The first table below looks at the demand for VLAN 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 VLAN over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Rank 191 204 218
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +14
Contract jobs citing VLAN 32 43 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.410% 0.423% 0.325%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.190% 2.001% 1.803%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 16
Average daily rate £314 £338 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.03% +17.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £272 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £455 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £293 £325 £275
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +85.00%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1461 2149 1886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.70% 21.16% 18.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 627 653
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 188 223
Average hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.61% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.08 £13.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
VLAN
England

VLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East VLAN Jobs Demand Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East VLAN Daily Rate Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VLAN across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East VLAN Daily Rate Histogram

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East VLAN Hourly Rate Trend

VLAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VLAN across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East VLAN Hourly Rate Histogram

VLAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hampshire 0 19 £288 -31.95%
Berkshire +15 6 £575 +64.28%
Surrey +9 2 - -
Oxfordshire - 2 £340 -
East Sussex +11 1 - -
Kent - 1 - -
VLAN
England

VLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing VLAN 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 VLAN.

1 45 (54.88%) Cisco
2 31 (37.80%) TCP/IP
3 29 (35.37%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (34.15%) VPN
4 28 (34.15%) Firewall
5 26 (31.71%) Windows
6 25 (30.49%) CCNA
7 22 (26.83%) VMware
8 21 (25.61%) LAN
9 20 (24.39%) WAN
10 19 (23.17%) Internet
11 17 (20.73%) Telecoms
12 15 (18.29%) OSPF
12 15 (18.29%) Juniper
12 15 (18.29%) CCNP
12 15 (18.29%) Microsoft
13 14 (17.07%) DHCP
13 14 (17.07%) VMware ESXi
14 13 (15.85%) MPLS
15 12 (14.63%) Windows Server 2003
15 12 (14.63%) DNS
15 12 (14.63%) SNMP
16 11 (13.41%) VoIP
16 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (13.41%) CheckPoint
16 11 (13.41%) BGP
16 11 (13.41%) VMware Infrastructure
17 10 (12.20%) Network Security
17 10 (12.20%) Cisco IOS
17 10 (12.20%) Windows Server 2008

VLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing VLAN 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 VLAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.659%) CSS
2 1 (1.220%) WAP
2 1 (1.220%) Middleware
2 1 (1.220%) Memcached
2 1 (1.220%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.537%) MS Exchange
2 6 (7.317%) IIS
3 5 (6.098%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.098%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (4.878%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (4.878%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.220%) nginx
5 1 (1.220%) CMS
5 1 (1.220%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.220%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (1.220%) Apache
5 1 (1.220%) Documentum
5 1 (1.220%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (6.098%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.439%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 31 (37.80%) TCP/IP
2 28 (34.15%) VPN
2 28 (34.15%) Firewall
3 21 (25.61%) LAN
4 20 (24.39%) WAN
5 19 (23.17%) Internet
6 15 (18.29%) OSPF
7 14 (17.07%) DHCP
8 13 (15.85%) MPLS
9 12 (14.63%) SNMP
9 12 (14.63%) DNS
10 11 (13.41%) VoIP
10 11 (13.41%) BGP
11 10 (12.20%) IPv6
11 10 (12.20%) Cisco IOS
11 10 (12.20%) Network Security
11 10 (12.20%) HSRP
12 9 (10.98%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (8.537%) VPLS
14 6 (7.317%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.98%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.098%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (4.878%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.220%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.220%) Ant
1 1 (1.220%) ClearCase
General
1 17 (20.73%) Telecoms
2 6 (7.317%) Finance
3 4 (4.878%) Military
4 2 (2.439%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.220%) Local Government
5 1 (1.220%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 43 (52.44%) Network Engineer
2 11 (13.41%) Cisco Engineer
2 11 (13.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 10 (12.20%) Analyst
4 8 (9.756%) Architect
5 7 (8.537%) IP Engineer
6 6 (7.317%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (6.098%) Network Analyst
7 5 (6.098%) Consultant
7 5 (6.098%) Support Analyst
7 5 (6.098%) Cisco Network Analyst
7 5 (6.098%) Cisco Analyst
7 5 (6.098%) IP Network Engineer
8 4 (4.878%) Network Architect
8 4 (4.878%) Support Engineer
8 4 (4.878%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.878%) Technical Architect
8 4 (4.878%) Administrator
8 4 (4.878%) Installations Engineer
9 3 (3.659%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.659%) Blackberry
1 3 (3.659%) SecurID
2 2 (2.439%) Handset
2 2 (2.439%) Clustering
2 2 (2.439%) IVR
2 2 (2.439%) SaaS
3 1 (1.220%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.220%) STB
3 1 (1.220%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (1.220%) CMDB
3 1 (1.220%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 26 (31.71%) Windows
2 12 (14.63%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (12.20%) Linux
3 10 (12.20%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (8.537%) VMS
4 7 (8.537%) Windows 7
5 5 (6.098%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (3.659%) Ubuntu
6 3 (3.659%) Windows XP
6 3 (3.659%) Debian
7 2 (2.439%) UNIX
7 2 (2.439%) Windows Vista
7 2 (2.439%) CentOS
8 1 (1.220%) FreeBSD
8 1 (1.220%) OpenBSD
8 1 (1.220%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (10.98%) Migration
2 8 (9.756%) Scrum
3 7 (8.537%) ITIL
4 6 (7.317%) Test Scripting
5 5 (6.098%) Network Management
6 4 (4.878%) Network Architecture
6 4 (4.878%) Network Design
7 3 (3.659%) Load Balancing
7 3 (3.659%) Configuration Management
8 2 (2.439%) ERP
8 2 (2.439%) Service Delivery
8 2 (2.439%) Requirements Management
8 2 (2.439%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (2.439%) Performance Management
8 2 (2.439%) Data Migration
9 1 (1.220%) Data Protection
9 1 (1.220%) Product Management
9 1 (1.220%) Root Cause Analysis
9 1 (1.220%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (1.220%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.98%) C++
2 6 (7.317%) Bash shell
2 6 (7.317%) Perl
3 5 (6.098%) Python
4 3 (3.659%) C
5 2 (2.439%) PHP
6 1 (1.220%) SQL
6 1 (1.220%) VBScript
6 1 (1.220%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.220%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.220%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.220%) Java
Qualifications
1 29 (35.37%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (30.49%) CCNA
3 15 (18.29%) CCNP
4 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (8.537%) MCSE
5 7 (8.537%) Security Cleared
6 5 (6.098%) MCITP
6 5 (6.098%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.439%) MCTS
7 2 (2.439%) MCP
7 2 (2.439%) HND
8 1 (1.220%) CCDP
8 1 (1.220%) HNC
8 1 (1.220%) MCSA
8 1 (1.220%) CCIE
8 1 (1.220%) Degree
8 1 (1.220%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.220%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.220%) ACSA
8 1 (1.220%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.659%) SLA
2 1 (1.220%) QA
2 1 (1.220%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (17.07%) VMware ESXi
2 11 (13.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (12.20%) Active Directory
4 6 (7.317%) vSphere
5 5 (6.098%) XenApp
6 4 (4.878%) Hyper-V
7 3 (3.659%) ISA Server
8 2 (2.439%) Snort
8 2 (2.439%) Squid
8 2 (2.439%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (2.439%) UAG
9 1 (1.220%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (1.220%) SpamAssassin
9 1 (1.220%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (8.537%) SCOM
2 4 (4.878%) WSUS
2 4 (4.878%) Backup Exec
3 3 (3.659%) MOM
4 2 (2.439%) Nessus
4 2 (2.439%) SCCM
4 2 (2.439%) HP SIM
5 1 (1.220%) Legato
5 1 (1.220%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (1.220%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (1.220%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 45 (54.88%) Cisco
2 22 (26.83%) VMware
3 15 (18.29%) Microsoft
3 15 (18.29%) Juniper
4 11 (13.41%) CheckPoint
5 9 (10.98%) Avaya
6 7 (8.537%) HP
6 7 (8.537%) Red Hat
7 6 (7.317%) NetApp
8 5 (6.098%) Citrix
8 5 (6.098%) Blue Coat
9 4 (4.878%) Sourcefire
9 4 (4.878%) Riverbed
10 3 (3.659%) TippingPoint
10 3 (3.659%) ProCurve
10 3 (3.659%) NetScout
10 3 (3.659%) Mitel
10 3 (3.659%) Symantec
10 3 (3.659%) Nokia
11 2 (2.439%) Veritas
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