The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 90 84 67
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -17
Permanent jobs citing LAN 91 87 95
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.505% 2.710% 3.140%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.19% 16.23% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 74 72 84
Average salary £27,500 £34,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.28% -1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £43,450 £53,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
690 536 585
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 18.99% 16.70% 19.34%
Number of salaries quoted 555 428 492
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LAN
Yorkshire

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Leeds +2 61 £36,500 +12.30%
Wakefield +4 21 £25,000 -
Huddersfield +4 5 £27,500 -
Bradford +10 3 £35,000 -9.67%
Castleford - 1 £24,500 -
Halifax - 1 £52,500 -
LAN
Yorkshire

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 229 (97.03%) WAN
2 139 (58.90%) Cisco
3 87 (36.86%) Cisco Certification
4 84 (35.59%) Microsoft
5 83 (35.17%) Windows
6 72 (30.51%) Firewall
7 67 (28.39%) Active Directory
8 61 (25.85%) SAN
9 59 (25.00%) ITIL
10 58 (24.58%) VMware
11 57 (24.15%) MS Exchange
12 53 (22.46%) SQL Server
13 52 (22.03%) MS Excel
14 50 (21.19%) CCNA
15 49 (20.76%) SQL
16 48 (20.34%) VMware Infrastructure
17 44 (18.64%) CCNP
18 43 (18.22%) TCP/IP
18 43 (18.22%) VPN
19 42 (17.80%) CheckPoint
20 39 (16.53%) MPLS
20 39 (16.53%) Lync
21 38 (16.10%) MS Office
22 36 (15.25%) Unified Communications
23 33 (13.98%) MCITP
24 31 (13.14%) VoIP
24 31 (13.14%) Network Security
25 30 (12.71%) Exchange Server 2010
26 29 (12.29%) Video Conferencing
26 29 (12.29%) Windows Server 2003

