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The table below looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the West Yorkshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank5472
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching permanent IT job ads176155
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.118 %0.069 %
As % of the category below24.79 %16.20 %
Salaries quoted145145
Average minimum salary£28,954£27,831
Average salary£29,866£28,909
% change on same period last year+3.30 %
Average maximum salary£30,778£29,988
UK excluding London average salary£35,913£36,524
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads710957
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.475 %0.427 %
Salaries quoted567800
Average minimum salary£32,119£31,225
Average salary£33,599£32,766
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
Average maximum salary£35,079£34,307
UK excluding London average salary£37,772£38,125
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
LAN YorkshireLAN
Yorkshire

LAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAN across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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 2 December 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
LeedsUp+14115£30,343+2.90 %
BradfordUp+2148£26,862-3.45 %
HalifaxUp+715£25,000+38.88 %
WakefieldUp+78£46,000+59.89 %
DewsburyNew entry-4£24,000-
HuddersfieldUp+113£36,667+14.58 %
PontefractUp+53£15,000-43.03 %
KeighleyNew entry-1£50,000-
LAN YorkshireLAN
Yorkshire

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

1319 (89.36 %)WAN
2229 (64.15 %)Windows
3172 (48.18 %)TCP/IP
4166 (46.50 %)Active Directory
4166 (46.50 %)Firewall
5139 (38.94 %)Windows Server 2003
6129 (36.13 %)MS Exchange
7127 (35.57 %)Microsoft
8126 (35.29 %)VPN
9107 (29.97 %)Cisco
1098 (27.45 %)Windows XP
1197 (27.17 %)Windows 2000
1289 (24.93 %)Exchange Server 2003
1372 (20.17 %)Citrix
1460 (16.81 %)Microsoft Certification
1552 (14.57 %)MCSE
1552 (14.57 %)SharePoint
1647 (13.17 %)VoIP
1746 (12.89 %)HP
1845 (12.61 %)Finance
1944 (12.32 %)Education
2042 (11.76 %)Cisco Certification
2140 (11.20 %)Windows 2000 Server
2239 (10.92 %)Windows Vista
2239 (10.92 %)MPLS
2334 (9.524 %)Lotus
2334 (9.524 %)Lotus Notes
2334 (9.524 %)SQL Server
2433 (9.244 %)VLAN
2532 (8.964 %)CCNA

