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This section looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank9268
Rank change on same period last yearDown-24
Matching contract IT job ads13311851
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.672 %2.080 %
As % of the category below12.98 %14.70 %
Daily rates quoted346409
Average minimum daily rate£327£323
Average daily rate£342£341
% change on same period last year+0.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£312
% change on same period last year+6.41 %
Hourly rates quoted215302
Average minimum hourly rate£20.51£23.43
Average hourly rate£21.83£24.98
% change on same period last year-12.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.16£26.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.92£25.60
% change on same period last year-18.25 %
Communications & Networking UKCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1025412596
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.88 %14.15 %
Daily rates quoted28042892
Average minimum daily rate£337£341
Average daily rate£357£360
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£334
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted13421504
Average minimum hourly rate£24.74£25.41
Average hourly rate£26.71£26.96
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.68£28.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.71£27.55
% change on same period last year-3.01 %

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 the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing LAN across 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 contract IT jobs ads citing LAN across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

LAN Daily Rate Histogram

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing LAN across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

LAN Hourly Rate Histogram

LAN
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-221213£346+0.34 %
2LondonDown-23494£353-2.91 %
3South EastUp+10281£368+15.81 %
4East of EnglandUp+2119£306-5.05 %
5North WestDown-12105£356+19.74 %
6City of LondonDown-43102£356+3.63 %
7ScotlandDown-1076£273+8.38 %
8HampshireUp+3663£406+57.70 %
9BerkshireUp+1562£349-4.55 %
10South WestDown-1452£381+15.09 %
11West MidlandsDown-4747£267-9.99 %
11YorkshireDown-4847£262-27.70 %
12CambridgeshireDown-944£254+0.77 %
13SurreyDown-237£383+55.47 %
14BuckinghamshireDown-1736£332+3.25 %
14ManchesterUp+136£368+84.10 %
15HertfordshireDown-1135£387+5.60 %
15Docklands, LondonUp+635£362+1.55 %
16CheshireDown-1134£368-12.43 %
17Milton KeynesDown-1533£324-5.99 %
18GlasgowUp+2132£259-
18East MidlandsDown-2432£373+21.08 %
19WiltshireUp+328£405+2.85 %
20CambridgeUp+126£160-35.67 %
20EssexUp+326£266-29.13 %
21West YorkshireDown-2025£323+17.29 %
22North EastDown-123£174-31.36 %
23BirminghamUp+520£281+35.73 %
24WalesDown-1419£358-10.55 %
25West SussexUp+1618£425-

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing LAN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing LAN.

12232 (76.39 %)WAN
21197 (40.97 %)Cisco
31154 (39.49 %)Windows
4780 (26.69 %)Cisco Certification
5658 (22.52 %)Firewall
6642 (21.97 %)TCP/IP
7562 (19.23 %)Active Directory
8506 (17.32 %)Microsoft
9495 (16.94 %)CCNP
10450 (15.40 %)VPN
11399 (13.66 %)MS Office
12356 (12.18 %)Citrix
13341 (11.67 %)VoIP
14332 (11.36 %)Finance
15314 (10.75 %)Windows 2000
16309 (10.57 %)CCNA
17307 (10.51 %)Microsoft Certification
18296 (10.13 %)Unix
19291 (9.959 %)HP
20289 (9.890 %)MS Exchange
21272 (9.309 %)Windows Server 2003
22270 (9.240 %)SAN
23266 (9.103 %)Telecoms
24259 (8.864 %)DNS
25257 (8.795 %)Windows XP
26253 (8.658 %)ITIL
27248 (8.487 %)Linux
28244 (8.350 %)Exchange Server 2003
29236 (8.077 %)CheckPoint
30233 (7.974 %)MS Excel

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing LAN also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing LAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
138 (1.300 %)XML
230 (1.027 %)HTML
323 (0.787 %)DCOM
422 (0.753 %)Middleware
520 (0.684 %)WebSphere
520 (0.684 %).NET
618 (0.616 %)COM+
715 (0.513 %)ODBC
715 (0.513 %)J2EE
810 (0.342 %)ASP
97 (0.240 %)CSS
106 (0.205 %)Software Packaging
115 (0.171 %)MAPI
115 (0.171 %)JSP
115 (0.171 %)ASP.NET
115 (0.171 %)WebServices
124 (0.137 %)SOAP
124 (0.137 %)SAP XI
124 (0.137 %).NET Framework
133 (0.103 %)XSLT
Application Platforms
1289 (9.890 %)MS Exchange
2244 (8.350 %)Exchange Server 2003
3162 (5.544 %)Exchange Server 2000
4124 (4.244 %)IIS
577 (2.635 %)Lotus Notes
641 (1.403 %)Apache
735 (1.198 %)Exchange Server 5.5
828 (0.958 %)Exchange Server 2007
927 (0.924 %)SharePoint
1020 (0.684 %)Tomcat
1118 (0.616 %)GroupWise
1216 (0.548 %)Lotus Domino
1311 (0.376 %)JBoss
1311 (0.376 %)Rendezvous
148 (0.274 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
156 (0.205 %)WebLogic
156 (0.205 %)BizTalk Server
165 (0.171 %)Documentum
174 (0.137 %)WebSphere Application Server
174 (0.137 %)CMS
Applications
1399 (13.66 %)MS Office
2233 (7.974 %)MS Excel
326 (0.890 %)MS Visio
424 (0.821 %)MS Project
514 (0.479 %)Acrobat
66 (0.205 %)AutoCAD
75 (0.171 %)Photoshop
83 (0.103 %)MS PowerPoint
91 (0.034 %)DeltaView
91 (0.034 %)Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
112 (0.411 %)RMDS
29 (0.308 %)MarketView
33 (0.103 %)Navision
33 (0.103 %)SAP CRM
42 (0.068 %)MFGPRO
42 (0.068 %)BPCS
42 (0.068 %)Oracle Financials
42 (0.068 %)Fidessa
42 (0.068 %)Microsoft CRM
42 (0.068 %)Summit
42 (0.068 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.034 %)Misys Midas
51 (0.034 %)Remedy ITSM
51 (0.034 %)SoftGrid
51 (0.034 %)SAP R/3
51 (0.034 %)Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
12232 (76.39 %)WAN
2658 (22.52 %)Firewall
3642 (21.97 %)TCP/IP
4450 (15.40 %)VPN
5341 (11.67 %)VoIP
6270 (9.240 %)SAN
7259 (8.864 %)DNS
8230 (7.871 %)Internet
9227 (7.769 %)MPLS
10206 (7.050 %)OSPF
11197 (6.742 %)BGP
12158 (5.407 %)Network Security
13146 (4.997 %)Wireless
14141 (4.825 %)VLAN
15140 (4.791 %)DHCP
16128 (4.381 %)Ethernet
17106 (3.628 %)EIGRP
1898 (3.354 %)WLAN
1993 (3.183 %)IP Telephony
2091 (3.114 %)Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1173 (5.921 %)SQL Server
228 (0.958 %)SQL Server 2000
326 (0.890 %)MySQL
417 (0.582 %)SQL Server 7
515 (0.513 %)Oracle 10g
613 (0.445 %)RDBMS
710 (0.342 %)InterBase
710 (0.342 %)Cognos Impromptu
710 (0.342 %)Crystal Reports
89 (0.308 %)SQL Server 2005
97 (0.240 %)BusinessObjects
105 (0.171 %)MS Access
114 (0.137 %)BusinessObjects XI
123 (0.103 %)Oracle Reports
123 (0.103 %)Oracle 8/8i
123 (0.103 %)Data Mining
132 (0.068 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
132 (0.068 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
132 (0.068 %)NonStop SQL
132 (0.068 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
115 (0.513 %)ClearCase