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 20 (8.475%) .NET
2 13 (5.508%) COM+
3 8 (3.390%) Web Services
4 7 (2.966%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.847%) Java EE
5 2 (0.847%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 57 (24.15%) MS Exchange
2 39 (16.53%) Lync
3 30 (12.71%) Exchange Server 2010
4 23 (9.746%) Office Communications Server
5 11 (4.661%) Exchange Server 2003
6 10 (4.237%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (4.237%) IIS
6 10 (4.237%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.271%) WebLogic
7 3 (1.271%) Apache
7 3 (1.271%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.424%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 52 (22.03%) MS Excel
2 38 (16.10%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.271%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.424%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 229 (97.03%) WAN
2 72 (30.51%) Firewall
3 61 (25.85%) SAN
4 43 (18.22%) TCP/IP
4 43 (18.22%) VPN
5 39 (16.53%) MPLS
6 36 (15.25%) Unified Communications
7 31 (13.14%) VoIP
7 31 (13.14%) Network Security
8 27 (11.44%) Cisco ASA
9 24 (10.17%) Internet
9 24 (10.17%) DNS
10 21 (8.898%) Wireless
11 20 (8.475%) DHCP
12 17 (7.203%) VLAN
12 17 (7.203%) BGP
13 15 (6.356%) Cisco Nexus
14 13 (5.508%) Cisco PIX
15 12 (5.085%) DMZ
16 10 (4.237%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (22.46%) SQL Server
2 23 (9.746%) SQL Server 2008
2 23 (9.746%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (2.119%) SQL Server 2012
4 3 (1.271%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.271%) MS Access
4 3 (1.271%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.271%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.271%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.847%) MySQL
6 1 (0.424%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.424%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.424%) PostgreSQL
General
1 21 (8.898%) Finance
2 14 (5.932%) Telecoms
3 12 (5.085%) Law
4 1 (0.424%) Legal
4 1 (0.424%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 66 (27.97%) Analyst
2 45 (19.07%) Support Analyst
3 39 (16.53%) Network Engineer
4 25 (10.59%) 2nd Line Support
5 22 (9.322%) Network Analyst
6 20 (8.475%) Support Engineer
7 19 (8.051%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 19 (8.051%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (8.051%) Technical Engineer
7 19 (8.051%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
8 18 (7.627%) Communications Manager
9 17 (7.203%) Technical Support
10 15 (6.356%) Technical Support Engineer
10 15 (6.356%) Technical Analyst
10 15 (6.356%) Security Analyst
10 15 (6.356%) Technical Support Analyst
11 14 (5.932%) Network Security Analyst
11 14 (5.932%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 14 (5.932%) Communications Engineer
12 13 (5.508%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.29%) Video Conferencing
2 12 (5.085%) PKI
3 8 (3.390%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.119%) Blackberry
4 5 (2.119%) NHS
5 2 (0.847%) SecurID
6 1 (0.424%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.424%) ASIC
6 1 (0.424%) Clustering
6 1 (0.424%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.424%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.424%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 83 (35.17%) Windows
2 29 (12.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 21 (8.898%) Windows Server 2008
4 19 (8.051%) Windows XP
5 15 (6.356%) UNIX
6 14 (5.932%) Windows 2000 Server
7 12 (5.085%) Windows Vista
8 6 (2.542%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.542%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.847%) Solaris
9 2 (0.847%) Linux
10 1 (0.424%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.424%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.424%) Android
10 1 (0.424%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.00%) ITIL
2 24 (10.17%) Capacity Planning
3 23 (9.746%) Change Control
4 20 (8.475%) Change Management
5 18 (7.627%) Incident Management
6 17 (7.203%) Problem Management
7 15 (6.356%) Time Management
8 14 (5.932%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (5.508%) Service Delivery
9 13 (5.508%) Load Balancing
10 12 (5.085%) Project Management
11 11 (4.661%) PRINCE2
11 11 (4.661%) Supplier Management
11 11 (4.661%) Document Management
12 10 (4.237%) Information Security
12 10 (4.237%) Service Management
13 9 (3.814%) OO
13 9 (3.814%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (3.390%) E-Commerce
15 6 (2.542%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (20.76%) SQL
2 13 (5.508%) C#
2 13 (5.508%) C++
3 12 (5.085%) PowerShell
4 9 (3.814%) Java
5 5 (2.119%) C
5 5 (2.119%) VBA
6 3 (1.271%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.847%) Uniface
8 1 (0.424%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.424%) PHP
8 1 (0.424%) Python
Qualifications
1 87 (36.86%) Cisco Certification
2 50 (21.19%) CCNA
3 44 (18.64%) CCNP
4 33 (13.98%) MCITP
5 28 (11.86%) CCSP
6 23 (9.746%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (5.085%) CCSA
7 12 (5.085%) MCSE
8 11 (4.661%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (3.390%) Degree
10 7 (2.966%) CISSP
11 4 (1.695%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (1.695%) CISM
11 4 (1.695%) CCIE
11 4 (1.695%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (1.695%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.271%) GIAC
12 3 (1.271%) CCSE
13 2 (0.847%) MCP
13 2 (0.847%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.780%) SLA
2 6 (2.542%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.695%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.847%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.847%) COBIT
System Software
1 67 (28.39%) Active Directory
2 48 (20.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.390%) UAG
3 8 (3.390%) Forefront TMG
4 5 (2.119%) Terminal Services
5 3 (1.271%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.847%) vSphere
7 1 (0.424%) Snort
7 1 (0.424%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.424%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (5.085%) Backup Exec
2 5 (2.119%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 4 (1.695%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (1.271%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 2 (0.847%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (0.847%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (0.847%) ARCserve
6 1 (0.424%) Nessus
6 1 (0.424%) SCCM
Vendors
1 139 (58.90%) Cisco
2 84 (35.59%) Microsoft
3 58 (24.58%) VMware
4 42 (17.80%) CheckPoint
5 25 (10.59%) Juniper
6 20 (8.475%) Tandberg
7 17 (7.203%) Avaya
8 14 (5.932%) HP
9 13 (5.508%) Nortel
9 13 (5.508%) Citrix
10 12 (5.085%) WatchGuard
11 10 (4.237%) Riverbed
12 9 (3.814%) IBM
12 9 (3.814%) Dell
12 9 (3.814%) NetApp
12 9 (3.814%) SonicWALL
12 9 (3.814%) Veeam
13 7 (2.966%) Symantec
13 7 (2.966%) BT
14 6 (2.542%) F5
Bradford, Yorkshire
You will have vast technical experience within a network environment, and hopefully have some CCTV / Physical security experience... Our client is looking for someone to come on board...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Castleford, Leeds, York, Bradford, Huddersfield,...
Microsoft recommended Active Directory strategy management - Strong experience of Server virtualisation technologies utilising Citrix XenServer - Strong Windows Server and Desktop OS - Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery - Ability to adapt...
inTalent
Salary: £25,000 - £27,000 per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You must have extensive experience in developing the existing infrastructure you are working, ensuring the network is ruining as efficiently as possible, maintaining the security of the network...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Using their existing knowledge of LAN/WAN communications the new recruit would be responsible for ensuring the numerous clinical and administrative applications are able to function efficiently and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £22000.00 - £26000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
SKILLS: VMWARE, STORAGE, WINDOWS, EXCHANGE, ACTIVE DIRECTORY, DNS, ISS, FIREWALL / SECURITY, LAN, WAN, WLAN, SERVERS, BACKUP, TELEPHONY LOCATION: HUDDERSFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE COMMUTABLE FROM: HUDDERSFIELD, WAKEFIELD, HALIFAX, BRADFORD, BARNSLEY...
Vertical IT
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Network Engineer - Cisco / Checkpoint... CCNP/CCSP qualified... Strong knowledge of Cisco... Strong firewall experience, specifically Checkpoint. WAN/LAN Routing. Cisco Load Balancers. Understanding of MPLS Concepts... Cisco Call...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits + On-Call
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Serve as the primary point of contact and team lead during problem management/resolution processes... TECHNICAL SKILLS Strong knowledge of networking hardware including: Servers, network backup systems, printers,...
Mortimer Spinks
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
If you have a computer related degree, are skilled in SQL and looking to further your career in IT, we would like to hear from you! As a...
EMIS
Salary: £17,500 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013