The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Doncaster region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN 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 Doncaster 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
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 6 8 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs citing LAN 4 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Doncaster 11.11% 12.00% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.57% 42.86% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £358 £313 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.40% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £308 £320
% change year-on-year
- -3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-18.75% -4.76%
All Communications & Networking
Doncaster
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
14 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Doncaster 38.89% 28.00% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 1
Average daily rate £360 £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% +30.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £17.75 £24.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.04% +20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
LAN
South Yorkshire

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Doncaster LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LAN across the Doncaster region.

Doncaster LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Doncaster LAN Daily Rate Histogram

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LAN across the Doncaster region.

Doncaster LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Doncaster 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.

1 7 (100.00%) Network Security
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) Network Design
2 6 (85.71%) WAN
2 6 (85.71%) TCP/IP
3 5 (71.43%) SLA
3 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (71.43%) Cisco UCCX
3 5 (71.43%) Cisco CUCM
3 5 (71.43%) VoIP
4 2 (28.57%) CISSP
4 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) SIEM
5 1 (14.29%) JNCIS
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) CCSP
5 1 (14.29%) Cyber Security
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Juniper
5 1 (14.29%) Nokia
5 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
5 1 (14.29%) MCP
5 1 (14.29%) Linux
5 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
5 1 (14.29%) CESG
5 1 (14.29%) Blue Coat
5 1 (14.29%) CCSE

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Doncaster 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.

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Network Security
2 6 (85.71%) WAN
2 6 (85.71%) TCP/IP
3 5 (71.43%) VoIP
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Network Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Voice Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Voice Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Voice Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Security Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Network Design
2 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Security
3 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) MCP
2 1 (14.29%) CCSP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CCSE
2 1 (14.29%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco UCCX
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Juniper
2 1 (14.29%) Nokia
2 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Blue Coat