The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAN 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 North West 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
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 86 70 59
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -11
Contract jobs citing WAN 32 63 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.365% 2.018% 2.386%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.56% 11.19% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 20 51
Average daily rate £483 £370 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.27% +13.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £399 £172 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £554 £472 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £303 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.95% -6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 8
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -50.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.70 £10.00 £29.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.30 £44.50 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-25.58% +2.38%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
303 563 481
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.93% 18.03% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 223 245
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £175 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £462 £461 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 36 45
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.93 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.11% -41.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
WAN
England

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West WAN Daily Rate Histogram

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West WAN Hourly Rate Histogram

WAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +7 20 £515 +42.06%
Manchester -13 7 £163 -61.76%
Lancashire +12 1 - -
Merseyside -2 1 - -
WAN
England

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 74 (83.15%) LAN
2 40 (44.94%) Windows
3 27 (30.34%) Microsoft
4 24 (26.97%) Firewall
5 23 (25.84%) Project Management
6 20 (22.47%) Cisco
6 20 (22.47%) MS Exchange
6 20 (22.47%) ITIL
7 18 (20.22%) Windows Server 2003
7 18 (20.22%) Windows Server 2008
8 17 (19.10%) TCP/IP
8 17 (19.10%) Active Directory
9 14 (15.73%) Exchange Server 2010
10 13 (14.61%) Migration
10 13 (14.61%) VMware
10 13 (14.61%) SAN
11 12 (13.48%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (12.36%) PRINCE2
12 11 (12.36%) Windows XP
12 11 (12.36%) VMware Infrastructure
13 10 (11.24%) Citrix
13 10 (11.24%) Tivoli
14 9 (10.11%) UNIX
14 9 (10.11%) MS Office
14 9 (10.11%) Banking
15 8 (8.989%) Oracle
15 8 (8.989%) EMC
15 8 (8.989%) HP
15 8 (8.989%) CCNA
15 8 (8.989%) VPN

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 5 (5.618%) SAP Basis
2 2 (2.247%) Application Packaging
2 2 (2.247%) COM
3 1 (1.124%) HTML
3 1 (1.124%) Web Services
3 1 (1.124%) XML
3 1 (1.124%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 20 (22.47%) MS Exchange
2 14 (15.73%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (6.742%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (5.618%) NetWeaver
4 5 (5.618%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (4.494%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.124%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.124%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (1.124%) WorkSite
Applications
1 9 (10.11%) MS Office
2 5 (5.618%) MS Visio
2 5 (5.618%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.618%) MS Project
3 2 (2.247%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (2.247%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (2.247%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.124%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 74 (83.15%) LAN
2 24 (26.97%) Firewall
3 17 (19.10%) TCP/IP
4 13 (14.61%) SAN
5 8 (8.989%) VPN
5 8 (8.989%) DNS
5 8 (8.989%) WLAN
6 7 (7.865%) DHCP
7 6 (6.742%) Internet
8 5 (5.618%) MPLS
8 5 (5.618%) SSL
8 5 (5.618%) VoIP
9 4 (4.494%) Wireless
9 4 (4.494%) OSPF
10 3 (3.371%) EIGRP
10 3 (3.371%) BGP
10 3 (3.371%) Ethernet
10 3 (3.371%) HTTP
11 2 (2.247%) VLAN
11 2 (2.247%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.247%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (2.247%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (2.247%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (2.247%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.124%) SAP HANA
General
1 9 (10.11%) Banking
2 7 (7.865%) Finance
3 6 (6.742%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.494%) Local Government
5 3 (3.371%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.247%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.124%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.124%) German Language
Job Titles
1 14 (15.73%) Project Manager
2 13 (14.61%) Desktop Support
3 12 (13.48%) Analyst
4 11 (12.36%) Architect
5 9 (10.11%) Network Engineer
6 7 (7.865%) IT Support
7 6 (6.742%) Storage Architect
7 6 (6.742%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (6.742%) Consultant
8 5 (5.618%) Business Analyst
8 5 (5.618%) IT Consultant
8 5 (5.618%) Support Consultant
9 4 (4.494%) Technical Business Analyst
9 4 (4.494%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (4.494%) SAP Manager
9 4 (4.494%) Telephony Project Manager
9 4 (4.494%) Support Analyst
10 3 (3.371%) Support Engineer
10 3 (3.371%) Technical Project Manager
10 3 (3.371%) SAP Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.742%) Client/Server
2 4 (4.494%) Blackberry
3 3 (3.371%) Thin Client
3 3 (3.371%) Fat Client
4 2 (2.247%) IVR
4 2 (2.247%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.124%) NHS
5 1 (1.124%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.124%) CLARiiON
5 1 (1.124%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 40 (44.94%) Windows
2 18 (20.22%) Windows Server 2003
2 18 (20.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (12.36%) Windows XP
4 9 (10.11%) UNIX
5 6 (6.742%) Solaris
6 5 (5.618%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.247%) Windows NT
8 1 (1.124%) Linux
8 1 (1.124%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.84%) Project Management
2 20 (22.47%) ITIL
3 13 (14.61%) Migration
4 11 (12.36%) PRINCE2
5 8 (8.989%) Service Delivery
5 8 (8.989%) Change Management
6 7 (7.865%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (5.618%) CRM
7 5 (5.618%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (4.494%) Business Analysis
8 4 (4.494%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (3.371%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (3.371%) Supplier Management
9 3 (3.371%) Enterprise Architecture
10 2 (2.247%) Project Planning
10 2 (2.247%) Asset Management
10 2 (2.247%) TOGAF
10 2 (2.247%) Content Management
10 2 (2.247%) Load Balancing
10 2 (2.247%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.618%) ABAP
1 5 (5.618%) Java
2 4 (4.494%) SQL
3 1 (1.124%) VBScript
3 1 (1.124%) VB
3 1 (1.124%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.124%) C
3 1 (1.124%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (13.48%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (8.989%) CCNA
3 7 (7.865%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 6 (6.742%) CCNP
5 5 (5.618%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (4.494%) MCP
7 3 (3.371%) Dell Certification
7 3 (3.371%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (3.371%) CCIE
7 3 (3.371%) MCSA
8 1 (1.124%) CCDP
8 1 (1.124%) ISEB
8 1 (1.124%) MCSE
8 1 (1.124%) Degree
8 1 (1.124%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.124%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.124%) BC Cleared
8 1 (1.124%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.124%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.124%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.494%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (19.10%) Active Directory
2 11 (12.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.494%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.247%) VMware ESX
4 2 (2.247%) XenApp
4 2 (2.247%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.124%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.124%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.124%) DFS Replication
5 1 (1.124%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 10 (11.24%) Tivoli
2 8 (8.989%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 7 (7.865%) NetBackup
4 3 (3.371%) SCCM
5 1 (1.124%) DameWare
5 1 (1.124%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (1.124%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 27 (30.34%) Microsoft
2 20 (22.47%) Cisco
3 13 (14.61%) VMware
4 10 (11.24%) Citrix
5 8 (8.989%) Oracle
5 8 (8.989%) EMC
5 8 (8.989%) HP
6 7 (7.865%) SAP
7 6 (6.742%) Dell
7 6 (6.742%) Juniper
8 4 (4.494%) Verint
9 3 (3.371%) CheckPoint
9 3 (3.371%) BT
9 3 (3.371%) F5
10 2 (2.247%) Huawei
10 2 (2.247%) JD Edwards
10 2 (2.247%) Epicor
10 2 (2.247%) Remedy
11 1 (1.124%) Websense
11 1 (1.124%) Lotus
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