LAN Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 67 73 77
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +4
Contract jobs citing LAN 205 223 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 2.630% 2.198% 2.150%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.79% 10.41% 11.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 103 106
Average daily rate £310 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.80% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £156 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £426 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.60% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 33 44
Average hourly rate £17.38 £23.00 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.45% +19.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.85 £12.50 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.15 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-23.80% -
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 1487 2143 1920
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.08% 21.12% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 627 668
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 187 236
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
LAN
England

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East LAN Daily Rate Histogram

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East LAN Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire +15 67 £195 -35.00%
Hampshire 0 60 £375 +7.14%
Surrey -6 19 £250 +31.57%
Oxfordshire +12 18 £300 -11.11%
West Sussex +27 17 £416 +25.18%
Buckinghamshire -2 13 £425 +21.42%
East Sussex +10 5 - -
Kent -3 4 £240 -25.00%
Middlesex +3 1 £300 -20.00%
LAN
England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 311 (76.98%) WAN
2 207 (51.24%) Windows
3 139 (34.41%) VMware
4 132 (32.67%) Cisco
5 127 (31.44%) Active Directory
6 115 (28.47%) Microsoft
7 113 (27.97%) TCP/IP
8 103 (25.50%) SAN
9 99 (24.50%) Cisco Certification
9 99 (24.50%) Firewall
10 95 (23.51%) VMware Infrastructure
11 94 (23.27%) VPN
12 91 (22.52%) ITIL
13 89 (22.03%) Windows Server 2008
14 83 (20.54%) Windows Server 2003
15 82 (20.30%) CCNA
15 82 (20.30%) Windows 7
16 76 (18.81%) HP
17 70 (17.33%) Security Cleared
18 64 (15.84%) Telecoms
19 63 (15.59%) Citrix
20 60 (14.85%) Windows XP
21 59 (14.60%) DNS
22 57 (14.11%) MS Excel
23 56 (13.86%) Project Management
24 55 (13.61%) SC Cleared
25 54 (13.37%) MS Office
25 54 (13.37%) SQL
25 54 (13.37%) Oracle
25 54 (13.37%) SQL Server

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 13 (3.218%) .NET
2 12 (2.970%) SAML
2 12 (2.970%) Web Services
3 8 (1.980%) J2EE
4 7 (1.733%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.485%) COM
6 5 (1.238%) COM+
6 5 (1.238%) Middleware
7 3 (0.743%) CSS
8 1 (0.248%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 46 (11.39%) MS Exchange
2 34 (8.416%) IIS
3 32 (7.921%) Tomcat
4 28 (6.931%) SharePoint
5 24 (5.941%) Apache
6 23 (5.693%) Exchange Server 2010
7 20 (4.950%) Lotus Notes
8 18 (4.455%) Exchange Server 2003
9 14 (3.465%) Exchange Server 2007
10 12 (2.970%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 12 (2.970%) SharePoint 2010
11 11 (2.723%) GlassFish
12 10 (2.475%) IBM HTTP Server
13 6 (1.485%) Oracle HTTP Server
14 5 (1.238%) WebSphere Application Server
15 4 (0.990%) WebLogic
16 3 (0.743%) FileNet
17 2 (0.495%) Lotus Domino
17 2 (0.495%) Zimbra
17 2 (0.495%) Lync
Applications
1 57 (14.11%) MS Excel
2 54 (13.37%) MS Office
3 6 (1.485%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.238%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (0.990%) MS Project
6 1 (0.248%) Office 365
6 1 (0.248%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.248%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.495%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.248%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 311 (76.98%) WAN
2 113 (27.97%) TCP/IP
3 103 (25.50%) SAN
4 99 (24.50%) Firewall
5 94 (23.27%) VPN
6 59 (14.60%) DNS
7 51 (12.62%) MPLS
8 46 (11.39%) VoIP
8 46 (11.39%) Wireless
9 42 (10.40%) IPsec
9 42 (10.40%) Internet
10 41 (10.15%) DHCP
11 32 (7.921%) BGP
12 30 (7.426%) Ethernet
12 30 (7.426%) WLAN
13 28 (6.931%) EIGRP
13 28 (6.931%) Network Security
14 22 (5.446%) SSL
15 21 (5.198%) VLAN
16 20 (4.950%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (13.37%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.693%) SQL Server 2008
3 17 (4.208%) Oracle 8/8i
4 13 (3.218%) SQL Server 2005
5 8 (1.980%) Oracle 11g
6 4 (0.990%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (0.495%) SQL Server 2000
7 2 (0.495%) MySQL
8 1 (0.248%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.248%) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1 11 (2.723%) LoadRunner
2 2 (0.495%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.495%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (0.248%) Ant
3 1 (0.248%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.248%) MSI
General
1 64 (15.84%) Telecoms
2 34 (8.416%) Finance
3 11 (2.723%) Retail
3 11 (2.723%) Aerospace
4 8 (1.980%) Banking
5 7 (1.733%) Back Office
6 5 (1.238%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (0.990%) Local Government
8 2 (0.495%) Military
8 2 (0.495%) Advertising
8 2 (0.495%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.248%) Billing
9 1 (0.248%) Publishing
9 1 (0.248%) Law
9 1 (0.248%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.248%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 82 (20.30%) Analyst
2 64 (15.84%) Network Engineer
3 42 (10.40%) Support Engineer
4 36 (8.911%) Architect
5 33 (8.168%) Support Analyst
6 31 (7.673%) Project Manager
7 25 (6.188%) Consultant
8 23 (5.693%) Network Support
9 22 (5.446%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 21 (5.198%) 2nd Line Support
11 20 (4.950%) Network Analyst
12 16 (3.960%) Service Analyst
12 16 (3.960%) Infrastructure Architect
12 16 (3.960%) Desktop Engineer
13 15 (3.713%) Desktop Support
14 14 (3.465%) Technical Manager
14 14 (3.465%) Service Desk Analyst
15 13 (3.218%) Technical Analyst
15 13 (3.218%) Technical Architect
16 12 (2.970%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.178%) Blackberry
2 18 (4.455%) Clustering
3 15 (3.713%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.475%) Open Source
5 7 (1.733%) PKI
5 7 (1.733%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (1.485%) Replication
7 4 (0.990%) Handset
8 3 (0.743%) CESG
9 2 (0.495%) NHS
9 2 (0.495%) Thin Client
9 2 (0.495%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.495%) MPEG
9 2 (0.495%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.495%) iSeries
9 2 (0.495%) IVR
9 2 (0.495%) Cryptography
9 2 (0.495%) SecurID
10 1 (0.248%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.248%) STB
Operating Systems
1 207 (51.24%) Windows
2 89 (22.03%) Windows Server 2008
3 83 (20.54%) Windows Server 2003
4 82 (20.30%) Windows 7
5 60 (14.85%) Windows XP
6 41 (10.15%) UNIX
7 36 (8.911%) Linux
8 18 (4.455%) Windows Vista
9 14 (3.465%) Oracle Linux
10 10 (2.475%) Windows 2000 Server
11 6 (1.485%) Mac OS X
11 6 (1.485%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.238%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.743%) HPUX
13 3 (0.743%) Solaris
13 3 (0.743%) Windows 2000
13 3 (0.743%) Windows NT
14 1 (0.248%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.248%) AIX
14 1 (0.248%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (22.52%) ITIL
2 56 (13.86%) Project Management
3 48 (11.88%) PRINCE2
4 40 (9.901%) Migration
5 27 (6.683%) Service Delivery
6 23 (5.693%) Disaster Recovery
7 21 (5.198%) Configuration Management
8 19 (4.703%) Change Management
9 18 (4.455%) Information Security
10 15 (3.713%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (3.465%) Risk Management
11 14 (3.465%) Test Scripting
11 14 (3.465%) Network Design
12 13 (3.218%) Incident Management
12 13 (3.218%) Service Management
13 12 (2.970%) Validation
13 12 (2.970%) Content Management
14 11 (2.723%) Business Continuity
14 11 (2.723%) Software Deployment
15 10 (2.475%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 54 (13.37%) SQL
2 17 (4.208%) PowerShell
3 13 (3.218%) Perl
3 13 (3.218%) PHP
4 12 (2.970%) Java
5 8 (1.980%) C
6 6 (1.485%) PL/SQL
7 5 (1.238%) VBScript
7 5 (1.238%) VB
8 3 (0.743%) Bash shell
8 3 (0.743%) Korn
8 3 (0.743%) Python
9 1 (0.248%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.248%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.248%) C++
9 1 (0.248%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 99 (24.50%) Cisco Certification
2 82 (20.30%) CCNA
3 70 (17.33%) Security Cleared
4 55 (13.61%) SC Cleared
5 50 (12.38%) CCNP
6 30 (7.426%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (4.455%) DV Cleared
8 15 (3.713%) MCITP
9 14 (3.465%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (2.970%) MCP
11 10 (2.475%) MCTS
11 10 (2.475%) Degree
11 10 (2.475%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (1.980%) CCIE
13 7 (1.733%) MCDST
13 7 (1.733%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 7 (1.733%) MCSE
14 6 (1.485%) MCSA
15 4 (0.990%) CISSP
16 3 (0.743%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.188%) SLA
2 5 (1.238%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.743%) JSP 440
4 2 (0.495%) QA
4 2 (0.495%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 127 (31.44%) Active Directory
2 95 (23.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.446%) XenApp
3 22 (5.446%) vSphere
4 21 (5.198%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (4.950%) VMware ESX
6 18 (4.455%) Hyper-V
7 10 (2.475%) NLBS
8 9 (2.228%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (1.733%) NFS
10 6 (1.485%) Terminal Services
11 5 (1.238%) Shibboleth
11 5 (1.238%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 5 (1.238%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (0.990%) Xen
12 4 (0.990%) Oracle RAC
12 4 (0.990%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.743%) ProxySG
13 3 (0.743%) VMware Server
13 3 (0.743%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 25 (6.188%) SCCM
2 13 (3.218%) HP SIM
2 13 (3.218%) Backup Exec
2 13 (3.218%) SCOM
3 11 (2.723%) HP Quality Center
4 9 (2.228%) EMC NetWorker
5 8 (1.980%) Unicenter
6 6 (1.485%) Foglight
6 6 (1.485%) Norton AntiVirus
7 5 (1.238%) NetBackup
7 5 (1.238%) WSUS
7 5 (1.238%) OpenView
8 4 (0.990%) MOM
9 2 (0.495%) Cisco IPCC
9 2 (0.495%) ARCserve
9 2 (0.495%) CiscoWorks
9 2 (0.495%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.248%) Puppet
10 1 (0.248%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.248%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 139 (34.41%) VMware
2 132 (32.67%) Cisco
3 115 (28.47%) Microsoft
4 76 (18.81%) HP
5 63 (15.59%) Citrix
6 54 (13.37%) Oracle
7 49 (12.13%) Juniper
8 22 (5.446%) NetApp
8 22 (5.446%) Lotus
9 21 (5.198%) F5
10 20 (4.950%) CheckPoint
11 17 (4.208%) Dell
11 17 (4.208%) EMC
12 16 (3.960%) Red Hat
12 16 (3.960%) Avaya
13 14 (3.465%) IBM
14 13 (3.218%) Symantec
15 12 (2.970%) Remedy
16 10 (2.475%) CA
16 10 (2.475%) JBoss
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