The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 23 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 East of England 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 67 59 77
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +18
Contract jobs citing LAN 49 82 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 2.311% 2.780% 1.718%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.79% 15.50% 10.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 11
Average daily rate £268 £355 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.64% +18.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £186 £225 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.80% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 17
Average hourly rate £16.00 £12.81 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.90% -37.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £10.25 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.60 £37.50 £33.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -4.76%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
383 529 433
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.07% 17.93% 16.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 168 129
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £209 £187
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 51 85
Average hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
LAN
England

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England LAN Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cambridgeshire +13 18 £264 -17.57%
Essex -7 11 £299 -33.61%
Norfolk - 10 - -
Bedfordshire +6 4 £309 -27.35%
Hertfordshire -3 3 £250 -14.52%
East Anglia +13 1 £270 -
Suffolk -13 1 £133 -41.11%
LAN
England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 92 (81.42%) WAN
2 62 (54.87%) Windows
3 54 (47.79%) Cisco
4 42 (37.17%) Firewall
5 32 (28.32%) VoIP
5 32 (28.32%) Microsoft
6 31 (27.43%) Active Directory
7 30 (26.55%) ITIL
8 28 (24.78%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (23.89%) Wireless
10 24 (21.24%) VPN
10 24 (21.24%) Windows Server 2008
11 19 (16.81%) PRINCE2
12 17 (15.04%) DNS
12 17 (15.04%) VMware
12 17 (15.04%) VLAN
13 16 (14.16%) Telecoms
13 16 (14.16%) MPLS
13 16 (14.16%) ITIL Certification
14 15 (13.27%) DHCP
14 15 (13.27%) TCP/IP
14 15 (13.27%) MS Exchange
14 15 (13.27%) SAN
15 14 (12.39%) CCNP
15 14 (12.39%) Windows 7
16 13 (11.50%) NAS
16 13 (11.50%) MS Excel
16 13 (11.50%) MS Office
17 12 (10.62%) Microsoft Certification
17 12 (10.62%) Citrix

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 Development
1 2 (1.770%) .NET
2 1 (0.885%) ASP
2 1 (0.885%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.885%) COM+
2 1 (0.885%) CSS
2 1 (0.885%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 15 (13.27%) MS Exchange
2 11 (9.735%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (6.195%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (3.540%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (2.655%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (1.770%) Lync
6 2 (1.770%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (11.50%) MS Excel
1 13 (11.50%) MS Office
2 2 (1.770%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 92 (81.42%) WAN
2 42 (37.17%) Firewall
3 32 (28.32%) VoIP
4 27 (23.89%) Wireless
5 24 (21.24%) VPN
6 17 (15.04%) DNS
6 17 (15.04%) VLAN
7 16 (14.16%) MPLS
8 15 (13.27%) DHCP
8 15 (13.27%) TCP/IP
8 15 (13.27%) SAN
9 13 (11.50%) NAS
10 12 (10.62%) WAAS
11 7 (6.195%) OSPF
11 7 (6.195%) DMZ
12 5 (4.425%) IPsec
12 5 (4.425%) Internet
12 5 (4.425%) SNMP
12 5 (4.425%) Network Security
12 5 (4.425%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.425%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.540%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.770%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.885%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 5 (4.425%) MSI
2 1 (0.885%) ClearQuest
2 1 (0.885%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.885%) ClearCase
2 1 (0.885%) Redmine
2 1 (0.885%) Subversion
General
1 16 (14.16%) Telecoms
2 4 (3.540%) Finance
3 2 (1.770%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.885%) Publishing
4 1 (0.885%) Electronics
4 1 (0.885%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (19.47%) Analyst
