North West LAN Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the North West 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Local Area Network (LAN)
Location Aberdeen Ashton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee Durham Ealing East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Guildford Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newport Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar Redditch Romford Rugby Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	63	44
Rank change on same period last year	-19
Matching contract IT job ads	66	127
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.093 %	0.128 %
As % of the category below	14.38 %	20.82 %
Daily rates quoted	18	20
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£313
Average daily rate	£375	£323
% change on same period last year	+16.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£392	£333
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£317
% change on same period last year	+7.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.06	£13.83
Average hourly rate	£22.41	£15.67
% change on same period last year	+43.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.76	£17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.76	£22.43
% change on same period last year	+1.51 %
Communications & Networking North West
Matching contract IT job ads	459	610
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.646 %	0.616 %
Daily rates quoted	101	113
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£325
Average daily rate	£327	£335
% change on same period last year	-2.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£340	£346
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£335
% change on same period last year	+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted	77	91
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.02	£23.32
Average hourly rate	£26.89	£24.38
% change on same period last year	+10.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.77	£25.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.43	£28.95
% change on same period last year	-5.27 %
LAN 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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 North West region over the 3 months to 10 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cheshire	+3	22	£396	+2.04 %
Manchester	-8	21	£312	-5.73 %
Merseyside	-9	10	£425	+51.48 %
Lancashire	+6	6	£285	-
Cumbria	-12	1	-	-

LAN England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 155 (85.16 %) WAN 2 80 (43.96 %) Windows 3 72 (39.56 %) Cisco 4 58 (31.87 %) Cisco Certification 5 43 (23.63 %) Active Directory 6 39 (21.43 %) CCNA 7 38 (20.88 %) SAN 7 38 (20.88 %) Windows Server 2003 7 38 (20.88 %) Firewall 8 35 (19.23 %) Microsoft Certification 8 35 (19.23 %) Citrix 9 34 (18.68 %) CCNP 10 31 (17.03 %) SQL 11 30 (16.48 %) MCSE 12 29 (15.93 %) VMware

13 28 (15.38 %) VPN 14 27 (14.84 %) IIS 15 25 (13.74 %) Microsoft 16 23 (12.64 %) TCP/IP 16 23 (12.64 %) PRINCE2 17 19 (10.44 %) Windows XP 18 18 (9.890 %) Migration 19 17 (9.341 %) VLAN 19 17 (9.341 %) ITIL 20 15 (8.242 %) MS Office 20 15 (8.242 %) DNS 20 15 (8.242 %) Telecoms 21 13 (7.143 %) Finance 21 13 (7.143 %) IP Telephony 22 12 (6.593 %) VoIP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 Development 1 12 (6.593 %) COM+ 1 12 (6.593 %) DCOM 2 2 (1.099 %) Middleware 2 2 (1.099 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 27 (14.84 %) IIS 2 7 (3.846 %) Lotus Notes 3 5 (2.747 %) MS Exchange 4 4 (2.198 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 5 2 (1.099 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 2 (1.099 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 15 (8.242 %) MS Office 2 3 (1.648 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.549 %) MS Visio 3 1 (0.549 %) Acrobat 3 1 (0.549 %) AutoCAD 3 1 (0.549 %) 3ds Max 3 1 (0.549 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 1 (0.549 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 155 (85.16 %) WAN 2 38 (20.88 %) SAN 2 38 (20.88 %) Firewall 3 28 (15.38 %) VPN 4 23 (12.64 %) TCP/IP 5 17 (9.341 %) VLAN 6 15 (8.242 %) DNS 7 13 (7.143 %) IP Telephony 8 12 (6.593 %) Cisco PIX 8 12 (6.593 %) VoIP 8 12 (6.593 %) POP3 8 12 (6.593 %) SMTP 9 10 (5.495 %) DHCP 10 8 (4.396 %) Ethernet 11 7 (3.846 %) EIGRP 12 5 (2.747 %) Network Security 12 5 (2.747 %) BGP 12 5 (2.747 %) WLAN 12 5 (2.747 %) VSAT 13 4 (2.198 %) SNMP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (1.648 %) SQL Server 2 1 (0.549 %) Crystal Reports 2 1 (0.549 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 1 (0.549 %) RDBMS
