The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 22 May 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 Leeds 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 35 47 49
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +2
Contract jobs citing LAN 34 24 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 4.521% 2.688% 0.805%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.32% 19.51% 8.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 2
Average daily rate £308 £350 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.14% +47.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £156 £183 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £432 £288
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £308 £320
% change year-on-year
+0.40% -3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 2
Average hourly rate £65.75 £13.50 £14.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+387.03% -5.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.80 £11.00 £12.47
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £14.60 £16.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -4.76%
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
176 123 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 23.40% 13.77% 9.984%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 58 22
Average daily rate £275 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £235 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £350 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 12
Average hourly rate £34.75 £13.75 £19.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+152.72% -30.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.00 £11.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £30.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
LAN
West Yorkshire

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leeds LAN Daily Rate Histogram

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leeds LAN Hourly Rate Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 44 (95.65%) WAN
2 26 (56.52%) Cisco
3 18 (39.13%) Windows
4 17 (36.96%) SAN
5 16 (34.78%) Microsoft
6 14 (30.43%) Windows Server 2008
6 14 (30.43%) NAS
7 13 (28.26%) F5
7 13 (28.26%) CCNP
7 13 (28.26%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (28.26%) SQL Server
7 13 (28.26%) Windows XP
7 13 (28.26%) MS Exchange
7 13 (28.26%) Windows Server 2003
8 12 (26.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (26.09%) MCSE
8 12 (26.09%) Exchange Server 2003
9 11 (23.91%) ITIL
10 10 (21.74%) Firewall
11 8 (17.39%) CCSA
12 7 (15.22%) Incident Management
12 7 (15.22%) CheckPoint
13 6 (13.04%) Network Architecture
13 6 (13.04%) PCI DSS
14 5 (10.87%) Security Cleared
14 5 (10.87%) VMware
14 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
14 5 (10.87%) Telecoms
15 4 (8.696%) MPLS
15 4 (8.696%) VPN

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Application Platforms
1 13 (28.26%) MS Exchange
2 12 (26.09%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (2.174%) MS Office
1 1 (2.174%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 44 (95.65%) WAN
2 17 (36.96%) SAN
3 14 (30.43%) NAS
4 10 (21.74%) Firewall
5 4 (8.696%) MPLS
5 4 (8.696%) VPN
5 4 (8.696%) Network Security
6 3 (6.522%) VLAN
7 2 (4.348%) OSPF
7 2 (4.348%) BGP
7 2 (4.348%) EIGRP
7 2 (4.348%) Internet
7 2 (4.348%) ADSL
7 2 (4.348%) Broadband
7 2 (4.348%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (4.348%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (4.348%) WAAS
7 2 (4.348%) FWSM
7 2 (4.348%) iSCSI
8 1 (2.174%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (28.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.348%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (10.87%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.348%) Legal
3 1 (2.174%) Retail
3 1 (2.174%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (45.65%) Analyst
2 9 (19.57%) Service Analyst
2 9 (19.57%) Network Engineer
2 9 (19.57%) Service Desk Analyst
3 8 (17.39%) Messaging Analyst
4 7 (15.22%) Support Engineer
5 6 (13.04%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (10.87%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) Messaging Engineer
7 3 (6.522%) Network Analyst
7 3 (6.522%) Messaging Specialist
7 3 (6.522%) Microsoft Specialist
8 2 (4.348%) Architect
8 2 (4.348%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (4.348%) 1st Line Support
8 2 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support
9 1 (2.174%) Infrastructure Manager
9 1 (2.174%) Messaging Architect
9 1 (2.174%) Network Specialist
9 1 (2.174%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.174%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.174%) EqualLogic
2 1 (2.174%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (39.13%) Windows
2 14 (30.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (28.26%) Windows XP
3 13 (28.26%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.174%) UNIX
4 1 (2.174%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.91%) ITIL
2 7 (15.22%) Incident Management
3 6 (13.04%) Network Architecture
4 3 (6.522%) Fault Management
5 2 (4.348%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.174%) Performance Management
6 1 (2.174%) Load Balancing
6 1 (2.174%) Network Design
6 1 (2.174%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.174%) Supplier Management
6 1 (2.174%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.174%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.174%) Migration
6 1 (2.174%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.174%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.174%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (28.26%) CCNP
1 13 (28.26%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (26.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (26.09%) MCSE
3 8 (17.39%) CCSA
4 5 (10.87%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.522%) CCSE
5 3 (6.522%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.522%) CCNA
5 3 (6.522%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.174%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.174%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.04%) PCI DSS
2 4 (8.696%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (8.696%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.174%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.174%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (2.174%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 26 (56.52%) Cisco
2 16 (34.78%) Microsoft
3 13 (28.26%) F5
4 7 (15.22%) CheckPoint
5 5 (10.87%) VMware
6 2 (4.348%) HP
6 2 (4.348%) Veeam
7 1 (2.174%) Fujitsu
7 1 (2.174%) SonicWALL
7 1 (2.174%) Riverbed
7 1 (2.174%) Oracle
7 1 (2.174%) Dell
7 1 (2.174%) Citrix
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Austin Fraser are currently looking for a Network Security Engineerbased in Leeds for an initial 6 month contract with view to extensions. The role of the Network Security...
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013