The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 20 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 Leicestershire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 34 20 -
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -
Contract jobs citing LAN 2 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.913% 3.930% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.33% 27.27% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £190 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £318 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.51% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £19.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-11.62% +2.38%
All Communications & Networking
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
15 33 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 6.849% 14.41% 9.859%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 5
Average daily rate £275 £188 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.66% -42.30%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
Average hourly rate £12.44 £20.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.81% -38.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
LAN
East Midlands

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hinckley -1 1 - -
Leicester -4 1 - -
LAN
East Midlands

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) IVR
2 2 (33.33%) PBX
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) WLAN
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) iSCSI
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) VCP4
3 1 (16.67%) vSphere
3 1 (16.67%) DMVPN
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) SUSE
3 1 (16.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) AIX
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) HP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 2 (33.33%) PBX
3 1 (16.67%) WLAN
3 1 (16.67%) iSCSI
3 1 (16.67%) DMVPN
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) SAN
3 1 (16.67%) MPLS
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Network Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Field Support Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Head of Operations
1 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Head of Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) SUSE
1 1 (16.67%) AIX
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Time Management
1 1 (16.67%) Validation
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (16.67%) VCP4
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) vSphere
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Dell
2 1 (16.67%) Nortel
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper
2 1 (16.67%) Nokia
2 1 (16.67%) Novell