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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the Cheltenham 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
Rank3129
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below11.11 %5.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£267-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£284-
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 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads4520
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.020 %
Daily rates quoted1810
Average minimum daily rate£358£411
Average daily rate£362£411
% change on same period last year-12.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£411
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
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£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
WAN GloucestershireWAN
Gloucestershire

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WAN across the Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Top 19 Related IT Skills

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

15 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
24 (80.00 %)DV Cleared
33 (60.00 %)CESG
33 (60.00 %)ATM
33 (60.00 %)Cisco
42 (40.00 %)Windows
42 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
42 (40.00 %)Active Directory
42 (40.00 %)HP
42 (40.00 %)Symantec
42 (40.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
42 (40.00 %)Sophos
42 (40.00 %)LAN
42 (40.00 %)FTP
42 (40.00 %)SNMP
42 (40.00 %)Tripwire
42 (40.00 %)Network Design
42 (40.00 %)LANDesk
51 (20.00 %)Government

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)ATM
22 (40.00 %)LAN
22 (40.00 %)FTP
22 (40.00 %)SNMP
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Government
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Consultant
22 (40.00 %)Systems Administrator
22 (40.00 %)Systems Engineer
22 (40.00 %)Administrator
22 (40.00 %)Windows Administrator
22 (40.00 %)Windows Systems Administrator
31 (20.00 %)Network Consultant
31 (20.00 %)Network Designer
31 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (60.00 %)CESG
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)Windows
12 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
24 (80.00 %)DV Cleared
32 (40.00 %)Network Design
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (40.00 %)Active Directory
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (40.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Cisco
22 (40.00 %)HP
22 (40.00 %)Symantec
22 (40.00 %)Sophos
22 (40.00 %)Tripwire
22 (40.00 %)LANDesk