The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 31 40 44
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +4
Permanent jobs citing WAN 101 69 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 6.733% 4.993% 4.692%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.70% 34.85% 23.10%
Number of salaries quoted 79 68 62
Average salary £45,000 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.62% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,300 £24,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £56,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Communications & Networking
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
329 198 290
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 21.93% 14.33% 20.31%
Number of salaries quoted 279 180 254
Average salary £42,500 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.71% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £24,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,400 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
WAN
South East

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex 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
Crawley +12 58 £45,000 -10.00%
Horsham +6 6 £18,250 -44.27%
Gatwick +21 5 £32,000 -28.88%
Burgess Hill - 1 £50,000 -
East Grinstead - 1 - -
WAN
South East

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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.

1 162 (85.26%) LAN
2 141 (74.21%) Cisco
3 77 (40.53%) Windows
4 68 (35.79%) ITIL
4 68 (35.79%) TCP/IP
5 66 (34.74%) Firewall
6 59 (31.05%) DNS
7 56 (29.47%) Active Directory
7 56 (29.47%) DHCP
8 55 (28.95%) WLAN
8 55 (28.95%) VMware
9 54 (28.42%) Linux
9 54 (28.42%) Juniper
10 52 (27.37%) VPN
10 52 (27.37%) Service Delivery
11 50 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
12 48 (25.26%) Junos
12 48 (25.26%) PCI DSS
13 45 (23.68%) Wireless
14 44 (23.16%) Cisco ASA
15 42 (22.11%) SAN
16 37 (19.47%) Microsoft
17 34 (17.89%) Telecoms
17 34 (17.89%) MPLS
18 33 (17.37%) SSL
19 31 (16.32%) Network Security
20 30 (15.79%) CheckPoint
21 29 (15.26%) HTTP
21 29 (15.26%) SMTP
21 29 (15.26%) OSPF

