The first table below looks at the demand for WAN 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 WAN 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
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 7 - 9
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing WAN 6 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 15.38% - 2.273%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% - 7.692%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £304 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.72% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £21.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-16.27% -2.27%
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
WAN
South East

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Financial Institution
2 5 (83.33%) Matrix Management
2 5 (83.33%) Hedge funds
2 5 (83.33%) PRINCE2
2 5 (83.33%) PRINCE
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Budget Control
4 1 (16.67%) Network Design
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) IPsec
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Media
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) CCDE
4 1 (16.67%) MPLS
4 1 (16.67%) OSPF
4 1 (16.67%) BGP
4 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
4 1 (16.67%) LAN
4 1 (16.67%) VPN
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) CCIE
4 1 (16.67%) CCNP
4 1 (16.67%) CCIP

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) IPsec
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) MPLS
1 1 (16.67%) OSPF
1 1 (16.67%) BGP
1 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Delivery Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Security Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Network Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Hedge funds
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Matrix Management
1 5 (83.33%) PRINCE2
1 5 (83.33%) PRINCE
1 5 (83.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Budget Control
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) CCDE
2 1 (16.67%) CCIE
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (16.67%) CCIP
2 1 (16.67%) CCDP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco