17 (5.903%) MCITP
8 12 (4.167%) CCIP
9 11 (3.819%) CCSA
9 11 (3.819%) MCP
9 11 (3.819%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (3.125%) MCSA
11 8 (2.778%) Degree
12 5 (1.736%) CCDP
12 5 (1.736%) Security Cleared
13 4 (1.389%) SC Cleared
14 3 (1.042%) CCDA
14 3 (1.042%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.694%) HP ASE
15 2 (0.694%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.986%) SLA
2 10 (3.472%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (2.431%) QA
4 3 (1.042%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.347%) BS7799
5 1 (0.347%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.347%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 98 (34.03%) Active Directory
2 50 (17.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.208%) vSphere
4 12 (4.167%) Terminal Services
5 9 (3.125%) XenApp
6 8 (2.778%) ISA Server
7 6 (2.083%) VMware ESX
8 5 (1.736%) Hyper-V
8 5 (1.736%) Forefront TMG
9 4 (1.389%) Xen
10 3 (1.042%) Samba
10 3 (1.042%) Terminal Server
10 3 (1.042%) Postfix
10 3 (1.042%) XenDesktop
10 3 (1.042%) BlackBerry Internet Service
10 3 (1.042%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.347%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.347%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 11 (3.819%) Cisco IPCC
2 9 (3.125%) WSUS
3 8 (2.778%) SolarWinds Orion
4 7 (2.431%) SCCM
4 7 (2.431%) SCOM
5 6 (2.083%) Backup Exec
6 4 (1.389%) ARCserve
7 2 (0.694%) HP SIM
7 2 (0.694%) Cacti
8 1 (0.347%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.347%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.347%) Cisco UCCE
8 1 (0.347%) Splunk
Vendors
1 131 (45.49%) Cisco
2 97 (33.68%) Microsoft
3 80 (27.78%) VMware
4 71 (24.65%) Citrix
5 29 (10.07%) HP
6 28 (9.722%) CheckPoint
7 24 (8.333%) NetApp
8 20 (6.944%) Juniper
9 14 (4.861%) Oracle
9 14 (4.861%) Avaya
10 13 (4.514%) SolarWinds
11 11 (3.819%) Nokia
12 10 (3.472%) Remedy
12 10 (3.472%) Mitel
13 8 (2.778%) Riverbed
13 8 (2.778%) IronPort
13 8 (2.778%) Red Hat
14 7 (2.431%) IBM
14 7 (2.431%) EMC
14 7 (2.431%) SAP
West Midlands
We are now recruiting for a dynamic and ambitious Network Engineer to work in a small specialist team supporting a circa 3,000 ADSL and 90+ WAN network.....
Network ITR
Salary: 28k to 35k per year GBP
Posted: 19 June 2013
West Midlands
Reporting into the European CTO this role will take complete responsibility for the Network and Data infrastructure across the group including LAN, WAN, VOIP including supporting up to...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Package
Posted: 10 June 2013
Tamworth, Staffordshire
The successful candidate will have strong technical skills for the role with good knowledge of Windows Servers; VMware; Citrix; Exchange; Active Directory; Cisco; WAN/LAN; NetApp SAN and...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £43000 per annum + Car/Allowance & Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire
To provide IT support for a Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory server environment... Support of LAN & WAN infrastructure... Microsoft operating systems - Windows 2003/2008 Server... VMWare vSphere 4 &...
Healthcare-at-Home.co.uk
Salary: From £27,000 to £32,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Worcestershire, West Midlands
Service requests and within a strict SLA framework * Managing work load; fixing incidents remotely and escalating where appropriate * Installing solutions remotely and at customer location, worldwide * Supporting out...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
Worcestershire, West Midlands
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
Worcestershire, West Midlands
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £34000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Senitor Associates
Salary: £17000 - £23000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
networx
Salary: £39,763 per annum (increasing to £41,855 per annum after 12 months)
Posted: 17 June 2013
Warwickshire
Connectus
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 18 June 2013
West Midlands
Real Staffing
Salary: £42000 - £46500 per annum
Posted: 4 June 2013
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