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This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the Kingston Upon Thames region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-6
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %100.00 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£200
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£311
% change on same period last year+7.24 %
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£21.51£25.71
% change on same period last year-16.33 %
Kingston Upon Thames IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Kingston Upon Thames
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£283£200
Average daily rate£296£200
% change on same period last year+47.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
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£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
WAN LondonWAN
London

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.

WAN
Demand Trend

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

Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Kingston Upon Thames WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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.

12 (100.00 %)LAN
12 (100.00 %)Government
12 (100.00 %)Local Government
21 (50.00 %)Problem Management
21 (50.00 %)Fault Management
21 (50.00 %)SLA
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)SAN
21 (50.00 %)Novell
21 (50.00 %)Blackberry
21 (50.00 %)Service Management
21 (50.00 %)Change Management
21 (50.00 %)Lotus Domino
21 (50.00 %)MS Excel

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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.

Kingston Upon Thames IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Lotus Domino
Kingston Upon Thames IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Excel
Kingston Upon Thames IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)LAN
21 (50.00 %)SAN
Kingston Upon Thames IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Government
12 (100.00 %)Local Government
Kingston Upon Thames IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Data Centre Manager
21 (50.00 %)Service Manager
21 (50.00 %)Technical Manager
21 (50.00 %)Data Manager
21 (50.00 %)Technical Services Manager
Kingston Upon Thames IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Blackberry
Kingston Upon Thames IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Problem Management
11 (50.00 %)Fault Management
11 (50.00 %)Service Management
11 (50.00 %)Change Management
Kingston Upon Thames IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)SLA
Kingston Upon Thames IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Novell