Berkshire WAN Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the Berkshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Borehamwood Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenford Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Hull Inverness Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Portsmouth Prescot Preston Prestwick Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rochester Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	76	73
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	52	99
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.069 %	0.100 %
As % of the category below	6.650 %	8.312 %
Daily rates quoted	13	20
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£349
Average daily rate	£372	£379
% change on same period last year	-1.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£408
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£320
% change on same period last year	+1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	23
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	£28.87
Average hourly rate	£27.10	£30.66
% change on same period last year	-11.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.20	£32.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.24	£26.14
% change on same period last year	-18.76 %
Communications & Networking Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	782	1191
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.042 %	1.205 %
Daily rates quoted	118	329
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£358
Average daily rate	£363	£377
% change on same period last year	-3.74 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£396
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	60	160
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.89	£27.06
Average hourly rate	£22.24	£28.48
% change on same period last year	-21.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.59	£29.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
WAN South East

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 Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-14	13	£421	+20.23 %
Bracknell	+22	6	-	-
Slough	-15	3	-	-
Newbury	+9	2	-	-
Maidenhead	-	2	-	-
Windsor	-	1	-	-

WAN South East

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 94 (82.46 %) LAN 2 46 (40.35 %) Cisco 3 39 (34.21 %) Windows 4 34 (29.82 %) Firewall 5 31 (27.19 %) Cisco Certification 6 24 (21.05 %) TCP/IP 7 22 (19.30 %) VPN 8 20 (17.54 %) Active Directory 9 19 (16.67 %) CCNA 10 18 (15.79 %) ITIL 11 15 (13.16 %) DNS 12 14 (12.28 %) Microsoft 12 14 (12.28 %) MS Exchange 12 14 (12.28 %) MPLS 12 14 (12.28 %) Citrix

12 14 (12.28 %) Telecoms 13 13 (11.40 %) VLAN 13 13 (11.40 %) MS Office 14 12 (10.53 %) Linux 14 12 (10.53 %) DHCP 14 12 (10.53 %) Microsoft Certification 14 12 (10.53 %) ISA Server 15 11 (9.649 %) CheckPoint 16 10 (8.772 %) SAN 16 10 (8.772 %) HP 16 10 (8.772 %) UNIX 16 10 (8.772 %) Exchange Server 2003 16 10 (8.772 %) VMware 17 9 (7.895 %) Service Delivery 17 9 (7.895 %) MCSE

