The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 31 27 28
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Contract jobs citing LAN 4 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.493% 1.908% 2.491%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.889% 10.87% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
Average daily rate £358 £313 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.40% +38.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £313 £320
% change year-on-year
-1.60% -2.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -4.76%
All Communications & Networking
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
45 46 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 16.79% 17.56% 19.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 28 24
Average daily rate £360 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £525 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 9
Average hourly rate £15.00 £30.00 £48.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% -37.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £12.00 £33.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £35.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
LAN
Yorkshire

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire LAN Hourly Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Doncaster +3 4 £358 +14.40%
LAN
Yorkshire

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 10 (76.92%) WAN
2 7 (53.85%) VoIP
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco
2 7 (53.85%) Network Security
3 6 (46.15%) TCP/IP
3 6 (46.15%) Network Design
4 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (38.46%) Cisco UCCX
4 5 (38.46%) Cisco CUCM
4 5 (38.46%) SLA
5 3 (23.08%) Firewall
5 3 (23.08%) Wireless
6 2 (15.38%) IPsec
6 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
6 2 (15.38%) VMware
6 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
6 2 (15.38%) CISSP
6 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (15.38%) CheckPoint
6 2 (15.38%) SSL
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 2 (15.38%) CCSP
7 1 (7.692%) Cyber Security
7 1 (7.692%) Office 365
7 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (7.692%) JNCIS
7 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
1 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Office 365
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) WAN
2 7 (53.85%) VoIP
2 7 (53.85%) Network Security
3 6 (46.15%) TCP/IP
4 3 (23.08%) Firewall
4 3 (23.08%) Wireless
5 2 (15.38%) IPsec
5 2 (15.38%) SSL
6 1 (7.692%) WLAN
6 1 (7.692%) PSTN
6 1 (7.692%) Internet
6 1 (7.692%) MPLS
6 1 (7.692%) H.323
6 1 (7.692%) Cisco ASA
General
1 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
1 1 (7.692%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Network Engineer
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Cisco Voice Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Voice Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Voice Network Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Network Security Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Network Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Help Desk Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Network Specialist
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Security Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Business Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Client/Server
1 1 (7.692%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (7.692%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Linux
1 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
1 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Network Design
2 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.692%) Cyber Security
4 1 (7.692%) ITIL
4 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
4 1 (7.692%) ERP
4 1 (7.692%) Project Management
4 1 (7.692%) Network Architecture
4 1 (7.692%) SIEM
4 1 (7.692%) Information Security
4 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.692%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) CISSP
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (15.38%) CCSP
2 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (7.692%) JNCIS
2 1 (7.692%) CCNP
2 1 (7.692%) CCIE
2 1 (7.692%) MCP
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.692%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.692%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco UCCX
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) CheckPoint
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.692%) Juniper
3 1 (7.692%) Nokia
3 1 (7.692%) Citrix
3 1 (7.692%) Blue Coat