East Midlands WAN Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the East Midlands 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Ashton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Carterton Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Cirencester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Durham Ealing East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Guildford Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Hull Huntingdon Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincolnshire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redditch Romford Rugby Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark Staffordshire Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	47	49
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	40	46
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.063 %	0.049 %
As % of the category below	21.86 %	16.73 %
Daily rates quoted	3	10
Average minimum daily rate	£380	£284
Average daily rate	£385	£290
% change on same period last year	+32.91 %
Average maximum daily rate	£390	£296
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£329
% change on same period last year	+3.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.11	£22.67
Average hourly rate	£15.89	£23.25
% change on same period last year	-31.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.67	£23.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.41	£22.78
% change on same period last year	+15.92 %
Communications & Networking East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	183	275
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.288 %	0.295 %
Daily rates quoted	32	46
Average minimum daily rate	£287	£326
Average daily rate	£296	£332
% change on same period last year	-10.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£305	£339
UK excluding London average daily rate	£347	£332
% change on same period last year	+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	28	36
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.76	£21.13
Average hourly rate	£16.00	£21.49
% change on same period last year	-25.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.24	£21.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.93	£29.11
% change on same period last year	-4.05 %
WAN England

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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WAN across the East Midlands region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WAN across the East Midlands region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Nottinghamshire	+22	20	£363	-
Leicestershire	+20	6	£400	-
Derbyshire	+2	5	£400	+110.52 %
Northamptonshire	-7	2	£400	+26.86 %
Lincolnshire	-7	1	-	-

WAN England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 62 (88.57 %) LAN 2 35 (50.00 %) Windows 3 29 (41.43 %) TCP/IP 4 24 (34.29 %) Active Directory 5 22 (31.43 %) Windows Server 2003 6 17 (24.29 %) Cisco 7 16 (22.86 %) Firewall 8 14 (20.00 %) Microsoft Certification 9 13 (18.57 %) MS Exchange 9 13 (18.57 %) Windows 2000 Server 10 12 (17.14 %) Cisco Certification 10 12 (17.14 %) Telecoms 11 11 (15.71 %) Internet 11 11 (15.71 %) DNS 11 11 (15.71 %) MCSE

12 10 (14.29 %) Windows XP 12 10 (14.29 %) Lotus Notes 12 10 (14.29 %) Lotus 13 9 (12.86 %) Microsoft 14 8 (11.43 %) Exchange Server 2003 15 7 (10.00 %) Network Security 15 7 (10.00 %) Citrix 15 7 (10.00 %) ITIL 15 7 (10.00 %) CRM 15 7 (10.00 %) VoIP 16 6 (8.571 %) ERP 16 6 (8.571 %) SQL 16 6 (8.571 %) .NET 16 6 (8.571 %) CCNA 16 6 (8.571 %) IBM

