The first table below looks at the demand for VLAN 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 VLAN 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Rank 31 42 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing VLAN 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 0.437% 0.306% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.846% 4.000% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £293 £325 £275
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £22.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +85.00%
All Communications & Networking
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
26 25 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 11.35% 7.645% 7.368%
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 £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 2
Average hourly rate £22.25 £21.50 £11.10
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.48% +93.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.70 £16.75 £11.02
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.00 £23.00 £11.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
VLAN
South East

VLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex VLAN Jobs Demand Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Sussex VLAN Daily Rate Trend

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Sussex VLAN Hourly Rate Trend

VLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex region citing VLAN 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 VLAN.

1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) Mitel
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (25.00%) Local Government
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Fujitsu
3 1 (25.00%) CMDB
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) OSPF
3 1 (25.00%) VRRP
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Avaya
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) MCSA
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) DNS

VLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex region citing VLAN 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 VLAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) VoIP
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) OSPF
2 1 (25.00%) VRRP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Telephony Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Support
2 1 (25.00%) IP Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCP
2 1 (25.00%) MCSE
2 1 (25.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Mitel
3 1 (25.00%) Fujitsu
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Avaya
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) VMware