The first table below looks at the demand for Load Balancing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Torfaen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Load Balancing over the 3 months to 20 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Torfaen 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Balancing
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Load Balancing 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Torfaen 80.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £293 £375 £398
% change year-on-year
-22.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.75 £55.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-58.63% +100.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Torfaen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Torfaen 80.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
Average daily rate - £200 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -60.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Load Balancing
South Wales

Load Balancing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Load Balancing across the Torfaen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Torfaen Load Balancing Jobs Demand Trend

Load Balancing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Torfaen Load Balancing Hourly Rate Trend

Load Balancing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Balancing within the Torfaen region over the 3 months to 20 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
Cwmbran - 4 - -
Load Balancing
South Wales

Load Balancing
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Torfaen region citing Load Balancing 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 Load Balancing.

1 4 (100.00%) MCP
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (100.00%) Network Design
1 4 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
1 4 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (100.00%) Riverbed
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management

Load Balancing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Torfaen region citing Load Balancing 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 Load Balancing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Administrator
1 4 (100.00%) LAN Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (100.00%) Network Design
1 4 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MCP
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Riverbed