WAN Jobs in the South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Wide Area Network (WAN) England / South West
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	140	94	82
Rank change year-on-year	-46	-12
Permanent jobs citing WAN	109	160	204
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West	2.06%	3.05%	3.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	13.85%	15.25%	16.67%
Number of salaries quoted	98	149	177
Median salary	£37,250	£34,000	£39,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+9.55%	-13.92%
90% offered a salary of more than	£23,500	£21,500	£20,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£53,250	£52,300	£75,000
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£42,500
% change year-on-year	-	-5.88%

WAN is in the communications and computer networking skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills.

Communications & Computer Network Skills South West
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills	787	1049	1224
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West	14.87%	20.01%	20.56%
Number of salaries quoted	1968	2905	2607
Median salary	£40,000	£36,000	£37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than	£21,750	£21,500	£21,250
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£56,250	£57,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£41,500
% change year-on-year	-	+2.40%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing WAN as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the South West

WAN
Salary Trend in the South West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WAN in the South West.

WAN
Salary Histogram in the South West

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing WAN in the South West over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Salary histogram for WAN in the South West

WAN
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South West region over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Wiltshire	+8	37	£35,000	+4.47%	4
Bristol	-26	35	£39,500	+30.57%	7
Cornwall	-3	14	£50,000	+53.84%	1
Gloucestershire	-8	11	£45,000	+12.50%	3
Devon	0	6	£36,301	+3.71%	1
Somerset	-21	4	£41,250	+21.32%
Dorset	-9	2	£65,000	+73.33%	3
WAN England

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT jobs citing WAN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South West region with a requirement for WAN.

1	227 (89.72%)	LAN
2	159 (62.85%)	Cisco
3	130 (51.38%)	Windows
4	107 (42.29%)	Microsoft
5	96 (37.94%)	Firewall
6	88 (34.78%)	VMware
7	84 (33.20%)	Windows Server
8	82 (32.41%)	Active Directory
9	80 (31.62%)	TCP/IP
10	75 (29.64%)	Cisco Certification
11	65 (25.69%)	ITIL
12	63 (24.90%)	VPN
13	58 (22.92%)	MS Exchange
14	55 (21.74%)	CCNA
15	54 (21.34%)	Microsoft Office

16	50 (19.76%)	Juniper
16	50 (19.76%)	Wi-Fi
17	45 (17.79%)	Service Management
17	45 (17.79%)	Linux
18	44 (17.39%)	Security Cleared
18	44 (17.39%)	VMware Infrastructure
19	43 (17.00%)	CCNP
20	39 (15.42%)	Network Security
21	35 (13.83%)	Internet
22	33 (13.04%)	Wireless
23	32 (12.65%)	SC Cleared
24	31 (12.25%)	Data Centre
25	30 (11.86%)	DHCP
26	29 (11.46%)	Finance
27	28 (11.07%)	Citrix

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Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	58 (22.92%)	MS Exchange
2	10 (3.95%)	SharePoint
3	6 (2.37%)	Apache
3	6 (2.37%)	Tomcat
4	5 (1.98%)	Skype for Business
5	4 (1.58%)	Exchange Server 2003
5	4 (1.58%)	Exchange Server 2010
6	3 (1.19%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
6	3 (1.19%)	Exchange Server 2007
6	3 (1.19%)	Exchange Server 2013
6	3 (1.19%)	Office Communications Server
7	2 (0.79%)	OpenStack
7	2 (0.79%)	SharePoint 2010
8	1 (0.40%)	IIS
8	1 (0.40%)	OpenEdge
8	1 (0.40%)	SharePoint 2013

Applications
1	54 (21.34%)	Microsoft Office
2	8 (3.16%)	MS Visio
3	5 (1.98%)	Microsoft Project

Business Applications
1	6 (2.37%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	2 (0.79%)	Infor M3
3	1 (0.40%)	Dynamics NAV
3	1 (0.40%)	GoldMine

