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This section looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the Canterbury 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below75.00 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£311
% change on same period last year+9.54 %
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£20.00£24.71
% change on same period last year-19.06 %
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Canterbury
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
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£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
LAN KentLAN
Kent

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

Canterbury 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 Canterbury region.

Canterbury 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 Canterbury region.

Canterbury LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canterbury 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.

14 (100.00 %)Windows
14 (100.00 %)SAN
23 (75.00 %)MS Exchange
32 (50.00 %)WAN
32 (50.00 %)NDS
32 (50.00 %)UNIX
32 (50.00 %)MS Excel
32 (50.00 %)Microsoft
32 (50.00 %)Citrix
32 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (50.00 %)GroupWise
32 (50.00 %)Novell
32 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (50.00 %)Health
32 (50.00 %)VMware
41 (25.00 %)Clustering
41 (25.00 %)Network Security
41 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (25.00 %)Terminal Services
41 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
41 (25.00 %)CCNA
41 (25.00 %)Active Directory
41 (25.00 %)AIX
41 (25.00 %)Linux
41 (25.00 %)DNS
41 (25.00 %)Cisco
41 (25.00 %)DHCP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canterbury 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.

Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (50.00 %)GroupWise
22 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)MS Excel
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (100.00 %)SAN
22 (50.00 %)WAN
31 (25.00 %)Network Security
31 (25.00 %)DNS
31 (25.00 %)DHCP
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Health
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Server Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Server Support Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Network Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Server Support
11 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (25.00 %)3rd Line Support
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Clustering
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)UNIX
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)AIX
31 (25.00 %)Linux
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (25.00 %)CCNA
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (50.00 %)NDS
21 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (25.00 %)Terminal Services
21 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
12 (50.00 %)Citrix
12 (50.00 %)Novell
12 (50.00 %)VMware
21 (25.00 %)Cisco