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The table below looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) 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 WAN over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5358
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads711
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.011 %
As % of the category below5.645 %7.746 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£200£230
Average daily rate£242£240
% change on same period last year+0.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£283£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£317
% change on same period last year+8.54 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.49£22.90
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads124142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.174 %0.146 %
Daily rates quoted3046
Average minimum daily rate£237£286
Average daily rate£270£303
% change on same period last year-10.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£303£321
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£335
% change on same period last year+4.56 %
Hourly rates quoted2924
Average minimum hourly rate£27.24£23.54
Average hourly rate£28.92£26.34
% change on same period last year+9.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.59£29.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.48£28.80
% change on same period last year-4.57 %
WAN South WestWAN
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.

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Bristol WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Bristol WAN Daily Rate Histogram

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

115 (75.00 %)LAN
29 (45.00 %)Active Directory
29 (45.00 %)Firewall
38 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
47 (35.00 %)Windows
56 (30.00 %)VoIP
56 (30.00 %)Cisco
65 (25.00 %)DNS
65 (25.00 %)UNIX
65 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
65 (25.00 %)SharePoint
65 (25.00 %)Lotus
74 (20.00 %)CCNA
74 (20.00 %)MPLS
74 (20.00 %)Frame Relay
74 (20.00 %)CORBA
74 (20.00 %)Java
74 (20.00 %)Oracle
74 (20.00 %)MS Office
74 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
74 (20.00 %)ATM
74 (20.00 %)Microsoft
74 (20.00 %)Citrix
74 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
83 (15.00 %)C
83 (15.00 %)C++
83 (15.00 %)Linux
83 (15.00 %)Windows Server 2003
83 (15.00 %)Internet
83 (15.00 %)Network Security

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (20.00 %)CORBA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
15 (25.00 %)SharePoint
24 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (5.000 %)IIS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (20.00 %)MS Office
21 (5.000 %)MS Project
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (75.00 %)LAN
29 (45.00 %)Firewall
38 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
46 (30.00 %)VoIP
55 (25.00 %)DNS
64 (20.00 %)ATM
64 (20.00 %)Frame Relay
64 (20.00 %)MPLS
73 (15.00 %)Network Security
73 (15.00 %)Internet
82 (10.00 %)DHCP
82 (10.00 %)VLAN
91 (5.000 %)Cisco PIX
91 (5.000 %)IP Telephony
91 (5.000 %)Gigabit Ethernet
91 (5.000 %)Wireless
91 (5.000 %)Ethernet
91 (5.000 %)SAN
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (10.00 %)Cognos Impromptu
12 (10.00 %)InterBase
21 (5.000 %)Data Cleansing
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.000 %)Finance
11 (5.000 %)Government
11 (5.000 %)Law
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (25.00 %)Analyst
15 (25.00 %)Network Support
24 (20.00 %)Systems Administrator
24 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
24 (20.00 %)Administrator
33 (15.00 %)Software Engineer
33 (15.00 %)Support Engineer
33 (15.00 %)Network Support Engineer
42 (10.00 %)UNIX Support
42 (10.00 %)Project Manager
42 (10.00 %)2nd Line Support
42 (10.00 %)Technical Analyst
51 (5.000 %)Network Analyst
51 (5.000 %)Network Technician
51 (5.000 %)3rd Line Support
51 (5.000 %)Server Support
51 (5.000 %)Support Technician
51 (5.000 %)Support Analyst
51 (5.000 %)Technical Support
51 (5.000 %)Helpdesk Analyst
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (35.00 %)Windows
25 (25.00 %)UNIX
33 (15.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (15.00 %)Linux
42 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
42 (10.00 %)Windows XP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (15.00 %)Load Balancing
22 (10.00 %)PRINCE2
31 (5.000 %)Migration
31 (5.000 %)Network Load Balancing
31 (5.000 %)Data Migration
31 (5.000 %)SC Cleared
31 (5.000 %)Security Cleared
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (20.00 %)Java
23 (15.00 %)C
23 (15.00 %)C++
32 (10.00 %)SQL
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (20.00 %)CCNA
14 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
22 (10.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (5.000 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (5.000 %)MCSE
31 (5.000 %)MCSA
31 (5.000 %)CCIE
31 (5.000 %)CCNP
31 (5.000 %)CCIP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (45.00 %)Active Directory
22 (10.00 %)Backup Exec
31 (5.000 %)Terminal Services
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (5.000 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (30.00 %)Cisco
25 (25.00 %)Lotus
34 (20.00 %)Oracle
34 (20.00 %)Microsoft
34 (20.00 %)Citrix
42 (10.00 %)VMware
51 (5.000 %)CheckPoint
51 (5.000 %)Nokia