Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 12 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 Hertfordshire region.

 Wide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank304768
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Up+21
Matching contract IT job ads161025
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire3.119 %1.312 %1.646 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category11.03 %3.086 %9.191 %
Daily rates quoted027
Average daily rate-£258£320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--19.53 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£316£325
% change year-on-year
+2.760 %-2.690 %
Hourly rates quoted433
Average hourly rate£26.00£32.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.75 %+42.22 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.75£22.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
-12.22 %-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
145324272
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire28.27 %42.52 %17.91 %
Daily rates quoted2544101
Average daily rate£313£325£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.840 %-13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£250£227
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£400£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£336£340
% change year-on-year
-3.270 %-1.170 %
Hourly rates quoted252531
Average hourly rate£35.00£35.00£19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+84.21 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.00£15.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.30£46.50£26.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£24.00£28.50
% change year-on-year
--15.78 %
WAN East of EnglandWAN
East of England

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.

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

Hertfordshire WAN Hourly Rate Histogram

WAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 12 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
StevenageUp+12--
RickmansworthNew entry-1--
WAN East of EnglandWAN
East of England

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing WAN 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 WAN.

121 (95.45 %)LAN
212 (54.55 %)Wireless
39 (40.91 %)ADSL
39 (40.91 %)German Language
46 (27.27 %)Ethernet
46 (27.27 %)TCP/IP
55 (22.73 %)Cisco
55 (22.73 %)DHCP
55 (22.73 %)Active Directory
55 (22.73 %)HP
55 (22.73 %)ATM
55 (22.73 %)ISDN
55 (22.73 %)VoIP
55 (22.73 %)WLAN
55 (22.73 %)Firewall
55 (22.73 %)Cisco Certification
55 (22.73 %)Security Cleared
55 (22.73 %)French Language
64 (18.18 %)WEP
64 (18.18 %)WPA
64 (18.18 %)Frame Relay
64 (18.18 %)Telecoms
64 (18.18 %)Gigabit Ethernet
64 (18.18 %)Russian Language
64 (18.18 %)OSPF
64 (18.18 %)BGP
64 (18.18 %)802.11
64 (18.18 %)ITIL
64 (18.18 %)Windows
64 (18.18 %)Citrix

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing WAN 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 WAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (4.545 %)CSS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (13.64 %)Lotus Domino
22 (9.091 %)Lotus Notes
31 (4.545 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (9.091 %)MS Office
21 (4.545 %)MS Visio
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
121 (95.45 %)LAN
212 (54.55 %)Wireless
39 (40.91 %)ADSL
46 (27.27 %)Ethernet
46 (27.27 %)TCP/IP
55 (22.73 %)DHCP
55 (22.73 %)ATM
55 (22.73 %)ISDN
55 (22.73 %)VoIP
55 (22.73 %)WLAN
55 (22.73 %)Firewall
64 (18.18 %)WEP
64 (18.18 %)WPA
64 (18.18 %)Frame Relay
64 (18.18 %)Gigabit Ethernet
64 (18.18 %)OSPF
64 (18.18 %)BGP
64 (18.18 %)802.11
73 (13.64 %)VPN
73 (13.64 %)RIP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (4.545 %)Dreamweaver
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (18.18 %)Telecoms
22 (9.091 %)Finance
22 (9.091 %)Government
22 (9.091 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (4.545 %)Banking
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (45.45 %)Analyst
28 (36.36 %)Support Analyst
35 (22.73 %)Support Engineer
35 (22.73 %)Network Support
43 (13.64 %)Network Engineer
43 (13.64 %)Network Analyst
52 (9.091 %)IT Support
52 (9.091 %)Operations Engineer
52 (9.091 %)Infrastructure Engineer
52 (9.091 %)Network Support Engineer
52 (9.091 %)Senior Support Engineer
61 (4.545 %)Desktop Support
61 (4.545 %)Network Support Analyst
61 (4.545 %)3rd Line Support
61 (4.545 %)2nd Line Support
61 (4.545 %)Field Engineer
61 (4.545 %)Deskside Support
61 (4.545 %)Deskside Analyst
61 (4.545 %)Desktop Analyst
61 (4.545 %)IT Support Engineer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (40.91 %)German Language
25 (22.73 %)French Language
34 (18.18 %)Russian Language
42 (9.091 %)Fat Client
42 (9.091 %)Italian Language
42 (9.091 %)Thin Client
51 (4.545 %)Blackberry
51 (4.545 %)Video Conferencing
51 (4.545 %)Spanish Language
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (18.18 %)Windows
22 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (4.545 %)Linux
31 (4.545 %)Windows 2000
31 (4.545 %)Windows 2000 Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (18.18 %)ITIL
22 (9.091 %)Database Tuning
22 (9.091 %)Network Design
22 (9.091 %)Asset Management
31 (4.545 %)Service Management
31 (4.545 %)Change Management
31 (4.545 %)ITSM
31 (4.545 %)Project Management
31 (4.545 %)Incident Management
31 (4.545 %)Load Balancing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (4.545 %)C
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (22.73 %)Cisco Certification
15 (22.73 %)Security Cleared
23 (13.64 %)CCNA
23 (13.64 %)SC Cleared
31 (4.545 %)CCNP
31 (4.545 %)ITIL Certification
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.545 %)SLA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (22.73 %)Active Directory
22 (9.091 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (9.091 %)Citrix Presentation Server
22 (9.091 %)MetaFrame
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (13.64 %)OpenView Configuration Management
22 (9.091 %)CiscoWorks
31 (4.545 %)ARCserve
31 (4.545 %)SolarWinds Orion
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (22.73 %)Cisco
15 (22.73 %)HP
24 (18.18 %)Citrix
33 (13.64 %)Lotus
42 (9.091 %)VMware
42 (9.091 %)Oracle
42 (9.091 %)IBM
51 (4.545 %)Microsoft
51 (4.545 %)BT
51 (4.545 %)CheckPoint
51 (4.545 %)Tandberg
51 (4.545 %)IronPort