The first table below looks at the demand for Network Load Balancing skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Load Balancing over the 3 months to 24 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Load Balancing (NLB)
Rank 354 407 440
Rank change year-on-year
+53 +33
Contract jobs citing Network Load Balancing 23 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.106% 0.030% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.142% 0.041% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 0
Average daily rate £450 £378 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.20% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £375 £395
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -5.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £26.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16194 19350 22109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.77% 71.83% 71.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11076 12690 14542
Average daily rate £450 £450 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 340 350
Average hourly rate £30.00 £26.23 £27.23
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.39% -3.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £102.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Network Load Balancing
England

Network Load Balancing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Load Balancing across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London Network Load Balancing Jobs Demand Trend

Network Load Balancing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Network Load Balancing across the London region.

London Network Load Balancing Daily Rate Trend

Network Load Balancing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Load Balancing across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Network Load Balancing Daily Rate Histogram

Network Load Balancing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Network Load Balancing across the London region.

London Network Load Balancing Hourly Rate Trend

Network Load Balancing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Load Balancing within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
City of London +19 10 £450 +9.75%
Wembley - 1 - -
Network Load Balancing
England

Network Load Balancing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Network Load Balancing 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 Network Load Balancing.

1 30 (69.77%) IIS
2 29 (67.44%) Windows
3 26 (60.47%) SQL
3 26 (60.47%) Windows Server 2003
4 25 (58.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 19 (44.19%) SQL Server
6 18 (41.86%) VBScript
7 17 (39.53%) DNS
8 16 (37.21%) T-SQL
9 14 (32.56%) Active Directory
9 14 (32.56%) DHCP
9 14 (32.56%) Dell
9 14 (32.56%) VMware
10 12 (27.91%) Microsoft
11 11 (25.58%) MS Exchange
11 11 (25.58%) MS Excel
11 11 (25.58%) SAN
11 11 (25.58%) PowerShell
11 11 (25.58%) Exchange Server 2010
12 10 (23.26%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (23.26%) Broadcom
12 10 (23.26%) Exchange Server 2013
12 10 (23.26%) Hyper-V
12 10 (23.26%) SCOM
12 10 (23.26%) SCVMM
12 10 (23.26%) Backup Exec
12 10 (23.26%) VLAN
12 10 (23.26%) WSUS
12 10 (23.26%) Control-M
13 9 (20.93%) .NET

Network Load Balancing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Network Load Balancing 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 Network Load Balancing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (20.93%) .NET
2 5 (11.63%) Web Services
3 3 (6.977%) WebSphere
4 2 (4.651%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 30 (69.77%) IIS
2 11 (25.58%) MS Exchange
2 11 (25.58%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (23.26%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (6.977%) Tomcat
5 1 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 11 (25.58%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.326%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (39.53%) DNS
2 14 (32.56%) DHCP
3 11 (25.58%) SAN
4 10 (23.26%) VLAN
5 8 (18.60%) LAN
5 8 (18.60%) WAN
5 8 (18.60%) SMTP
5 8 (18.60%) Kerberos
6 4 (9.302%) TCP/IP
6 4 (9.302%) Firewall
7 2 (4.651%) NetScaler
8 1 (2.326%) Wireless
8 1 (2.326%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (2.326%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (2.326%) FWSM
8 1 (2.326%) TACACS
8 1 (2.326%) BGP
8 1 (2.326%) OSPF
8 1 (2.326%) DMZ
8 1 (2.326%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (44.19%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.651%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (4.651%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (4.651%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 8 (18.60%) Finance
2 6 (13.95%) Banking
3 2 (4.651%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.326%) Law
4 1 (2.326%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Administrator
2 8 (18.60%) Applications Support
3 7 (16.28%) Support Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Analyst
4 6 (13.95%) Applications Specialist
4 6 (13.95%) Applications Support Analyst
4 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Wintel Administrator
5 5 (11.63%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (9.302%) Wintel Systems Administrator
7 3 (6.977%) Windows Administrator
8 2 (4.651%) Support Specialist
8 2 (4.651%) Network Infrastructure Specialist
8 2 (4.651%) Network Specialist
8 2 (4.651%) Citrix Administrator
8 2 (4.651%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 1 (2.326%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
9 1 (2.326%) Storage Consultant
9 1 (2.326%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 1 (2.326%) Senior Storage Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) EqualLogic
2 3 (6.977%) Clustering
3 1 (2.326%) Replication
3 1 (2.326%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 29 (67.44%) Windows
2 26 (60.47%) Windows Server 2003
3 25 (58.14%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (23.26%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (18.60%) Windows 8
5 8 (18.60%) Windows XP
6 4 (9.302%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (11.63%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (6.977%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (4.651%) E-Commerce
3 2 (4.651%) Configuration Management
3 2 (4.651%) High Availability
3 2 (4.651%) Asset Management
4 1 (2.326%) Data Management
4 1 (2.326%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (2.326%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (60.47%) SQL
2 18 (41.86%) VBScript
3 16 (37.21%) T-SQL
4 11 (25.58%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.651%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (4.651%) MCP
1 2 (4.651%) MCSE
1 2 (4.651%) MCSA
1 2 (4.651%) CCNA
1 2 (4.651%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (4.651%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (4.651%) MCITP
2 1 (2.326%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.93%) QA
System Software
1 14 (32.56%) Active Directory
2 10 (23.26%) Hyper-V
3 9 (20.93%) VMware ESX
3 9 (20.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.651%) vSphere
4 2 (4.651%) XenApp
5 1 (2.326%) ISA Server
5 1 (2.326%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) SCOM
1 10 (23.26%) SCVMM
1 10 (23.26%) Backup Exec
1 10 (23.26%) WSUS
1 10 (23.26%) Control-M
2 5 (11.63%) SCCM
3 4 (9.302%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (6.977%) Legato
5 2 (4.651%) Nagios
5 2 (4.651%) Puppet
6 1 (2.326%) WMI
6 1 (2.326%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 14 (32.56%) Dell
1 14 (32.56%) VMware
2 12 (27.91%) Microsoft
3 10 (23.26%) Broadcom
4 8 (18.60%) Symantec
5 5 (11.63%) HP
6 4 (9.302%) McAfee
6 4 (9.302%) Citrix
7 3 (6.977%) IBM
8 2 (4.651%) Cisco
8 2 (4.651%) F5
8 2 (4.651%) Opsware
9 1 (2.326%) Veeam
9 1 (2.326%) Websense
9 1 (2.326%) EMC
9 1 (2.326%) Juniper
9 1 (2.326%) CheckPoint