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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) 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 WAN over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5553
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads200204
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.106 %0.084 %
As % of the category below21.23 %21.73 %
Salaries quoted179173
Average minimum salary£28,534£32,235
Average salary£29,518£33,460
% change on same period last year-11.78 %
Average maximum salary£30,501£34,685
UK excluding London average salary£35,174£37,462
% change on same period last year-6.10 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads942939
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.497 %0.385 %
Salaries quoted808745
Average minimum salary£30,312£32,479
Average salary£32,260£34,156
% change on same period last year-5.54 %
Average maximum salary£34,209£35,833
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
WAN YorkshireWAN
Yorkshire

WAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing WAN across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Yorkshire WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

West Yorkshire WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
LeedsDown-9101£31,769-8.22 %
BradfordUp+842£25,746-29.86 %
WakefieldUp+1323£34,043+2.00 %
HalifaxUp+913£25,000+27.11 %
BingleyNew entry-13£18,000-
PontefractUp+85£14,400-46.66 %
HuddersfieldDown-63£47,500+133.60 %
DewsburyNew entry-2£24,000-
BatleyNew entry-2£25,000-
KeighleyNew entry-1£35,000-
WetherbyUp+151£28,250-
WAN YorkshireWAN
Yorkshire

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1336 (78.50 %)LAN
2244 (57.01 %)Windows
3188 (43.93 %)Active Directory
4166 (38.79 %)TCP/IP
5155 (36.21 %)Firewall
6122 (28.50 %)Windows 2000
7121 (28.27 %)VPN
8116 (27.10 %)Microsoft
9103 (24.07 %)Cisco
1085 (19.86 %)VoIP
1183 (19.39 %)SQL
1280 (18.69 %)Exchange Server 2003
1377 (17.99 %)Citrix
1473 (17.06 %)MS Exchange
1564 (14.95 %)Microsoft Certification
1663 (14.72 %)Finance
1761 (14.25 %)MPLS
1857 (13.32 %)VMware
1956 (13.08 %)MCSE
2053 (12.38 %)SQL Server
2152 (12.15 %)Exchange Server 2000
2251 (11.92 %)ITIL
2251 (11.92 %)Cisco Certification
2350 (11.68 %)DNS
2444 (10.28 %)Linux
2542 (9.813 %)MS Excel
2640 (9.346 %)Windows XP
2739 (9.112 %)CCNA
2837 (8.645 %)PRINCE2
2936 (8.411 %)SharePoint

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (0.935 %)XML
23 (0.701 %)XSLT
32 (0.467 %)WAP
41 (0.234 %)XML Messaging
41 (0.234 %)ISPF
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
180 (18.69 %)Exchange Server 2003
273 (17.06 %)MS Exchange
352 (12.15 %)Exchange Server 2000
436 (8.411 %)SharePoint
534 (7.944 %)IIS
623 (5.374 %)SAS
718 (4.206 %)Exchange Server 2007
814 (3.271 %)Lotus Notes
98 (1.869 %)Apache
103 (0.701 %)Lotus Domino
112 (0.467 %)Exchange Server 5.5
112 (0.467 %)WorkSite
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
142 (9.813 %)MS Excel
220 (4.673 %)MS Office
34 (0.935 %)SPSS
41 (0.234 %)MS Project
41 (0.234 %)MS Visio
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (2.804 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (0.467 %)e-Work
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1336 (78.50 %)LAN
2166 (38.79 %)TCP/IP
3155 (36.21 %)Firewall
4121 (28.27 %)VPN
585 (19.86 %)VoIP
661 (14.25 %)MPLS
750 (11.68 %)DNS
834 (7.944 %)VLAN
931 (7.243 %)Internet
1030 (7.009 %)DHCP
1126 (6.075 %)SAN
1126 (6.075 %)Wireless
1225 (5.841 %)OSPF
1322 (5.140 %)BGP
1421 (4.907 %)Network Security
1516 (3.738 %)SNMP
1615 (3.505 %)TACACS
1714 (3.271 %)Ethernet
1813 (3.037 %)IP Telephony
1813 (3.037 %)Cisco PIX
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
153 (12.38 %)SQL Server
230 (7.009 %)SQL Server 2000
230 (7.009 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (2.103 %)MySQL
39 (2.103 %)Datawarehouse
44 (0.935 %)SQL Server 7
52 (0.467 %)Data Mining
52 (0.467 %)Base SAS
61 (0.234 %)BusinessObjects
61 (0.234 %)OLAP
61 (0.234 %)Database Marketing
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (0.935 %)Visual Studio
23 (0.701 %)Subversion
23 (0.701 %)Ant
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
163 (14.72 %)Finance
229 (6.776 %)Education
319 (4.439 %)Telecoms
413 (3.037 %)Retail
512 (2.804 %)Construction
611 (2.570 %)Banking
710 (2.336 %)Law
88 (1.869 %)Pensions
88 (1.869 %)Health
95 (1.168 %)Government
103 (0.701 %)Legal
112 (0.467 %)Investment Banking
112 (0.467 %)Insurance
112 (0.467 %)Back Office
121 (0.234 %)Pharmaceutical
121 (0.234 %)Manufacturing
121 (0.234 %)Marketing
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
172 (16.82 %)Analyst
252 (12.15 %)Technical Engineer
346 (10.75 %)Support Engineer
443 (10.05 %)Consultant
540 (9.346 %)Network Engineer
637 (8.645 %)Project Manager
731 (7.243 %)Technical Support
825 (5.841 %)Service Analyst
825 (5.841 %)Service Desk Analyst
924 (5.607 %)Network Support
1021 (4.907 %)Infrastructure Manager
1119 (4.439 %)Technical Support Engineer
1218 (4.206 %)Technical Consultant
1218 (4.206 %)Support Consultant
1218 (4.206 %)Architect
1218 (4.206 %)Technical Manager
1317 (3.972 %)Network Analyst
1317 (3.972 %)Network Manager
1416 (3.738 %)Presales Consultant
1515 (3.505 %)Technical Architect
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
131 (7.243 %)Clustering
212 (2.804 %)E-Learning
310 (2.336 %)Replication
47 (1.636 %)Thin Client
47 (1.636 %)Fat Client
56 (1.402 %)Credit Risk
65 (1.168 %)Mainframe
73 (0.701 %)AS400
73 (0.701 %)NHS
73 (0.701 %)Client/Server
82 (0.467 %)PMI
82 (0.467 %)Computer Science
82 (0.467 %)IVR
91 (0.234 %)CCTV
91 (0.234 %)Video Conferencing
91 (0.234 %)Blackberry
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1244 (57.01 %)Windows
2122 (28.50 %)Windows 2000
344 (10.28 %)Linux
440 (9.346 %)Windows XP
530 (7.009 %)Windows Server 2003
629 (6.776 %)UNIX
711 (2.570 %)Solaris
87 (1.636 %)Windows NT
93 (0.701 %)Fedora
102 (0.467 %)AIX
111 (0.234 %)Windows Vista
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
151 (11.92 %)ITIL
237 (8.645 %)PRINCE2
333 (7.710 %)Project Management
427 (6.308 %)Network Design
523 (5.374 %)Load Balancing
615 (3.505 %)CRM
710 (2.336 %)Service Management
89 (2.103 %)Service Delivery
89 (2.103 %)Information Security
89 (2.103 %)Document Management
98 (1.869 %)Business Intelligence
107 (1.636 %)Network Planning
116 (1.402 %)Network Load Balancing
116 (1.402 %)Resource Management
116 (1.402 %)Migration
125 (1.168 %)Supplier Management
134 (0.935 %)Risk Management
134 (0.935 %)Time Management
134 (0.935 %)Security Cleared
143 (0.701 %)Performance Management
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
183 (19.39 %)SQL
214 (3.271 %)Perl
35 (1.168 %)C
42 (0.467 %)SAS Macro
51 (0.234 %)C#
51 (0.234 %)Delphi
51 (0.234 %)VBA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
164 (14.95 %)Microsoft Certification
256 (13.08 %)MCSE
351 (11.92 %)Cisco Certification
439 (9.112 %)CCNA
534 (7.944 %)MCSA
631 (7.243 %)MCP
725 (5.841 %)CCNP
813 (3.037 %)PRINCE2 Certification
813 (3.037 %)Degree
910 (2.336 %)CCDP
108 (1.869 %)CISSP
108 (1.869 %)CISM
117 (1.636 %)CCSP
125 (1.168 %)ITIL Certification
125 (1.168 %)CCIE
134 (0.935 %)HND
134 (0.935 %)A+ Certification
134 (0.935 %)MCDST
143 (0.701 %)Network+ Certification
143 (0.701 %)CCSA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (2.336 %)SLA
23 (0.701 %)QA
31 (0.234 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.234 %)Basel II
31 (0.234 %)ISO27001
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1188 (43.93 %)Active Directory
232 (7.477 %)Terminal Services
321 (4.907 %)VMware Infrastructure
412 (2.804 %)VMware ESX
59 (2.103 %)Backup Exec
66 (1.402 %)Citrix Presentation Server
73 (0.701 %)ISA Server
73 (0.701 %)MetaFrame
81 (0.234 %)Terminal Server
81 (0.234 %)NetBackup
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (1.869 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
27 (1.636 %)Netcool
27 (1.636 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
27 (1.636 %)CiscoWorks
36 (1.402 %)Nagios
44 (0.935 %)Norton AntiVirus
53 (0.701 %)OpenView
61 (0.234 %)MAILsweeper
61 (0.234 %)WSUS
61 (0.234 %)HP Data Protector
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1116 (27.10 %)Microsoft
2103 (24.07 %)Cisco
377 (17.99 %)Citrix
457 (13.32 %)VMware
531 (7.243 %)CheckPoint
617 (3.972 %)Symantec
617 (3.972 %)Remedy
716 (3.738 %)Nortel
716 (3.738 %)HP
814 (3.271 %)Lotus
99 (2.103 %)Sun
106 (1.402 %)VERITAS
106 (1.402 %)Juniper
106 (1.402 %)McAfee Security
114 (0.935 %)BT
123 (0.701 %)Red Hat
123 (0.701 %)Apple
123 (0.701 %)Kofax
132 (0.467 %)Metastorm
132 (0.467 %)Blue Coat
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