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (0.840 %).NET
13 (0.840 %)Java RMI
22 (0.560 %)HTML
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1129 (36.13 %)MS Exchange
289 (24.93 %)Exchange Server 2003
352 (14.57 %)SharePoint
434 (9.524 %)Lotus Notes
527 (7.563 %)IIS
624 (6.723 %)Exchange Server 2000
715 (4.202 %)Exchange Server 2007
88 (2.241 %)Apache
91 (0.280 %)GroupWise
91 (0.280 %)Exchange Server 5.5
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
125 (7.003 %)MS Excel
214 (3.922 %)MS Office
35 (1.401 %)MS Visio
41 (0.280 %)MS Project
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (3.081 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.280 %)BASE24
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1319 (89.36 %)WAN
2172 (48.18 %)TCP/IP
3166 (46.50 %)Firewall
4126 (35.29 %)VPN
547 (13.17 %)VoIP
639 (10.92 %)MPLS
733 (9.244 %)VLAN
823 (6.443 %)Cisco PIX
823 (6.443 %)SAN
922 (6.162 %)DNS
1020 (5.602 %)Network Security
1114 (3.922 %)Internet
1212 (3.361 %)FTP
1311 (3.081 %)ADSL
1311 (3.081 %)OSPF
1311 (3.081 %)BGP
1311 (3.081 %)Ethernet
1410 (2.801 %)Wireless
1410 (2.801 %)HTTP
1410 (2.801 %)SMTP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (9.524 %)SQL Server
224 (6.723 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (5.322 %)SQL Server 2000
410 (2.801 %)MySQL
52 (0.560 %)Crystal Reports
52 (0.560 %)Cognos Impromptu
61 (0.280 %)RDBMS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (1.120 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.280 %)WebLOAD
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
145 (12.61 %)Finance
244 (12.32 %)Education
317 (4.762 %)Pensions
416 (4.482 %)Telecoms
58 (2.241 %)Health
66 (1.681 %)Marketing
75 (1.401 %)Retail
84 (1.120 %)Law
84 (1.120 %)Government
93 (0.840 %)Construction
101 (0.280 %)Legal
101 (0.280 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.280 %)Banking
101 (0.280 %)Auditing
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
169 (19.33 %)Network Engineer
252 (14.57 %)Analyst
348 (13.45 %)Technical Engineer
445 (12.61 %)Support Engineer
536 (10.08 %)Technical Manager
635 (9.804 %)Network Manager
733 (9.244 %)Network Support
832 (8.964 %)Infrastructure Manager
926 (7.283 %)2nd Line Support
926 (7.283 %)Administrator
1023 (6.443 %)Consultant
1120 (5.602 %)Network Support Engineer
1219 (5.322 %)Network Analyst
1318 (5.042 %)Network Administrator
1416 (4.482 %)Architect
1416 (4.482 %)Technical Support
1515 (4.202 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1515 (4.202 %)Technical Support Engineer
1515 (4.202 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1613 (3.641 %)Infrastructure Architect
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
129 (8.123 %)E-Learning
29 (2.521 %)Clustering
38 (2.241 %)Blackberry
45 (1.401 %)Management Information System
45 (1.401 %)Replication
53 (0.840 %)NHS
62 (0.560 %)iSeries
71 (0.280 %)AS400
71 (0.280 %)SecurID
71 (0.280 %)IPTV
71 (0.280 %)CCTV
71 (0.280 %)Video Conferencing
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1229 (64.15 %)Windows
2139 (38.94 %)Windows Server 2003
398 (27.45 %)Windows XP
497 (27.17 %)Windows 2000
540 (11.20 %)Windows 2000 Server
639 (10.92 %)Windows Vista
725 (7.003 %)Linux
821 (5.882 %)UNIX
98 (2.241 %)Red Hat Linux
104 (1.120 %)Solaris
112 (0.560 %)AIX
121 (0.280 %)HPUX
121 (0.280 %)NetWare
121 (0.280 %)Windows Server 2008
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
131 (8.683 %)Project Management
226 (7.283 %)ITIL
315 (4.202 %)PRINCE2
411 (3.081 %)CRM
59 (2.521 %)Change Management
68 (2.241 %)Service Management
68 (2.241 %)Document Management
77 (1.961 %)Project Planning
77 (1.961 %)Data Security
77 (1.961 %)Migration
86 (1.681 %)Information Security
86 (1.681 %)Service Delivery
95 (1.401 %)Programme Management
95 (1.401 %)Disaster Recovery
104 (1.120 %)Business Continuity
104 (1.120 %)BCP
104 (1.120 %)Load Balancing
104 (1.120 %)Logistics
104 (1.120 %)Time Management
113 (0.840 %)Software Testing
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (7.283 %)SQL
23 (0.840 %)PHP
31 (0.280 %)Perl
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
160 (16.81 %)Microsoft Certification
252 (14.57 %)MCSE
342 (11.76 %)Cisco Certification
432 (8.964 %)CCNA
527 (7.563 %)Degree
624 (6.723 %)MCSA
717 (4.762 %)MCP
811 (3.081 %)CCNP
98 (2.241 %)CCSA
107 (1.961 %)ITIL Certification
107 (1.961 %)CCIE
116 (1.681 %)CISSP
125 (1.401 %)PRINCE2 Certification
125 (1.401 %)CISM
134 (1.120 %)HND
143 (0.840 %)CCSP
143 (0.840 %)CCA
143 (0.840 %)Citrix Certification
143 (0.840 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
152 (0.560 %)CCVP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (2.521 %)PCI DSS
28 (2.241 %)SLA
33 (0.840 %)ISO27001
33 (0.840 %)QA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1166 (46.50 %)Active Directory
222 (6.162 %)Terminal Services
316 (4.482 %)Backup Exec
48 (2.241 %)NetBackup
57 (1.961 %)VMware Infrastructure
66 (1.681 %)ISA Server
66 (1.681 %)MetaFrame
73 (0.840 %)Citrix Presentation Server
82 (0.560 %)Terminal Server
82 (0.560 %)VMware ESX
91 (0.280 %)Xen
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (1.961 %)HP Data Protector
24 (1.120 %)OpenView
33 (0.840 %)CiscoWorks
33 (0.840 %)MOM
33 (0.840 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
42 (0.560 %)Tivoli
42 (0.560 %)WSUS
51 (0.280 %)ZENworks
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1127 (35.57 %)Microsoft
2107 (29.97 %)Cisco
372 (20.17 %)Citrix
446 (12.89 %)HP
534 (9.524 %)Lotus
630 (8.403 %)VMware
722 (6.162 %)CheckPoint
817 (4.762 %)Symantec
916 (4.482 %)IBM
1013 (3.641 %)VERITAS
1111 (3.081 %)BT
129 (2.521 %)Novell
138 (2.241 %)Red Hat
147 (1.961 %)LANDesk
156 (1.681 %)Juniper
156 (1.681 %)Oracle
165 (1.401 %)Dell
173 (0.840 %)Nortel
173 (0.840 %)Nokia
182 (0.560 %)Websense