The first table below looks at the demand for VLAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VLAN over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Lancashire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Rank 30 40 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing VLAN 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.452% 0.474% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.226% 3.922% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £333 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £299 £325 £322
% change year-on-year
-8.07% +0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £30.57 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+30.84% +52.85%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
31 51 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 14.03% 12.09% 23.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 19
Average daily rate £325 £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +36.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £300 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £470 £381
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 16
Average hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.75 £30.00 £34.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
VLAN
North West

VLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire VLAN Jobs Demand Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire VLAN Daily Rate Trend

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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Blackburn - - - -
VLAN
North West

VLAN
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Notes
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet

VLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Notes
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus