South West LAN Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the South West 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Local Area Network (LAN)
Location Aberdeen Ashton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Basildon 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 Carlisle Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby 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 Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Reading Redditch Reigate Rotherham Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stourbridge 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 Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	64	88
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching contract IT job ads	85	89
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.115 %	0.088 %
As % of the category below	11.95 %	9.261 %
Daily rates quoted	16	34
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£314
Average daily rate	£352	£328
% change on same period last year	+7.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£341
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£316
% change on same period last year	+9.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	19	19
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.08	£19.18
Average hourly rate	£16.15	£21.71
% change on same period last year	-25.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.23	£24.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.40	£24.37
% change on same period last year	-16.29 %
Communications & Networking South West
Matching contract IT job ads	711	961
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.961 %	0.948 %
Daily rates quoted	201	217
Average minimum daily rate	£311	£329
Average daily rate	£334	£346
% change on same period last year	-3.38 %
Average maximum daily rate	£357	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	£341
% change on same period last year	+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	112	156
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.01	£25.95
Average hourly rate	£26.81	£27.89
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.61	£29.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.70	£28.54
% change on same period last year	-9.93 %
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 West 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 West region.

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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 West region.

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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 West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
Wiltshire	+1	19	£400	-13.24 %
Gloucestershire	+1	16	-	-
Devon	+28	15	-	-
Bristol	+9	11	£206	-14.65 %
Dorset	-14	6	£268	-20.04 %
Somerset	+2	5	-	-

LAN England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 123 (80.92 %) WAN 2 85 (55.92 %) Windows 3 48 (31.58 %) TCP/IP 4 37 (24.34 %) Citrix 5 35 (23.03 %) Oracle 6 34 (22.37 %) Active Directory 6 34 (22.37 %) Microsoft 6 34 (22.37 %) Firewall 7 32 (21.05 %) Security Cleared 7 32 (21.05 %) MS Office 8 31 (20.39 %) Cisco 9 29 (19.08 %) Lotus 9 29 (19.08 %) Lotus Notes 10 27 (17.76 %) Windows 2000 10 27 (17.76 %) Windows Server 2003

11 26 (17.11 %) Cognos Impromptu 11 26 (17.11 %) InterBase 12 21 (13.82 %) Government 13 18 (11.84 %) DNS 13 18 (11.84 %) SQL 13 18 (11.84 %) Cisco Certification 14 17 (11.18 %) HP 14 17 (11.18 %) Windows XP 15 15 (9.868 %) SC Cleared 15 15 (9.868 %) CCNA 16 14 (9.211 %) VPN 17 13 (8.553 %) DV Cleared 18 12 (7.895 %) Migration 18 12 (7.895 %) Backup Exec 18 12 (7.895 %) Microsoft Certification

