South East LAN Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Local Area Network (LAN)
Location Aberdeen Ayrshire Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Borehamwood Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Godalming Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Prescot Reading Redditch Reigate Renfrewshire Rochester Rotherham Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Stockport Stourbridge Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Wolverhampton Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	49	80
Rank change on same period last year	+31
Matching contract IT job ads	343	331
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.457 %	0.335 %
As % of the category below	14.53 %	10.09 %
Daily rates quoted	88	53
Average minimum daily rate	£297	£317
Average daily rate	£325	£338
% change on same period last year	-3.91 %
Average maximum daily rate	£352	£359
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£316
% change on same period last year	+5.54 %
Hourly rates quoted	61	90
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.55	£25.45
Average hourly rate	£20.49	£26.73
% change on same period last year	-23.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.43	£28.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.50	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-24.07 %
Communications & Networking South East
Matching contract IT job ads	2360	3282
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.146 %	3.320 %
Daily rates quoted	436	732
Average minimum daily rate	£316	£334
Average daily rate	£337	£351
% change on same period last year	-4.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£358	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	372	517
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.31	£27.62
Average hourly rate	£24.67	£29.03
% change on same period last year	-15.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.02	£30.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
LAN England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

LAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LAN across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

LAN
Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Buckinghamshire	+30	63	£314	+185.74 %
Surrey	+22	57	£244	-7.58 %
Berkshire	-5	51	£363	-6.32 %
Hampshire	+20	42	£388	+33.91 %
Oxfordshire	+7	39	£300	-31.35 %
West Sussex	+34	32	£210	-58.00 %
Kent	+7	19	£360	+54.83 %
Thames Valley	+15	15	£335	+219.04 %
Middlesex	-14	7	£425	+91.01 %
East Sussex	-	7	£220	-
Home Counties	+3	3	-	-
M4 Corridor	+5	1	-	-
Sussex	+4	1	-	-

LAN England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1 461 (77.22 %) WAN 2 238 (39.87 %) Windows 3 235 (39.36 %) Cisco 4 159 (26.63 %) Cisco Certification 5 123 (20.60 %) Active Directory 6 116 (19.43 %) Firewall 7 100 (16.75 %) TCP/IP 8 99 (16.58 %) Security Cleared 9 95 (15.91 %) CCNP 10 92 (15.41 %) VPN 11 84 (14.07 %) Microsoft 12 82 (13.74 %) Citrix 13 72 (12.06 %) Windows 2000 14 71 (11.89 %) MPLS 15 70 (11.73 %) ITIL

