LAN Contracts in Bedfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 24 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 Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 27 26 38
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +12
Contract jobs citing LAN 4 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.105% 2.206% 1.379%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% 12.24% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
Average daily rate £309 £425 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.35% +41.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £296 £425 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £425 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.60% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-23.80% -
Search 2 LAN jobs in Bedfordshire
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 40 49 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 21.05% 18.01% 11.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 12
Average daily rate £325 £375 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +26.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £325 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
Average hourly rate £30.00 £38.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.05% +245.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
LAN
East of England

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LAN across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LAN across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton -5 2 - -
Bedford - 1 £325 -
LAN
East of England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing LAN 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 LAN.

1 9 (69.23%) WAN
2 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 5 (38.46%) ITIL
3 5 (38.46%) TCP/IP
4 4 (30.77%) MS Exchange
4 4 (30.77%) DHCP
4 4 (30.77%) DNS
4 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
4 4 (30.77%) Wireless
5 3 (23.08%) Firewall
5 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (23.08%) VMware
5 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (23.08%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (23.08%) Citrix
5 3 (23.08%) VoIP
5 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
6 2 (15.38%) Degree
6 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (15.38%) VLAN
6 2 (15.38%) Windows XP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing LAN 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 LAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) MS Exchange
2 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Photoshop
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) WAN
2 5 (38.46%) TCP/IP
3 4 (30.77%) DHCP
3 4 (30.77%) DNS
3 4 (30.77%) Wireless
4 3 (23.08%) Firewall
4 3 (23.08%) VoIP
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (15.38%) VLAN
5 2 (15.38%) VPN
5 2 (15.38%) DMZ
5 2 (15.38%) IP Telephony
6 1 (7.692%) 3G
6 1 (7.692%) 2G
6 1 (7.692%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
1 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.692%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 2 (15.38%) Network Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Support Technician
3 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Support
4 1 (7.692%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Installations Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.692%) NHS
1 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
3 2 (15.38%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.692%) Change Management
4 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.692%) Business Continuity
4 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
4 1 (7.692%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (23.08%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.692%) ECDL
3 1 (7.692%) CCNP
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.692%) HND
3 1 (7.692%) MCSE
3 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) TickIT
1 1 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.692%) ISO 9000
1 1 (7.692%) ISO 9001
1 1 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.692%) Terminal Server
3 1 (7.692%) vSphere
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 3 (23.08%) VMware
3 3 (23.08%) Citrix
4 2 (15.38%) Juniper
4 2 (15.38%) Adobe
5 1 (7.692%) Dell
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