Cloud Services
1	28 (11.07%)	Office 365
2	9 (3.56%)	Amazon AWS
2	9 (3.56%)	Microsoft Azure
3	5 (1.98%)	Cloud Computing
4	2 (0.79%)	SaaS
5	1 (0.40%)	IaaS
5	1 (0.40%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	227 (89.72%)	LAN
2	96 (37.94%)	Firewall
3	80 (31.62%)	TCP/IP
4	63 (24.90%)	VPN
5	50 (19.76%)	Wi-Fi
6	39 (15.42%)	Network Security
7	35 (13.83%)	Internet
8	33 (13.04%)	Wireless
9	30 (11.86%)	DHCP
10	28 (11.07%)	DNS
11	26 (10.28%)	MPLS
12	25 (9.88%)	IP Telephony
12	25 (9.88%)	VLAN
12	25 (9.88%)	VoIP
13	24 (9.49%)	BGP
14	21 (8.30%)	EIGRP
14	21 (8.30%)	SMTP
15	19 (7.51%)	HTTP
16	18 (7.11%)	Wireshark
17	17 (6.72%)	HTTPS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	22 (8.70%)	SQL Server
2	9 (3.56%)	MySQL
3	1 (0.40%)	Amazon RDS
3	1 (0.40%)	CouchDB
3	1 (0.40%)	NoSQL
3	1 (0.40%)	PostgreSQL
3	1 (0.40%)	SQL Server 2005

Development Applications
1	10 (3.95%)	VSS/SourceSafe

General
1	29 (11.46%)	Finance
2	27 (10.67%)	Telecoms
3	11 (4.35%)	Marketing
4	9 (3.56%)	Advertising
5	8 (3.16%)	Manufacturing
6	6 (2.37%)	Electronics
7	5 (1.98%)	Retail
8	4 (1.58%)	Military
9	2 (0.79%)	Aerospace
9	2 (0.79%)	Front Office
10	1 (0.40%)	Local Government

Job Titles
1	62 (24.51%)	Network Engineer
2	44 (17.39%)	Analyst
3	36 (14.23%)	Support Engineer
4	30 (11.86%)	2nd Line Engineer
5	29 (11.46%)	Support Analyst
6	26 (10.28%)	IT Support
7	21 (8.30%)	IT Engineer
8	20 (7.91%)	2nd Line Support
9	19 (7.51%)	Infrastructure Engineer
10	18 (7.11%)	IT Support Engineer
10	18 (7.11%)	Service Analyst
10	18 (7.11%)	Service Desk Analyst
11	17 (6.72%)	Administrator
11	17 (6.72%)	Service Desk Support
12	15 (5.93%)	3rd Line Support
12	15 (5.93%)	Service Desk Engineer
13	14 (5.53%)	2nd Line Support Engineer
14	13 (5.14%)	Service Desk Support Analyst
15	12 (4.74%)	3rd Line Support Analyst
15	12 (4.74%)	Cisco Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	8 (3.16%)	XML
2	5 (1.98%)	CGI
3	3 (1.19%)	MAPI
4	1 (0.40%)	.NET
4	1 (0.40%)	802.1X
4	1 (0.40%)	Ajax
4	1 (0.40%)	ASP.NET
4	1 (0.40%)	CSS
4	1 (0.40%)	Doctrine
4	1 (0.40%)	HTML
4	1 (0.40%)	Middleware
4	1 (0.40%)	SAML
4	1 (0.40%)	Symfony

Miscellaneous
1	31 (12.25%)	Data Centre
2	15 (5.93%)	Driving Licence
3	13 (5.14%)	Analytical Skills
4	7 (2.77%)	PMI
5	6 (2.37%)	CCTV
6	4 (1.58%)	Management Information System
7	3 (1.19%)	BBC
7	3 (1.19%)	Blackberry
7	3 (1.19%)	BYOD
7	3 (1.19%)	Client/Server
7	3 (1.19%)	EPoS
7	3 (1.19%)	iPad
7	3 (1.19%)	iPhone
7	3 (1.19%)	Video Conferencing
8	2 (0.79%)	Cyberthreat
8	2 (0.79%)	e-Health
8	2 (0.79%)	FMCG
8	2 (0.79%)	Security Operations Centre
9	1 (0.40%)	IPTV
9	1 (0.40%)	Smartphone

Operating Systems
1	130 (51.38%)	Windows
2	84 (33.20%)	Windows Server
3	45 (17.79%)	Linux
4	23 (9.09%)	Windows Server 2008
4	23 (9.09%)	Windows Server 2012
5	20 (7.91%)	Windows Server 2003
6	13 (5.14%)	Windows 7
7	12 (4.74%)	Unix
8	10 (3.95%)	Windows XP
9	8 (3.16%)	Windows 10
10	7 (2.77%)	Windows Vista
11	6 (2.37%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11	6 (2.37%)	Windows 2000 Server
12	5 (1.98%)	SUSE
13	3 (1.19%)	Android
13	3 (1.19%)	Apple iOS
13	3 (1.19%)	Ubuntu
14	2 (0.79%)	Windows 8
15	1 (0.40%)	Debian
15	1 (0.40%)	Mac OS X

