The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Oxfordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 31 46 36
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -10
Contract jobs citing LAN 20 7 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 4.274% 1.217% 3.067%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.47% 9.859% 18.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 10
Average daily rate £300 £375 £168
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +123.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £318 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.51% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
Average hourly rate £15.00 £12.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-7.31% -2.38%
All Communications & Networking
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
89 71 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 19.02% 12.35% 16.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 23 37
Average daily rate £320 £325 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +51.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £140 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 24
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.25 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +12.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.35 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £16.50 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
LAN
South East

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire LAN Hourly Rate Trend

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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oxford +10 12 £300 -20.00% 3
Abingdon - - - -
Bicester - - - -
LAN
South East

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 23 (92.00%) WAN
2 10 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (32.00%) CCNA
3 8 (32.00%) Windows
4 6 (24.00%) ITIL
4 6 (24.00%) Juniper
4 6 (24.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (24.00%) Cisco
4 6 (24.00%) VMware
4 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
6 4 (16.00%) HP
6 4 (16.00%) Internet
6 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (16.00%) SQL
6 4 (16.00%) MS Office
6 4 (16.00%) MS Exchange
6 4 (16.00%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (16.00%) ProCurve
7 3 (12.00%) F5
7 3 (12.00%) SCCM
7 3 (12.00%) Network Security
7 3 (12.00%) Riverbed
7 3 (12.00%) Degree
7 3 (12.00%) Firewall
7 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
7 3 (12.00%) CCNP
7 3 (12.00%) MPLS

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (8.000%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) MS Office
2 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (92.00%) WAN
2 6 (24.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (16.00%) Internet
3 4 (16.00%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (12.00%) Network Security
4 3 (12.00%) Firewall
4 3 (12.00%) MPLS
5 2 (8.000%) Intranet
5 2 (8.000%) DNS
5 2 (8.000%) DHCP
5 2 (8.000%) PBX
5 2 (8.000%) VoIP
5 2 (8.000%) VLAN
5 2 (8.000%) IP Telephony
6 1 (4.000%) VPN
General
1 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Network Engineer
2 9 (36.00%) Support Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Analyst
4 6 (24.00%) Help Desk Engineer
5 5 (20.00%) Service Desk Engineer
5 5 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (20.00%) Service Analyst
6 4 (16.00%) Help Desk Analyst
6 4 (16.00%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (16.00%) Help Desk Support
6 4 (16.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 4 (16.00%) Help Desk Support Engineer
7 3 (12.00%) Telephony Engineer
7 3 (12.00%) Support Analyst
7 3 (12.00%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (8.000%) Project Manager
8 2 (8.000%) Desktop Support
8 2 (8.000%) Technical Project Manager
8 2 (8.000%) Server Support
8 2 (8.000%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Handset
2 1 (4.000%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (8.000%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (8.000%) Windows XP
5 1 (4.000%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) ITIL
2 2 (8.000%) Incident Management
2 2 (8.000%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (8.000%) Change Control
3 1 (4.000%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (32.00%) CCNA
3 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 3 (12.00%) CCNP
4 2 (8.000%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Juniper
1 6 (24.00%) Cisco
1 6 (24.00%) VMware
2 4 (16.00%) HP
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) ProCurve
3 3 (12.00%) F5
3 3 (12.00%) Riverbed
3 3 (12.00%) Siemens
4 2 (8.000%) CheckPoint
4 2 (8.000%) Fortinet
4 2 (8.000%) Blue Coat
Banbury, Oxfordshire
Configure Cisco Switches & Routers. LAN/WAN. Skills: Windows Server 2003 & 08r2. VMware/Hyper-V... If you feel you are suitable for the above position and interested in joining...
Cititec
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Oxfordshire
Key background - Business Analysis covering Infrastructure, Strorage and Network Streams on large scale Transformational Programmes for large UK institutions. Highly desirable - Ability to be hands on with both...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £425.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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My Client requires a Technical Infrastructure Project Manager for an immediate start to work on a LAN WAN outsourcing project. You must have extensive experience of Project Managing...
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Rate: £300 - £400 per day
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