The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 20 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 Bradford 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 25 26 22
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Contract jobs citing WAN 1 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 0.645% 1.875% 1.709%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.333% 25.00% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £250 £165 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+51.51% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £305 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.27% -6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-24.70% +1.19%
All Communications & Networking
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
12 12 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 7.742% 7.500% 6.838%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
Average daily rate £250 £165 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+51.51% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
Average hourly rate £18.71 £32.50 £7.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.43% +356.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £32.50 £6.83
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £32.50 £7.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
WAN
West Yorkshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 2 (100.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) FTP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) FTP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware