The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 22 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 Somerset 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 34 33 32
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Contract jobs citing LAN 2 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 1.087% 1.190% 1.840%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.692% 28.57% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £237 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £308 £320
% change year-on-year
+0.40% -3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £14.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -4.76%
All Communications & Networking
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
26 7 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 14.13% 4.167% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 15
Average daily rate £285 £240 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -26.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £163 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £350 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
Average hourly rate £13.95 - £14.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
LAN
South West

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 22 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
Taunton +1 2 - -
LAN
South West

LAN
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) VoIP
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) Handset
1 5 (100.00%) IVR
1 5 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 5 (100.00%) PABX
2 4 (80.00%) Siemens
3 3 (60.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (20.00%) C
4 1 (20.00%) BT

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) VoIP
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 5 (100.00%) PABX
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (40.00%) Voice Support Technician
3 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Handset
1 5 (100.00%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Siemens
2 1 (20.00%) BT