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The table below looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) 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 WAN over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank187
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads829
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.029 %
As % of the category below29.63 %48.33 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£275-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£275-
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£318
% change on same period last year+8.01 %
Hourly rates quoted28
Average minimum hourly rate£26.48£14.25
Average hourly rate£26.48£15.06
% change on same period last year+75.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.48£15.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.64£23.08
% change on same period last year+2.40 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads2760
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.038 %0.061 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£151-
Average daily rate£151-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£151-
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted88
Average minimum hourly rate£20.76£14.47
Average hourly rate£21.46£15.26
% change on same period last year+40.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.17£16.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
WAN ScotlandWAN
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.

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited WAN.

122 (95.65 %)LAN
217 (73.91 %)Windows
314 (60.87 %)Windows 2000
413 (56.52 %)Windows XP
510 (43.48 %)Windows Server 2003
69 (39.13 %)MS Office
77 (30.43 %)Telecoms
77 (30.43 %)MS Excel
77 (30.43 %)Cisco Certification
77 (30.43 %)Active Directory
77 (30.43 %)Windows 2000 Server
86 (26.09 %)SAP
95 (21.74 %)CCNP
95 (21.74 %)SLA
95 (21.74 %)Cisco
95 (21.74 %)Education
104 (17.39 %)Workflow
104 (17.39 %)TCP/IP
104 (17.39 %)VPN
113 (13.04 %)DNS
113 (13.04 %)Windows NT
113 (13.04 %)MS Exchange
113 (13.04 %)Citrix
122 (8.696 %)BGP
122 (8.696 %)EIGRP
122 (8.696 %)Migration
122 (8.696 %)Microsoft Certification
122 (8.696 %)CCNA
122 (8.696 %)CCDA
122 (8.696 %)Client/Server

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited WAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (13.04 %)MS Exchange
21 (4.348 %)Exchange Server 2003
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (39.13 %)MS Office
27 (30.43 %)MS Excel
31 (4.348 %)MS Project
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
122 (95.65 %)LAN
24 (17.39 %)TCP/IP
24 (17.39 %)VPN
33 (13.04 %)DNS
42 (8.696 %)SSL
42 (8.696 %)DHCP
42 (8.696 %)Ethernet
42 (8.696 %)RIP
42 (8.696 %)SNMP
42 (8.696 %)BGP
42 (8.696 %)EIGRP
42 (8.696 %)FDDI
51 (4.348 %)Gigabit Ethernet
51 (4.348 %)VLAN
51 (4.348 %)Cisco PIX
51 (4.348 %)ATM
51 (4.348 %)SAN
51 (4.348 %)MPLS
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (30.43 %)Telecoms
25 (21.74 %)Education
31 (4.348 %)Back Office
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (34.78 %)Analyst
25 (21.74 %)2nd Line Support
34 (17.39 %)Desktop Support
34 (17.39 %)Support Analyst
43 (13.04 %)Server Support
52 (8.696 %)Network Specialist
52 (8.696 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
52 (8.696 %)Network Engineer
52 (8.696 %)Support Engineer
52 (8.696 %)Server Engineer
61 (4.348 %)Server Support Engineer
61 (4.348 %)3rd Line Support
61 (4.348 %)Network Analyst
61 (4.348 %)Desktop Support Engineer
61 (4.348 %)Technical Support Engineer
61 (4.348 %)Desktop Engineer
61 (4.348 %)Technical Engineer
61 (4.348 %)Cisco Engineer
61 (4.348 %)Solutions Architect
61 (4.348 %)Architect
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.696 %)Client/Server
21 (4.348 %)Blackberry
21 (4.348 %)French Language
21 (4.348 %)Video Conferencing
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (73.91 %)Windows
214 (60.87 %)Windows 2000
313 (56.52 %)Windows XP
410 (43.48 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (30.43 %)Windows 2000 Server
63 (13.04 %)Windows NT
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (17.39 %)Workflow
22 (8.696 %)Migration
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (30.43 %)Cisco Certification
25 (21.74 %)CCNP
32 (8.696 %)CCNA
32 (8.696 %)CCDA
32 (8.696 %)MCP
32 (8.696 %)MCSE
32 (8.696 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (8.696 %)Degree
41 (4.348 %)CCIE
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (21.74 %)SLA
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (30.43 %)Active Directory
21 (4.348 %)Citrix Presentation Server
21 (4.348 %)VMware Infrastructure
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (4.348 %)Norton AntiVirus
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (26.09 %)SAP
25 (21.74 %)Cisco
33 (13.04 %)Citrix
41 (4.348 %)Symantec
41 (4.348 %)VMware
41 (4.348 %)Microsoft
41 (4.348 %)HP
41 (4.348 %)Dell