The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 17 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 Luton 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank - 12 -
Contract jobs citing WAN 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton - 2.985% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 33.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £425 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £306 £325
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-24.70% +1.19%
All Communications & Networking
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
16 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 21.33% 8.955% 9.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 2
Average daily rate £325 £425 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% +38.21%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
WAN
Bedfordshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) LTE

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9000