South East WAN Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) 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 WAN over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Location Aberdeen Ashton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Barking Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenford Hampshire Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Prescot Prestwick Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warwick Warwickshire Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	60	78
Rank change on same period last year	+18
Matching contract IT job ads	274	353
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.365 %	0.352 %
As % of the category below	11.54 %	10.82 %
Daily rates quoted	72	83
Average minimum daily rate	£324	£311
Average daily rate	£351	£329
% change on same period last year	+6.74 %
Average maximum daily rate	£378	£347
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£306
% change on same period last year	+8.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	55	72
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.32	£25.33
Average hourly rate	£21.21	£26.55
% change on same period last year	-20.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.10	£27.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.55	£25.43
% change on same period last year	-15.25 %
Communications & Networking South East
Matching contract IT job ads	2374	3263
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.164 %	3.255 %
Daily rates quoted	501	765
Average minimum daily rate	£353	£336
Average daily rate	£371	£353
% change on same period last year	+4.98 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£343
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	350	541
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.50	£27.74
Average hourly rate	£24.86	£29.32
% change on same period last year	-15.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.23	£30.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.76
% change on same period last year	-11.03 %
WAN 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.

WAN
Demand Trend

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

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
Berkshire	-10	46	£384	+5.52 %
Buckinghamshire	+23	44	£375	+7.55 %
Hampshire	+16	43	£338	+40.71 %
Surrey	-10	41	£245	-22.47 %
Oxfordshire	+21	38	£307	-27.86 %
Kent	+19	17	£375	+97.36 %
West Sussex	+13	17	-	-
East Sussex	-	8	£368	-
Thames Valley	+12	7	-	-
Middlesex	-10	6	£350	+66.66 %
Home Counties	+9	3	-	-
M4 Corridor	+3	1	-	-

WAN England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing WAN 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 WAN.

1 476 (86.86 %) LAN 2 262 (47.81 %) Cisco 3 209 (38.14 %) Windows 4 173 (31.57 %) Cisco Certification 5 127 (23.18 %) Firewall 6 100 (18.25 %) TCP/IP 7 98 (17.88 %) CCNP 8 97 (17.70 %) VPN 9 96 (17.52 %) Microsoft 10 94 (17.15 %) Active Directory 11 91 (16.61 %) Windows Server 2003 12 85 (15.51 %) Security Cleared 13 80 (14.60 %) VoIP 14 77 (14.05 %) Windows XP 15 76 (13.87 %) MPLS

