The first table below looks at the demand for VLAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VLAN over the 3 months to 22 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 Tyne and Wear 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Rank 26 21 32
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +11
Contract jobs citing VLAN 3 19 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 1.657% 5.655% 0.781%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.375% 21.11% 5.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 2
Average daily rate £300 £350 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.21% +8.02%
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £325 £275
% change year-on-year
-8.46% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +85.00%
All Communications & Networking
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
32 90 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 17.68% 26.79% 14.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 43 16
Average daily rate £300 £350 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +8.02%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £221 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £450 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
Average hourly rate £10.50 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.73% -9.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
VLAN
North East

VLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear VLAN Hourly Rate Trend

VLAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 22 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +4 3 £300 -29.35%
VLAN
North East

VLAN
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) IPsec
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) HSRP
2 1 (33.33%) CentOS
2 1 (33.33%) XenServer
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Apache
2 1 (33.33%) LDAP
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) DNS

VLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) IPsec
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) HSRP
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) LDAP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Administrator
1 3 (100.00%) Network Administrator
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Network Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Cisco Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) CentOS
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) XenServer
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat