The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Berkshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 58 78 65
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -13
Contract jobs citing LAN 63 67 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.666% 2.093% 2.302%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.18% 6.102% 10.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 23 27
Average daily rate £205 £300 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.66% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £155 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £725 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £323 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.97% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 13
Average hourly rate £23.50 £45.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.77% +40.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £32.16 £14.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.90 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £22.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year
-13.63% +6.02%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
619 1098 687
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 26.20% 34.30% 22.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 225 196
Average daily rate £285 £285 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £200 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 46 67
Average hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.51 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
LAN
South East

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Berkshire LAN Daily Rate Histogram

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Berkshire LAN Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +21 29 £180 -23.40% 5
Bracknell +1 15 £165 +6.45% 1
Newbury +3 6 £375 - 2
Slough - - - - 6
Wokingham - - - -
LAN
South East

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 100 (72.99%) WAN
2 85 (62.04%) Windows
3 67 (48.91%) Active Directory
4 51 (37.23%) VPN
5 49 (35.77%) Windows 7
6 45 (32.85%) VMware
7 42 (30.66%) TCP/IP
8 41 (29.93%) Windows XP
9 40 (29.20%) Microsoft
10 38 (27.74%) VMware Infrastructure
11 35 (25.55%) Cisco
11 35 (25.55%) HP
12 33 (24.09%) Windows Server 2008
13 32 (23.36%) Telecoms
14 31 (22.63%) Citrix
15 29 (21.17%) Windows Server 2003
15 29 (21.17%) SQL
16 28 (20.44%) Ethernet
17 26 (18.98%) Internet
17 26 (18.98%) Lotus
17 26 (18.98%) Security Cleared
18 25 (18.25%) SC Cleared
19 24 (17.52%) Cisco Certification
20 23 (16.79%) DNS
21 22 (16.06%) Tomcat
21 22 (16.06%) SQL Server
21 22 (16.06%) IBM Notes
21 22 (16.06%) SAN
21 22 (16.06%) Migration
22 21 (15.33%) Oracle