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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 4 (2.105%) .NET
1 4 (2.105%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 27 (14.21%) MS Exchange
2 16 (8.421%) SharePoint
3 14 (7.368%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (4.737%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 7 (3.684%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (3.158%) IIS
7 4 (2.105%) Apache
7 4 (2.105%) Zimbra
8 3 (1.579%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (1.579%) Lotus Domino
9 2 (1.053%) CMS
9 2 (1.053%) Documentum
9 2 (1.053%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 15 (7.895%) MS Excel
2 9 (4.737%) MS Office
3 3 (1.579%) MS Project
3 3 (1.579%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 162 (85.26%) LAN
2 68 (35.79%) TCP/IP
3 66 (34.74%) Firewall
4 59 (31.05%) DNS
5 56 (29.47%) DHCP
6 55 (28.95%) WLAN
7 52 (27.37%) VPN
8 48 (25.26%) Junos
9 45 (23.68%) Wireless
10 44 (23.16%) Cisco ASA
11 42 (22.11%) SAN
12 34 (17.89%) MPLS
13 33 (17.37%) SSL
14 31 (16.32%) Network Security
15 29 (15.26%) IPsec
15 29 (15.26%) OSPF
15 29 (15.26%) BGP
15 29 (15.26%) EIGRP
15 29 (15.26%) Wi-Fi
15 29 (15.26%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.842%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.158%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (2.105%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (2.105%) MySQL
3 4 (2.105%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (0.526%) DB2
General
1 34 (17.89%) Telecoms
2 18 (9.474%) Back Office
3 15 (7.895%) Finance
4 4 (2.105%) Electronics
5 2 (1.053%) Military
Job Titles
1 93 (48.95%) Analyst
2 82 (43.16%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 60 (31.58%) Network Analyst
4 53 (27.89%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
5 47 (24.74%) Network Engineer
6 19 (10.00%) Network Support
7 15 (7.895%) Administrator
8 13 (6.842%) SharePoint Administrator
9 12 (6.316%) Network Security Analyst
9 12 (6.316%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (6.316%) Security Analyst
10 10 (5.263%) Cisco Support
11 9 (4.737%) Support Analyst
12 8 (4.211%) Technical Analyst
13 6 (3.158%) Support Engineer
13 6 (3.158%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
14 5 (2.632%) Technical Support
15 4 (2.105%) Consultant
15 4 (2.105%) Project Manager
15 4 (2.105%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.895%) SecurID
2 9 (4.737%) IVR
3 5 (2.632%) PKI
4 4 (2.105%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.579%) Clustering
5 3 (1.579%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.053%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 77 (40.53%) Windows
2 54 (28.42%) Linux
3 25 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (7.895%) Windows Server 2003
5 14 (7.368%) Windows 7
6 7 (3.684%) Windows XP
7 5 (2.632%) UNIX
8 3 (1.579%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.526%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.526%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (35.79%) ITIL
2 52 (27.37%) Service Delivery
3 25 (13.16%) Performance Management
4 13 (6.842%) Mobile Device Management
5 11 (5.789%) Project Management
6 10 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (4.737%) Network Design
7 9 (4.737%) Technical Architecture
8 8 (4.211%) Business Analysis
9 6 (3.158%) Configuration Management
9 6 (3.158%) Network Load Balancing
9 6 (3.158%) PRINCE2
10 5 (2.632%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 2 (1.053%) Network Architecture
11 2 (1.053%) High Availability
11 2 (1.053%) Continuous Improvement
11 2 (1.053%) Agile Project Management
11 2 (1.053%) PRINCE
11 2 (1.053%) Service Management
11 2 (1.053%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.263%) SQL
2 6 (3.158%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.053%) T-SQL
3 2 (1.053%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (13.16%) CCNA
3 20 (10.53%) CCNP
4 12 (6.316%) CWNA
5 9 (4.737%) Security Cleared
6 7 (3.684%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.684%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (3.158%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (2.105%) MCITP
9 3 (1.579%) MCP
9 3 (1.579%) MCSE
10 2 (1.053%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.053%) Degree
11 1 (0.526%) CCSA
11 1 (0.526%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.526%) JNCIE
11 1 (0.526%) MCDST
11 1 (0.526%) CCDA
11 1 (0.526%) CCDP
11 1 (0.526%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (25.26%) PCI DSS
2 3 (1.579%) SLA
3 2 (1.053%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (29.47%) Active Directory
2 22 (11.58%) vSphere
3 16 (8.421%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (6.842%) Hyper-V
5 12 (6.316%) XenApp
6 6 (3.158%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (3.158%) VMware ESX
6 6 (3.158%) NLBS
7 4 (2.105%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 4 (2.105%) Postfix
8 3 (1.579%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 15 (7.895%) Cisco IPCC
2 6 (3.158%) NetBackup
2 6 (3.158%) SCOM
3 4 (2.105%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.053%) WSUS
4 2 (1.053%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 141 (74.21%) Cisco
2 55 (28.95%) VMware
3 54 (28.42%) Juniper
4 37 (19.47%) Microsoft
5 30 (15.79%) CheckPoint
6 28 (14.74%) Citrix
7 21 (11.05%) Avaya
8 20 (10.53%) BT
9 18 (9.474%) AirMagnet
9 18 (9.474%) HP
9 18 (9.474%) CA
10 15 (7.895%) Nortel
11 12 (6.316%) NetApp
12 10 (5.263%) EMC
13 9 (4.737%) Dell
13 9 (4.737%) Symantec
13 9 (4.737%) Verint
14 6 (3.158%) DataCore
14 6 (3.158%) F5
14 6 (3.158%) SolarWinds
West Sussex
Key Skills & Background: - Strong Network infrastructure background - WAN, LAN, Voice, Remote Access Solutions - Strong cisco background - routers, switches etc… - Desktop Infrastructure - Network Security - Firewalls, GTM's, Wireless Security -...
Eutopia Solutions Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + corporate benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Experience in installation and configuration of Windows Server 2008R2. Experience of LAN and WAN technologies Experience of VM Ware or Hyper V... VCP, MCSE or MCITP - Or similar...
ninesharp
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Generous Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
West Sussex
Your knowledge, skills and experience will encompass much of the following but most importantly Citrix - VMWare - Active Directory as well as: LAN/WAN/Swetches/Security Storage SAN/Back...
TLP Consultancy Ltd.
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Ideally, you will come from a technical support background with good experience of IT Network infrastructure in a Service Delivery function... Responsibilities include: As a Network Infrastructure Analyst...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £45000 per annum + Bens and Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Microsoft Operating Systems, including XP and Windows 7... Microsoft Office Suite (minimum Word, Excel, PowerPoint) - up to 2nd line level... Lotus Domino/Notes 8.5. LAN and WAN...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pensions + Healthcare + Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Requirements: Strong technical expertise covering a range of the following: - Network infrastructure (WAN, LAN, Wireless, voice, Remote Access Solutions) - Network Security (Firewalls, GTM's, LTM's, Proxies, DMZ,...
Connectus
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013