The first 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 21 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 Buckinghamshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 58 58 49
Rank change year-on-year
0 -9
Contract jobs citing WAN 15 16 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.852% 1.594% 2.659%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.85% 10.13% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 19
Average daily rate £363 £340 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.61% -9.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £296 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £388 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.61% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £14.96 - £19.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-24.70% +1.19%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
101 158 161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.47% 15.74% 15.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 39 61
Average daily rate £425 £368 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.64% +1.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £173 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £465 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 18
Average hourly rate £14.96 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.81% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £10.06 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £38.75 £90.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
WAN
South East

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire WAN Daily Rate Histogram

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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 Keynes +1 8 £475 +39.70%
Beaconsfield - 3 £275 -
High Wycombe - 2 £135 -
WAN
South East

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 34 (89.47%) LAN
2 21 (55.26%) VMware
3 20 (52.63%) Windows
4 18 (47.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (36.84%) Cisco
6 13 (34.21%) Microsoft
6 13 (34.21%) Windows Server 2003
6 13 (34.21%) ITIL
6 13 (34.21%) Firewall
6 13 (34.21%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (31.58%) MS Exchange
7 12 (31.58%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (28.95%) Citrix
8 11 (28.95%) Active Directory
8 11 (28.95%) VoIP
8 11 (28.95%) TCP/IP
8 11 (28.95%) Exchange Server 2010
9 10 (26.32%) SQL
9 10 (26.32%) HP
9 10 (26.32%) SAN
9 10 (26.32%) Exchange Server 2003
10 9 (23.68%) VPN
10 9 (23.68%) Security Cleared
10 9 (23.68%) Hyper-V
11 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
11 8 (21.05%) CCNA
12 7 (18.42%) Telecoms
12 7 (18.42%) DV Cleared
13 6 (15.79%) Windows 7
13 6 (15.79%) Wireless

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.632%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 12 (31.58%) MS Exchange
2 11 (28.95%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (26.32%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (10.53%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (5.263%) SharePoint
7 1 (2.632%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (15.79%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.895%) MS Office
3 1 (2.632%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.632%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (89.47%) LAN
2 13 (34.21%) Firewall
3 11 (28.95%) VoIP
3 11 (28.95%) TCP/IP
4 10 (26.32%) SAN
5 9 (23.68%) VPN
6 6 (15.79%) Wireless
6 6 (15.79%) DNS
6 6 (15.79%) DHCP
7 5 (13.16%) WLAN
7 5 (13.16%) IPsec
8 4 (10.53%) Network Security
9 2 (5.263%) NAS
9 2 (5.263%) Unified Communications
9 2 (5.263%) ICMP
9 2 (5.263%) ISDN
10 1 (2.632%) ADSL
10 1 (2.632%) SMTP
10 1 (2.632%) Ethernet
10 1 (2.632%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 5 (13.16%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (13.16%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.632%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 7 (18.42%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.895%) Billing
2 3 (7.895%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) Network Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Coordinator
2 5 (13.16%) Project Coordinator
2 5 (13.16%) Consultant
3 4 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Integration Engineer
4 3 (7.895%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Telecoms Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 2 (5.263%) Analyst
5 2 (5.263%) Network Consultant
5 2 (5.263%) Architect
6 1 (2.632%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.632%) Junior
6 1 (2.632%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (2.632%) Security Architect
6 1 (2.632%) Citrix Engineer
6 1 (2.632%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Blackberry
2 2 (5.263%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (5.263%) PKI
2 2 (5.263%) Cryptography
2 2 (5.263%) CESG
3 1 (2.632%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.632%) e-Health
3 1 (2.632%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 20 (52.63%) Windows
2 13 (34.21%) Windows Server 2003
2 13 (34.21%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (15.79%) Windows 7
3 6 (15.79%) Windows Vista
4 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (5.263%) UNIX
5 2 (5.263%) Linux
5 2 (5.263%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) ITIL
2 6 (15.79%) Information Security
3 5 (13.16%) Load Balancing
3 5 (13.16%) Compatibility Testing
3 5 (13.16%) Service Delivery
3 5 (13.16%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (10.53%) Network Management
4 4 (10.53%) Validation
4 4 (10.53%) Integration Testing
4 4 (10.53%) Test Scripting
4 4 (10.53%) Configuration Management
5 3 (7.895%) Project Management
6 2 (5.263%) Information Assurance
6 2 (5.263%) Time Management
6 2 (5.263%) Service Management
6 2 (5.263%) Incident Management
6 2 (5.263%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (5.263%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.632%) ERP
7 1 (2.632%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 10 (26.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (31.58%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (23.68%) Security Cleared
3 8 (21.05%) CCNA
4 7 (18.42%) DV Cleared
5 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 4 (10.53%) CCNP
6 3 (7.895%) CCVP
7 2 (5.263%) MCITP
7 2 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (5.263%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (5.263%) MCSE
7 2 (5.263%) MCSA
8 1 (2.632%) MCP
8 1 (2.632%) CISSP
8 1 (2.632%) CCSP
8 1 (2.632%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (2.632%) MCDST
8 1 (2.632%) MCTS
8 1 (2.632%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) ISO 9001
2 3 (7.895%) SLA
3 1 (2.632%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (47.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (28.95%) Active Directory
3 9 (23.68%) Hyper-V
4 3 (7.895%) XenApp
4 3 (7.895%) XenDesktop
5 2 (5.263%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (2.632%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (7.895%) OpenView
1 3 (7.895%) SCCM
2 1 (2.632%) OVSD
Vendors
1 21 (55.26%) VMware
2 14 (36.84%) Cisco
3 13 (34.21%) Microsoft
4 11 (28.95%) Citrix
5 10 (26.32%) HP
6 5 (13.16%) Juniper
6 5 (13.16%) F5
7 4 (10.53%) BT
8 3 (7.895%) Websense
9 2 (5.263%) Oracle
10 1 (2.632%) Avaya
10 1 (2.632%) Genesys
10 1 (2.632%) Dell
10 1 (2.632%) Nortel
10 1 (2.632%) Mitel
10 1 (2.632%) AppSense
10 1 (2.632%) 3Com
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