The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the York 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 York region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 38 - 44
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing WAN 18 0 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 4.306% - 2.445%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% - 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 10
Average salary £38,500 - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Communications & Networking
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
90 60 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 21.53% 14.78% 20.54%
Number of salaries quoted 31 29 62
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £31,000 £28,100
10% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
WAN
North Yorkshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 53 (100.00%) LAN
2 45 (84.91%) Network Security
3 38 (71.70%) Cisco
4 37 (69.81%) Firewall
5 36 (67.92%) CheckPoint
5 36 (67.92%) Cisco ASA
6 25 (47.17%) Information Security
7 24 (45.28%) Wireless
7 24 (45.28%) VoIP
7 24 (45.28%) WLAN
7 24 (45.28%) Network Design
7 24 (45.28%) WAN Optimisation
8 12 (22.64%) Foundry
8 12 (22.64%) Brocade
8 12 (22.64%) NAS
8 12 (22.64%) TippingPoint
8 12 (22.64%) Load Balancing
8 12 (22.64%) Cisco PIX
8 12 (22.64%) VPN
8 12 (22.64%) SAN
8 12 (22.64%) MPLS
8 12 (22.64%) OSPF
8 12 (22.64%) BGP
8 12 (22.64%) EIGRP
8 12 (22.64%) CCSA
9 11 (20.75%) IP Telephony
9 11 (20.75%) Degree
10 10 (18.87%) Enterprise Storage
10 10 (18.87%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (18.87%) CCNA

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 Platforms
1 2 (3.774%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 53 (100.00%) LAN
2 45 (84.91%) Network Security
3 37 (69.81%) Firewall
4 36 (67.92%) Cisco ASA
5 24 (45.28%) Wireless
5 24 (45.28%) VoIP
5 24 (45.28%) WLAN
6 12 (22.64%) MPLS
6 12 (22.64%) OSPF
6 12 (22.64%) BGP
6 12 (22.64%) EIGRP
6 12 (22.64%) NAS
6 12 (22.64%) VPN
6 12 (22.64%) SAN
6 12 (22.64%) Cisco PIX
7 11 (20.75%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.887%) Wireshark
8 1 (1.887%) Internet
8 1 (1.887%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 36 (67.92%) Network Engineer
2 24 (45.28%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 12 (22.64%) Security Engineer
3 12 (22.64%) Network Security Engineer
3 12 (22.64%) Analyst
4 10 (18.87%) Security Analyst
5 9 (16.98%) Network Security Analyst
5 9 (16.98%) Network Analyst
6 3 (5.660%) Technical Specialist
7 2 (3.774%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (3.774%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.774%) Cisco Analyst
8 1 (1.887%) IT Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.887%) Windows
1 1 (1.887%) Solaris
1 1 (1.887%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (47.17%) Information Security
2 24 (45.28%) Network Design
2 24 (45.28%) WAN Optimisation
3 12 (22.64%) Load Balancing
4 3 (5.660%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (3.774%) Project Management
6 1 (1.887%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) CCSA
2 11 (20.75%) Degree
3 10 (18.87%) CCNA
3 10 (18.87%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.660%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 2 (3.774%) XenServer
2 1 (1.887%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (1.887%) Nessus
Vendors
1 38 (71.70%) Cisco
2 36 (67.92%) CheckPoint
3 12 (22.64%) Brocade
3 12 (22.64%) TippingPoint
3 12 (22.64%) Foundry
4 3 (5.660%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.660%) Citrix
5 2 (3.774%) Twitter
6 1 (1.887%) ArcSight