The first table below looks at the demand for WAN 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 WAN over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 61 60 63
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +3
Contract jobs citing WAN 61 83 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.606% 2.618% 2.354%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.823% 7.692% 10.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 22 26
Average daily rate £210 £285 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.31% -6.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £151 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £416 £419
UK excluding London average daily rate £304 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.72% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 12
Average hourly rate £23.50 £45.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.77% +69.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £45.00 £16.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.90 £45.00 £37.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £21.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-16.27% -2.27%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
621 1079 695
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 26.53% 34.04% 23.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 221 195
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 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 43 68
Average hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.66% +13.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.50 £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 £25.00
WAN
South East

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire WAN Daily Rate Histogram

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire WAN Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 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 +13 32 £165 -29.78% 7
Bracknell -4 13 £438 +182.25% 1
Newbury +5 6 £375 - 3
Slough -11 1 - - 5
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Thatcham - - - -
Wokingham - - - -
WAN
South East

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 101 (83.47%) LAN
2 64 (52.89%) Windows
3 61 (50.41%) Active Directory
4 45 (37.19%) VPN
5 43 (35.54%) TCP/IP
6 40 (33.06%) Citrix
7 38 (31.40%) Windows 7
8 37 (30.58%) VMware
9 34 (28.10%) Telecoms
9 34 (28.10%) Windows XP
10 32 (26.45%) Cisco
10 32 (26.45%) Microsoft
11 30 (24.79%) Internet
12 29 (23.97%) Ethernet
13 28 (23.14%) VMware Infrastructure
14 26 (21.49%) HP
15 25 (20.66%) Lotus
15 25 (20.66%) Security Cleared
16 24 (19.83%) SC Cleared
16 24 (19.83%) Windows Server 2008
17 22 (18.18%) MPLS
18 21 (17.36%) Cisco Certification
18 21 (17.36%) IBM Notes
18 21 (17.36%) SQL
18 21 (17.36%) Migration
19 20 (16.53%) MS Office
19 20 (16.53%) Windows Server 2003
19 20 (16.53%) Blackberry
20 19 (15.70%) CCNA
20 19 (15.70%) DNS