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 Development
1 9 (6.569%) Web Services
2 8 (5.839%) .NET
2 8 (5.839%) J2EE
3 5 (3.650%) Middleware
3 5 (3.650%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.460%) SAML
5 1 (0.730%) WebSphere MQ
Application Platforms
1 22 (16.06%) IBM Notes
1 22 (16.06%) Tomcat
2 20 (14.60%) IIS
3 11 (8.029%) Apache
3 11 (8.029%) MS Exchange
4 9 (6.569%) IBM HTTP Server
5 6 (4.380%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (3.650%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 5 (3.650%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (2.920%) WebLogic
7 4 (2.920%) Lync
8 3 (2.190%) Lotus Domino
8 3 (2.190%) SharePoint
8 3 (2.190%) FileNet
9 2 (1.460%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (1.460%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (1.460%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (1.460%) GlassFish
9 2 (1.460%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.730%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (12.41%) MS Office
2 14 (10.22%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.730%) Office 365
3 1 (0.730%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.460%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 100 (72.99%) WAN
2 51 (37.23%) VPN
3 42 (30.66%) TCP/IP
4 28 (20.44%) Ethernet
5 26 (18.98%) Internet
6 23 (16.79%) DNS
7 22 (16.06%) SAN
8 20 (14.60%) MPLS
9 19 (13.87%) Firewall
10 18 (13.14%) ADSL
11 17 (12.41%) OSPF
12 16 (11.68%) BGP
12 16 (11.68%) DHCP
13 14 (10.22%) VoIP
14 13 (9.489%) IPsec
15 10 (7.299%) EIGRP
16 9 (6.569%) HTTP
17 8 (5.839%) ATM
18 7 (5.109%) SDH
18 7 (5.109%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (16.06%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.569%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (1.460%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (1.460%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (1.460%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (1.460%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 11 (8.029%) LoadRunner
2 2 (1.460%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (1.460%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.730%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.730%) MSI
3 1 (0.730%) Ant
General
1 32 (23.36%) Telecoms
2 13 (9.489%) Finance
3 11 (8.029%) Aerospace
4 8 (5.839%) Retail
5 6 (4.380%) Banking
6 4 (2.920%) Back Office
7 1 (0.730%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 31 (22.63%) Analyst
2 19 (13.87%) Network Engineer
3 16 (11.68%) Support Engineer
4 12 (8.759%) Service Analyst
4 12 (8.759%) Service Desk Analyst
5 11 (8.029%) Support Analyst
6 10 (7.299%) Architect
7 8 (5.839%) Desktop Engineer
8 7 (5.109%) Team Leader
8 7 (5.109%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (5.109%) Desktop Support
9 6 (4.380%) Tester
9 6 (4.380%) Consultant
9 6 (4.380%) 2nd Line Support
9 6 (4.380%) Network Manager
10 5 (3.650%) Developer
10 5 (3.650%) Project Manager
10 5 (3.650%) Test Analyst
10 5 (3.650%) IP Engineer
10 5 (3.650%) Desktop Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.60%) Blackberry
2 13 (9.489%) Clustering
3 2 (1.460%) Handset
4 1 (0.730%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.730%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.730%) STB
4 1 (0.730%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.730%) FMCG
4 1 (0.730%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 85 (62.04%) Windows
2 49 (35.77%) Windows 7
3 41 (29.93%) Windows XP
4 33 (24.09%) Windows Server 2008
5 29 (21.17%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (5.839%) Mac OS X
7 6 (4.380%) Linux
8 5 (3.650%) UNIX
9 3 (2.190%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.730%) HPUX
10 1 (0.730%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (16.06%) Migration
2 19 (13.87%) ITIL
3 11 (8.029%) PRINCE2
3 11 (8.029%) Software Deployment
4 10 (7.299%) Regression Testing
5 9 (6.569%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (6.569%) Workflow
5 9 (6.569%) Software Distribution
6 8 (5.839%) Non-Functional Testing
6 8 (5.839%) Content Management
6 8 (5.839%) Test Scripting
6 8 (5.839%) Validation
7 6 (4.380%) PRINCE
7 6 (4.380%) Project Management
7 6 (4.380%) Document Management
8 5 (3.650%) Network Design
8 5 (3.650%) Integration Testing
8 5 (3.650%) Test Automation
8 5 (3.650%) Business Continuity
9 4 (2.920%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (21.17%) SQL
2 5 (3.650%) VB
2 5 (3.650%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.190%) Perl
3 3 (2.190%) PHP
4 2 (1.460%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.460%) Java
5 1 (0.730%) C
5 1 (0.730%) C++
5 1 (0.730%) Embedded C
5 1 (0.730%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.730%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (18.98%) Security Cleared
2 25 (18.25%) SC Cleared
3 24 (17.52%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (14.60%) CCNP
5 18 (13.14%) CCNA
6 10 (7.299%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (4.380%) MCDST
7 6 (4.380%) MCP
8 5 (3.650%) CCIE
9 3 (2.190%) BC Cleared
9 3 (2.190%) CISSP
10 2 (1.460%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.460%) MCSE
10 2 (1.460%) MCITP
10 2 (1.460%) Degree
11 1 (0.730%) CCDP
11 1 (0.730%) HNC
11 1 (0.730%) OCP
11 1 (0.730%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.730%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.95%) SLA
2 1 (0.730%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.730%) JSP 440
2 1 (0.730%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 67 (48.91%) Active Directory
2 38 (27.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (8.759%) VMware ESX
4 9 (6.569%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (5.109%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.920%) XenApp
6 4 (2.920%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (2.190%) VMware Server
8 2 (1.460%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (1.460%) ISA Server
8 2 (1.460%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.460%) UAG
9 1 (0.730%) vSphere
9 1 (0.730%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 16 (11.68%) SCCM
2 11 (8.029%) HP Quality Center
3 9 (6.569%) Unicenter
4 7 (5.109%) HP SIM
5 6 (4.380%) Foglight
6 3 (2.190%) HP NNM
6 3 (2.190%) MOM
6 3 (2.190%) OpenView
6 3 (2.190%) CiscoWorks
6 3 (2.190%) SCOM
7 2 (1.460%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.730%) WSUS
8 1 (0.730%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 45 (32.85%) VMware
2 40 (29.20%) Microsoft
3 35 (25.55%) HP
3 35 (25.55%) Cisco
4 31 (22.63%) Citrix
5 26 (18.98%) Lotus
6 21 (15.33%) Oracle
7 17 (12.41%) Remedy
8 12 (8.759%) Juniper
9 9 (6.569%) CA
9 9 (6.569%) Royalblue
9 9 (6.569%) IBM
9 9 (6.569%) FrontRange
10 8 (5.839%) Dell
11 6 (4.380%) JBoss
11 6 (4.380%) Avaya
12 5 (3.650%) NetApp
13 4 (2.920%) EMC
13 4 (2.920%) Redback
14 3 (2.190%) ReadSoft
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