29 (0.308 %)ClearQuest
29 (0.308 %)Ant
29 (0.308 %)JIRA
35 (0.171 %)MSI
44 (0.137 %)Visual Studio
44 (0.137 %)PVCS
53 (0.103 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (0.103 %)Flash
53 (0.103 %)LabVIEW
62 (0.068 %)InstallShield
71 (0.034 %)Oracle APEX
General
1332 (11.36 %)Finance
2266 (9.103 %)Telecoms
3182 (6.229 %)Government
4176 (6.023 %)Banking
568 (2.327 %)Investment Banking
644 (1.506 %)Health
737 (1.266 %)Financial Institution
832 (1.095 %)Law
931 (1.061 %)Education
1030 (1.027 %)Retail
1129 (0.992 %)Back Office
1226 (0.890 %)Pharmaceutical
1322 (0.753 %)Legal
1419 (0.650 %)Construction
1419 (0.650 %)Local Government
1518 (0.616 %)Insurance
1612 (0.411 %)Multimedia
1612 (0.411 %)Front Office
1710 (0.342 %)Electronics
1710 (0.342 %)Military
Job Titles
1561 (19.20 %)Network Engineer
2531 (18.17 %)Analyst
3266 (9.103 %)Support Engineer
4249 (8.522 %)Support Analyst
5189 (6.468 %)Cisco Engineer
6176 (6.023 %)Project Manager
7175 (5.989 %)Network Support
8161 (5.510 %)2nd Line Support
9150 (5.133 %)Consultant
10142 (4.860 %)Desktop Support
11120 (4.107 %)Administrator
12117 (4.004 %)Architect
13113 (3.867 %)Cisco Network Engineer
14112 (3.833 %)Network Analyst
1585 (2.909 %)Network Support Engineer
1682 (2.806 %)Network Consultant
1774 (2.533 %)Desktop Engineer
1873 (2.498 %)3rd Line Support
1972 (2.464 %)Design Engineer
2069 (2.361 %)Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1113 (3.867 %)Blackberry
238 (1.300 %)Handset
337 (1.266 %)Clustering
433 (1.129 %)NHS
532 (1.095 %)Client/Server
627 (0.924 %)Video Conferencing
723 (0.787 %)PDA
821 (0.719 %)SecurID
920 (0.684 %)Thin Client
920 (0.684 %)Fat Client
1019 (0.650 %)AS400
1118 (0.616 %)Asset Management
1118 (0.616 %)Replication
1216 (0.548 %)IVR
1216 (0.548 %)French Language
1314 (0.479 %)German Language
1314 (0.479 %)Mainframe
1413 (0.445 %)Derivative
1413 (0.445 %)PKI
1413 (0.445 %)Spanish Language
Operating Systems
11154 (39.49 %)Windows
2314 (10.75 %)Windows 2000
3296 (10.13 %)Unix
4272 (9.309 %)Windows Server 2003
5257 (8.795 %)Windows XP
6248 (8.487 %)Linux
7193 (6.605 %)Windows NT
899 (3.388 %)Solaris
930 (1.027 %)NetWare
1015 (0.513 %)HPUX
1114 (0.479 %)AIX
1212 (0.411 %)Fedora
1311 (0.376 %)Mac OS X
149 (0.308 %)Windows Vista
154 (0.137 %)Tru64
163 (0.103 %)VMS
172 (0.068 %)OS/400
172 (0.068 %)Mac OS X Server
172 (0.068 %)Windows Mobile
181 (0.034 %)OS/2
Processes & Methodologies
1253 (8.658 %)ITIL
2196 (6.708 %)Network Design
3194 (6.639 %)Migration
4166 (5.681 %)Project Management
5143 (4.894 %)PRINCE2
680 (2.738 %)Service Delivery
757 (1.951 %)Load Balancing
856 (1.916 %)Disaster Recovery
954 (1.848 %)Service Management
1052 (1.780 %)Configuration Management
1146 (1.574 %)Incident Management
1242 (1.437 %)Change Management
1330 (1.027 %)Problem Management
1421 (0.719 %)Resource Management
1421 (0.719 %)Stakeholder Management
1519 (0.650 %)Project Planning
1618 (0.616 %)Risk Management
1618 (0.616 %)Performance Management
1717 (0.582 %)Data Migration
1717 (0.582 %)Workflow
Programming Languages
1209 (7.153 %)SQL
272 (2.464 %)Shell Script
363 (2.156 %)Perl
436 (1.232 %)Java
531 (1.061 %)C
623 (0.787 %)VB
717 (0.582 %)VBA
814 (0.479 %)VBScript
910 (0.342 %)C#
910 (0.342 %)VB6
107 (0.240 %)C++
115 (0.171 %)JavaScript
123 (0.103 %)PHP
123 (0.103 %)Python
123 (0.103 %)VB.NET
132 (0.068 %)VC++
132 (0.068 %)Korn
141 (0.034 %)Transact-SQL
141 (0.034 %)PL/SQL
141 (0.034 %)Delphi
Qualifications
1780 (26.69 %)Cisco Certification
2495 (16.94 %)CCNP
3309 (10.57 %)CCNA
4307 (10.51 %)Microsoft Certification
5213 (7.290 %)MCSE
6171 (5.852 %)CCIE
7104 (3.559 %)MCP
897 (3.320 %)CCDP
971 (2.430 %)CCIP
1065 (2.225 %)Degree
1135 (1.198 %)CCDA
1230 (1.027 %)CCSA
1327 (0.924 %)CCVP
1426 (0.890 %)CCSE
1525 (0.856 %)MCSA
1623 (0.787 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1722 (0.753 %)CCSP
1819 (0.650 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1918 (0.616 %)Citrix Certification
2016 (0.548 %)ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
190 (3.080 %)SLA
28 (0.274 %)QA
36 (0.205 %)GLP
45 (0.171 %)GxP
45 (0.171 %)PCI DSS
52 (0.068 %)BS25999
52 (0.068 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.034 %)COBIT
61 (0.034 %)ISO17799
61 (0.034 %)ISO9001
61 (0.034 %)DICOM
61 (0.034 %)HMG Infosec
61 (0.034 %)JSP 440
System Software
1562 (19.23 %)Active Directory
267 (2.293 %)VMware ESX
351 (1.745 %)Terminal Services
351 (1.745 %)Citrix Presentation Server
435 (1.198 %)ISA Server
533 (1.129 %)Backup Exec
621 (0.719 %)MetaFrame
717 (0.582 %)NetBackup
89 (0.308 %)Terminal Server
98 (0.274 %)NDS
98 (0.274 %)Xen
106 (0.205 %)VMware Workstation
106 (0.205 %)Samba
106 (0.205 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
115 (0.171 %)Squid
123 (0.103 %)VMware Server
132 (0.068 %)Novell eDirectory
132 (0.068 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
132 (0.068 %)Oracle RMAN
132 (0.068 %)VMware GSX
Systems Management
1108 (3.696 %)OpenView
292 (3.149 %)CiscoWorks
350 (1.711 %)MOM
441 (1.403 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
520 (0.684 %)Tivoli
618 (0.616 %)BMC PATROL
712 (0.411 %)Norton AntiVirus
712 (0.411 %)Netcool
811 (0.376 %)NNM
910 (0.342 %)ARCserve
109 (0.308 %)Tivoli NetView
118 (0.274 %)ZENworks
126 (0.205 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
126 (0.205 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
135 (0.171 %)HP Data Protector
144 (0.137 %)WSUS
144 (0.137 %)OpenView Configuration Management
153 (0.103 %)SCCM
162 (0.068 %)Unicenter
162 (0.068 %)Nagios
Vendors
11197 (40.97 %)Cisco
2506 (17.32 %)Microsoft
3356 (12.18 %)Citrix
4291 (9.959 %)HP
5236 (8.077 %)CheckPoint
6192 (6.571 %)VMware
7130 (4.449 %)Nokia
8118 (4.038 %)Oracle
9111 (3.799 %)Nortel
1097 (3.320 %)Dell
1193 (3.183 %)Juniper
1287 (2.977 %)Lotus
1385 (2.909 %)Remedy
1458 (1.985 %)Sun
1557 (1.951 %)Avaya
1557 (1.951 %)Red Hat
1653 (1.814 %)McAfee Security
1752 (1.780 %)IBM
1849 (1.677 %)Novell
1944 (1.506 %)BT
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