16 67 (11.22 %) Exchange Server 2003 16 67 (11.22 %) Government 17 65 (10.89 %) MS Exchange 18 64 (10.72 %) CCNA 18 64 (10.72 %) VoIP 19 62 (10.39 %) Telecoms 19 62 (10.39 %) Network Design 19 62 (10.39 %) SC Cleared 20 60 (10.05 %) DNS 21 59 (9.883 %) Internet 22 58 (9.715 %) Windows XP 23 55 (9.213 %) MS Office 24 53 (8.878 %) DHCP 25 50 (8.375 %) Windows Server 2003 26 49 (8.208 %) HP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 9 (1.508 %) WebSphere 2 7 (1.173 %) J2EE 3 6 (1.005 %) WSH 4 4 (0.670 %) XML 4 4 (0.670 %) .NET 5 2 (0.335 %) WAP 6 1 (0.168 %) EDI 6 1 (0.168 %) MFC 6 1 (0.168 %) SOAP 6 1 (0.168 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 67 (11.22 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 65 (10.89 %) MS Exchange 3 33 (5.528 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 16 (2.680 %) IIS 5 15 (2.513 %) Lotus Notes 6 10 (1.675 %) SharePoint 7 9 (1.508 %) GroupWise 8 8 (1.340 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 7 (1.173 %) WebSphere MQ 10 6 (1.005 %) SharePoint Server 2007 11 5 (0.838 %) Exchange Server 2007 12 2 (0.335 %) WebLogic 13 1 (0.168 %) WebSphere Application Server 13 1 (0.168 %) Lotus Domino 13 1 (0.168 %) CICS 13 1 (0.168 %) BizTalk Server 13 1 (0.168 %) CMS
Applications 1 55 (9.213 %) MS Office 2 27 (4.523 %) MS Excel 3 12 (2.010 %) MS Project 4 2 (0.335 %) MS Visio 5 1 (0.168 %) AutoCAD 5 1 (0.168 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 2 (0.335 %) Microsoft CRM 1 2 (0.335 %) MFGPRO 1 2 (0.335 %) Dynamics CRM 2 1 (0.168 %) Remedy ITSM 2 1 (0.168 %) Summit 2 1 (0.168 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 461 (77.22 %) WAN 2 116 (19.43 %) Firewall 3 100 (16.75 %) TCP/IP 4 92 (15.41 %) VPN 5 71 (11.89 %) MPLS 6 64 (10.72 %) VoIP 7 60 (10.05 %) DNS 8 59 (9.883 %) Internet 9 53 (8.878 %) DHCP 10 47 (7.873 %) SAN 11 42 (7.035 %) VLAN 12 39 (6.533 %) Wireless 13 34 (5.695 %) Intranet 14 30 (5.025 %) Ethernet 15 28 (4.690 %) WLAN 16 26 (4.355 %) OSPF 17 24 (4.020 %) BGP 17 24 (4.020 %) ADSL 17 24 (4.020 %) ATM 18 22 (3.685 %) Network Security	Database & Business Intelligence 1 41 (6.868 %) SQL Server 2 10 (1.675 %) BusinessObjects 2 10 (1.675 %) SQL Server 2000 3 9 (1.508 %) DB2 4 7 (1.173 %) Crystal Reports 4 7 (1.173 %) DB2 UDB 5 6 (1.005 %) SQL Server 7 6 3 (0.503 %) Datawarehouse 7 2 (0.335 %) Cognos Impromptu 7 2 (0.335 %) InterBase 8 1 (0.168 %) SQL Server 2005 8 1 (0.168 %) BusinessObjects XI 8 1 (0.168 %) Data Mining 8 1 (0.168 %) DataStage
Development Applications 1 4 (0.670 %) Visual Studio 2 2 (0.335 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 2 (0.335 %) LabVIEW 3 1 (0.168 %) Dreamweaver	General 1 67 (11.22 %) Government 2 62 (10.39 %) Telecoms 3 43 (7.203 %) Finance 4 18 (3.015 %) Local Government 5 15 (2.513 %) Pharmaceutical 6 7 (1.173 %) Health 7 6 (1.005 %) Back Office 8 5 (0.838 %) Pensions 9 3 (0.503 %) Insurance 9 3 (0.503 %) Billing 10 2 (0.335 %) Retail 10 2 (0.335 %) Electronics 10 2 (0.335 %) Financial Institution 10 2 (0.335 %) Law 11 1 (0.168 %) Legal 11 1 (0.168 %) Military 11 1 (0.168 %) Banking 11 1 (0.168 %) Investment Banking 11 1 (0.168 %) Education
Job Titles 1 116 (19.43 %) Analyst 2 74 (12.40 %) Network Engineer 3 69 (11.56 %) Consultant 4 56 (9.380 %) Support Engineer 5 45 (7.538 %) 2nd Line Support 6 43 (7.203 %) Project Manager 7 41 (6.868 %) Network Consultant 8 40 (6.700 %) Network Support 9 34 (5.695 %) Support Analyst 10 32 (5.360 %) Network Analyst 11 30 (5.025 %) Administrator 12 28 (4.690 %) Architect 13 23 (3.853 %) Support Technician 14 22 (3.685 %) 3rd Line Support 15 21 (3.518 %) Design Engineer 16 20 (3.350 %) Desktop Support 16 20 (3.350 %) Cisco Consultant 17 19 (3.183 %) Network Specialist 17 19 (3.183 %) Network Design Engineer 18 18 (3.015 %) Systems Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 11 (1.843 %) Clustering 2 10 (1.675 %) Blackberry 3 9 (1.508 %) AS400 4 7 (1.173 %) Thin Client 4 7 (1.173 %) Fat Client 5 6 (1.005 %) Mainframe 6 3 (0.503 %) Management Information System 6 3 (0.503 %) Handset 6 3 (0.503 %) PMI 6 3 (0.503 %) PKI 6 3 (0.503 %) French Language 7 2 (0.335 %) German Language 7 2 (0.335 %) PDA 7 2 (0.335 %) Replication 8 1 (0.168 %) EPoS 8 1 (0.168 %) NHS 8 1 (0.168 %) Client/Server 8 1 (0.168 %) Spread Betting 8 1 (0.168 %) Mathematics 8 1 (0.168 %) Applied Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 238 (39.87 %) Windows 2 72 (12.06 %) Windows 2000 3 58 (9.715 %) Windows XP 4 50 (8.375 %) Windows Server 2003 5 47 (7.873 %) Windows NT 6 41 (6.868 %) UNIX 7 38 (6.365 %) Linux 8 18 (3.015 %) Solaris 9 9 (1.508 %) Windows Vista 10 5 (0.838 %) NetWare 11 3 (0.503 %) AIX 12 2 (0.335 %) FreeBSD 12 2 (0.335 %) OpenBSD 13 1 (0.168 %) OS/2 13 1 (0.168 %) MVS	Processes & Methodologies 1 99 (16.58 %) Security Cleared 2 70 (11.73 %) ITIL 3 62 (10.39 %) Network Design 3 62 (10.39 %) SC Cleared 4 46 (7.705 %) Migration 5 32 (5.360 %) PRINCE2 6 31 (5.193 %) Project Management 7 28 (4.690 %) DV Cleared 8 21 (3.518 %) Configuration Management 9 19 (3.183 %) Service Delivery 10 18 (3.015 %) Service Management 11 13 (2.178 %) Network Planning 11 13 (2.178 %) Disaster Recovery 12 12 (2.010 %) Risk Management 12 12 (2.010 %) Incident Management 13 11 (1.843 %) Change Management 14 10 (1.675 %) Resource Management 15 9 (1.508 %) Data Migration 15 9 (1.508 %) Stakeholder Management 16 8 (1.340 %) Data Management
Programming Languages 1 27 (4.523 %) SQL 2 14 (2.345 %) Shell Script 3 13 (2.178 %) Perl 4 8 (1.340 %) Java 5 7 (1.173 %) C++ 5 7 (1.173 %) VB 6 6 (1.005 %) VBScript 7 5 (0.838 %) C 8 2 (0.335 %) C# 8 2 (0.335 %) VB.NET 8 2 (0.335 %) VC++ 9 1 (0.168 %) Clipper	Qualifications 1 159 (26.63 %) Cisco Certification 2 95 (15.91 %) CCNP 3 64 (10.72 %) CCNA 4 49 (8.208 %) Microsoft Certification 5 40 (6.700 %) MCSE 6 24 (4.020 %) CCIE 7 20 (3.350 %) CCDP 8 17 (2.848 %) MCP 9 12 (2.010 %) MCSA 10 11 (1.843 %) PRINCE2 Certification 11 9 (1.508 %) CCDA 12 8 (1.340 %) CCIP 12 8 (1.340 %) Degree 13 7 (1.173 %) ITIL Certification 13 7 (1.173 %) ISEB 14 6 (1.005 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 15 5 (0.838 %) A+ Certification 16 4 (0.670 %) CISSP 16 4 (0.670 %) PMP 16 4 (0.670 %) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 14 (2.345 %) SLA 2 2 (0.335 %) GLP 3 1 (0.168 %) GxP	System Software 1 123 (20.60 %) Active Directory 2 16 (2.680 %) Terminal Services 2 16 (2.680 %) ISA Server 3 13 (2.178 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 10 (1.675 %) VMware ESX 5 7 (1.173 %) Backup Exec 5 7 (1.173 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 5 (0.838 %) Novell eDirectory 7 2 (0.335 %) NDS 7 2 (0.335 %) MetaFrame 8 1 (0.168 %) Terminal Server
Systems Management 1 26 (4.355 %) CiscoWorks 2 21 (3.518 %) OpenView 3 13 (2.178 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 4 11 (1.843 %) MOM 4 11 (1.843 %) Tivoli 5 9 (1.508 %) WSUS 6 8 (1.340 %) NNM 7 7 (1.173 %) Tivoli NetView 8 5 (0.838 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 9 3 (0.503 %) OpenView Configuration Management 9 3 (0.503 %) OVOW 9 3 (0.503 %) SCCM 10 2 (0.335 %) Norton AntiVirus 11 1 (0.168 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 11 1 (0.168 %) ARCserve 11 1 (0.168 %) ZENworks 11 1 (0.168 %) Netcool	Vendors 1 235 (39.36 %) Cisco 2 84 (14.07 %) Microsoft 3 82 (13.74 %) Citrix 4 49 (8.208 %) HP 5 39 (6.533 %) CheckPoint 5 39 (6.533 %) VMware 6 23 (3.853 %) IBM 7 19 (3.183 %) Oracle 8 16 (2.680 %) Lotus 8 16 (2.680 %) Juniper 9 12 (2.010 %) Novell 9 12 (2.010 %) Sun 9 12 (2.010 %) VERITAS 10 10 (1.675 %) McAfee Security 10 10 (1.675 %) Compaq 10 10 (1.675 %) Business Objects 10 10 (1.675 %) Nortel 11 9 (1.508 %) Nokia 12 8 (1.340 %) Symantec 12 8 (1.340 %) Remedy