16 73 (13.32 %) ITIL 17 72 (13.14 %) MS Exchange 17 72 (13.14 %) CCNA 17 72 (13.14 %) Government 18 68 (12.41 %) Network Design 19 65 (11.86 %) Internet 20 63 (11.50 %) Citrix 21 59 (10.77 %) DNS 22 57 (10.40 %) DHCP 22 57 (10.40 %) MS Office 22 57 (10.40 %) SC Cleared 23 56 (10.22 %) Windows 2000 24 52 (9.489 %) Telecoms 25 51 (9.307 %) VLAN 26 50 (9.124 %) Finance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing WAN 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 WAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (0.730 %) XML 2 3 (0.547 %) WebSphere 3 2 (0.365 %) WAP 4 1 (0.182 %) .NET 4 1 (0.182 %) MFC 4 1 (0.182 %) SOAP 4 1 (0.182 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 72 (13.14 %) MS Exchange 2 36 (6.569 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 11 (2.007 %) SharePoint 3 11 (2.007 %) IIS 3 11 (2.007 %) Lotus Notes 4 9 (1.642 %) GroupWise 5 8 (1.460 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 6 (1.095 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 4 (0.730 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 3 (0.547 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 2 (0.365 %) WebLogic 10 1 (0.182 %) WebSphere Application Server 10 1 (0.182 %) Lotus Domino 10 1 (0.182 %) WebSphere MQ
Applications 1 57 (10.40 %) MS Office 2 32 (5.839 %) MS Excel 3 10 (1.825 %) MS Project 4 2 (0.365 %) MS Visio 5 1 (0.182 %) MS PowerPoint 5 1 (0.182 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 1 (0.182 %) Summit
Communications & Networking 1 476 (86.86 %) LAN 2 127 (23.18 %) Firewall 3 100 (18.25 %) TCP/IP 4 97 (17.70 %) VPN 5 80 (14.60 %) VoIP 6 76 (13.87 %) MPLS 7 65 (11.86 %) Internet 8 59 (10.77 %) DNS 9 57 (10.40 %) DHCP 10 51 (9.307 %) VLAN 11 42 (7.664 %) Cisco PIX 12 40 (7.299 %) SAN 13 37 (6.752 %) Intranet 14 30 (5.474 %) OSPF 15 29 (5.292 %) BGP 15 29 (5.292 %) ATM 15 29 (5.292 %) Network Security 16 27 (4.927 %) ADSL 17 26 (4.745 %) Ethernet 18 24 (4.380 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 28 (5.109 %) SQL Server 2 8 (1.460 %) DB2 2 8 (1.460 %) Crystal Reports 2 8 (1.460 %) BusinessObjects 3 7 (1.277 %) DB2 UDB 4 5 (0.912 %) SQL Server 2005 5 3 (0.547 %) IDOL 5 3 (0.547 %) SQL Server 2000 6 2 (0.365 %) InterBase 6 2 (0.365 %) Cognos Impromptu 6 2 (0.365 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (0.182 %) Data Mining 7 1 (0.182 %) RDBMS 7 1 (0.182 %) Oracle 10g 7 1 (0.182 %) Informix 7 1 (0.182 %) DataStage 7 1 (0.182 %) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications 1 3 (0.547 %) LoadRunner 2 2 (0.365 %) MSI 3 1 (0.182 %) Visual Studio	General 1 72 (13.14 %) Government 2 52 (9.489 %) Telecoms 3 50 (9.124 %) Finance 4 18 (3.285 %) Local Government 5 15 (2.737 %) Pharmaceutical 6 4 (0.730 %) Financial Institution 6 4 (0.730 %) Health 7 3 (0.547 %) Pensions 7 3 (0.547 %) Auditing 8 2 (0.365 %) Military 8 2 (0.365 %) Billing 8 2 (0.365 %) Insurance 8 2 (0.365 %) Law 9 1 (0.182 %) Legal 9 1 (0.182 %) Back Office
Job Titles 1 98 (17.88 %) Analyst 2 84 (15.33 %) Network Engineer 3 72 (13.14 %) Consultant 4 42 (7.664 %) 2nd Line Support 5 41 (7.482 %) Network Consultant 6 40 (7.299 %) Project Manager 7 39 (7.117 %) Network Support 8 37 (6.752 %) Support Engineer 9 33 (6.022 %) Support Analyst 10 28 (5.109 %) Architect 11 27 (4.927 %) Network Analyst 11 27 (4.927 %) Design Engineer 11 27 (4.927 %) Network Design Engineer 12 23 (4.197 %) Administrator 13 19 (3.467 %) Cisco Consultant 14 18 (3.285 %) 3rd Line Support 15 15 (2.737 %) Network Architect 15 15 (2.737 %) Network Specialist 16 14 (2.555 %) Cisco Engineer 17 13 (2.372 %) Support Technician	Miscellaneous 1 9 (1.642 %) Thin Client 1 9 (1.642 %) Fat Client 2 7 (1.277 %) PKI 3 6 (1.095 %) Clustering 4 5 (0.912 %) AS400 5 4 (0.730 %) Blackberry 5 4 (0.730 %) Management Information System 6 2 (0.365 %) CESG 6 2 (0.365 %) PMI 6 2 (0.365 %) NHS 6 2 (0.365 %) French Language 7 1 (0.182 %) German Language 7 1 (0.182 %) Japanese Language 7 1 (0.182 %) Portuguese Language 7 1 (0.182 %) Spanish Language 7 1 (0.182 %) Spread Betting 7 1 (0.182 %) Mathematics 7 1 (0.182 %) Applied Mathematics 7 1 (0.182 %) Client/Server 7 1 (0.182 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 209 (38.14 %) Windows 2 91 (16.61 %) Windows Server 2003 3 77 (14.05 %) Windows XP 4 56 (10.22 %) Windows 2000 5 37 (6.752 %) UNIX 6 34 (6.204 %) Linux 7 25 (4.562 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 25 (4.562 %) Windows Vista 8 13 (2.372 %) Windows NT 9 10 (1.825 %) NetWare 9 10 (1.825 %) Solaris 10 8 (1.460 %) Windows Server 2008 11 3 (0.547 %) AIX 12 1 (0.182 %) OS/2	Processes & Methodologies 1 85 (15.51 %) Security Cleared 2 73 (13.32 %) ITIL 3 68 (12.41 %) Network Design 4 57 (10.40 %) SC Cleared 5 46 (8.394 %) Migration 6 34 (6.204 %) Project Management 7 30 (5.474 %) PRINCE2 8 24 (4.380 %) Service Management 9 21 (3.832 %) DV Cleared 10 18 (3.285 %) Service Delivery 11 16 (2.920 %) Incident Management 12 13 (2.372 %) Network Planning 12 13 (2.372 %) Risk Management 13 12 (2.190 %) Change Management 14 11 (2.007 %) E-Commerce 15 10 (1.825 %) Configuration Management 15 10 (1.825 %) Resource Management 16 9 (1.642 %) Stakeholder Management 17 8 (1.460 %) PRINCE 17 8 (1.460 %) Problem Management
Programming Languages 1 21 (3.832 %) SQL 2 8 (1.460 %) Perl 3 7 (1.277 %) Shell Script 4 5 (0.912 %) C 5 1 (0.182 %) C++ 5 1 (0.182 %) Java 5 1 (0.182 %) VB 5 1 (0.182 %) AWK 5 1 (0.182 %) Clipper	Qualifications 1 173 (31.57 %) Cisco Certification 2 98 (17.88 %) CCNP 3 72 (13.14 %) CCNA 4 45 (8.212 %) Microsoft Certification 5 34 (6.204 %) MCSE 6 29 (5.292 %) CCIE 7 20 (3.650 %) MCP 8 17 (3.102 %) CCDP 9 13 (2.372 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 12 (2.190 %) CCIP 11 11 (2.007 %) ITIL Certification 12 9 (1.642 %) Degree 13 8 (1.460 %) MCSA 14 7 (1.277 %) CCDA 15 6 (1.095 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 16 4 (0.730 %) CCSE 16 4 (0.730 %) JNCIA 17 3 (0.547 %) CISSP 17 3 (0.547 %) CNE 17 3 (0.547 %) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (2.190 %) SLA 2 2 (0.365 %) GLP 3 1 (0.182 %) GxP 3 1 (0.182 %) QA	System Software 1 94 (17.15 %) Active Directory 2 11 (2.007 %) ISA Server 2 11 (2.007 %) Backup Exec 2 11 (2.007 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 6 (1.095 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 4 (0.730 %) Terminal Services 5 3 (0.547 %) Novell eDirectory 6 2 (0.365 %) NDS 7 1 (0.182 %) MetaFrame 7 1 (0.182 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 7 1 (0.182 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 24 (4.380 %) CiscoWorks 2 18 (3.285 %) OpenView 3 12 (2.190 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 4 11 (2.007 %) Tivoli 5 7 (1.277 %) Tivoli NetView 5 7 (1.277 %) OpenView Configuration Management 5 7 (1.277 %) NNM 6 6 (1.095 %) Netcool 7 4 (0.730 %) Norton AntiVirus 7 4 (0.730 %) WSUS 8 3 (0.547 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 9 1 (0.182 %) MOM 9 1 (0.182 %) Unicenter 9 1 (0.182 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 9 1 (0.182 %) EMC NetWorker 9 1 (0.182 %) ARCserve 9 1 (0.182 %) ZENworks	Vendors 1 262 (47.81 %) Cisco 2 96 (17.52 %) Microsoft 3 63 (11.50 %) Citrix 4 45 (8.212 %) HP 5 41 (7.482 %) CheckPoint 6 20 (3.650 %) Oracle 7 17 (3.102 %) VMware 8 16 (2.920 %) Novell 9 15 (2.737 %) Lotus 10 14 (2.555 %) VERITAS 10 14 (2.555 %) IBM 10 14 (2.555 %) Juniper 11 10 (1.825 %) Symantec 11 10 (1.825 %) Nortel 12 8 (1.460 %) Nokia 12 8 (1.460 %) Business Objects 13 7 (1.277 %) SAP 14 6 (1.095 %) BMC 14 6 (1.095 %) Red Hat 15 5 (0.912 %) Alcatel