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The table below looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4739
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.025 %
As % of the category below8.571 %17.24 %
Daily rates quoted07
Average minimum daily rate-£319
Average daily rate-£341
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£337
% change on same period last year-5.67 %
Hourly rates quoted210
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£25.73
Average hourly rate£16.00£26.43
% change on same period last year-39.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00£27.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.24£21.39
% change on same period last year+17.96 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads70116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.140 %0.145 %
Daily rates quoted1732
Average minimum daily rate£292£293
Average daily rate£316£313
% change on same period last year+1.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£344
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
Hourly rates quoted1933
Average minimum hourly rate£29.58£25.64
Average hourly rate£30.27£27.15
% change on same period last year+11.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.96£28.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.67£27.04
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
LAN South WestLAN
South West

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.

LAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LAN across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol LAN Demand Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

112 (85.71 %)WAN
210 (71.43 %)Windows
37 (50.00 %)Cisco
46 (42.86 %)CCNA
46 (42.86 %)Cisco Certification
46 (42.86 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (35.71 %)Active Directory
55 (35.71 %)Microsoft
55 (35.71 %)Firewall
64 (28.57 %)MS Office
64 (28.57 %)Windows XP
64 (28.57 %)VoIP
73 (21.43 %)TCP/IP
73 (21.43 %)VPN
73 (21.43 %)Lotus Notes
73 (21.43 %)CCNP
73 (21.43 %)Lotus
73 (21.43 %)VMware
82 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
82 (14.29 %)Citrix
82 (14.29 %)Windows 2000
82 (14.29 %)SQL Server
82 (14.29 %)UNIX
82 (14.29 %)SharePoint
91 (7.143 %)MS Exchange
91 (7.143 %)DNS
91 (7.143 %)DHCP
91 (7.143 %)ITIL
91 (7.143 %)MCP
91 (7.143 %)MCSE

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (21.43 %)Lotus Notes
22 (14.29 %)SharePoint
31 (7.143 %)MS Exchange
31 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2003
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (28.57 %)MS Office
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (85.71 %)WAN
25 (35.71 %)Firewall
34 (28.57 %)VoIP
43 (21.43 %)TCP/IP
43 (21.43 %)VPN
51 (7.143 %)DNS
51 (7.143 %)SAN
51 (7.143 %)Cisco PIX
51 (7.143 %)Network Security
51 (7.143 %)DHCP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.143 %)Legal
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
25 (35.71 %)Network Support
34 (28.57 %)Support Engineer
34 (28.57 %)Network Support Engineer
42 (14.29 %)UNIX Support
42 (14.29 %)Analyst
42 (14.29 %)Systems Engineer
42 (14.29 %)2nd Line Support
42 (14.29 %)Network Analyst
51 (7.143 %)Infrastructure Engineer
51 (7.143 %)Network Technician
51 (7.143 %)Citrix Engineer
51 (7.143 %)Cisco Specialist
51 (7.143 %)Infrastructure Consultant
51 (7.143 %)Network Specialist
51 (7.143 %)Network Security Specialist
51 (7.143 %)Systems Support
51 (7.143 %)Support Technician
51 (7.143 %)Support Analyst
51 (7.143 %)Network Support Analyst
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (71.43 %)Windows
26 (42.86 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (28.57 %)Windows XP
42 (14.29 %)UNIX
42 (14.29 %)Windows 2000
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (7.143 %)ITIL
11 (7.143 %)ITSM
11 (7.143 %)Migration
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (42.86 %)CCNA
16 (42.86 %)Cisco Certification
23 (21.43 %)CCNP
31 (7.143 %)MCP
31 (7.143 %)MCSE
31 (7.143 %)MCSA
31 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (7.143 %)MCDST
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (35.71 %)Active Directory
22 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (7.143 %)MetaFrame
31 (7.143 %)VMware ESX
31 (7.143 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (7.143 %)OpenView
11 (7.143 %)CiscoWorks
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (50.00 %)Cisco
25 (35.71 %)Microsoft
33 (21.43 %)Lotus
33 (21.43 %)VMware
42 (14.29 %)Citrix
51 (7.143 %)Nokia
51 (7.143 %)HP
51 (7.143 %)FrontRange
51 (7.143 %)CheckPoint