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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 18 20 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing LAN 4 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 6.154% 2.857% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.67% 40.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,250 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.97% +8.57%
All Communications & Networking
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
15 5 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 23.08% 7.143% 16.39%
Number of salaries quoted 14 5 10
Average salary £35,000 £38,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +13.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,350 £24,100 £23,600
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,500 £59,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
LAN
West Midlands

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton LAN Salary Trend

LAN
Salary Histogram

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

Wolverhampton LAN Salary Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 8 (100.00%) WAN
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (37.50%) SCOM
4 3 (37.50%) Firewall
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
4 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
5 2 (25.00%) PBX
5 2 (25.00%) WLAN
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (25.00%) VPN
5 2 (25.00%) Citrix
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (25.00%) Internet
5 2 (25.00%) Data Security
5 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco IPCC
5 2 (25.00%) VMware
5 2 (25.00%) NetApp
5 2 (25.00%) Terminal Services
5 2 (25.00%) IP Telephony
5 2 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) MCITP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (37.50%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (25.00%) IP Telephony
3 2 (25.00%) xDSL
3 2 (25.00%) Unified Communications
3 2 (25.00%) Internet
3 2 (25.00%) PBX
3 2 (25.00%) WLAN
3 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (12.50%) DNS
4 1 (12.50%) SAN
4 1 (12.50%) DHCP
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Account Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Project Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Account Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
1 2 (25.00%) PaaS
1 2 (25.00%) IaaS
2 1 (12.50%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL
1 2 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) MCITP
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE
3 1 (12.50%) CCNA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) Terminal Services
3 1 (12.50%) ISA Server
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Server
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) SCOM
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix
2 2 (25.00%) NetApp
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) HP