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 4 (2.632 %) CORBA 2 3 (1.974 %) SOAP 2 3 (1.974 %) WebServices 2 3 (1.974 %) COM+ 2 3 (1.974 %) Windows SharePoint Services 3 2 (1.316 %) .NET Framework 3 2 (1.316 %) CSS 3 2 (1.316 %) HTML 3 2 (1.316 %) .NET 3 2 (1.316 %) J2EE 3 2 (1.316 %) XML 3 2 (1.316 %) AJAX 4 1 (0.658 %) JSP 4 1 (0.658 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 29 (19.08 %) Lotus Notes 2 11 (7.237 %) MS Exchange 3 10 (6.579 %) SharePoint 4 7 (4.605 %) IIS 5 3 (1.974 %) Apache 5 3 (1.974 %) WebLogic 5 3 (1.974 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 3 (1.974 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 2 (1.316 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 2 (1.316 %) SharePoint Portal Server 6 2 (1.316 %) Documentum 6 2 (1.316 %) Tomcat 6 2 (1.316 %) JBoss 7 1 (0.658 %) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications 1 32 (21.05 %) MS Office 2 8 (5.263 %) MS Excel 3 3 (1.974 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.658 %) AutoCAD	Communications & Networking 1 123 (80.92 %) WAN 2 48 (31.58 %) TCP/IP 3 34 (22.37 %) Firewall 4 18 (11.84 %) DNS 5 14 (9.211 %) VPN 6 11 (7.237 %) VoIP 7 10 (6.579 %) SNMP 7 10 (6.579 %) VLAN 7 10 (6.579 %) MPLS 8 9 (5.921 %) DHCP 9 7 (4.605 %) FTP 9 7 (4.605 %) PSTN 9 7 (4.605 %) ATM 9 7 (4.605 %) Broadband 9 7 (4.605 %) SAN 9 7 (4.605 %) Cisco PIX 10 6 (3.947 %) Wireless 11 5 (3.289 %) Ethernet 12 4 (2.632 %) PBX 12 4 (2.632 %) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence 1 26 (17.11 %) Cognos Impromptu 1 26 (17.11 %) InterBase 2 5 (3.289 %) SQL Server 3 4 (2.632 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 3 (1.974 %) SQL Server 2000 4 3 (1.974 %) SQL Server 2005 5 2 (1.316 %) RDBMS 6 1 (0.658 %) MySQL 6 1 (0.658 %) Oracle 9i 6 1 (0.658 %) Crystal Reports	Development Applications 1 3 (1.974 %) PVCS 1 3 (1.974 %) FrontPage
General 1 21 (13.82 %) Government 2 10 (6.579 %) Telecoms 3 3 (1.974 %) Electric 3 3 (1.974 %) Law 4 2 (1.316 %) Pharmaceutical 4 2 (1.316 %) Education 5 1 (0.658 %) Finance 5 1 (0.658 %) Manufacturing 5 1 (0.658 %) Criminal Justice 5 1 (0.658 %) Home Office 5 1 (0.658 %) Banking 5 1 (0.658 %) Retail 5 1 (0.658 %) Retail Banking	Job Titles 1 39 (25.66 %) Analyst 2 18 (11.84 %) Network Support 3 17 (11.18 %) Support Engineer 4 13 (8.553 %) Network Engineer 5 12 (7.895 %) Administrator 6 11 (7.237 %) Support Analyst 6 11 (7.237 %) Helpdesk Analyst 6 11 (7.237 %) 1st Line Support 6 11 (7.237 %) Consultant 7 10 (6.579 %) Systems Administrator 8 9 (5.921 %) 3rd Line Support 9 7 (4.605 %) Service Analyst 9 7 (4.605 %) Systems Engineer 9 7 (4.605 %) Network Consultant 9 7 (4.605 %) Service Desk Analyst 10 6 (3.947 %) UNIX Support 11 5 (3.289 %) Architect 11 5 (3.289 %) 2nd Line Support 12 4 (2.632 %) Coordinator 12 4 (2.632 %) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous 1 4 (2.632 %) Client/Server 1 4 (2.632 %) Clustering 2 3 (1.974 %) Mathematics 2 3 (1.974 %) Applied Mathematics 3 2 (1.316 %) NHS 4 1 (0.658 %) PKI 4 1 (0.658 %) IPTV	Operating Systems 1 85 (55.92 %) Windows 2 27 (17.76 %) Windows 2000 2 27 (17.76 %) Windows Server 2003 3 17 (11.18 %) Windows XP 4 12 (7.895 %) UNIX 5 7 (4.605 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 6 (3.947 %) Linux 7 5 (3.289 %) Windows NT 8 4 (2.632 %) Solaris 9 1 (0.658 %) Windows Vista 9 1 (0.658 %) Red Hat Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 32 (21.05 %) Security Cleared 2 15 (9.868 %) SC Cleared 3 13 (8.553 %) DV Cleared 4 12 (7.895 %) Migration 5 9 (5.921 %) ITIL 6 6 (3.947 %) Project Management 7 5 (3.289 %) Network Design 8 4 (2.632 %) Change Management 9 3 (1.974 %) PRINCE2 9 3 (1.974 %) Load Balancing 10 2 (1.316 %) Data Modelling 11 1 (0.658 %) Network Load Balancing 11 1 (0.658 %) System Testing 11 1 (0.658 %) Communications Security 11 1 (0.658 %) Data Migration 11 1 (0.658 %) Asset Management 11 1 (0.658 %) UML 11 1 (0.658 %) RUP 11 1 (0.658 %) ERP 11 1 (0.658 %) ITSM	Programming Languages 1 18 (11.84 %) SQL 2 6 (3.947 %) Java 3 4 (2.632 %) PL/SQL 4 2 (1.316 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 18 (11.84 %) Cisco Certification 2 15 (9.868 %) CCNA 3 12 (7.895 %) Microsoft Certification 4 10 (6.579 %) MCSE 5 5 (3.289 %) Degree 6 3 (1.974 %) MCTS 6 3 (1.974 %) MCSA 6 3 (1.974 %) MCP 6 3 (1.974 %) CCNP 7 2 (1.316 %) HNC 7 2 (1.316 %) CCIE 8 1 (0.658 %) CCIP 8 1 (0.658 %) CCDA 8 1 (0.658 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 8 1 (0.658 %) PRINCE2 Certification 8 1 (0.658 %) ITIL Certification 8 1 (0.658 %) CCSE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (5.921 %) SLA 2 1 (0.658 %) JSP 440
System Software 1 34 (22.37 %) Active Directory 2 12 (7.895 %) Backup Exec 3 3 (1.974 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (0.658 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 9 (5.921 %) OpenView 2 6 (3.947 %) CiscoWorks 3 3 (1.974 %) Tivoli 3 3 (1.974 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 3 (1.974 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 3 (1.974 %) ServiceCenter 4 2 (1.316 %) Norton AntiVirus 5 1 (0.658 %) Netcool 5 1 (0.658 %) BMC PATROL
Vendors 1 37 (24.34 %) Citrix 2 35 (23.03 %) Oracle 3 34 (22.37 %) Microsoft 4 31 (20.39 %) Cisco 5 29 (19.08 %) Lotus 6 17 (11.18 %) HP 7 7 (4.605 %) Symantec 7 7 (4.605 %) Sophos 7 7 (4.605 %) Tripwire 7 7 (4.605 %) LANDesk 8 6 (3.947 %) CheckPoint 8 6 (3.947 %) VERITAS 9 4 (2.632 %) IBM 9 4 (2.632 %) Juniper 9 4 (2.632 %) VMware 10 3 (1.974 %) Peregrine 10 3 (1.974 %) McAfee Security 11 2 (1.316 %) Remedy 11 2 (1.316 %) Ericsson 11 2 (1.316 %) Nokia