The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 22 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 Essex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 36 28 41
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +13
Contract jobs citing LAN 11 20 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.663% 4.843% 2.532%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.28% 42.55% 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 1
Average daily rate £299 £450 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.61% +150.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £308 £320
% change year-on-year
+0.40% -3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
Average hourly rate £11.00 - £26.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -4.76%
All Communications & Networking
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
72 47 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 17.43% 11.38% 7.848%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 16 8
Average daily rate £325 £371 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.45% +20.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £133 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 12
Average hourly rate £25.00 £23.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% +34.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.10 £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.84 £28.70 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
LAN
East of England

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Colchester -3 3 £425 -5.55%
Harlow -3 2 - -
Southend-on-Sea - 1 - -
Stanford-le-Hope - 1 - -
Thurrock - 1 - -
LAN
East of England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 14 (70.00%) WAN
2 10 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 9 (45.00%) MPLS
4 8 (40.00%) Windows
5 5 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 5 (25.00%) ITIL
5 5 (25.00%) Cisco
6 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (20.00%) SLA
6 4 (20.00%) Wireless
6 4 (20.00%) Windows 7
7 3 (15.00%) Firewall
7 3 (15.00%) BGP
7 3 (15.00%) Citrix
7 3 (15.00%) VLAN
7 3 (15.00%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (15.00%) Finance
7 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
7 3 (15.00%) Siemens
7 3 (15.00%) CCNA
7 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
8 2 (10.00%) Dell
8 2 (10.00%) MS Exchange
8 2 (10.00%) MS Office
8 2 (10.00%) Project Management
8 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (5.000%) F5

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 2 (10.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (70.00%) WAN
2 9 (45.00%) MPLS
3 4 (20.00%) Wireless
4 3 (15.00%) Firewall
4 3 (15.00%) BGP
4 3 (15.00%) VLAN
5 1 (5.000%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (5.000%) Network Security
5 1 (5.000%) BIG-IP
5 1 (5.000%) DHCP
5 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
5 1 (5.000%) DNS
General
1 10 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (25.00%) Network Manager
2 5 (25.00%) Network Project Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 3 (15.00%) Support Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (10.00%) Support Technician
5 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (10.00%) IT Support
5 2 (10.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (5.000%) Technical Support
6 1 (5.000%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.000%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 5 (25.00%) ITIL
2 3 (15.00%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (5.000%) Change Control
4 1 (5.000%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.000%) Load Balancing
4 1 (5.000%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.000%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.000%) C
1 1 (5.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (15.00%) CCNA
3 1 (5.000%) MCSE
3 1 (5.000%) MCSA
3 1 (5.000%) MCP
3 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.000%) CCIE
3 1 (5.000%) CCNP
3 1 (5.000%) PMP
3 1 (5.000%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.000%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Cisco
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.00%) Citrix
3 3 (15.00%) Siemens
4 2 (10.00%) Dell
5 1 (5.000%) F5
5 1 (5.000%) LANDesk
5 1 (5.000%) VMware
5 1 (5.000%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.000%) McAfee
5 1 (5.000%) Juniper