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This section looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the St Albans 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank63
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.006 %
As % of the category below22.22 %50.00 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£290
Average daily rate-£295
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£311
% change on same period last year+9.94 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£13.25
Average hourly rate-£14.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£14.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.87£24.71
% change on same period last year-19.56 %
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
St Albans
Matching contract IT job ads912
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted34
Average minimum daily rate£177£302
Average daily rate£243£310
% change on same period last year-21.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£13.25
Average hourly rate-£14.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£14.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
LAN HertfordshireLAN
Hertfordshire

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 St Albans region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

St Albans LAN Demand Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

St Albans LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

St Albans LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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.

19 (100.00 %)Windows
28 (88.89 %)Firewall
37 (77.78 %)Cisco
46 (66.67 %)VPN
55 (55.56 %)DNS
55 (55.56 %)Active Directory
55 (55.56 %)MCSE
55 (55.56 %)Migration
55 (55.56 %)Cisco Certification
55 (55.56 %)Microsoft Certification
64 (44.44 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (44.44 %)Government
64 (44.44 %)Network Design
64 (44.44 %)Load Balancing
64 (44.44 %)Cisco PIX
64 (44.44 %)Linux
64 (44.44 %)DHCP
64 (44.44 %)TCP/IP
64 (44.44 %)SC Cleared
64 (44.44 %)Security Cleared
64 (44.44 %)UNIX
73 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
73 (33.33 %)CCNP
73 (33.33 %)CCNA
73 (33.33 %)CCDP
82 (22.22 %)Windows XP
82 (22.22 %)Data Migration
82 (22.22 %)VMware
82 (22.22 %)Sophos
82 (22.22 %)VERITAS

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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.

St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2000
11 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Excel
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (88.89 %)Firewall
26 (66.67 %)VPN
35 (55.56 %)DNS
44 (44.44 %)Cisco PIX
44 (44.44 %)DHCP
44 (44.44 %)TCP/IP
51 (11.11 %)DMZ
51 (11.11 %)SAN
51 (11.11 %)WAN
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (44.44 %)Government
21 (11.11 %)Pharmaceutical
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (22.22 %)Network Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Solutions Designer
21 (11.11 %)Technical Specialist
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)NHS
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (100.00 %)Windows
24 (44.44 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (44.44 %)Linux
24 (44.44 %)UNIX
33 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (22.22 %)Windows XP
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (55.56 %)Migration
24 (44.44 %)Network Design
24 (44.44 %)Load Balancing
24 (44.44 %)SC Cleared
24 (44.44 %)Security Cleared
32 (22.22 %)Data Migration
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (55.56 %)MCSE
15 (55.56 %)Cisco Certification
15 (55.56 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (33.33 %)CCNP
23 (33.33 %)CCNA
23 (33.33 %)CCDP
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (55.56 %)Active Directory
22 (22.22 %)VMware Infrastructure
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (77.78 %)Cisco
22 (22.22 %)VMware
22 (22.22 %)Sophos
22 (22.22 %)VERITAS
31 (11.11 %)HP
31 (11.11 %)Microsoft