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 Development 1 2 (1.754 %) WAP 2 1 (0.877 %) WebServices 2 1 (0.877 %) EDI	Application Platforms 1 14 (12.28 %) MS Exchange 2 10 (8.772 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 6 (5.263 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 4 (3.509 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 4 (3.509 %) IIS 5 3 (2.632 %) Lotus Notes 6 2 (1.754 %) WebLogic 7 1 (0.877 %) Lotus Domino 7 1 (0.877 %) CICS
Applications 1 13 (11.40 %) MS Office 2 3 (2.632 %) MS Excel 2 3 (2.632 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 94 (82.46 %) LAN 2 34 (29.82 %) Firewall 3 24 (21.05 %) TCP/IP 4 22 (19.30 %) VPN 5 15 (13.16 %) DNS 6 14 (12.28 %) MPLS 7 13 (11.40 %) VLAN 8 12 (10.53 %) DHCP 9 10 (8.772 %) SAN 10 8 (7.018 %) Ethernet 11 7 (6.140 %) Wireless 12 6 (5.263 %) NetScreen 12 6 (5.263 %) IP Telephony 13 5 (4.386 %) BIG-IP 13 5 (4.386 %) Network Security 13 5 (4.386 %) ADSL 13 5 (4.386 %) VoIP 13 5 (4.386 %) WLAN 14 4 (3.509 %) ISDN 14 4 (3.509 %) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (3.509 %) SQL Server 2 2 (1.754 %) Cognos Impromptu 2 2 (1.754 %) InterBase 3 1 (0.877 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (0.877 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (0.877 %) Informix	General 1 14 (12.28 %) Telecoms 2 8 (7.018 %) Government 3 7 (6.140 %) Pharmaceutical 4 3 (2.632 %) Finance 5 2 (1.754 %) Law 5 2 (1.754 %) Back Office 5 2 (1.754 %) Pensions 6 1 (0.877 %) Insurance 6 1 (0.877 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 32 (28.07 %) Analyst 2 13 (11.40 %) Support Analyst 3 11 (9.649 %) Project Manager 4 9 (7.895 %) Consultant 4 9 (7.895 %) Network Engineer 4 9 (7.895 %) Network Specialist 5 8 (7.018 %) Systems Analyst 5 8 (7.018 %) 3rd Line Support 6 7 (6.140 %) Senior Analyst 7 6 (5.263 %) Systems Support 7 6 (5.263 %) Support Engineer 8 5 (4.386 %) Technical Support 8 5 (4.386 %) Systems Administrator 8 5 (4.386 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 8 5 (4.386 %) Network Consultant 8 5 (4.386 %) Change Analyst 8 5 (4.386 %) Administrator 8 5 (4.386 %) Infrastructure Manager 9 4 (3.509 %) Project Coordinator 9 4 (3.509 %) Senior Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 6 (5.263 %) Clustering 2 2 (1.754 %) PMI 2 2 (1.754 %) French Language 3 1 (0.877 %) German Language 3 1 (0.877 %) Portuguese Language 3 1 (0.877 %) Spanish Language 3 1 (0.877 %) Fat Client 3 1 (0.877 %) IBM Mainframe 3 1 (0.877 %) Thin Client 3 1 (0.877 %) Mainframe 3 1 (0.877 %) AS400 3 1 (0.877 %) Replication 3 1 (0.877 %) CESG 3 1 (0.877 %) CESG CLAS 3 1 (0.877 %) Spread Betting 3 1 (0.877 %) Mathematics 3 1 (0.877 %) Applied Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 39 (34.21 %) Windows 2 12 (10.53 %) Linux 3 10 (8.772 %) UNIX 4 5 (4.386 %) Windows 2000 5 4 (3.509 %) Windows NT 5 4 (3.509 %) Windows XP 5 4 (3.509 %) AIX 6 3 (2.632 %) Solaris 7 2 (1.754 %) Windows Server 2003 8 1 (0.877 %) MVS	Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (15.79 %) ITIL 2 9 (7.895 %) Service Delivery 3 7 (6.140 %) Incident Management 4 6 (5.263 %) Project Management 4 6 (5.263 %) Change Management 4 6 (5.263 %) PRINCE2 5 5 (4.386 %) Service Management 5 5 (4.386 %) Network Design 5 5 (4.386 %) Problem Management 6 4 (3.509 %) Load Balancing 7 3 (2.632 %) Disaster Recovery 7 3 (2.632 %) Migration 7 3 (2.632 %) Security Cleared 8 2 (1.754 %) Communications Security 8 2 (1.754 %) eTOM 9 1 (0.877 %) Release Management 9 1 (0.877 %) Stakeholder Management 9 1 (0.877 %) CRM 9 1 (0.877 %) B2B 9 1 (0.877 %) PRINCE
Programming Languages 1 6 (5.263 %) SQL 2 4 (3.509 %) Perl 3 2 (1.754 %) Shell Script 4 1 (0.877 %) AWK 4 1 (0.877 %) VB	Qualifications 1 31 (27.19 %) Cisco Certification 2 19 (16.67 %) CCNA 3 12 (10.53 %) Microsoft Certification 4 9 (7.895 %) MCSE 5 7 (6.140 %) CCNP 5 7 (6.140 %) ITIL Certification 6 5 (4.386 %) CCIE 7 4 (3.509 %) MCP 7 4 (3.509 %) Degree 8 3 (2.632 %) CCIP 8 3 (2.632 %) CCDP 8 3 (2.632 %) CISSP 8 3 (2.632 %) PRINCE2 Certification 9 2 (1.754 %) PMP 9 2 (1.754 %) PMI Certification 9 2 (1.754 %) CCDA 9 2 (1.754 %) CCSE 9 2 (1.754 %) MOS 9 2 (1.754 %) JNCIA 10 1 (0.877 %) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (3.509 %) SLA	System Software 1 20 (17.54 %) Active Directory 2 12 (10.53 %) ISA Server 3 4 (3.509 %) VMware ESX 3 4 (3.509 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 2 (1.754 %) Backup Exec 5 1 (0.877 %) Terminal Server 5 1 (0.877 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 7 (6.140 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 4 (3.509 %) CiscoWorks 2 4 (3.509 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 3 (2.632 %) SCCM 4 2 (1.754 %) OpenView 4 2 (1.754 %) Norton AntiVirus 5 1 (0.877 %) OpenView Configuration Management 5 1 (0.877 %) Unicenter 5 1 (0.877 %) Tivoli 5 1 (0.877 %) MOM	Vendors 1 46 (40.35 %) Cisco 2 14 (12.28 %) Microsoft 2 14 (12.28 %) Citrix 3 11 (9.649 %) CheckPoint 4 10 (8.772 %) VMware 4 10 (8.772 %) HP 5 8 (7.018 %) Juniper 6 6 (5.263 %) VERITAS 7 5 (4.386 %) Altiris 8 4 (3.509 %) Lotus 8 4 (3.509 %) Oracle 9 3 (2.632 %) Dell 9 3 (2.632 %) Ericsson 9 3 (2.632 %) Alcatel 10 2 (1.754 %) Red Hat 10 2 (1.754 %) Symantec 10 2 (1.754 %) Nortel 10 2 (1.754 %) Nokia 10 2 (1.754 %) BEA 10 2 (1.754 %) Avaya