The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 24 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 Sussex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 26 36 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing LAN 5 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 2.137% 1.563% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.23% 20.83% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.60% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
Average hourly rate £20.75 £22.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.74% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-23.80% -
All Communications & Networking
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
26 24 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 11.11% 7.500% 7.614%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 1
Average daily rate £365 £370 £243
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% +52.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 3
Average hourly rate £22.25 £21.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.48% +95.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
LAN
South East

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex LAN Daily Rate Trend

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 Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Brighton +5 1 - -
LAN
South East

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 15 (88.24%) WAN
2 13 (76.47%) Cisco
2 13 (76.47%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (70.59%) CCNA
4 11 (64.71%) Windows
5 10 (58.82%) SAN
5 10 (58.82%) Firewall
5 10 (58.82%) VMware
6 9 (52.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (52.94%) MCTS
6 9 (52.94%) MCITP
6 9 (52.94%) EMC NetWorker
6 9 (52.94%) SQL Server 2008
6 9 (52.94%) vSphere
6 9 (52.94%) SharePoint 2010
6 9 (52.94%) EMC
6 9 (52.94%) NetScreen
6 9 (52.94%) SharePoint
6 9 (52.94%) SQL Server
6 9 (52.94%) IIS
7 6 (35.29%) TCP/IP
7 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (35.29%) Finance
8 5 (29.41%) Windows 7
8 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
8 5 (29.41%) COM+
9 4 (23.53%) MS Excel

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 5 (29.41%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 9 (52.94%) SharePoint 2010
1 9 (52.94%) SharePoint
1 9 (52.94%) IIS
2 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (88.24%) WAN
2 10 (58.82%) SAN
2 10 (58.82%) Firewall
3 9 (52.94%) NetScreen
4 6 (35.29%) TCP/IP
5 2 (11.76%) OSPF
5 2 (11.76%) DNS
5 2 (11.76%) DHCP
6 1 (5.882%) IPsec
6 1 (5.882%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (5.882%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (5.882%) VLAN
6 1 (5.882%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (5.882%) VPN
6 1 (5.882%) VoIP
6 1 (5.882%) BGP
6 1 (5.882%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (52.94%) SQL Server 2008
1 9 (52.94%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Local Government
3 3 (17.65%) Back Office
3 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Infrastructure Architect
1 9 (52.94%) Architect
2 5 (29.41%) IT Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Network Technician
3 3 (17.65%) Network Technician
3 3 (17.65%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Network Support
4 1 (5.882%) Cisco Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Clustering
1 1 (5.882%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (29.41%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) ITIL
1 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
2 1 (5.882%) Business Continuity
2 1 (5.882%) Configuration Management
2 1 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (70.59%) CCNA
3 9 (52.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 9 (52.94%) MCTS
3 9 (52.94%) MCITP
4 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (17.65%) CCNP
5 3 (17.65%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) vSphere
2 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (23.53%) VMware ESX
4 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (52.94%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (5.882%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Cisco
2 10 (58.82%) VMware
3 9 (52.94%) EMC
4 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
5 2 (11.76%) CheckPoint
6 1 (5.882%) Mitel
6 1 (5.882%) ProCurve
6 1 (5.882%) HP
6 1 (5.882%) NetApp
6 1 (5.882%) Juniper