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The table looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank7592
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads6721374
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.956 %1.785 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category14.05 %13.25 %
Daily rates quoted206365
Average daily rate£315£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£208
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£320
% change on same period last year-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted109204
Average hourly rate£20.00£19.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+5.260 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.20£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£18.00
% change on same period last year+16.66 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
478210368
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK13.92 %13.47 %
Daily rates quoted12982833
Average daily rate£325£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£218
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£473£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£335
% change on same period last year-10.44 %
Hourly rates quoted5221234
Average hourly rate£24.50£23.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+6.520 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£23.00
% change on same period last year+8.690 %

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.

LAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LAN within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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 within the UK.

LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

LAN Daily Rate Histogram

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LAN within the UK.

LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

LAN Hourly Rate Histogram

LAN
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+16625£325-7.14 %
LondonUp+6225£325-13.96 %
South EastUp+10166£275-15.38 %
East of EnglandUp+3669£325-10.95 %
City of LondonUp+2263£325-18.75 %
HampshireUp+3152£300-25.00 %
South WestUp+2147£240-16.52 %
HertfordshireUp+6344£350-10.54 %
North WestDown-534£313-21.87 %
BerkshireUp+329£225-40.00 %
YorkshireUp+4028£333+2.30 %
ScotlandUp+2527£303+26.25 %
West MidlandsUp+2326£200-27.27 %
West YorkshireUp+3624£333+10.83 %
GloucestershireUp+2920--
WalesUp+3019£159-57.94 %
South WalesUp+2719£159-59.29 %
LeedsUp+2818£330+10.00 %
East MidlandsUp+3717£300-18.85 %
MiddlesexUp+2917£320-26.85 %
PortsmouthUp+1816£450-
BuckinghamshireUp+816£250-11.97 %
CheshireUp+2613£288-27.76 %
GlasgowUp+2513£321+28.30 %
OxfordshireUp+213£225-50.00 %
ReadingUp+2112£325-31.57 %
East SussexUp+1612--
CardiffUp+1811£146-61.45 %
North EastUp+911£340+19.29 %
CambridgeshireDown-311£285-21.91 %

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1999 (73.13 %)WAN
2588 (43.05 %)Cisco
3391 (28.62 %)Windows
4380 (27.82 %)Cisco Certification
5365 (26.72 %)Firewall
6237 (17.35 %)TCP/IP
7235 (17.20 %)CCNP
8232 (16.98 %)Microsoft
9230 (16.84 %)Active Directory
10197 (14.42 %)Telecoms
11192 (14.06 %)VPN
12190 (13.91 %)Security Cleared
13182 (13.32 %)Windows Server 2003
14172 (12.59 %)CCNA
15162 (11.86 %)Finance
16152 (11.13 %)VoIP
17151 (11.05 %)MS Exchange
18130 (9.517 %)Nokia
19126 (9.224 %)Government
20122 (8.931 %)SAN
20122 (8.931 %)Windows XP
21121 (8.858 %)Network Design
22119 (8.712 %)HP
23112 (8.199 %)ITIL
24110 (8.053 %)CheckPoint
25108 (7.906 %)SC Cleared
26106 (7.760 %)MPLS
27104 (7.613 %)OSPF
28102 (7.467 %)UNIX
29101 (7.394 %)Linux

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
169 (5.051 %)XML
229 (2.123 %).NET
316 (1.171 %)HTML
412 (0.878 %)ODBC
58 (0.586 %)Middleware
67 (0.512 %)ASP
67 (0.512 %)WebSphere
76 (0.439 %)CSS
85 (0.366 %)WebServices
85 (0.366 %).NET Framework
94 (0.293 %)COM
94 (0.293 %)J2EE
94 (0.293 %)Flash
103 (0.220 %)SAP XI
103 (0.220 %)ASP.NET
103 (0.220 %)Windows SharePoint Services
112 (0.146 %)MAPI
112 (0.146 %)FIX Protocol
112 (0.146 %)ASP.NET 2.0
112 (0.146 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1151 (11.05 %)MS Exchange
271 (5.198 %)Exchange Server 2003
345 (3.294 %)IIS
436 (2.635 %)SharePoint
534 (2.489 %)Exchange Server 2007
628 (2.050 %)Lotus Notes
714 (1.025 %)Apache
714 (1.025 %)Exchange Server 2000
88 (0.586 %)Exchange Server 5.5
88 (0.586 %)Tomcat
97 (0.512 %)Lotus Domino
97 (0.512 %)Rendezvous
97 (0.512 %)SharePoint Server 2007
106 (0.439 %)GroupWise
106 (0.439 %)WebSphere Application Server
115 (0.366 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
115 (0.366 %)Oracle Application Server
124 (0.293 %)CMS
124 (0.293 %)WebLogic
133 (0.220 %)Morello
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
197 (7.101 %)MS Office
282 (6.003 %)MS Excel
332 (2.343 %)MS Visio
49 (0.659 %)MS Project
55 (0.366 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.366 %)Acrobat
64 (0.293 %)Spreadsheet
64 (0.293 %)Photoshop
72 (0.146 %)AutoCAD
81 (0.073 %)Paint Shop Pro
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (0.512 %)RMDS
22 (0.146 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (0.146 %)Summit
22 (0.146 %)SAP Oil and Gas
31 (0.073 %)Retail-J
31 (0.073 %)SAP CCM
31 (0.073 %)SAP ERP
31 (0.073 %)SAP Retail
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1999 (73.13 %)WAN
2365 (26.72 %)Firewall
3237 (17.35 %)TCP/IP
4192 (14.06 %)VPN
5152 (11.13 %)VoIP
6122 (8.931 %)SAN
7106 (7.760 %)MPLS
8104 (7.613 %)OSPF
9100 (7.321 %)Wireless
1098 (7.174 %)BGP
1098 (7.174 %)DNS
1180 (5.857 %)VLAN
1278 (5.710 %)Nokia NetAct
1377 (5.637 %)Cisco PIX
1475 (5.490 %)RNC
1567 (4.905 %)Internet
1666 (4.832 %)Ethernet
1765 (4.758 %)UMTS
1858 (4.246 %)DHCP
1955 (4.026 %)IP Telephony
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (2.489 %)SQL Server
219 (1.391 %)MS Access
313 (0.952 %)SQL Server 2005
411 (0.805 %)SQL Server 2000
58 (0.586 %)Oracle 10g
66 (0.439 %)MySQL
75 (0.366 %)Datawarehouse
75 (0.366 %)Oracle 8/8i
84 (0.293 %)BusinessObjects
93 (0.220 %)BusinessObjects XI
93 (0.220 %)SQL Server Integration Services
93 (0.220 %)Oracle 9i
102 (0.146 %)OLAP
102 (0.146 %)Oracle OLAP
102 (0.146 %)EDMS
111 (0.073 %)IDOL
111 (0.073 %)Crystal Reports
111 (0.073 %)Oracle Reports
111 (0.073 %)DB2
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (0.293 %)LoadRunner
23 (0.220 %)ClearCase
23 (0.220 %)WinRunner
23 (0.220 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (0.073 %)Eclipse
31 (0.073 %)MSI
31 (0.073 %)Selenium
31 (0.073 %)Visual Studio Team System
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1197 (14.42 %)Telecoms
2162 (11.86 %)Finance
3126 (9.224 %)Government
479 (5.783 %)Banking
529 (2.123 %)Investment Banking
621 (1.537 %)Local Government
720 (1.464 %)Health
720 (1.464 %)Education
813 (0.952 %)Insurance
910 (0.732 %)Financial Institution
109 (0.659 %)Legal
118 (0.586 %)Home Office
127 (0.512 %)Front Office
127 (0.512 %)Back Office
136 (0.439 %)Retail
145 (0.366 %)Electric
154 (0.293 %)Marketing
154 (0.293 %)Auditing
163 (0.220 %)Military
163 (0.220 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1261 (19.11 %)Network Engineer
2200 (14.64 %)Analyst
3108 (7.906 %)Support Engineer
4106 (7.760 %)Architect
598 (7.174 %)Project Manager
687 (6.369 %)Support Analyst
786 (6.296 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
879 (5.783 %)Network Support
975 (5.490 %)Cisco Engineer
1072 (5.271 %)Network Analyst
1153 (3.880 %)Administrator
1242 (3.075 %)2nd Line Support
1242 (3.075 %)Technical Architect
1341 (3.001 %)Design Engineer
1341 (3.001 %)Network Design Engineer
1439 (2.855 %)Consultant
1439 (2.855 %)Desktop Support
1538 (2.782 %)Network Support Engineer
1632 (2.343 %)3rd Line Support
1730 (2.196 %)Systems Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
158 (4.246 %)Statistics
247 (3.441 %)NHS
330 (2.196 %)Video Conferencing
427 (1.977 %)Blackberry
519 (1.391 %)Clustering
616 (1.171 %)PKI
616 (1.171 %)Thin Client
616 (1.171 %)Fat Client
712 (0.878 %)PDA
811 (0.805 %)Mainframe
811 (0.805 %)Management Information System
99 (0.659 %)Firmware
99 (0.659 %)CCTV
107 (0.512 %)CLARiiON
107 (0.512 %)EMC Centera
107 (0.512 %)Equities
116 (0.439 %)French Language
125 (0.366 %)German Language
125 (0.366 %)SCADA
125 (0.366 %)Computer Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1391 (28.62 %)Windows
2182 (13.32 %)Windows Server 2003
3122 (8.931 %)Windows XP
4102 (7.467 %)UNIX
5101 (7.394 %)Linux
662 (4.539 %)Windows 2000
742 (3.075 %)Solaris
827 (1.977 %)Red Hat Linux
926 (1.903 %)Windows Server 2008
926 (1.903 %)Windows NT
1025 (1.830 %)Windows 2000 Server
1119 (1.391 %)Windows Vista
1212 (0.878 %)HPUX
1311 (0.805 %)NetWare
148 (0.586 %)VMS
156 (0.439 %)AIX
165 (0.366 %)SUSE
174 (0.293 %)OpenVMS
183 (0.220 %)Mac OS X
192 (0.146 %)Tru64
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1121 (8.858 %)Network Design
2112 (8.199 %)ITIL
377 (5.637 %)Project Management
472 (5.271 %)PRINCE2
553 (3.880 %)Disaster Recovery
649 (3.587 %)Migration
733 (2.416 %)Load Balancing
831 (2.269 %)Change Management
930 (2.196 %)Service Delivery
1022 (1.611 %)CRM
1119 (1.391 %)Workflow
1218 (1.318 %)Business Continuity
1317 (1.245 %)Problem Management
1415 (1.098 %)Service Management
1415 (1.098 %)BCP
1514 (1.025 %)DSDM
1514 (1.025 %)Incident Management
1612 (0.878 %)Document Management
1711 (0.805 %)Configuration Management
1711 (0.805 %)Data Migration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
196 (7.028 %)SQL
236 (2.635 %)C
318 (1.318 %)VB
417 (1.245 %)Perl
513 (0.952 %)Shell Script
68 (0.586 %)Java
77 (0.512 %)Python
86 (0.439 %)AWK
86 (0.439 %)T-SQL
95 (0.366 %)VBScript
103 (0.220 %)C++
112 (0.146 %)C#
112 (0.146 %)JCL
112 (0.146 %)VB.NET
112 (0.146 %)Embedded C
121 (0.073 %)Fortran
121 (0.073 %)DCL
121 (0.073 %)Korn
121 (0.073 %)PL/SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1380 (27.82 %)Cisco Certification
2235 (17.20 %)CCNP
3190 (13.91 %)Security Cleared
4172 (12.59 %)CCNA
5108 (7.906 %)SC Cleared
687 (6.369 %)CCIE
777 (5.637 %)Microsoft Certification
857 (4.173 %)MCSE
941 (3.001 %)CCDP
1039 (2.855 %)DV Cleared
1134 (2.489 %)Degree
1231 (2.269 %)CCVP
1319 (1.391 %)CCIP
1417 (1.245 %)CCSP
1417 (1.245 %)MCP
1516 (1.171 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1516 (1.171 %)ITIL Certification
1614 (1.025 %)CISSP
1712 (0.878 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1811 (0.805 %)CCSA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
150 (3.660 %)SLA
25 (0.366 %)ISO27001
25 (0.366 %)COBIT
25 (0.366 %)QA
33 (0.220 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.146 %)ISO17799
42 (0.146 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.073 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1230 (16.84 %)Active Directory
254 (3.953 %)VMware Infrastructure
327 (1.977 %)VMware ESX
414 (1.025 %)Citrix Presentation Server
513 (0.952 %)Terminal Services
612 (0.878 %)Backup Exec
79 (0.659 %)ISA Server
79 (0.659 %)Sendmail
86 (0.439 %)NetBackup
94 (0.293 %)Hyper-V
94 (0.293 %)MetaFrame
103 (0.220 %)Terminal Server
112 (0.146 %)VMware Workstation
112 (0.146 %)VMware GSX
112 (0.146 %)XenApp
112 (0.146 %)XenServer
112 (0.146 %)XenDesktop
121 (0.073 %)Veritas Volume Manager
121 (0.073 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
121 (0.073 %)Oracle RAC
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
163 (4.612 %)CiscoWorks
252 (3.807 %)OpenView
318 (1.318 %)Norton AntiVirus
416 (1.171 %)ZENworks
513 (0.952 %)HP NNM
610 (0.732 %)ARCserve
610 (0.732 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
78 (0.586 %)Tivoli
78 (0.586 %)Cisco IPCC
87 (0.512 %)SCCM
87 (0.512 %)BMC PATROL
96 (0.439 %)MOM
105 (0.366 %)Cacti
114 (0.293 %)SCOM
123 (0.220 %)HP Data Protector
123 (0.220 %)Netcool
123 (0.220 %)OpenView Configuration Management
132 (0.146 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
132 (0.146 %)MIIS
132 (0.146 %)MIMEsweeper
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1588 (43.05 %)Cisco
2232 (16.98 %)Microsoft
3130 (9.517 %)Nokia
4119 (8.712 %)HP
5110 (8.053 %)CheckPoint
697 (7.101 %)Oracle
791 (6.662 %)VMware
886 (6.296 %)SAP
981 (5.930 %)Citrix
1055 (4.026 %)Juniper
1150 (3.660 %)Nortel
1234 (2.489 %)IBM
1330 (2.196 %)Lotus
1428 (2.050 %)Symantec
1527 (1.977 %)Red Hat
1527 (1.977 %)Avaya
1626 (1.903 %)Sophos
1725 (1.830 %)Remedy
1821 (1.537 %)Bloomberg
1821 (1.537 %)LANDesk