Processes & Methodologies
1	65 (25.69%)	ITIL
2	45 (17.79%)	Service Management
3	20 (7.91%)	Network Monitoring
4	16 (6.32%)	Continuous Improvement
4	16 (6.32%)	Security Patching
5	15 (5.93%)	Network Architecture
6	13 (5.14%)	IT Strategy
6	13 (5.14%)	PRINCE2
6	13 (5.14%)	Server Virtualisation
6	13 (5.14%)	Trend Analysis
7	12 (4.74%)	Incident Management
7	12 (4.74%)	Information Security
7	12 (4.74%)	Mobile Device Management
7	12 (4.74%)	Project Management
8	11 (4.35%)	Kalman Filter
8	11 (4.35%)	Problem Management
8	11 (4.35%)	Root Cause Analysis
9	10 (3.95%)	Coaching
10	9 (3.56%)	Capacity Management
10	9 (3.56%)	Cybersecurity

Programming Languages
1	19 (7.51%)	Python
2	12 (4.74%)	SQL
3	6 (2.37%)	Java
4	5 (1.98%)	C
5	4 (1.58%)	Perl
5	4 (1.58%)	PHP
5	4 (1.58%)	PowerShell
6	1 (0.40%)	JavaScript
6	1 (0.40%)	Ruby

Qualifications
1	75 (29.64%)	Cisco Certification
2	55 (21.74%)	CCNA
3	44 (17.39%)	Security Cleared
4	43 (17.00%)	CCNP
5	32 (12.65%)	SC Cleared
6	24 (9.49%)	Microsoft Certification
7	23 (9.09%)	DV Cleared
8	15 (5.93%)	MCSE
9	14 (5.53%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10	12 (4.74%)	MCP
11	10 (3.95%)	ITIL Certification
12	9 (3.56%)	MCSA
13	8 (3.16%)	CISSP
13	8 (3.16%)	Network+ Certification
14	7 (2.77%)	CISM
14	7 (2.77%)	CNA
14	7 (2.77%)	Novell Certification
14	7 (2.77%)	PMI Certification
14	7 (2.77%)	SANS
14	7 (2.77%)	SSCP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	21 (8.30%)	SLA
2	17 (6.72%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	9 (3.56%)	PCI DSS
4	5 (1.98%)	ISO 22301

System Software
1	82 (32.41%)	Active Directory
2	44 (17.39%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	23 (9.09%)	VMware ESXi
4	19 (7.51%)	Hyper-V
5	9 (3.56%)	vSphere
6	5 (1.98%)	VMware Workstation
7	4 (1.58%)	Snort
8	3 (1.19%)	XenApp
9	2 (0.79%)	NFS
10	1 (0.40%)	KVM

Systems Management
1	9 (3.56%)	Cisco LMS
1	9 (3.56%)	Nagios
1	9 (3.56%)	Opsview
2	7 (2.77%)	Backup Exec
2	7 (2.77%)	Norton AntiVirus
2	7 (2.77%)	SCCM
3	5 (1.98%)	FortiGate
4	4 (1.58%)	Host Intrusion Detection System
4	4 (1.58%)	Network Intrusion Detection System
4	4 (1.58%)	SolarWinds Orion
5	2 (0.79%)	AirWatch
5	2 (0.79%)	Cisco CUCM
5	2 (0.79%)	Computer Incident Response Team
6	1 (0.40%)	Iperf
6	1 (0.40%)	MobiControl
6	1 (0.40%)	OpenNebula
6	1 (0.40%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
6	1 (0.40%)	vCenter Server
6	1 (0.40%)	WSUS

Vendors
1	159 (62.85%)	Cisco
2	107 (42.29%)	Microsoft
3	88 (34.78%)	VMware
4	50 (19.76%)	Juniper
5	28 (11.07%)	Citrix
6	16 (6.32%)	Aruba
7	13 (5.14%)	SonicWALL
7	13 (5.14%)	Symantec
8	12 (4.74%)	Dell
8	12 (4.74%)	HP
9	10 (3.95%)	CheckPoint
10	9 (3.56%)	Fortinet
11	7 (2.77%)	Avaya
11	7 (2.77%)	SAP
11	7 (2.77%)	SolarWinds
11	7 (2.77%)	Sophos
12	6 (2.37%)	F5
12	6 (2.37%)	Red Hat
12	6 (2.37%)	Riverbed
13	5 (1.98%)	3PAR