The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cambridge 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 29 38 32
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -6
Contract jobs citing LAN 7 11 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.251% 2.466% 2.083%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.21% 10.89% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
Average daily rate £269 £275 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.27% +22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £187 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £291 £311 £265
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £318 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.51% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
Average hourly rate £28.00 £12.30 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+127.64% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-7.31% -2.38%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
53 101 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 17.04% 22.65% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 51 14
Average daily rate £285 £315 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.52% +14.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 28 11
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +196.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £12.05 £12.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
LAN
Cambridgeshire

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cambridge LAN Hourly Rate Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 19 (95.00%) WAN
2 12 (60.00%) Cisco
3 11 (55.00%) VPN
3 11 (55.00%) Windows
4 7 (35.00%) VoIP
5 6 (30.00%) VLAN
6 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (25.00%) Nagios
7 4 (20.00%) Firewall
7 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
7 4 (20.00%) DNS
7 4 (20.00%) DHCP
8 3 (15.00%) SNMP
8 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
8 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
8 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (15.00%) IPsec
8 3 (15.00%) OSPF
8 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
8 3 (15.00%) Cacti
8 3 (15.00%) WhatsUp Gold
8 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
8 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
8 3 (15.00%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (15.00%) HSRP
9 2 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (10.00%) iPad
9 2 (10.00%) F5
9 2 (10.00%) Cisco ASA

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (10.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (95.00%) WAN
2 11 (55.00%) VPN
3 7 (35.00%) VoIP
4 6 (30.00%) VLAN
5 4 (20.00%) Firewall
5 4 (20.00%) DNS
5 4 (20.00%) DHCP
6 3 (15.00%) SNMP
6 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (15.00%) IPsec
6 3 (15.00%) OSPF
6 3 (15.00%) HSRP
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco PIX
7 2 (10.00%) Network Security
7 2 (10.00%) BIG-IP
7 2 (10.00%) Wireless
7 2 (10.00%) MPLS
7 2 (10.00%) DMZ
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MSI
General
1 1 (5.000%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Administrator
4 2 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Field Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Implementation Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Linux Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) iPad
1 2 (10.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.000%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (10.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (5.000%) Linux
4 1 (5.000%) Windows 2000
4 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (10.00%) Project Management
1 2 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
2 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (5.000%) MCP
4 1 (5.000%) MCSE
4 1 (5.000%) RHCE
4 1 (5.000%) CCNP
4 1 (5.000%) MCDST
4 1 (5.000%) RHCA
4 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) Nagios
2 3 (15.00%) Cacti
2 3 (15.00%) WhatsUp Gold
2 3 (15.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Cisco
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) F5
3 2 (10.00%) BT
3 2 (10.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.000%) HP
4 1 (5.000%) EMC
4 1 (5.000%) NetApp
4 1 (5.000%) Red Hat