The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 22 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 Maidenhead 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank - - 10
Contract jobs citing LAN 0 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead - - 4.348%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £308 £320
% change year-on-year
+0.40% -3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -4.76%
All Communications & Networking
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
24 22 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 30.38% 27.85% 35.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 14
Average daily rate £325 £375 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £375 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 7
Average hourly rate £18.50 £25.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.00% -30.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
LAN
Berkshire

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) MOM
2 2 (66.67%) ISA Server
2 2 (66.67%) Symantec
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) MCSE
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) SSL
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (66.67%) MCITP
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (66.67%) SCOM
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Backup Exec
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (66.67%) XenApp

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) SSL
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) MCSE
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (66.67%) MCITP
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) ISA Server
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
1 2 (66.67%) XenApp
1 2 (66.67%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) MOM
1 2 (66.67%) SCOM
1 2 (66.67%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Symantec
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix