The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire 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 - 12 7
Contract jobs citing WAN 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire - 2.326% 8.333%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 10.00% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £303 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.95% -6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-25.58% +2.38%
All Communications & Networking
Lincolnshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
9 10 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 16.67% 23.26% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 1
Average daily rate £263 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% -15.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
Average hourly rate £20.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
WAN
East Midlands

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lincolnshire WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 3 (100.00%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Blue Coat
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Fat Client
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) SAN
3 1 (33.33%) Nokia
3 1 (33.33%) Thin Client
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) VoIP
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) SAN
3 1 (33.33%) VoIP
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Support
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Fat Client
1 1 (33.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Blue Coat
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Nokia
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint