The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 87 92 68
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -24
Permanent jobs citing WAN 141 141 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 2.597% 2.676% 3.175%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.20% 15.36% 18.25%
Number of salaries quoted 106 111 149
Average salary £36,000 £35,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.40% +7.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £22,500 £21,150
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £65,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1068 918 882
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 19.67% 17.42% 17.39%
Number of salaries quoted 820 700 763
Average salary £36,500 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.38% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,547 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WAN
England

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire WAN Salary Trend

WAN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WAN across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Yorkshire WAN Salary Histogram

WAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire -14 75 £35,000 - 6
North Yorkshire +29 45 £40,500 -12.90% 1
South Yorkshire -18 11 £35,000 +6.06%
East Yorkshire 0 10 £29,000 -30.95% 1
WAN
England

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 339 (91.37%) LAN
2 210 (56.60%) Cisco
3 143 (38.54%) Windows
4 131 (35.31%) Firewall
5 119 (32.08%) Cisco Certification
6 103 (27.76%) Microsoft
7 98 (26.42%) CheckPoint
8 84 (22.64%) VMware
9 83 (22.37%) VoIP
9 83 (22.37%) VPN
10 80 (21.56%) Active Directory
10 80 (21.56%) SAN
11 79 (21.29%) Windows Server 2003
12 78 (21.02%) ITIL
12 78 (21.02%) Network Security
13 77 (20.75%) SQL Server
14 74 (19.95%) Windows Server 2008
15 71 (19.14%) MPLS
16 70 (18.87%) MS Exchange
17 65 (17.52%) Cisco ASA
18 63 (16.98%) VMware Infrastructure
19 60 (16.17%) TCP/IP
19 60 (16.17%) CCNA
20 56 (15.09%) Wireless
21 53 (14.29%) CCNP
21 53 (14.29%) MS Excel
21 53 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
22 50 (13.48%) SQL Server 2008
23 48 (12.94%) BGP
24 47 (12.67%) SQL

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 11 (2.965%) .NET
2 6 (1.617%) COM+
3 5 (1.348%) Web Services
4 4 (1.078%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 70 (18.87%) MS Exchange
2 34 (9.164%) Lync
3 33 (8.895%) Exchange Server 2010
4 19 (5.121%) Exchange Server 2003
5 17 (4.582%) Office Communications Server
6 15 (4.043%) Exchange Server 2007
7 11 (2.965%) IIS
8 5 (1.348%) IBM Notes
8 5 (1.348%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.809%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.809%) Apache
9 3 (0.809%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.270%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.270%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 53 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 46 (12.40%) MS Office
3 4 (1.078%) Google Apps
3 4 (1.078%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.809%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.270%) BASE24
2 1 (0.270%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.270%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 339 (91.37%) LAN
2 131 (35.31%) Firewall
3 83 (22.37%) VoIP
3 83 (22.37%) VPN
4 80 (21.56%) SAN
5 78 (21.02%) Network Security
6 71 (19.14%) MPLS
7 65 (17.52%) Cisco ASA
8 60 (16.17%) TCP/IP
9 56 (15.09%) Wireless
10 48 (12.94%) BGP
11 35 (9.434%) EIGRP
12 30 (8.086%) Unified Communications
13 28 (7.547%) DNS
14 27 (7.278%) OSPF
15 25 (6.739%) DHCP
15 25 (6.739%) Cisco PIX
16 22 (5.930%) WLAN
17 20 (5.391%) Internet
18 19 (5.121%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (20.75%) SQL Server
2 53 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
3 50 (13.48%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (0.809%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (0.809%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (0.539%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (0.539%) MySQL
6 1 (0.270%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.270%) MS Access
6 1 (0.270%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.270%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.078%) Visual Studio
General
1 42 (11.32%) Finance
2 20 (5.391%) Telecoms
3 10 (2.695%) Law
4 1 (0.270%) Legal
4 1 (0.270%) Banking
4 1 (0.270%) Marketing
4 1 (0.270%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 95 (25.61%) Network Engineer
2 78 (21.02%) Analyst
3 43 (11.59%) Support Analyst
4 30 (8.086%) Network Analyst
5 28 (7.547%) Support Engineer
6 27 (7.278%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (6.469%) 2nd Line Support
7 24 (6.469%) Technical Analyst
8 22 (5.930%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 21 (5.660%) Team Leader
9 21 (5.660%) Technical Support
10 20 (5.391%) Security Analyst
10 20 (5.391%) Technical Engineer
11 19 (5.121%) Security Engineer
11 19 (5.121%) Technical Support Analyst
12 18 (4.852%) Network Security Analyst
12 18 (4.852%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 17 (4.582%) Project Manager
13 17 (4.582%) Network Security Engineer
13 17 (4.582%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.199%) Video Conferencing
2 13 (3.504%) Enterprise Storage
3 12 (3.235%) PKI
4 11 (2.965%) CCTV
5 10 (2.695%) Blackberry
6 8 (2.156%) NHS
7 5 (1.348%) Thin Client
7 5 (1.348%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.348%) Fat Client
8 4 (1.078%) Computer Science
8 4 (1.078%) Handset
9 3 (0.809%) Clustering
10 2 (0.539%) SecurID
10 2 (0.539%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.270%) ASIC
11 1 (0.270%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.270%) Replication
11 1 (0.270%) Tandem
11 1 (0.270%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 143 (38.54%) Windows
2 79 (21.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 74 (19.95%) Windows Server 2008
4 41 (11.05%) Windows XP
5 18 (4.852%) Windows 2000 Server
6 16 (4.313%) UNIX
6 16 (4.313%) Windows 2000
7 15 (4.043%) Linux
7 15 (4.043%) Windows 7
8 14 (3.774%) Windows Vista
9 7 (1.887%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.617%) Windows 8
11 4 (1.078%) OS/400
12 3 (0.809%) Solaris
12 3 (0.809%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.539%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (21.02%) ITIL
2 41 (11.05%) Network Design
3 33 (8.895%) Change Management
4 28 (7.547%) Information Security
5 25 (6.739%) Load Balancing
6 24 (6.469%) WAN Optimisation
7 20 (5.391%) Capacity Planning
8 18 (4.852%) Problem Management
9 17 (4.582%) Project Management
9 17 (4.582%) PRINCE2
10 16 (4.313%) Change Control
11 14 (3.774%) Incident Management
11 14 (3.774%) Service Delivery
12 13 (3.504%) Service Management
12 13 (3.504%) Technical Architecture
12 13 (3.504%) Capacity Management
13 12 (3.235%) ERP
14 10 (2.695%) Supplier Management
14 10 (2.695%) Document Management
14 10 (2.695%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.67%) SQL
2 7 (1.887%) Java
3 6 (1.617%) C#
3 6 (1.617%) C++
4 5 (1.348%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.078%) C
6 3 (0.809%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.539%) Uniface
8 1 (0.270%) VBA
8 1 (0.270%) PHP
8 1 (0.270%) Python
8 1 (0.270%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 119 (32.08%) Cisco Certification
2 60 (16.17%) CCNA
3 53 (14.29%) CCNP
4 32 (8.625%) CCSP
5 30 (8.086%) MCITP
6 26 (7.008%) CCSA
7 25 (6.739%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (3.504%) Degree
9 12 (3.235%) MCSE
10 11 (2.965%) CCIE
11 7 (1.887%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.887%) CISSP
12 6 (1.617%) CCVP
13 5 (1.348%) Citrix Certification
13 5 (1.348%) CCSE
14 4 (1.078%) CCDE
14 4 (1.078%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (1.078%) A+ Certification
14 4 (1.078%) Check Point Certification
15 3 (0.809%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.774%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (3.774%) SLA
2 2 (0.539%) COBIT
2 2 (0.539%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 80 (21.56%) Active Directory
2 63 (16.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.660%) Hyper-V
4 17 (4.582%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.426%) Terminal Services
6 8 (2.156%) Forefront TMG
6 8 (2.156%) UAG
7 6 (1.617%) VMware ESX
8 4 (1.078%) vSphere
9 3 (0.809%) XenServer
9 3 (0.809%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.539%) XenApp
10 2 (0.539%) Snort
11 1 (0.270%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 17 (4.582%) Backup Exec
2 6 (1.617%) SCCM
3 3 (0.809%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (0.539%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (0.539%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (0.539%) Nessus
4 2 (0.539%) ARCserve
5 1 (0.270%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.270%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.270%) HP Data Protector
5 1 (0.270%) WSUS
Vendors
1 210 (56.60%) Cisco
2 103 (27.76%) Microsoft
3 98 (26.42%) CheckPoint
4 84 (22.64%) VMware
5 30 (8.086%) Juniper
6 24 (6.469%) Citrix
7 22 (5.930%) F5
8 21 (5.660%) Avaya
9 20 (5.391%) HP
10 18 (4.852%) Nortel
11 17 (4.582%) Tandberg
12 14 (3.774%) TippingPoint
12 14 (3.774%) Dell
13 13 (3.504%) Brocade
13 13 (3.504%) Riverbed
13 13 (3.504%) Foundry
14 12 (3.235%) Infoblox
15 11 (2.965%) NetApp
15 11 (2.965%) BT
16 10 (2.695%) WatchGuard
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