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The table below looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the Norfolk region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4035
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads83
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.003 %
As % of the category below19.51 %6.522 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£217-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£233-
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£317
% change on same period last year+8.55 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£16.80£15.00
Average hourly rate£20.08£16.50
% change on same period last year+21.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.37£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.96£22.41
% change on same period last year+2.48 %
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Norfolk
Matching contract IT job ads4146
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.047 %
Daily rates quoted710
Average minimum daily rate£280£270
Average daily rate£300£301
% change on same period last year-0.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.57 %
Hourly rates quoted1610
Average minimum hourly rate£18.05£17.39
Average hourly rate£20.25£19.38
% change on same period last year+4.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.45£21.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.44£28.92
% change on same period last year-5.09 %
LAN East of EnglandLAN
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

LAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LAN across the Norfolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Norfolk LAN Demand Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LAN across the Norfolk region.

Norfolk LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Norfolk LAN Daily Rate Histogram

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LAN across the Norfolk region.

Norfolk LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Norfolk LAN Hourly Rate Histogram

LAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NorwichDown-45£217-
Great YarmouthNew entry-1--
LAN East of EnglandLAN
East of England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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.

111 (91.67 %)WAN
27 (58.33 %)Active Directory
36 (50.00 %)Microsoft
36 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
36 (50.00 %)SQL Server
45 (41.67 %)Windows
45 (41.67 %)MCSE
45 (41.67 %)Cisco
45 (41.67 %)Microsoft Certification
54 (33.33 %)Lotus Domino
54 (33.33 %)VMware
63 (25.00 %)Firewall
63 (25.00 %)NetBackup
63 (25.00 %)SharePoint
63 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
63 (25.00 %)Lotus
63 (25.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
72 (16.67 %)SAN
72 (16.67 %)Windows XP
72 (16.67 %)Citrix
72 (16.67 %)MS Office
72 (16.67 %)Windows NT
72 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (16.67 %)Finance
72 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (8.333 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (8.333 %)Construction
81 (8.333 %)Government
81 (8.333 %)Migration
81 (8.333 %)CMS

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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.

Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
24 (33.33 %)Lotus Domino
33 (25.00 %)SharePoint
33 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
33 (25.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
42 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (8.333 %)CMS
51 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 5.5
51 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2000
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (16.67 %)MS Office
21 (8.333 %)MS Excel
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (91.67 %)WAN
23 (25.00 %)Firewall
32 (16.67 %)SAN
41 (8.333 %)NetScreen
41 (8.333 %)TCP/IP
41 (8.333 %)VoIP
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (16.67 %)Finance
21 (8.333 %)Construction
21 (8.333 %)Government
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)3rd Line Support
23 (25.00 %)Network Technician
32 (16.67 %)Support Technician
41 (8.333 %)Support Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Technical Support
41 (8.333 %)Support Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Desktop Support
41 (8.333 %)Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Consultant
41 (8.333 %)Network Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Systems Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Technical Support Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Desktop Support Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Technical Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Desktop Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Citrix Consultant
41 (8.333 %)Network Support
41 (8.333 %)Citrix Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Consultant
41 (8.333 %)Network Support Technician
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Client/Server
11 (8.333 %)Blackberry
11 (8.333 %)AS400
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (41.67 %)Windows
22 (16.67 %)Windows NT
22 (16.67 %)Windows XP
22 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (8.333 %)Windows 2000
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (8.333 %)Migration
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (8.333 %)SQL
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (41.67 %)MCSE
15 (41.67 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (8.333 %)MCP
21 (8.333 %)CCNA
21 (8.333 %)Cisco Certification
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (58.33 %)Active Directory
23 (25.00 %)NetBackup
31 (8.333 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (8.333 %)VMware ESX
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (50.00 %)Microsoft
25 (41.67 %)Cisco
34 (33.33 %)VMware
43 (25.00 %)Lotus
52 (16.67 %)Citrix
61 (8.333 %)HP
61 (8.333 %)CheckPoint