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 6 (8.571 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 13 (18.57 %) MS Exchange 2 10 (14.29 %) Lotus Notes 3 8 (11.43 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 3 (4.286 %) Lotus Domino 5 2 (2.857 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 2 (2.857 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 1 (1.429 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 1 (1.429 %) NetWeaver 6 1 (1.429 %) IIS
Applications 1 4 (5.714 %) MS Excel 2 2 (2.857 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 1 (1.429 %) Oracle 11i 1 1 (1.429 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 62 (88.57 %) LAN 2 29 (41.43 %) TCP/IP 3 16 (22.86 %) Firewall 4 11 (15.71 %) Internet 4 11 (15.71 %) DNS 5 7 (10.00 %) VoIP 5 7 (10.00 %) Network Security 6 6 (8.571 %) Intranet 7 5 (7.143 %) MPLS 8 4 (5.714 %) DHCP 9 3 (4.286 %) Wireless 10 2 (2.857 %) SAN 10 2 (2.857 %) VPN 11 1 (1.429 %) Ethernet 11 1 (1.429 %) RIP 11 1 (1.429 %) VLAN 11 1 (1.429 %) Cisco PIX 11 1 (1.429 %) OSPF 11 1 (1.429 %) BGP 11 1 (1.429 %) VRRP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (2.857 %) SQL Server
General 1 12 (17.14 %) Telecoms 2 6 (8.571 %) Government 3 5 (7.143 %) Local Government 4 4 (5.714 %) Finance 5 2 (2.857 %) Manufacturing 5 2 (2.857 %) Retail 6 1 (1.429 %) Back Office 6 1 (1.429 %) Law 6 1 (1.429 %) Legal	Job Titles 1 9 (12.86 %) Analyst 1 9 (12.86 %) Technical Support 2 8 (11.43 %) Support Engineer 3 7 (10.00 %) 3rd Line Support 4 6 (8.571 %) Support Technician 4 6 (8.571 %) IT Support Technician 5 5 (7.143 %) Support Analyst 5 5 (7.143 %) Consultant 5 5 (7.143 %) ICT Technician 6 4 (5.714 %) Network Engineer 6 4 (5.714 %) Technical Analyst 6 4 (5.714 %) Technical Support Analyst 6 4 (5.714 %) Information Security Manager 6 4 (5.714 %) Business Continuity Manager 6 4 (5.714 %) Business Manager 6 4 (5.714 %) Security Manager 6 4 (5.714 %) Information Manager 7 3 (4.286 %) Technical Lead 7 3 (4.286 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 7 3 (4.286 %) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.857 %) Management Information System 2 1 (1.429 %) Fat Client 2 1 (1.429 %) NHS 2 1 (1.429 %) Thin Client	Operating Systems 1 35 (50.00 %) Windows 2 22 (31.43 %) Windows Server 2003 3 13 (18.57 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 10 (14.29 %) Windows XP 5 3 (4.286 %) Windows 2000 6 2 (2.857 %) UNIX 6 2 (2.857 %) Linux 6 2 (2.857 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (10.00 %) ITIL 1 7 (10.00 %) CRM 2 6 (8.571 %) ERP 3 5 (7.143 %) Computer Security 4 4 (5.714 %) Business Continuity 4 4 (5.714 %) Information Security 4 4 (5.714 %) Risk Management 4 4 (5.714 %) E-Commerce 5 3 (4.286 %) PRINCE2 5 3 (4.286 %) Project Management 5 3 (4.286 %) Service Management 6 2 (2.857 %) Network Design 7 1 (1.429 %) Programme Management 7 1 (1.429 %) DV Cleared 7 1 (1.429 %) Security Cleared 7 1 (1.429 %) Migration	Programming Languages 1 6 (8.571 %) SQL 2 1 (1.429 %) VB 2 1 (1.429 %) Perl
Qualifications 1 14 (20.00 %) Microsoft Certification 2 12 (17.14 %) Cisco Certification 3 11 (15.71 %) MCSE 4 6 (8.571 %) CCNA 4 6 (8.571 %) Degree 5 4 (5.714 %) CISSP 5 4 (5.714 %) MCP 5 4 (5.714 %) MCSA 6 2 (2.857 %) CCIE 6 2 (2.857 %) CCNP 6 2 (2.857 %) HND 7 1 (1.429 %) Citrix Certification 7 1 (1.429 %) CCIP 7 1 (1.429 %) PRINCE2 Certification	System Software 1 24 (34.29 %) Active Directory 2 2 (2.857 %) VMware ESX 3 1 (1.429 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (1.429 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 4 (5.714 %) ARCserve 2 3 (4.286 %) BMC PATROL 3 2 (2.857 %) Norton AntiVirus	Vendors 1 17 (24.29 %) Cisco 2 10 (14.29 %) Lotus 3 9 (12.86 %) Microsoft 4 7 (10.00 %) Citrix 5 6 (8.571 %) IBM 5 6 (8.571 %) CheckPoint 6 3 (4.286 %) Symantec 6 3 (4.286 %) BMC 6 3 (4.286 %) VMware 7 2 (2.857 %) Alcatel 7 2 (2.857 %) CA 7 2 (2.857 %) NetApp 7 2 (2.857 %) Sun 7 2 (2.857 %) HP 8 1 (1.429 %) Nortel 8 1 (1.429 %) Juniper 8 1 (1.429 %) Nokia 8 1 (1.429 %) Novell 8 1 (1.429 %) BT 8 1 (1.429 %) Oracle