Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Buckinghamshire region.

 Wide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank414652
Rank change year-on-year
Up+5Up+6
Matching contract IT job ads14338
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire1.947 %0.525 %2.626 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category12.84 %3.659 %15.64 %
Daily rates quoted537
Average daily rate£320£418£360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.35 %+15.97 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£278£244£155
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£346£424£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£320£325
% change year-on-year
--1.530 %
Hourly rates quoted209
Average hourly rate£14.25-£33.83
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.45-£18.90
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.05-£50.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.50£22.00£20.50
% change year-on-year
-11.36 %+7.310 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
10982243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire15.16 %14.36 %16.79 %
Daily rates quoted243039
Average daily rate£300£332£313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.630 %+6.240 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£185£210
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£428£425£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted19228
Average hourly rate£15.50£37.10£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-58.22 %+15.93 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£37.10£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£47.00£37.10£50.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
WAN South EastWAN
South East

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.

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire WAN Hourly Rate Trend

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
Milton KeynesNo change05£278-33.94 %
AylesburyNew entry-3--
High WycombeNew entry-1--
WAN South EastWAN
South East

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

114 (82.35 %)LAN
26 (35.29 %)Microsoft
35 (29.41 %)Firewall
35 (29.41 %)Windows
35 (29.41 %)Cisco
44 (23.53 %)Windows Vista
44 (23.53 %)SC Cleared
44 (23.53 %)Security Cleared
44 (23.53 %)MS Visio
53 (17.65 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (17.65 %)Wireless
53 (17.65 %)Intrusion Detection
62 (11.76 %)HP NNM
62 (11.76 %)OVOW
62 (11.76 %)Network Design
62 (11.76 %)FDDI
62 (11.76 %)Telecoms
62 (11.76 %)Education
62 (11.76 %)ITSM
62 (11.76 %)Wi-Fi
62 (11.76 %)Service Management
62 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
62 (11.76 %)CCNA
62 (11.76 %)Active Directory
62 (11.76 %)OpenView
62 (11.76 %)Dell
62 (11.76 %)CiscoWorks
62 (11.76 %)Cisco Certification
62 (11.76 %)VoIP
62 (11.76 %)Ethernet

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (5.882 %)SharePoint
11 (5.882 %)MS Exchange
11 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (5.882 %)Office Communications Server
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (23.53 %)MS Visio
21 (5.882 %)MS Excel
21 (5.882 %)MS Project
21 (5.882 %)MS Office
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
114 (82.35 %)LAN
25 (29.41 %)Firewall
33 (17.65 %)Wireless
33 (17.65 %)Intrusion Detection
42 (11.76 %)FDDI
42 (11.76 %)Wi-Fi
42 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
42 (11.76 %)VoIP
42 (11.76 %)Ethernet
51 (5.882 %)PPP
51 (5.882 %)DHCP
51 (5.882 %)Internet
51 (5.882 %)MPLS
51 (5.882 %)DSL
51 (5.882 %)H.323
51 (5.882 %)DNS
51 (5.882 %)IPv4
51 (5.882 %)IPsec
51 (5.882 %)IP Telephony
51 (5.882 %)VLAN
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (11.76 %)Telecoms
12 (11.76 %)Education
21 (5.882 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (5.882 %)Government
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16 (35.29 %)Architect
23 (17.65 %)Network Architect
32 (11.76 %)Implementation Specialist
32 (11.76 %)Infrastructure Architect
32 (11.76 %)Solutions Architect
41 (5.882 %)Project Manager
41 (5.882 %)Author
41 (5.882 %)Technical Author
41 (5.882 %)Analyst
41 (5.882 %)Technical Architect
41 (5.882 %)Senior Manager
41 (5.882 %)Support Engineer
41 (5.882 %)2nd Line Support
41 (5.882 %)Security Analyst
41 (5.882 %)Senior Project Manager
41 (5.882 %)Information Analyst
41 (5.882 %)Technical Writer
41 (5.882 %)Security Architect
41 (5.882 %)Information Security Analyst
41 (5.882 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (29.41 %)Windows
24 (23.53 %)Windows Vista
33 (17.65 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (5.882 %)UNIX
41 (5.882 %)AIX
41 (5.882 %)Solaris
41 (5.882 %)Windows XP
41 (5.882 %)Windows 2000 Server
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (11.76 %)Network Design
12 (11.76 %)ITSM
12 (11.76 %)Service Management
12 (11.76 %)ITIL
21 (5.882 %)PRINCE2
21 (5.882 %)RUP
21 (5.882 %)Project Management
21 (5.882 %)Service Delivery
21 (5.882 %)Information Security
21 (5.882 %)Network Planning
21 (5.882 %)Project Planning
21 (5.882 %)Information Assurance
21 (5.882 %)Matrix Management
21 (5.882 %)Performance Management
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (23.53 %)SC Cleared
14 (23.53 %)Security Cleared
22 (11.76 %)CCNA
22 (11.76 %)Cisco Certification
31 (5.882 %)MCP
31 (5.882 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (5.882 %)SSCP
31 (5.882 %)Degree
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (11.76 %)Active Directory
21 (5.882 %)VMware ESX
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (11.76 %)HP NNM
12 (11.76 %)OVOW
12 (11.76 %)OpenView
12 (11.76 %)CiscoWorks
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (35.29 %)Microsoft
25 (29.41 %)Cisco
32 (11.76 %)Dell
41 (5.882 %)Juniper
41 (5.882 %)Alcatel
41 (5.882 %)CheckPoint
41 (5.882 %)VMware