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This section looks at the demand for Virtual LAN (VLAN) skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VLAN over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual LAN (VLAN)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2517
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads411
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.011 %
As % of the category below10.81 %17.74 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£475
Average daily rate-£479
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£483
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£371
% change on same period last year-10.76 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£18.00
Average hourly rate-£18.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.64£29.63
% change on same period last year-20.22 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads3762
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.062 %
Daily rates quoted89
Average minimum daily rate£224£462
Average daily rate£237£466
% change on same period last year-49.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£251£471
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted67
Average minimum hourly rate£28.07£13.50
Average hourly rate£30.00£14.58
% change on same period last year+105.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.93£15.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
VLAN ScotlandVLAN
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VLAN
Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen VLAN Demand Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VLAN across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen VLAN Daily Rate Trend

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VLAN across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen VLAN Hourly Rate Trend

VLAN
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing VLAN 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited VLAN.

17 (87.50 %)RIP
17 (87.50 %)TCP/IP
17 (87.50 %)DNS
17 (87.50 %)DHCP
17 (87.50 %)Cisco
17 (87.50 %)Cisco PIX
26 (75.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
26 (75.00 %)FDDI
26 (75.00 %)Ethernet
26 (75.00 %)BGP
26 (75.00 %)EIGRP
26 (75.00 %)Windows
26 (75.00 %)Windows 2000
26 (75.00 %)Windows NT
26 (75.00 %)ATM
32 (25.00 %)CCNP
32 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
41 (12.50 %)CCNA
41 (12.50 %)CCDA
41 (12.50 %)Firewall
41 (12.50 %)Microsoft
41 (12.50 %)LAN
41 (12.50 %)WAN
41 (12.50 %)SLA

VLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing VLAN also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VLAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (87.50 %)RIP
17 (87.50 %)TCP/IP
17 (87.50 %)DNS
17 (87.50 %)DHCP
17 (87.50 %)Cisco PIX
26 (75.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
26 (75.00 %)FDDI
26 (75.00 %)Ethernet
26 (75.00 %)BGP
26 (75.00 %)EIGRP
26 (75.00 %)ATM
31 (12.50 %)Firewall
31 (12.50 %)LAN
31 (12.50 %)WAN
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Analyst
13 (37.50 %)Network Analyst
13 (37.50 %)Cisco Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Network Administrator
21 (12.50 %)Server Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Cisco Network Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Technical Administrator
21 (12.50 %)Network Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Administrator
21 (12.50 %)Field Engineer
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (75.00 %)Windows
16 (75.00 %)Windows 2000
16 (75.00 %)Windows NT
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (25.00 %)CCNP
12 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
21 (12.50 %)CCNA
21 (12.50 %)CCDA
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (12.50 %)SLA
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (87.50 %)Cisco
21 (12.50 %)Microsoft