The first table below looks at the demand for WAAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAAS over the 3 months to 23 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 Norfolk 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing WAAS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £240 - £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
25 35 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 14.04% 13.26% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 7
Average daily rate £225 £293 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +30.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 9
Average hourly rate £16.00 £25.75 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.86% +35.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
WAAS
East of England

WAAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk WAAS Jobs Demand Trend

WAAS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Norfolk WAAS Daily Rate Trend

WAAS
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk region citing WAAS 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 WAAS.

1 8 (100.00%) LAN
1 8 (100.00%) VoIP
1 8 (100.00%) WAN
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) Wireless
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL
3 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (75.00%) PRINCE
3 6 (75.00%) SAN
3 6 (75.00%) NAS
4 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (62.50%) Windows
4 5 (62.50%) CCIE
4 5 (62.50%) CCNP
5 4 (50.00%) NHS
5 4 (50.00%) Brocade
6 3 (37.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (37.50%) CISSP
6 3 (37.50%) VMware
6 3 (37.50%) SLA
7 2 (25.00%) CCIP
7 2 (25.00%) CCDP
7 2 (25.00%) CCA
7 2 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (12.50%) Project Management
8 1 (12.50%) Degree

WAAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk region citing WAAS 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 WAAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) LAN
1 8 (100.00%) VoIP
1 8 (100.00%) WAN
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) Wireless
3 6 (75.00%) SAN
3 6 (75.00%) NAS
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Network Specialist
2 3 (37.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 6 (75.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (62.50%) CCIE
3 5 (62.50%) CCNP
4 3 (37.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (37.50%) CISSP
5 2 (25.00%) CCIP
5 2 (25.00%) CCDP
5 2 (25.00%) CCA
5 2 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) Brocade
3 3 (37.50%) VMware