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The table below looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the Croydon 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 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank22-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below38.46 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£525-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£600-
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£328
% change on same period last year+3.32 %
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£26.47£22.86
% change on same period last year+15.82 %
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Croydon
Matching contract IT job ads1319
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.021 %
Daily rates quoted64
Average minimum daily rate£361£257
Average daily rate£412£265
% change on same period last year+55.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£464£273
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.60 %
Hourly rates quoted17
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£28.59
Average hourly rate£35.00£30.73
% change on same period last year+13.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£32.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.98£29.13
% change on same period last year-3.95 %
WAN LondonWAN
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.

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 (91.67 %)LAN
27 (58.33 %)Security Cleared
36 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
36 (50.00 %)DMZ
36 (50.00 %)MPLS
36 (50.00 %)Government
45 (41.67 %)Enterprise Architecture
53 (25.00 %)Firewall
53 (25.00 %)Active Directory
62 (16.67 %)Cisco Certification
62 (16.67 %)PHP
62 (16.67 %)Cisco
62 (16.67 %)MySQL
62 (16.67 %)IIS
62 (16.67 %)Linux
62 (16.67 %)Apache
62 (16.67 %)Tomcat
62 (16.67 %)Telecoms
62 (16.67 %)Finance
62 (16.67 %)Red Hat
62 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
62 (16.67 %)VLAN
62 (16.67 %)Red Hat Linux
62 (16.67 %)Banking
71 (8.333 %)Investment Banking
71 (8.333 %)Degree
71 (8.333 %)Computer Science
71 (8.333 %)Service Management
71 (8.333 %)Wireless
71 (8.333 %)Microsoft

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (8.333 %).NET
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (16.67 %)IIS
12 (16.67 %)Apache
12 (16.67 %)Tomcat
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (91.67 %)LAN
26 (50.00 %)DMZ
26 (50.00 %)MPLS
33 (25.00 %)Firewall
42 (16.67 %)VLAN
51 (8.333 %)Wireless
51 (8.333 %)Intranet
51 (8.333 %)Internet
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (16.67 %)MySQL
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (50.00 %)Government
22 (16.67 %)Banking
22 (16.67 %)Telecoms
22 (16.67 %)Finance
31 (8.333 %)Investment Banking
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)Architect
25 (41.67 %)Technical Architect
34 (33.33 %)Network Engineer
43 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Architect
52 (16.67 %)Senior Network Support
52 (16.67 %)Senior Network Support Engineer
52 (16.67 %)Network Support
52 (16.67 %)Senior Support Engineer
52 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
52 (16.67 %)Network Support Engineer
52 (16.67 %)Senior Network Engineer
61 (8.333 %)Analyst
61 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Analyst
61 (8.333 %)Telecoms Engineer
61 (8.333 %)Security Architect
61 (8.333 %)Deployment Engineer
61 (8.333 %)Senior Security Architect
61 (8.333 %)Senior Technical Architect
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Computer Science
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (16.67 %)Linux
12 (16.67 %)Red Hat Linux
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (58.33 %)Security Cleared
26 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
35 (41.67 %)Enterprise Architecture
42 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (8.333 %)Project Management
51 (8.333 %)Service Management
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (16.67 %)PHP
21 (8.333 %)SQL
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (16.67 %)Cisco Certification
21 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (8.333 %)Degree
21 (8.333 %)CCNP
21 (8.333 %)CCDP
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (16.67 %)Cisco
12 (16.67 %)Red Hat
21 (8.333 %)Microsoft