The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell 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 Bracknell 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 21 21 19
Rank change year-on-year
0 -2
Contract jobs citing WAN 17 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 7.054% 2.614% 3.659%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.67% 20.00% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £438 £150 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+191.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-25.58% +2.38%
All Communications & Networking
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
75 20 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 31.12% 13.07% 22.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 11
Average daily rate £165 £225 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.66% -52.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 10
Average hourly rate £17.25 - £36.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.84 - £13.32
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.25 - £37.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
WAN
Berkshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 27 (90.00%) LAN
2 21 (70.00%) Security Cleared
3 20 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 19 (63.33%) Migration
5 15 (50.00%) Windows
5 15 (50.00%) Active Directory
6 11 (36.67%) HP
6 11 (36.67%) SQL
6 11 (36.67%) Oracle
6 11 (36.67%) SQL Server
6 11 (36.67%) IIS
6 11 (36.67%) Tomcat
6 11 (36.67%) Windows XP
6 11 (36.67%) LoadRunner
6 11 (36.67%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (36.67%) VMware
6 11 (36.67%) VMware ESX
6 11 (36.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (36.67%) Windows Server 2008
6 11 (36.67%) Windows 7
6 11 (36.67%) HP Quality Center
7 10 (33.33%) Regression Testing
7 10 (33.33%) Telecoms
8 9 (30.00%) Internet
8 9 (30.00%) CCNA
8 9 (30.00%) ADSL
8 9 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (30.00%) Ethernet
8 9 (30.00%) Cisco
9 8 (26.67%) TCP/IP

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 11 (36.67%) IIS
1 11 (36.67%) Tomcat
2 3 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
Communications & Networking
1 27 (90.00%) LAN
2 9 (30.00%) Internet
2 9 (30.00%) ADSL
2 9 (30.00%) Ethernet
3 8 (26.67%) TCP/IP
3 8 (26.67%) VPN
3 8 (26.67%) ATM
3 8 (26.67%) BGP
3 8 (26.67%) MPLS
4 7 (23.33%) OSPF
4 7 (23.33%) EIGRP
4 7 (23.33%) Frame Relay
4 7 (23.33%) RIP
4 7 (23.33%) SDH
5 4 (13.33%) xDSL
5 4 (13.33%) DSL
6 2 (6.667%) Broadband
6 2 (6.667%) PSTN
7 1 (3.333%) ISDN
7 1 (3.333%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (36.67%) SQL Server
2 7 (23.33%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 11 (36.67%) LoadRunner
2 1 (3.333%) MSI
General
1 10 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.667%) Retail
3 1 (3.333%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.333%) Finance
3 1 (3.333%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Analyst
1 7 (23.33%) Network Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Tester
3 4 (13.33%) Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Service Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Test Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Systems Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Team Leader
5 2 (6.667%) Systems Test Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Test Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) IP Network Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Network Team Leader
6 1 (3.333%) Provisioning Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Integration Tester
6 1 (3.333%) Strategy Manager
6 1 (3.333%) OSS Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.333%) SecurID
1 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 15 (50.00%) Windows
2 11 (36.67%) Windows XP
2 11 (36.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 11 (36.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 11 (36.67%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Migration
2 10 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 8 (26.67%) Non-Functional Testing
3 8 (26.67%) Test Scripting
4 5 (16.67%) Validation
4 5 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 5 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 5 (16.67%) Integration Testing
5 3 (10.00%) PRINCE
6 2 (6.667%) Project Management
7 1 (3.333%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (3.333%) HOOD
7 1 (3.333%) Network Design
7 1 (3.333%) Programme Management
7 1 (3.333%) Performance Management
7 1 (3.333%) Product Management
7 1 (3.333%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 11 (36.67%) SQL
2 3 (10.00%) VB
2 3 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.333%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 9 (30.00%) CCNA
3 9 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (23.33%) CCNP
5 3 (10.00%) BC Cleared
6 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (3.333%) PMP
6 1 (3.333%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.333%) HNC
6 1 (3.333%) Degree
6 1 (3.333%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) JSP 440
System Software
1 15 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (36.67%) VMware ESX
2 11 (36.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (13.33%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 11 (36.67%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (13.33%) SCCM
3 1 (3.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) HP
1 11 (36.67%) Oracle
1 11 (36.67%) VMware
2 9 (30.00%) Cisco
3 4 (13.33%) Remedy
3 4 (13.33%) Citrix
4 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (10.00%) NetApp
4 3 (10.00%) Lotus
5 1 (3.333%) BT
5 1 (3.333%) Cramer