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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 (1.653%) SAML
2 1 (0.826%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.826%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 21 (17.36%) IBM Notes
2 13 (10.74%) Tomcat
3 11 (9.091%) IIS
4 7 (5.785%) MS Exchange
5 4 (3.306%) Lync
6 3 (2.479%) SharePoint
6 3 (2.479%) Lotus Domino
7 2 (1.653%) Apache
7 2 (1.653%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (1.653%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (1.653%) GlassFish
7 2 (1.653%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (1.653%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 20 (16.53%) MS Office
2 16 (13.22%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.826%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (1.653%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 101 (83.47%) LAN
2 45 (37.19%) VPN
3 43 (35.54%) TCP/IP
4 30 (24.79%) Internet
5 29 (23.97%) Ethernet
6 22 (18.18%) MPLS
7 19 (15.70%) DNS
7 19 (15.70%) ADSL
8 17 (14.05%) OSPF
9 16 (13.22%) BGP
10 14 (11.57%) VoIP
10 14 (11.57%) DHCP
11 13 (10.74%) Firewall
12 11 (9.091%) SMTP
12 11 (9.091%) SSL
13 10 (8.264%) SAN
13 10 (8.264%) EIGRP
14 8 (6.612%) FTP
14 8 (6.612%) ATM
15 7 (5.785%) Frame Relay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.22%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.785%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (1.653%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.653%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 11 (9.091%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.826%) MSI
General
1 34 (28.10%) Telecoms
2 17 (14.05%) Finance
3 10 (8.264%) Aerospace
4 6 (4.959%) Back Office
5 5 (4.132%) Retail
6 2 (1.653%) Electronics
6 2 (1.653%) Billing
6 2 (1.653%) Banking
6 2 (1.653%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.826%) French Language
7 1 (0.826%) German Language
Job Titles
1 31 (25.62%) Analyst
2 13 (10.74%) Support Engineer
2 13 (10.74%) Service Analyst
3 12 (9.917%) Service Desk Analyst
4 11 (9.091%) Network Engineer
5 10 (8.264%) Architect
6 9 (7.438%) Support Analyst
7 8 (6.612%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (5.785%) Team Leader
9 6 (4.959%) Tester
9 6 (4.959%) Administrator
9 6 (4.959%) Desktop Engineer
9 6 (4.959%) Technical Manager
10 5 (4.132%) IP Engineer
10 5 (4.132%) Desktop Team Leader
10 5 (4.132%) Network Manager
10 5 (4.132%) Project Manager
10 5 (4.132%) Developer
10 5 (4.132%) Consultant
10 5 (4.132%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.53%) Blackberry
2 6 (4.959%) Clustering
3 2 (1.653%) Client/Server
3 2 (1.653%) Handset
3 2 (1.653%) SecurID
3 2 (1.653%) Smart Meter
4 1 (0.826%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.826%) Fat Client
4 1 (0.826%) FMCG
4 1 (0.826%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 64 (52.89%) Windows
2 38 (31.40%) Windows 7
3 34 (28.10%) Windows XP
4 24 (19.83%) Windows Server 2008
5 20 (16.53%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (6.612%) Mac OS X
7 5 (4.132%) Linux
7 5 (4.132%) UNIX
8 1 (0.826%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.826%) SUSE
8 1 (0.826%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (17.36%) Migration
2 11 (9.091%) PRINCE2
2 11 (9.091%) Software Deployment
3 10 (8.264%) ITIL
3 10 (8.264%) Regression Testing
4 9 (7.438%) Software Distribution
5 8 (6.612%) Non-Functional Testing
5 8 (6.612%) Project Management
5 8 (6.612%) Test Scripting
6 7 (5.785%) Fault Management
6 7 (5.785%) Network Design
7 6 (4.959%) PRINCE
7 6 (4.959%) Validation
8 5 (4.132%) Test Automation
8 5 (4.132%) Integration Testing
8 5 (4.132%) Load Balancing
8 5 (4.132%) Business Continuity
9 4 (3.306%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (3.306%) ITSM
9 4 (3.306%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.36%) SQL
2 5 (4.132%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.132%) VB
3 3 (2.479%) Java
4 2 (1.653%) Perl
4 2 (1.653%) PHP
5 1 (0.826%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.826%) VBScript
5 1 (0.826%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.826%) C#
Qualifications
1 25 (20.66%) Security Cleared
2 24 (19.83%) SC Cleared
3 21 (17.36%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (15.70%) CCNA
5 16 (13.22%) CCNP
6 9 (7.438%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (5.785%) MCP
8 6 (4.959%) MCDST
9 5 (4.132%) Degree
9 5 (4.132%) CCIE
10 3 (2.479%) BC Cleared
10 3 (2.479%) CISSP
11 2 (1.653%) MCSE
11 2 (1.653%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.653%) MCITP
12 1 (0.826%) VCP5
12 1 (0.826%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.826%) CCSA
12 1 (0.826%) CCVP
12 1 (0.826%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.74%) SLA
2 1 (0.826%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.826%) JSP 440
2 1 (0.826%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 61 (50.41%) Active Directory
2 28 (23.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (9.091%) VMware ESX
4 9 (7.438%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (3.306%) ProxySG
5 4 (3.306%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (3.306%) XenApp
6 3 (2.479%) VMware Server
7 2 (1.653%) ISA Server
7 2 (1.653%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 2 (1.653%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.653%) UAG
8 1 (0.826%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (13.22%) SCCM
2 11 (9.091%) HP Quality Center
3 9 (7.438%) Unicenter
4 3 (2.479%) HP NNM
4 3 (2.479%) SCOM
4 3 (2.479%) OpenView
4 3 (2.479%) CiscoWorks
5 2 (1.653%) MOM
5 2 (1.653%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.826%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.826%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (33.06%) Citrix
2 37 (30.58%) VMware
3 32 (26.45%) Cisco
3 32 (26.45%) Microsoft
4 26 (21.49%) HP
5 25 (20.66%) Lotus
6 16 (13.22%) Remedy
7 14 (11.57%) Oracle
8 9 (7.438%) FrontRange
8 9 (7.438%) CA
8 9 (7.438%) Royalblue
9 8 (6.612%) Juniper
10 5 (4.132%) CheckPoint
10 5 (4.132%) NetApp
10 5 (4.132%) Dell
11 4 (3.306%) EMC
11 4 (3.306%) Redback
11 4 (3.306%) Blue Coat
12 3 (2.479%) Nokia
13 2 (1.653%) JBoss
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