The first table below looks at the demand for WAN 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 WAN over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 27 34 39
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +5
Contract jobs citing WAN 2 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.047% 0.717% 1.370%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.878% 4.000% 11.76%
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 £315 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-25.58% +2.38%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
41 50 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 21.47% 17.92% 11.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 13
Average daily rate £325 £375 £299
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.52%
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 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 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 £26.80 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
WAN
East of England

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire WAN Jobs Demand Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bedford - 1 £325 -
WAN
East of England

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

1 9 (100.00%) LAN
2 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) Wireless
4 3 (33.33%) Firewall
4 3 (33.33%) Citrix
4 3 (33.33%) VMware
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 3 (33.33%) VoIP
4 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Juniper
5 2 (22.22%) DMZ
5 2 (22.22%) VPN
5 2 (22.22%) DNS
5 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
5 2 (22.22%) DHCP
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) IP Telephony
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
5 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
6 1 (11.11%) 2G
6 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) LAN
2 4 (44.44%) Wireless
3 3 (33.33%) Firewall
3 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 3 (33.33%) VoIP
4 2 (22.22%) DMZ
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) DNS
4 2 (22.22%) DHCP
4 2 (22.22%) IP Telephony
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (11.11%) 2G
5 1 (11.11%) LTE
5 1 (11.11%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
1 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Network Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Change Control
4 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) MCSE
3 1 (11.11%) HND
3 1 (11.11%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 9000
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
1 1 (11.11%) TickIT
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) vSphere
2 1 (11.11%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Juniper