General 1 15 (8.242 %) Telecoms 2 13 (7.143 %) Finance 3 12 (6.593 %) Government 4 6 (3.297 %) Local Government 5 5 (2.747 %) Construction 6 4 (2.198 %) Manufacturing 7 3 (1.648 %) Auditing 8 2 (1.099 %) Banking 8 2 (1.099 %) Health 9 1 (0.549 %) Legal 9 1 (0.549 %) Retail 9 1 (0.549 %) Education 9 1 (0.549 %) Automotive 9 1 (0.549 %) Financial Institution	Job Titles 1 34 (18.68 %) Network Engineer 2 18 (9.890 %) Project Manager 2 18 (9.890 %) Cisco Engineer 3 15 (8.242 %) Network Support 3 15 (8.242 %) Cisco Network Engineer 4 14 (7.692 %) Infrastructure Specialist 5 13 (7.143 %) Analyst 5 13 (7.143 %) Support Engineer 6 10 (5.495 %) Applications Packager 6 10 (5.495 %) Server Specialist 7 9 (4.945 %) Development Specialist 7 9 (4.945 %) Technical Manager 8 8 (4.396 %) Server Engineer 8 8 (4.396 %) 2nd Line Support 9 7 (3.846 %) Administrator 9 7 (3.846 %) Support Analyst 9 7 (3.846 %) Technical Project Manager 9 7 (3.846 %) Systems Engineer 10 6 (3.297 %) Consultant 10 6 (3.297 %) Project Leader
Miscellaneous 1 7 (3.846 %) Blackberry 2 4 (2.198 %) PDA 3 3 (1.648 %) NHS 4 2 (1.099 %) Smartcard 4 2 (1.099 %) CCTV 4 2 (1.099 %) Mainframe 4 2 (1.099 %) SCADA 4 2 (1.099 %) Computer Science 5 1 (0.549 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.549 %) AS400 5 1 (0.549 %) Replication 5 1 (0.549 %) Clustering 5 1 (0.549 %) Statistics	Operating Systems 1 80 (43.96 %) Windows 2 38 (20.88 %) Windows Server 2003 3 19 (10.44 %) Windows XP 4 11 (6.044 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 10 (5.495 %) UNIX 6 6 (3.297 %) Windows Vista 7 5 (2.747 %) Linux 7 5 (2.747 %) Windows 2000 8 3 (1.648 %) Solaris 9 2 (1.099 %) AIX 9 2 (1.099 %) VMS 9 2 (1.099 %) Windows Mobile 10 1 (0.549 %) Windows NT 10 1 (0.549 %) OS/400 10 1 (0.549 %) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (12.64 %) PRINCE2 2 18 (9.890 %) Migration 3 17 (9.341 %) ITIL 4 11 (6.044 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 9 (4.945 %) Network Design 5 9 (4.945 %) Security Cleared 6 8 (4.396 %) Project Management 7 6 (3.297 %) SC Cleared 8 5 (2.747 %) ERP 9 4 (2.198 %) CAD 10 3 (1.648 %) Disaster Recovery 10 3 (1.648 %) Load Balancing 10 3 (1.648 %) Time Management 11 2 (1.099 %) Communications Security 11 2 (1.099 %) CTC Cleared 11 2 (1.099 %) Configuration Management 11 2 (1.099 %) PRINCE 11 2 (1.099 %) Service Delivery 11 2 (1.099 %) Logistics 12 1 (0.549 %) Supplier Management	Programming Languages 1 31 (17.03 %) SQL 2 2 (1.099 %) Java 3 1 (0.549 %) C
Qualifications 1 58 (31.87 %) Cisco Certification 2 39 (21.43 %) CCNA 3 35 (19.23 %) Microsoft Certification 4 34 (18.68 %) CCNP 5 30 (16.48 %) MCSE 6 10 (5.495 %) Degree 7 9 (4.945 %) CCIE 8 4 (2.198 %) MCITP 9 3 (1.648 %) MCP 9 3 (1.648 %) MCSA 10 1 (0.549 %) CCSP 10 1 (0.549 %) CCDP 10 1 (0.549 %) CCA 10 1 (0.549 %) Citrix Certification 10 1 (0.549 %) CCIP 10 1 (0.549 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 1 (0.549 %) ITIL Certification 10 1 (0.549 %) PMP 10 1 (0.549 %) PMI Certification 10 1 (0.549 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (1.648 %) SLA 2 1 (0.549 %) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software 1 43 (23.63 %) Active Directory 2 5 (2.747 %) Backup Exec 3 3 (1.648 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 3 (1.648 %) Terminal Services 3 3 (1.648 %) ISA Server 4 2 (1.099 %) MetaFrame 4 2 (1.099 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 1 (0.549 %) Novell eDirectory 5 1 (0.549 %) VMware Workstation	Systems Management 1 4 (2.198 %) OpenView 1 4 (2.198 %) CiscoWorks 2 2 (1.099 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (0.549 %) ARCserve
Vendors 1 72 (39.56 %) Cisco 2 35 (19.23 %) Citrix 3 29 (15.93 %) VMware 4 25 (13.74 %) Microsoft 5 12 (6.593 %) Altiris 6 7 (3.846 %) Lotus 7 6 (3.297 %) Oracle 8 5 (2.747 %) HP 9 4 (2.198 %) Avaya 9 4 (2.198 %) EMC 9 4 (2.198 %) Novell 10 3 (1.648 %) CheckPoint 10 3 (1.648 %) NetApp 10 3 (1.648 %) Juniper 10 3 (1.648 %) IBM 11 2 (1.099 %) Sun 11 2 (1.099 %) Nokia 11 2 (1.099 %) Intel 11 2 (1.099 %) Wonderware 12 1 (0.549 %) Symantec