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This section looks at the demand for Virtual LAN (VLAN) 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 jobs that have cited VLAN over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual LAN (VLAN)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank203186
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching contract IT job ads129
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.009 %
As % of the category below1.222 %1.043 %
Daily rates quoted85
Average minimum daily rate£639£460
Average daily rate£653£495
% change on same period last year+31.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£667£530
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£381
% change on same period last year-19.00 %
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£25.90£28.90
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads982863
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.309 %0.873 %
Daily rates quoted484349
Average minimum daily rate£379£405
Average daily rate£402£424
% change on same period last year-5.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£444
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted6764
Average minimum hourly rate£27.76£21.06
Average hourly rate£29.32£22.16
% change on same period last year+32.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.88£23.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
VLAN LondonVLAN
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.

VLAN
Demand Trend

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

City of London VLAN Demand Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VLAN across the City of London region.

City of London VLAN Daily Rate Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VLAN across the City of London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

City of London VLAN Daily Rate Histogram

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London VLAN Hourly Rate Trend

VLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing VLAN 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 VLAN.

110 (55.56 %)VMware
110 (55.56 %)VMware Infrastructure
28 (44.44 %)Solaris
28 (44.44 %)Cisco
37 (38.89 %)TCP/IP
37 (38.89 %)LAN
46 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
46 (33.33 %)Windows
46 (33.33 %)HP
46 (33.33 %)SAN
55 (27.78 %)CheckPoint
55 (27.78 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (27.78 %)Active Directory
55 (27.78 %)Microsoft
55 (27.78 %)Sun
55 (27.78 %)Windows XP
55 (27.78 %)SC Cleared
55 (27.78 %)Security Cleared
55 (27.78 %)VMware ESX
55 (27.78 %)Firewall
55 (27.78 %)Network Security
55 (27.78 %)Migration
64 (22.22 %)Data Migration
64 (22.22 %)Fat Client
64 (22.22 %)Altiris
64 (22.22 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
64 (22.22 %)Validation
64 (22.22 %)NetBackup
64 (22.22 %)Thin Client
73 (16.67 %)GIS

VLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing VLAN 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 VLAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.556 %)Lotus Notes
11 (5.556 %)MS Exchange
11 (5.556 %)Exchange Server 2003
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.556 %)MS Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.556 %)Kondor+
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (38.89 %)LAN
17 (38.89 %)TCP/IP
26 (33.33 %)SAN
35 (27.78 %)Firewall
35 (27.78 %)Network Security
43 (16.67 %)iSCSI
43 (16.67 %)SNMP
43 (16.67 %)Cisco PIX
43 (16.67 %)MPLS
43 (16.67 %)VPN
43 (16.67 %)WAN
52 (11.11 %)DHCP
52 (11.11 %)DNS
52 (11.11 %)OSPF
52 (11.11 %)BGP
52 (11.11 %)EIGRP
52 (11.11 %)IPX
52 (11.11 %)RIP
61 (5.556 %)Internet
61 (5.556 %)TACACS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (16.67 %)GIS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (16.67 %)Government
22 (11.11 %)Health
22 (11.11 %)Banking
22 (11.11 %)Investment Banking
22 (11.11 %)Finance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (22.22 %)Analyst
14 (22.22 %)Consultant
14 (22.22 %)Network Engineer
23 (16.67 %)Technical Consultant
32 (11.11 %)Technical Manager
32 (11.11 %)Security Engineer
32 (11.11 %)Network Specialist
32 (11.11 %)Network Security Engineer
32 (11.11 %)GIS Manager
41 (5.556 %)GIS Consultant
41 (5.556 %)Infrastructure Analyst
41 (5.556 %)Senior Analyst
41 (5.556 %)Network Analyst
41 (5.556 %)Technical Project Manager
41 (5.556 %)Systems Support
41 (5.556 %)Technical Architect
41 (5.556 %)Architect
41 (5.556 %)Project Manager
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (22.22 %)Thin Client
14 (22.22 %)Fat Client
22 (11.11 %)CESG
31 (5.556 %)PKI
31 (5.556 %)CLARiiON
31 (5.556 %)NHS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (44.44 %)Solaris
26 (33.33 %)Windows
26 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
35 (27.78 %)Windows XP
35 (27.78 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (16.67 %)Windows NT
51 (5.556 %)HPUX
51 (5.556 %)Linux
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (27.78 %)Migration
15 (27.78 %)SC Cleared
15 (27.78 %)Security Cleared
24 (22.22 %)Data Migration
24 (22.22 %)Validation
33 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (5.556 %)Business Continuity
41 (5.556 %)Risk Assessment
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.556 %)C
11 (5.556 %)SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (22.22 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
22 (11.11 %)Cisco Certification
31 (5.556 %)CCIE
31 (5.556 %)CCNP
31 (5.556 %)CCNA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (11.11 %)ISO9001
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (55.56 %)VMware Infrastructure
25 (27.78 %)Active Directory
25 (27.78 %)VMware ESX
34 (22.22 %)NetBackup
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (11.11 %)OpenView
12 (11.11 %)CiscoWorks
12 (11.11 %)Tivoli NetView
21 (5.556 %)NNM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (55.56 %)VMware
28 (44.44 %)Cisco
36 (33.33 %)HP
45 (27.78 %)Microsoft
45 (27.78 %)Sun
45 (27.78 %)CheckPoint
54 (22.22 %)Altiris
63 (16.67 %)EMC
72 (11.11 %)Blue Coat
72 (11.11 %)PlateSpin
72 (11.11 %)Nokia
81 (5.556 %)VERITAS
81 (5.556 %)Lotus
81 (5.556 %)Reuters
81 (5.556 %)Remedy
81 (5.556 %)Juniper
81 (5.556 %)Alcatel
81 (5.556 %)Dell
81 (5.556 %)IBM
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