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The table below looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) 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 WAN over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4147
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.009 %
As % of the category below8.333 %15.25 %
Daily rates quoted36
Average minimum daily rate£273£377
Average daily rate£277£377
% change on same period last year-26.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£282£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£318
% change on same period last year+8.70 %
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£22.95
% change on same period last year+2.37 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads4859
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.068 %0.060 %
Daily rates quoted2423
Average minimum daily rate£340£391
Average daily rate£348£406
% change on same period last year-14.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£422
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£19.00£22.00
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.00
% change on same period last year-13.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.00£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
WAN LondonWAN
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.

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

19 (90.00 %)LAN
26 (60.00 %)Cisco
35 (50.00 %)Firewall
35 (50.00 %)Finance
44 (40.00 %)Juniper
44 (40.00 %)OSPF
44 (40.00 %)BGP
44 (40.00 %)VPN
53 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
53 (30.00 %)CiscoWorks
53 (30.00 %)BMC PATROL
53 (30.00 %)Windows
53 (30.00 %)BMC
53 (30.00 %)Banking
62 (20.00 %)Electronic Trading
62 (20.00 %)Network Security
62 (20.00 %)SAN
62 (20.00 %)UNIX
62 (20.00 %)SQL
62 (20.00 %)IIS
62 (20.00 %)Linux
62 (20.00 %)Citrix
62 (20.00 %)Windows XP
71 (10.00 %)ATM
71 (10.00 %)CISSP
71 (10.00 %)Cisco Certification
71 (10.00 %)Shell Script
71 (10.00 %)TIBCO
71 (10.00 %)Rendezvous
71 (10.00 %)Reuters

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

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 Excel
11 (10.00 %)MS Office
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 %)LAN
25 (50.00 %)Firewall
34 (40.00 %)OSPF
34 (40.00 %)BGP
34 (40.00 %)VPN
43 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
52 (20.00 %)Network Security
52 (20.00 %)SAN
61 (10.00 %)ATM
61 (10.00 %)DWDM
61 (10.00 %)MPLS
61 (10.00 %)PBX
61 (10.00 %)SDH
61 (10.00 %)VoIP
61 (10.00 %)EIGRP
61 (10.00 %)IGRP
61 (10.00 %)NetScreen
61 (10.00 %)Frame Relay
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (50.00 %)Finance
23 (30.00 %)Banking
31 (10.00 %)Telecoms
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 %)Infrastructure Engineer
32 (20.00 %)Support Specialist
41 (10.00 %)Coordinator
41 (10.00 %)Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Network Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Support Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Network Support Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Administrator
41 (10.00 %)Security Specialist
41 (10.00 %)Network Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Wintel Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Technical Administrator
41 (10.00 %)Network Security Specialist
41 (10.00 %)Voice Specialist
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)IVR
11 (10.00 %)Clustering
11 (10.00 %)Derivative
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (30.00 %)Windows
22 (20.00 %)UNIX
22 (20.00 %)Linux
22 (20.00 %)Windows XP
31 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (10.00 %)Windows NT
31 (10.00 %)Solaris
31 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
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 %)CISSP
11 (10.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (10.00 %)CCNP
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
16 (60.00 %)Cisco
24 (40.00 %)Juniper
33 (30.00 %)BMC
42 (20.00 %)Citrix
51 (10.00 %)TIBCO
51 (10.00 %)Reuters
51 (10.00 %)Bloomberg
51 (10.00 %)Sybase
51 (10.00 %)Remedy
51 (10.00 %)Telerate