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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the Cardiff 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank25-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads90
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.000 %
As % of the category below20.00 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£365-
Average daily rate£378-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£390-
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£311
% change on same period last year+7.40 %
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£21.36£25.71
% change on same period last year-16.90 %
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cardiff
Matching contract IT job ads4527
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.027 %
Daily rates quoted1111
Average minimum daily rate£376£368
Average daily rate£400£386
% change on same period last year+3.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted44
Average minimum hourly rate£23.71£22.00
Average hourly rate£24.33£22.33
% change on same period last year+8.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.96£22.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
WAN South WalesWAN
South Wales

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

111 (84.62 %)LAN
28 (61.54 %)SLA
28 (61.54 %)Cisco
36 (46.15 %)VoIP
45 (38.46 %)Windows
54 (30.77 %)TCP/IP
54 (30.77 %)MPLS
54 (30.77 %)BT
63 (23.08 %)Government
63 (23.08 %)Information Security
63 (23.08 %)Internet
63 (23.08 %)Document Management
63 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2005
63 (23.08 %)Squid
63 (23.08 %)VLAN
63 (23.08 %)Statistics
63 (23.08 %)IIOP
63 (23.08 %)CORBA
63 (23.08 %)Apache
63 (23.08 %)Tomcat
63 (23.08 %)Windows XP
63 (23.08 %)MS Exchange
63 (23.08 %)Oracle
63 (23.08 %)SQL Server
63 (23.08 %)UNIX
63 (23.08 %)Active Directory
72 (15.38 %)Cisco Certification
72 (15.38 %)Tivoli
81 (7.692 %)EDRMS
81 (7.692 %)C

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (23.08 %)CORBA
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (23.08 %)Apache
13 (23.08 %)Tomcat
13 (23.08 %)MS Exchange
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (84.62 %)LAN
26 (46.15 %)VoIP
34 (30.77 %)TCP/IP
34 (30.77 %)MPLS
43 (23.08 %)Internet
43 (23.08 %)VLAN
43 (23.08 %)IIOP
51 (7.692 %)Firewall
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2005
13 (23.08 %)SQL Server
21 (7.692 %)EDRMS
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (23.08 %)Government
21 (7.692 %)Pharmaceutical
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (46.15 %)Network Specialist
21 (7.692 %)Helpdesk Support
21 (7.692 %)Cisco Engineer
21 (7.692 %)Cisco Network Engineer
21 (7.692 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
21 (7.692 %)Analyst
21 (7.692 %)Network Engineer
21 (7.692 %)Helpdesk Analyst
21 (7.692 %)Support Engineer
21 (7.692 %)3rd Line Support
21 (7.692 %)2nd Line Support
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (23.08 %)Statistics
21 (7.692 %)Management Information System
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (38.46 %)Windows
23 (23.08 %)Windows XP
23 (23.08 %)UNIX
31 (7.692 %)Windows Server 2003
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (23.08 %)Information Security
13 (23.08 %)Document Management
21 (7.692 %)Test Scripting
21 (7.692 %)Project Management
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (7.692 %)C
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (15.38 %)Cisco Certification
21 (7.692 %)CCNA
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (61.54 %)SLA
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (23.08 %)Squid
13 (23.08 %)Active Directory
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (15.38 %)Tivoli
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (61.54 %)Cisco
24 (30.77 %)BT
33 (23.08 %)Oracle
41 (7.692 %)IBM
41 (7.692 %)Remedy