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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 15 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Gloucestershire region.

 Local Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank254143
Rank change year-on-year
Up+16Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads727
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire2.800 %0.484 %1.239 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category15.91 %4.651 %15.22 %
Daily rates quoted302
Average daily rate£273-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£282£323£350
% change year-on-year
-12.67 %-7.850 %
Hourly rates quoted100
Average hourly rate£14.50--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.00£21.00
% change year-on-year
-20.45 %+4.760 %
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
444346
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire17.60 %10.41 %8.142 %
Daily rates quoted649
Average daily rate£263£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.25 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£300£226
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£313£650£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£338
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-
Hourly rates quoted246
Average hourly rate£22.25£36.75£33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.45 %+11.36 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.05£16.00£17.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£28.45£44.55£39.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£24.00£28.50
% change year-on-year
+2.080 %-15.78 %
LAN South WestLAN
South West

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.

LAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LAN across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Gloucestershire LAN Demand Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
GloucesterUp+13£273-
LAN South WestLAN
South West

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

110 (58.82 %)Security Cleared
28 (47.06 %)WAN
37 (41.18 %)Cisco
37 (41.18 %)CCNP
37 (41.18 %)Cisco Certification
46 (35.29 %)Firewall
46 (35.29 %)Cisco PIX
46 (35.29 %)CCNA
46 (35.29 %)CheckPoint
55 (29.41 %)DV Cleared
64 (23.53 %)Windows
64 (23.53 %)Cisco ASA
64 (23.53 %)Telecoms
73 (17.65 %)Blue Coat
73 (17.65 %)CiscoWorks
73 (17.65 %)BC Cleared
73 (17.65 %)BIG-IP
73 (17.65 %)Load Balancing
73 (17.65 %)VPN
73 (17.65 %)Internet
82 (11.76 %)Symantec
82 (11.76 %)IBM
82 (11.76 %)HP
82 (11.76 %)LANDesk
82 (11.76 %)Computer Security
82 (11.76 %)SC Cleared
82 (11.76 %)SAN
82 (11.76 %)Government
82 (11.76 %)Validation
91 (5.882 %)NetBackup

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (5.882 %)ATL
11 (5.882 %)Middleware
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (47.06 %)WAN
26 (35.29 %)Firewall
26 (35.29 %)Cisco PIX
34 (23.53 %)Cisco ASA
43 (17.65 %)BIG-IP
43 (17.65 %)VPN
43 (17.65 %)Internet
52 (11.76 %)SAN
61 (5.882 %)EIGRP
61 (5.882 %)NAS
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.882 %)Oracle 8/8i
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (23.53 %)Telecoms
22 (11.76 %)Government
31 (5.882 %)Pharmaceutical
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (47.06 %)Network Engineer
23 (17.65 %)Administrator
23 (17.65 %)Windows Administrator
31 (5.882 %)Senior Cisco Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Windows Systems Administrator
31 (5.882 %)Senior Cisco Network Engineer
31 (5.882 %)IT Operations Manager
31 (5.882 %)Designer
31 (5.882 %)Operations Manager
31 (5.882 %)Project Coordinator
31 (5.882 %)Desktop Support Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Senior Network Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Desktop Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Systems Architect
31 (5.882 %)Cisco Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Cisco Network Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Systems Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Support Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Solutions Designer
31 (5.882 %)Coordinator
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (23.53 %)Windows
21 (5.882 %)Solaris
21 (5.882 %)Windows 2000
21 (5.882 %)UNIX
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)Load Balancing
22 (11.76 %)Computer Security
22 (11.76 %)Validation
31 (5.882 %)Network Design
31 (5.882 %)Requirements Analysis
31 (5.882 %)Business Development
31 (5.882 %)V-Model
31 (5.882 %)Information Assurance
31 (5.882 %)Use Case
31 (5.882 %)Performance Testing
31 (5.882 %)Project Management
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (5.882 %)SQL
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (58.82 %)Security Cleared
27 (41.18 %)CCNP
27 (41.18 %)Cisco Certification
36 (35.29 %)CCNA
45 (29.41 %)DV Cleared
53 (17.65 %)BC Cleared
62 (11.76 %)SC Cleared
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (17.65 %)CiscoWorks
21 (5.882 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (5.882 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (5.882 %)NetBackup
21 (5.882 %)PureDisk
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (41.18 %)Cisco
26 (35.29 %)CheckPoint
33 (17.65 %)Blue Coat
42 (11.76 %)Symantec
42 (11.76 %)IBM
42 (11.76 %)HP
42 (11.76 %)LANDesk
51 (5.882 %)Oracle
51 (5.882 %)Dell
51 (5.882 %)NetApp
51 (5.882 %)Microsoft
51 (5.882 %)Tripwire
51 (5.882 %)Brocade