The first table below looks at the demand for VLAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VLAN over the 3 months to 24 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 Suffolk 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Rank - 35 -
Contract jobs citing VLAN 0 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk - 2.419% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 7.895% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £360 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £299 £325 £275
% change year-on-year
-8.07% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +72.09%
All Communications & Networking
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
12 76 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 8.276% 30.65% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 33 6
Average daily rate £133 £313 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-57.60% -0.79%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 3
Average hourly rate £11.25 £37.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.00% +100.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £23.30 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.25 £45.50 £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
VLAN
East of England

VLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk VLAN Daily Rate Trend

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Suffolk VLAN Hourly Rate Trend

VLAN
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) RIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DSLAM
1 1 (100.00%) DSL
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) IGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) VDSL
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (100.00%) eTOM
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL2
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL2+

VLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) RIP
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DSLAM
1 1 (100.00%) DSL
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) IGRP
1 1 (100.00%) VDSL
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL2
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL2+
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (100.00%) eTOM
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei