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This section looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank118101
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching contract IT job ads110103
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.146 %0.106 %
As % of the category below11.40 %12.09 %
Daily rates quoted5435
Average minimum daily rate£390£375
Average daily rate£411£401
% change on same period last year+2.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£428
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£315
% change on same period last year+5.36 %
Hourly rates quoted117
Average minimum hourly rate£20.68£21.14
Average hourly rate£22.64£22.43
% change on same period last year+0.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.59£23.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.77£25.65
% change on same period last year-22.93 %
Communications & Networking City of LondonCommunications & Networking
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads965852
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.281 %0.874 %
Daily rates quoted460349
Average minimum daily rate£378£402
Average daily rate£400£423
% change on same period last year-5.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£343
% change on same period last year-2.65 %
Hourly rates quoted6767
Average minimum hourly rate£27.54£20.11
Average hourly rate£29.09£21.29
% change on same period last year+36.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.64£22.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.96£28.60
% change on same period last year-9.22 %
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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

City of London LAN Daily Rate Histogram

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LAN across the City of London region.

City of London LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

City of London LAN Hourly Rate Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1182 (76.79 %)WAN
2113 (47.68 %)Cisco
383 (35.02 %)Firewall
481 (34.18 %)Windows
575 (31.65 %)Finance
670 (29.54 %)Cisco Certification
743 (18.14 %)TCP/IP
842 (17.72 %)Active Directory
842 (17.72 %)Banking
940 (16.88 %)CCNP
940 (16.88 %)Microsoft
940 (16.88 %)UNIX
1037 (15.61 %)CheckPoint
1135 (14.77 %)SAN
1135 (14.77 %)CCIE
1232 (13.50 %)VPN
1232 (13.50 %)VMware
1329 (12.24 %)DNS
1428 (11.81 %)Linux
1526 (10.97 %)Microsoft Certification
1625 (10.55 %)MS Office
1625 (10.55 %)ITIL
1724 (10.13 %)Internet
1724 (10.13 %)Telecoms
1822 (9.283 %)Project Management
1822 (9.283 %)Windows Server 2003
1822 (9.283 %)PRINCE2
1822 (9.283 %)SQL
1822 (9.283 %)MS Exchange
1822 (9.283 %)Network Security

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
17 (2.954 %)XML
26 (2.532 %)HTML
34 (1.688 %)DCOM
43 (1.266 %)COM+
43 (1.266 %)Middleware
52 (0.844 %)J2EE
61 (0.422 %).NET
61 (0.422 %)CSS
61 (0.422 %)JSP
61 (0.422 %)ODBC
61 (0.422 %)WebSphere
61 (0.422 %)Software Packaging
Application Platforms
122 (9.283 %)MS Exchange
212 (5.063 %)Exchange Server 2000
212 (5.063 %)Exchange Server 2003
311 (4.641 %)Apache
46 (2.532 %)Tomcat
46 (2.532 %)IIS
46 (2.532 %)Lotus Notes
55 (2.110 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
63 (1.266 %)Lotus Domino
72 (0.844 %)SharePoint
81 (0.422 %)Documentum
81 (0.422 %)iPlanet
81 (0.422 %)Rendezvous
81 (0.422 %)WebLogic
81 (0.422 %)SharePoint Portal Server
81 (0.422 %)Exchange Server 2007
Applications
125 (10.55 %)MS Office
29 (3.797 %)MS Excel
33 (1.266 %)MS Visio
41 (0.422 %)Acrobat
41 (0.422 %)PageMaker
41 (0.422 %)Photoshop
41 (0.422 %)MS Project
Business Applications
14 (1.688 %)MarketView
22 (0.844 %)Temenos Globus
31 (0.422 %)RMDS
Communications & Networking
1182 (76.79 %)WAN
283 (35.02 %)Firewall
343 (18.14 %)TCP/IP
435 (14.77 %)SAN
532 (13.50 %)VPN
629 (12.24 %)DNS
724 (10.13 %)Internet
822 (9.283 %)Network Security
920 (8.439 %)BGP
1017 (7.173 %)OSPF
1017 (7.173 %)VoIP
1115 (6.329 %)MPLS
1213 (5.485 %)Cisco PIX
1312 (5.063 %)WLAN
1312 (5.063 %)Ethernet
1410 (4.219 %)SMTP
1410 (4.219 %)DHCP
1410 (4.219 %)SNMP
1410 (4.219 %)Cisco IPT
159 (3.797 %)IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
19 (3.797 %)MySQL
25 (2.110 %)SQL Server
33 (1.266 %)GIS
42 (0.844 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.422 %)Crystal Reports
51 (0.422 %)MS Access
51 (0.422 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.422 %)RDBMS
51 (0.422 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
11 (0.422 %)Ant
General
175 (31.65 %)Finance
242 (17.72 %)Banking
324 (10.13 %)Telecoms
417 (7.173 %)Investment Banking
514 (5.907 %)Government
613 (5.485 %)Financial Institution
77 (2.954 %)Insurance
85 (2.110 %)Education
94 (1.688 %)Multimedia
94 (1.688 %)Back Office
94 (1.688 %)Health
103 (1.266 %)Front Office
103 (1.266 %)Billing
112 (0.844 %)Publishing
112 (0.844 %)Law
121 (0.422 %)Legal
121 (0.422 %)Police
Job Titles
150 (21.10 %)Network Engineer
242 (17.72 %)Analyst
327 (11.39 %)Project Manager
419 (8.017 %)Support Engineer
518 (7.595 %)Administrator
616 (6.751 %)Support Analyst
714 (5.907 %)Network Analyst
813 (5.485 %)Senior Network Engineer
911 (4.641 %)Desktop Support
1010 (4.219 %)Architect
1010 (4.219 %)Cisco Engineer
1010 (4.219 %)Infrastructure Manager
119 (3.797 %)Technical Manager
119 (3.797 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
119 (3.797 %)Consultant
119 (3.797 %)Network Specialist
128 (3.376 %)Server Support
128 (3.376 %)Network Support
137 (2.954 %)Network Administrator
137 (2.954 %)Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
19 (3.797 %)Clustering
19 (3.797 %)Video Conferencing
26 (2.532 %)SecurID
26 (2.532 %)Blackberry
35 (2.110 %)Spanish Language
44 (1.688 %)Fat Client
44 (1.688 %)French Language
44 (1.688 %)Italian Language
44 (1.688 %)Thin Client
53 (1.266 %)Asset Management
62 (0.844 %)CESG
62 (0.844 %)Equities
62 (0.844 %)IVR
62 (0.844 %)Firmware
62 (0.844 %)Mainframe
62 (0.844 %)Derivative
62 (0.844 %)Greek Language
71 (0.422 %)Management Information System
71 (0.422 %)Replication
71 (0.422 %)Fixed Income
Operating Systems
181 (34.18 %)Windows
240 (16.88 %)UNIX
328 (11.81 %)Linux
422 (9.283 %)Windows Server 2003
519 (8.017 %)Windows 2000
519 (8.017 %)Solaris
617 (7.173 %)Windows XP
77 (2.954 %)Windows NT
84 (1.688 %)Fedora
92 (0.844 %)NetWare
101 (0.422 %)VMS
101 (0.422 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
125 (10.55 %)ITIL
222 (9.283 %)PRINCE2
222 (9.283 %)Project Management
311 (4.641 %)Security Cleared
410 (4.219 %)Network Design
59 (3.797 %)Migration
68 (3.376 %)Service Management
68 (3.376 %)Service Delivery
77 (2.954 %)SC Cleared
85 (2.110 %)Change Management
85 (2.110 %)Data Security
94 (1.688 %)Disaster Recovery
94 (1.688 %)Data Migration
94 (1.688 %)Load Balancing
103 (1.266 %)Release Management
103 (1.266 %)DV Cleared
103 (1.266 %)Risk Management
103 (1.266 %)BCP
112 (0.844 %)Business Continuity
112 (0.844 %)Programme Management
Programming Languages
122 (9.283 %)SQL
216 (6.751 %)Perl
312 (5.063 %)Shell Script
49 (3.797 %)Java
58 (3.376 %)C
Qualifications
170 (29.54 %)Cisco Certification
240 (16.88 %)CCNP
335 (14.77 %)CCIE
426 (10.97 %)Microsoft Certification
519 (8.017 %)MCSE
618 (7.595 %)CCNA
714 (5.907 %)Degree
810 (4.219 %)CCSE
98 (3.376 %)CCSA
106 (2.532 %)MCSA
115 (2.110 %)CCDA
115 (2.110 %)CCDP
115 (2.110 %)CCIP
115 (2.110 %)ITIL Certification
124 (1.688 %)CISSP
124 (1.688 %)PRINCE2 Certification
133 (1.266 %)MBA
142 (0.844 %)PMP
142 (0.844 %)CCA
142 (0.844 %)Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
113 (5.485 %)SLA
21 (0.422 %)QA
21 (0.422 %)DICOM
21 (0.422 %)JSP 440
System Software
142 (17.72 %)Active Directory
215 (6.329 %)VMware Infrastructure
312 (5.063 %)VMware ESX
44 (1.688 %)NetBackup
44 (1.688 %)Terminal Server
53 (1.266 %)Backup Exec
62 (0.844 %)Citrix Presentation Server
62 (0.844 %)ISA Server
71 (0.422 %)NDS
71 (0.422 %)VMware Server
Systems Management
112 (5.063 %)OpenView
27 (2.954 %)CiscoWorks
33 (1.266 %)BMC PATROL
42 (0.844 %)Nagios
51 (0.422 %)ARCserve
51 (0.422 %)NNM
51 (0.422 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.422 %)Netcool
Vendors
1113 (47.68 %)Cisco
240 (16.88 %)Microsoft
337 (15.61 %)CheckPoint
432 (13.50 %)VMware
521 (8.861 %)Nokia
521 (8.861 %)Citrix
615 (6.329 %)HP
713 (5.485 %)Oracle
811 (4.641 %)EMC
811 (4.641 %)Altiris
910 (4.219 %)Nortel
910 (4.219 %)Juniper
109 (3.797 %)Sun
118 (3.376 %)Remedy
127 (2.954 %)Red Hat
127 (2.954 %)Sybase
136 (2.532 %)Ericsson
136 (2.532 %)Lotus
136 (2.532 %)Reuters
136 (2.532 %)Bloomberg
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