The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the M4 Corridor region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 19 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 M4 Corridor 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 12 - 9
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing LAN 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 2.564% - 2.273%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% - 7.692%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £318 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.51% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-7.31% -2.38%
All Communications & Networking
M4 Corridor
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6 49 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 15.38% 65.33% 29.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
Average hourly rate - £50.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
LAN
South East

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing LAN across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) CCDP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) CCDE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Media

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) CCDP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) CCDE
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco