WAN Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 134 104 145
Rank change year-on-year
-30 +41
Contract jobs citing WAN 68 124 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.080% 1.594% 1.026%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.086% 12.24% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 79 61
Average daily rate £390 £388 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.64% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £277 £213 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £570 £625 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £306 £325
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 14
Average hourly rate £135.00 £22.00 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+513.63% -38.02%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-24.70% +1.19%
All Communications & Networking
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 841 1013 987
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 13.36% 13.02% 10.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 559 689 644
Average daily rate £393 £413 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.84% +6.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 42 69
Average hourly rate £54.00 £22.00 £20.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+145.45% +6.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.30 £17.75 £13.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £41.25 £41.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
WAN
London

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WAN across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

City of London WAN Jobs Demand Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London WAN Daily Rate Histogram

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London WAN Hourly Rate Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 135 (82.82%) LAN
2 87 (53.37%) Cisco
3 60 (36.81%) Windows
4 56 (34.36%) Cisco Certification
5 50 (30.67%) Firewall
6 47 (28.83%) Finance
7 46 (28.22%) Project Management
8 42 (25.77%) Active Directory
9 34 (20.86%) ITIL
10 32 (19.63%) Citrix
11 31 (19.02%) Windows Server 2003
12 29 (17.79%) Internet
12 29 (17.79%) Windows XP
12 29 (17.79%) CCNA
13 27 (16.56%) MS Exchange
13 27 (16.56%) PRINCE2
13 27 (16.56%) Microsoft Certification
14 26 (15.95%) Juniper
14 26 (15.95%) MCSE
14 26 (15.95%) Service Management
15 25 (15.34%) Migration
15 25 (15.34%) MPLS
15 25 (15.34%) Cisco ASA
15 25 (15.34%) Windows Server 2008
16 24 (14.72%) VMware
17 23 (14.11%) SLA
18 22 (13.50%) CCNP
18 22 (13.50%) Windows 7
19 21 (12.88%) VoIP
19 21 (12.88%) CheckPoint

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
1 16 (9.816%) HTML
2 2 (1.227%) Web Services
2 2 (1.227%) Middleware
3 1 (0.613%) .NET
3 1 (0.613%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 27 (16.56%) MS Exchange
2 18 (11.04%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (4.294%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (3.681%) Lync
4 6 (3.681%) CMS
5 5 (3.067%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (2.454%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.613%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.613%) IIS
7 1 (0.613%) Lotus Domino
7 1 (0.613%) MSMQ
Applications
1 16 (9.816%) MS Office
2 10 (6.135%) MS Excel
3 7 (4.294%) MS Visio
4 5 (3.067%) MS Project
5 1 (0.613%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.613%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (0.613%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.613%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 135 (82.82%) LAN
2 50 (30.67%) Firewall
3 29 (17.79%) Internet
4 25 (15.34%) MPLS
4 25 (15.34%) Cisco ASA
5 21 (12.88%) VoIP
6 20 (12.27%) Wireless
7 19 (11.66%) Network Security
8 18 (11.04%) SAN
9 17 (10.43%) TCP/IP
9 17 (10.43%) VPN
10 16 (9.816%) OSPF
10 16 (9.816%) Intranet
11 15 (9.202%) BGP
11 15 (9.202%) DNS
12 13 (7.975%) Ethernet
13 10 (6.135%) VLAN
14 9 (5.521%) IP Telephony
14 9 (5.521%) DHCP
15 8 (4.908%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.067%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.613%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (0.613%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.613%) JUnit
1 1 (0.613%) Selenium
1 1 (0.613%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (0.613%) Jenkins
General
1 47 (28.83%) Finance
2 19 (11.66%) Banking
3 16 (9.816%) Telecoms
4 12 (7.362%) Law
5 10 (6.135%) Legal
6 7 (4.294%) Back Office
6 7 (4.294%) Investment Banking
7 5 (3.067%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.454%) Retail
8 4 (2.454%) French Language
9 2 (1.227%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.227%) Front Office
10 1 (0.613%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 33 (20.25%) Network Engineer
2 20 (12.27%) Architect
2 20 (12.27%) Project Manager
3 16 (9.816%) Administrator
4 13 (7.975%) Systems Administrator
5 11 (6.748%) Analyst
6 9 (5.521%) Technical Manager
7 8 (4.908%) Consultant
7 8 (4.908%) Support Engineer
8 7 (4.294%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (4.294%) Infrastructure Manager
8 7 (4.294%) Infrastructure Architect
8 7 (4.294%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (3.681%) Voice Engineer
9 6 (3.681%) Senior Voice Engineer
9 6 (3.681%) Technical Delivery Manager
9 6 (3.681%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (3.681%) Firewall Engineer
9 6 (3.681%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 5 (3.067%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.04%) Blackberry
2 14 (8.589%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (4.908%) PKI
4 4 (2.454%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.454%) Hedge funds
4 4 (2.454%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (1.840%) CCTV
5 3 (1.840%) Fat Client
5 3 (1.840%) Smartphone
5 3 (1.840%) Thin Client
6 2 (1.227%) Replication
6 2 (1.227%) Clustering
6 2 (1.227%) IVR
7 1 (0.613%) PDA
7 1 (0.613%) Handset
7 1 (0.613%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.613%) NHS
7 1 (0.613%) iSeries
7 1 (0.613%) SaaS
7 1 (0.613%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 60 (36.81%) Windows
2 31 (19.02%) Windows Server 2003
3 29 (17.79%) Windows XP
4 25 (15.34%) Windows Server 2008
5 22 (13.50%) Windows 7
6 12 (7.362%) Linux
7 8 (4.908%) UNIX
8 5 (3.067%) Windows 2000
9 3 (1.840%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (1.227%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.613%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.613%) Windows NT
11 1 (0.613%) NetWare
11 1 (0.613%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.613%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.613%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (28.22%) Project Management
2 34 (20.86%) ITIL
3 27 (16.56%) PRINCE2
4 26 (15.95%) Service Management
5 25 (15.34%) Migration
6 18 (11.04%) Business Analysis
7 14 (8.589%) Network Management
8 13 (7.975%) Service Delivery
9 12 (7.362%) Change Management
9 12 (7.362%) Load Balancing
10 7 (4.294%) Network Architecture
11 6 (3.681%) Information Security
12 5 (3.067%) Network Design
12 5 (3.067%) Incident Management
12 5 (3.067%) Enterprise Architecture
12 5 (3.067%) Disaster Recovery
12 5 (3.067%) GAP Analysis
12 5 (3.067%) Security Architecture
12 5 (3.067%) Performance Management
13 4 (2.454%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.681%) SQL
2 1 (0.613%) VBA
2 1 (0.613%) C
2 1 (0.613%) Java
2 1 (0.613%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 56 (34.36%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (17.79%) CCNA
3 27 (16.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (15.95%) MCSE
5 22 (13.50%) CCNP
6 17 (10.43%) CCIE
7 9 (5.521%) Degree
8 7 (4.294%) CCDP
9 6 (3.681%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (3.681%) JNCIE
9 6 (3.681%) CCSA
9 6 (3.681%) Security Cleared
9 6 (3.681%) CISSP
10 3 (1.840%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.840%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.840%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (1.227%) CCEA
11 2 (1.227%) CCA
11 2 (1.227%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.227%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.11%) SLA
2 4 (2.454%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.454%) QA
3 3 (1.840%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.613%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 42 (25.77%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.681%) ProxySG
4 4 (2.454%) XenApp
4 4 (2.454%) Forefront TMG
4 4 (2.454%) UAG
5 3 (1.840%) XenDesktop
5 3 (1.840%) vSphere
5 3 (1.840%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.227%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.613%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.613%) MetaFrame
7 1 (0.613%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.613%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.613%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.613%) XenServer
7 1 (0.613%) NDS
Systems Management
1 6 (3.681%) SCCM
1 6 (3.681%) FortiGate
2 5 (3.067%) OpenView
3 4 (2.454%) CiscoWorks
4 2 (1.227%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.613%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.613%) WSUS
5 1 (0.613%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.613%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 87 (53.37%) Cisco
2 32 (19.63%) Citrix
3 26 (15.95%) Juniper
4 24 (14.72%) VMware
5 21 (12.88%) CheckPoint
6 17 (10.43%) Avaya
6 17 (10.43%) F5
7 16 (9.816%) Microsoft
8 15 (9.202%) HP
9 11 (6.748%) Riverbed
10 10 (6.135%) Blue Coat
10 10 (6.135%) Sourcefire
11 6 (3.681%) Fortinet
11 6 (3.681%) Verint
12 5 (3.067%) Mitel
13 4 (2.454%) Reuters
13 4 (2.454%) Bloomberg
13 4 (2.454%) Infovista
13 4 (2.454%) Nortel
13 4 (2.454%) Aruba
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