2 20 (17.70%) Network Engineer
3 9 (7.965%) Project Manager
4 8 (7.080%) Administrator
4 8 (7.080%) Network Specialist
5 7 (6.195%) Desktop Analyst
5 7 (6.195%) Network Manager
5 7 (6.195%) Systems Administrator
6 6 (5.310%) Support Analyst
6 6 (5.310%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 5 (4.425%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (4.425%) Support Technician
7 5 (4.425%) Network Project Manager
7 5 (4.425%) Cisco Engineer
7 5 (4.425%) Technical Manager
7 5 (4.425%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (3.540%) Help Desk Support
8 4 (3.540%) Telecoms Project Manager
8 4 (3.540%) IT Support
8 4 (3.540%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.195%) NHS
2 2 (1.770%) iPad
2 2 (1.770%) Blackberry
2 2 (1.770%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.885%) Thin Client
3 1 (0.885%) Computer Science
3 1 (0.885%) Fat Client
3 1 (0.885%) PKI
3 1 (0.885%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 62 (54.87%) Windows
2 24 (21.24%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (12.39%) Windows 7
4 8 (7.080%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (6.195%) Windows XP
6 3 (2.655%) Linux
7 2 (1.770%) Windows Vista
7 2 (1.770%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.770%) Windows 2000
7 2 (1.770%) UNIX
8 1 (0.885%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (26.55%) ITIL
2 19 (16.81%) PRINCE2
3 12 (10.62%) PRINCE
4 10 (8.850%) Project Management
5 4 (3.540%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (2.655%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (2.655%) Migration
6 3 (2.655%) Change Control
6 3 (2.655%) Load Balancing
7 2 (1.770%) E-Commerce
7 2 (1.770%) Service Delivery
8 1 (0.885%) Change Management
8 1 (0.885%) Integration Acceptance Testing
8 1 (0.885%) Service Management
8 1 (0.885%) Business Continuity
8 1 (0.885%) Web Design
8 1 (0.885%) CAD
8 1 (0.885%) Configuration Management
8 1 (0.885%) CRM
8 1 (0.885%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.195%) SQL
2 1 (0.885%) VB.NET
2 1 (0.885%) C
Qualifications
1 28 (24.78%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (14.16%) ITIL Certification
3 14 (12.39%) CCNP
4 12 (10.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (7.965%) CCNA
6 8 (7.080%) CCIE
7 7 (6.195%) Security Cleared
8 6 (5.310%) MCSE
9 5 (4.425%) CCDP
9 5 (4.425%) CCIP
10 4 (3.540%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (3.540%) Degree
10 4 (3.540%) SC Cleared
10 4 (3.540%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (2.655%) CISSP
11 3 (2.655%) MCP
12 2 (1.770%) HND
12 2 (1.770%) CCA
12 2 (1.770%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (1.770%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.735%) SLA
2 5 (4.425%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.770%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.885%) TickIT
4 1 (0.885%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.885%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.885%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 31 (27.43%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.080%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.770%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.885%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.885%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.885%) MetaFrame
4 1 (0.885%) XenApp
4 1 (0.885%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.885%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (0.885%) UAG
4 1 (0.885%) Cygwin
4 1 (0.885%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (6.195%) Nagios
2 5 (4.425%) Cacti
2 5 (4.425%) Cisco CUCM
2 5 (4.425%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (0.885%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (0.885%) SCCM
Vendors
1 54 (47.79%) Cisco
2 32 (28.32%) Microsoft
3 17 (15.04%) VMware
4 12 (10.62%) Citrix
5 7 (6.195%) Brocade
6 6 (5.310%) Juniper
6 6 (5.310%) CheckPoint
7 4 (3.540%) F5
7 4 (3.540%) BT
8 3 (2.655%) Siemens
8 3 (2.655%) Lotus
8 3 (2.655%) HP
8 3 (2.655%) Dell
9 2 (1.770%) Oracle
9 2 (1.770%) Adobe
9 2 (1.770%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.885%) Wyse
10 1 (0.885%) McAfee
10 1 (0.885%) NetApp
10 1 (0.885%) IBM
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