The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 21 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 Dorset 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 20 29 36
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +7
Contract jobs citing LAN 10 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 4.630% 1.481% 1.311%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.25% 8.333% 8.889%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 1
Average daily rate £205 £225 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.88% +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £313 £320
% change year-on-year
-1.60% -2.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -4.76%
All Communications & Networking
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
32 48 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 14.81% 17.78% 14.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 34 21
Average daily rate £240 £375 £382
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.00% -1.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 5
Average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -32.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.24 £21.00 £24.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £27.50 £42.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
LAN
South West

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth +10 10 £205 -8.88%
LAN
South West

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (50.00%) MCSE
2 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
3 5 (41.67%) Cisco
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) ITIL
4 4 (33.33%) VoIP
4 4 (33.33%) WAN
4 4 (33.33%) HP
4 4 (33.33%) Citrix
4 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (33.33%) Blackberry
4 4 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (25.00%) Network Management
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Firewall
5 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (25.00%) Wireless
5 3 (25.00%) Handset
5 3 (25.00%) Information Management
5 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (25.00%) Internet
5 3 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (25.00%) Avaya

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (8.333%) ESB
3 1 (8.333%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (33.33%) VoIP
2 4 (33.33%) WAN
3 3 (25.00%) Firewall
3 3 (25.00%) Wireless
3 3 (25.00%) Internet
3 3 (25.00%) VPN
4 2 (16.67%) DHCP
4 2 (16.67%) DNS
4 2 (16.67%) SAN
5 1 (8.333%) VLAN
5 1 (8.333%) PABX
5 1 (8.333%) NAS
5 1 (8.333%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (8.333%) Legal
1 1 (8.333%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Desktop Support
3 3 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (25.00%) Field Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support Administrator
5 1 (8.333%) Desktop Administrator
5 1 (8.333%) Wintel Systems Administrator
5 1 (8.333%) Technical Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (8.333%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (25.00%) Handset
3 2 (16.67%) IaaS
4 1 (8.333%) Replication
4 1 (8.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (8.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (25.00%) Network Management
3 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Information Management
4 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) MCSE
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (25.00%) MCP
3 2 (16.67%) MCDST
4 1 (8.333%) CCNA
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (8.333%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) HP SIM
1 1 (8.333%) WSUS
1 1 (8.333%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) HP
2 4 (33.33%) Citrix
3 3 (25.00%) Avaya
4 1 (8.333%) ProCurve
4 1 (8.333%) VMware
4 1 (8.333%) NetApp
4 1 (8.333%) CheckPoint
4 1 (8.333%) TIBCO
4 1 (8.333%) Juniper
4 1 (8.333%) JBoss
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle