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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual LAN (VLAN) skills within the Gloucestershire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VLAN over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual LAN (VLAN)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5443
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads411
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.011 %
As % of the category below3.053 %13.75 %
Daily rates quoted36
Average minimum daily rate£371£360
Average daily rate£376£381
% change on same period last year-1.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£324
% change on same period last year+16.74 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.38£29.29
% change on same period last year+7.12 %
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads13180
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.184 %0.081 %
Daily rates quoted1525
Average minimum daily rate£341£343
Average daily rate£345£363
% change on same period last year-5.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£349£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted56
Average minimum hourly rate£20.88£19.78
Average hourly rate£23.06£21.22
% change on same period last year+8.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.25£22.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
VLAN South WestVLAN
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VLAN
Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire VLAN Demand Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire VLAN Daily Rate Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VLAN across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Gloucestershire VLAN Daily Rate Histogram

VLAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CheltenhamDown-84£376-1.31 %
VLAN South WestVLAN
South West

VLAN
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

14 (66.67 %)Oracle
14 (66.67 %)LAN
14 (66.67 %)Wireless
14 (66.67 %)Network Design
23 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (33.33 %)C
32 (33.33 %)DV Cleared
32 (33.33 %)VPN
32 (33.33 %)Cisco
32 (33.33 %)MPLS
41 (16.67 %)Information Security Management
41 (16.67 %)Security Management
41 (16.67 %)Management Information System
41 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
41 (16.67 %)Risk Management
41 (16.67 %)Telecoms
41 (16.67 %)Government
41 (16.67 %)Legal
41 (16.67 %)Information Security

VLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (66.67 %)LAN
14 (66.67 %)Wireless
22 (33.33 %)VPN
22 (33.33 %)MPLS
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Telecoms
11 (16.67 %)Government
11 (16.67 %)Legal
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Consultant
22 (33.33 %)Project Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Systems Architect
31 (16.67 %)Architect
31 (16.67 %)Network Consultant
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Management Information System
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)Network Design
23 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (33.33 %)DV Cleared
41 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
41 (16.67 %)Information Security Management
41 (16.67 %)Security Management
41 (16.67 %)Risk Management
41 (16.67 %)Information Security
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)C
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (66.67 %)Oracle
22 (33.33 %)Cisco