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The table below looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the Canary Wharf 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4350
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads48
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.008 %
As % of the category below8.333 %12.90 %
Daily rates quoted25
Average minimum daily rate£285£362
Average daily rate£291£362
% change on same period last year-19.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£298£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£316
% change on same period last year+10.11 %
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£22.66£22.19
% change on same period last year+2.07 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads4862
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.062 %
Daily rates quoted2426
Average minimum daily rate£340£398
Average daily rate£348£411
% change on same period last year-15.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£19.00£21.00
Average hourly rate£19.00£21.00
% change on same period last year-9.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.00£21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£28.52
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
LAN LondonLAN
London

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 Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

19 (90.00 %)WAN
25 (50.00 %)Cisco
25 (50.00 %)Firewall
34 (40.00 %)Finance
34 (40.00 %)BGP
34 (40.00 %)VPN
34 (40.00 %)Juniper
34 (40.00 %)OSPF
43 (30.00 %)BMC
43 (30.00 %)BMC PATROL
43 (30.00 %)CiscoWorks
43 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
43 (30.00 %)Windows
52 (20.00 %)Banking
52 (20.00 %)Electronic Trading
52 (20.00 %)Network Security
52 (20.00 %)UNIX
52 (20.00 %)SQL
52 (20.00 %)IIS
52 (20.00 %)Windows XP
52 (20.00 %)Linux
52 (20.00 %)Citrix
52 (20.00 %)SAN
61 (10.00 %)CCNP
61 (10.00 %)CISSP
61 (10.00 %)Cisco Certification
61 (10.00 %)Shell Script
61 (10.00 %)TIBCO
61 (10.00 %)Rendezvous
61 (10.00 %)Reuters

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)IIS
21 (10.00 %)Rendezvous
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Office
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (10.00 %)RMDS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (90.00 %)WAN
25 (50.00 %)Firewall
34 (40.00 %)VPN
34 (40.00 %)OSPF
34 (40.00 %)BGP
43 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
52 (20.00 %)SAN
52 (20.00 %)Network Security
61 (10.00 %)PBX
61 (10.00 %)VoIP
61 (10.00 %)EIGRP
61 (10.00 %)IGRP
61 (10.00 %)NetScreen
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (40.00 %)Finance
22 (20.00 %)Banking
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Network Specialist
23 (30.00 %)Network Support
32 (20.00 %)Network Support Specialist
32 (20.00 %)Support Specialist
32 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Security Specialist
41 (10.00 %)Administrator
41 (10.00 %)Network Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Coordinator
41 (10.00 %)Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Support Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Network Support Analyst
41 (10.00 %)1st Line Support
41 (10.00 %)Support Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Wintel Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Voice Specialist
41 (10.00 %)1st Line Support Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Technical Administrator
41 (10.00 %)Network Security Specialist
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Blackberry
11 (10.00 %)Clustering
11 (10.00 %)IVR
11 (10.00 %)PDA
11 (10.00 %)Derivative
11 (10.00 %)German Language
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (30.00 %)Windows
22 (20.00 %)Linux
22 (20.00 %)Windows XP
22 (20.00 %)UNIX
31 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (10.00 %)Windows NT
31 (10.00 %)Solaris
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)Electronic Trading
21 (10.00 %)CRM
21 (10.00 %)Project Management
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (20.00 %)SQL
21 (10.00 %)Shell Script
21 (10.00 %)Perl
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)CCNP
11 (10.00 %)CISSP
11 (10.00 %)Cisco Certification
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (30.00 %)CiscoWorks
13 (30.00 %)BMC PATROL
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Cisco
24 (40.00 %)Juniper
33 (30.00 %)BMC
42 (20.00 %)Citrix
51 (10.00 %)Sybase
51 (10.00 %)TIBCO
51 (10.00 %)Reuters
51 (10.00 %)Bloomberg
51 (10.00 %)Remedy
51 (10.00 %)Telerate