The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 20 26 26
Rank change year-on-year
+6 0
Contract jobs citing WAN 6 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 3.947% 0.556% 1.648%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.00% 3.846% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £338 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.61% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-24.70% +1.19%
All Communications & Networking
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20 26 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 13.16% 14.44% 10.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 7
Average daily rate £363 £400 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.37% +2.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £111 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
Average hourly rate £25.00 £15.36 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.76% +5.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.60 £11.55 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £130.00 £20.77 £15.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
WAN
Yorkshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire WAN Daily Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire WAN Hourly Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
York - 4 £375 -
WAN
Yorkshire

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 10 (90.91%) LAN
2 9 (81.82%) Cisco
3 6 (54.55%) CCNA
3 6 (54.55%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (54.55%) Firewall
4 4 (36.36%) SolarWinds
5 3 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (27.27%) Cisco PIX
5 3 (27.27%) Network Security
5 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 3 (27.27%) CCNP
6 2 (18.18%) VPN
6 2 (18.18%) DNS
6 2 (18.18%) DHCP
6 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
6 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL
6 2 (18.18%) Linux
6 2 (18.18%) Frame Relay
6 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
6 2 (18.18%) Degree
6 2 (18.18%) NHS
6 2 (18.18%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
7 1 (9.091%) SaaS
7 1 (9.091%) PaaS

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 1 (9.091%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) Apache
1 1 (9.091%) IIS
1 1 (9.091%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
1 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
1 2 (18.18%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) LAN
2 6 (54.55%) Firewall
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco PIX
3 3 (27.27%) Network Security
4 2 (18.18%) VPN
4 2 (18.18%) DNS
4 2 (18.18%) DHCP
4 2 (18.18%) Frame Relay
5 1 (9.091%) FWSM
5 1 (9.091%) NetScaler
5 1 (9.091%) BIG-IP
5 1 (9.091%) VLAN
5 1 (9.091%) Wireless
5 1 (9.091%) IPsec
5 1 (9.091%) RIP
5 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
5 1 (9.091%) PBX
5 1 (9.091%) WLAN
5 1 (9.091%) SSL
General
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Network Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Network Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Network Consultant
1 2 (18.18%) Consultant
1 2 (18.18%) Network Specialist
2 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
2 1 (9.091%) Technical Leader
2 1 (9.091%) Lead Technical Architect
2 1 (9.091%) Network Security Specialist
2 1 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (9.091%) Network Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Administrator
2 1 (9.091%) Technical Architect
2 1 (9.091%) Lead Architect
2 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (9.091%) Security Specialist
2 1 (9.091%) Communications Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) NHS
2 1 (9.091%) SaaS
2 1 (9.091%) PaaS
2 1 (9.091%) IaaS
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
2 1 (9.091%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
2 1 (9.091%) UNIX
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 1 (9.091%) Network Architecture
2 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (9.091%) Change Management
2 1 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (9.091%) Load Balancing
2 1 (9.091%) Performance Management
2 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
2 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
2 1 (9.091%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) CCNA
1 6 (54.55%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CCNP
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 1 (9.091%) MCSE
4 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.091%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Hyper-V
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (9.091%) OpenView
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco
2 4 (36.36%) SolarWinds
3 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 1 (9.091%) Aruba
4 1 (9.091%) F5
4 1 (9.091%) HP
4 1 (9.091%) Dell
4 1 (9.091%) Citrix
4 1 (9.091%) Nokia
4 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
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