WAN Contracts in Leeds
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for WAN 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 WAN over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 43 44 51
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +7
Contract jobs citing WAN 31 24 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 4.223% 2.724% 0.623%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.24% 19.51% 6.452%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 2
Average daily rate £308 £325 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% +36.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £163 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £348 £429 £288
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £303 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.95% -6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
Average hourly rate £16.50 £12.25 £22.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.69% -45.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-25.58% +2.38%
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 170 123 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 23.16% 13.96% 9.657%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 57 22
Average daily rate £275 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £235 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £350 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 12
Average hourly rate £34.00 £13.75 £19.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+147.27% -30.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.90 £11.00 £11.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £30.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
WAN
West Yorkshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds WAN Jobs Demand Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Leeds WAN Daily Rate Histogram

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Leeds WAN Hourly Rate Histogram

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 43 (87.76%) LAN
2 25 (51.02%) Cisco
3 19 (38.78%) Microsoft
4 17 (34.69%) Windows
5 16 (32.65%) SQL Server
5 16 (32.65%) SAN
6 14 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
6 14 (28.57%) NAS
6 14 (28.57%) F5
7 13 (26.53%) CCNP
7 13 (26.53%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (26.53%) Windows Server 2003
7 13 (26.53%) Windows XP
7 13 (26.53%) MS Exchange
8 12 (24.49%) MCSE
8 12 (24.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (24.49%) Firewall
8 12 (24.49%) Exchange Server 2003
9 10 (20.41%) ITIL
10 7 (14.29%) CCSA
11 6 (12.24%) PCI DSS
11 6 (12.24%) Incident Management
11 6 (12.24%) CheckPoint
11 6 (12.24%) VPN
12 5 (10.20%) MPLS
12 5 (10.20%) Management Information System
12 5 (10.20%) Telecoms
12 5 (10.20%) Finance
12 5 (10.20%) Network Architecture
12 5 (10.20%) VMware

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Application Platforms
1 13 (26.53%) MS Exchange
2 12 (24.49%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (6.122%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 1 (2.041%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.041%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.122%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 43 (87.76%) LAN
2 16 (32.65%) SAN
3 14 (28.57%) NAS
4 12 (24.49%) Firewall
5 6 (12.24%) VPN
6 5 (10.20%) MPLS
7 4 (8.163%) Network Security
8 3 (6.122%) VLAN
9 2 (4.082%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (4.082%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (4.082%) FWSM
9 2 (4.082%) Internet
9 2 (4.082%) OSPF
9 2 (4.082%) BGP
9 2 (4.082%) EIGRP
9 2 (4.082%) ADSL
9 2 (4.082%) Broadband
10 1 (2.041%) DNS
10 1 (2.041%) VoIP
10 1 (2.041%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (32.65%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.122%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (6.122%) Oracle 9i
2 3 (6.122%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (6.122%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (4.082%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (10.20%) Telecoms
1 5 (10.20%) Finance
2 2 (4.082%) Legal
3 1 (2.041%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (42.86%) Analyst
2 9 (18.37%) Service Analyst
2 9 (18.37%) Service Desk Analyst
3 8 (16.33%) Messaging Analyst
3 8 (16.33%) Network Engineer
4 7 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (10.20%) Messaging Engineer
7 4 (8.163%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (6.122%) DBA
8 3 (6.122%) Architect
8 3 (6.122%) Microsoft Specialist
8 3 (6.122%) Messaging Specialist
8 3 (6.122%) Network Analyst
8 3 (6.122%) Oracle DBA
9 2 (4.082%) 2nd Line Support
9 2 (4.082%) 1st Line Support
9 2 (4.082%) Network Architect
9 2 (4.082%) Network Specialist
9 2 (4.082%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.041%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.041%) EqualLogic
2 1 (2.041%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 17 (34.69%) Windows
2 14 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (26.53%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (26.53%) Windows XP
4 3 (6.122%) UNIX
4 3 (6.122%) Solaris
5 1 (2.041%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.41%) ITIL
2 6 (12.24%) Incident Management
3 5 (10.20%) Network Architecture
4 3 (6.122%) Fault Management
5 2 (4.082%) Network Design
5 2 (4.082%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.041%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.041%) Migration
6 1 (2.041%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.041%) Project Management
6 1 (2.041%) WAN Optimisation
6 1 (2.041%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.041%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.041%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.163%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (26.53%) CCNP
1 13 (26.53%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (24.49%) MCSE
2 12 (24.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (14.29%) CCSA
4 3 (6.122%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (6.122%) CCNA
4 3 (6.122%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.122%) CCSE
5 1 (2.041%) CCIE
5 1 (2.041%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.041%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.041%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.24%) PCI DSS
2 4 (8.163%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (8.163%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.041%) Terminal Services
2 1 (2.041%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.041%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (51.02%) Cisco
2 19 (38.78%) Microsoft
3 14 (28.57%) F5
4 6 (12.24%) CheckPoint
5 5 (10.20%) VMware
6 4 (8.163%) Oracle
7 3 (6.122%) Sun
8 2 (4.082%) Veeam
8 2 (4.082%) Riverbed
8 2 (4.082%) HP
9 1 (2.041%) Dell
9 1 (2.041%) Citrix
9 1 (2.041%) Fujitsu
9 1 (2.041%) SonicWALL
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