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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual LAN (VLAN) 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 VLAN over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual LAN (VLAN)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank361404
Rank change on same period last yearUp+43
Matching contract IT job ads212249
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.302 %0.258 %
As % of the category below2.266 %1.897 %
Daily rates quoted9478
Average minimum daily rate£364£354
Average daily rate£381£369
% change on same period last year+3.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£322
% change on same period last year+17.80 %
Hourly rates quoted2333
Average minimum hourly rate£28.09£28.84
Average hourly rate£30.41£30.77
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.74£32.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£29.03
% change on same period last year+4.76 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching contract IT job ads935713128
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled13.34 %13.58 %
Daily rates quoted26293381
Average minimum daily rate£344£344
Average daily rate£363£361
% change on same period last year+0.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£336
% change on same period last year+5.75 %
Hourly rates quoted12531840
Average minimum hourly rate£25.19£26.56
Average hourly rate£26.91£28.58
% change on same period last year-5.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.63£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.34£28.77
% change on same period last year-4.98 %

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.

VLAN
Demand Trend

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

VLAN Demand Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VLAN within the UK.

VLAN Daily Rate Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VLAN within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

VLAN Daily Rate Histogram

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VLAN Hourly Rate Trend

VLAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VLAN within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

VLAN Hourly Rate Histogram

VLAN
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 VLAN within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+52203£388+5.62 %
LondonUp+4761£385-10.10 %
South EastUp+3960£447+38.85 %
South WestUp+1724£350+3.05 %
YorkshireNew entry-23£361-
West YorkshireNew entry-14£385-
North WestUp+2614£368-5.76 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2312£443+19.20 %
City of LondonDown-1311£397-11.63 %
Milton KeynesUp+411£446+19.91 %
WiltshireUp+610£303-
BerkshireUp+2710£511+57.04 %
East of EnglandUp+2310£323-0.84 %
HampshireUp+189£350+10.63 %
DevonUp+158£396+55.92 %
HertfordshireUp+237£300+5.88 %
SurreyUp+187--
South WalesUp+17£277-
SwindonNew entry-7£304-
WalesDown-17£277-
West MidlandsUp+116--
BicesterNew entry-6--
BradfordNew entry-6£392-
OxfordshireNew entry-6--
South YorkshireNew entry-6£331-
BasingstokeNew entry-5£350-
ReadingDown-95£500+67.36 %
SheffieldNew entry-5£337-
ManchesterNew entry-4£335-
BrightonNew entry-4£417-

VLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1238 (65.21 %)Cisco
2173 (47.40 %)Cisco Certification
3160 (43.84 %)Firewall
4139 (38.08 %)WAN
5128 (35.07 %)LAN
6108 (29.59 %)VPN
7105 (28.77 %)CCNP
8104 (28.49 %)TCP/IP
984 (23.01 %)Cisco PIX
1074 (20.27 %)MPLS
1170 (19.18 %)BGP
1170 (19.18 %)Windows
1170 (19.18 %)CCNA
1264 (17.53 %)CheckPoint
1362 (16.99 %)VoIP
1362 (16.99 %)EIGRP
1459 (16.16 %)OSPF
1554 (14.79 %)Security Cleared
1645 (12.33 %)CCIE
1645 (12.33 %)DNS
1645 (12.33 %)Network Design
1742 (11.51 %)Linux
1841 (11.23 %)SAN
1939 (10.68 %)HP
2037 (10.14 %)Microsoft
2136 (9.863 %)Government
2136 (9.863 %)VMware
2235 (9.589 %)Windows Server 2003
2235 (9.589 %)Network Security
2334 (9.315 %)SSH

VLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (1.096 %)CORBA
22 (0.548 %)J2EE
22 (0.548 %)COM+
31 (0.274 %)ASP
31 (0.274 %)Middleware
31 (0.274 %)WebSphere
31 (0.274 %)Advantage:Gen
31 (0.274 %)Software Packaging
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (5.479 %)MS Exchange
215 (4.110 %)Apache
313 (3.562 %)IIS
411 (3.014 %)Tomcat
510 (2.740 %)Exchange Server 2003
67 (1.918 %)SharePoint
75 (1.370 %)Exchange Server 2007
83 (0.822 %)SharePoint Server 2007
83 (0.822 %)WebLogic
92 (0.548 %)Exchange Server 2000
92 (0.548 %)GlassFish
101 (0.274 %)WebSphere Message Broker
101 (0.274 %)Exchange Server 5.5
101 (0.274 %)Tuxedo
101 (0.274 %)Lotus Notes
101 (0.274 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (3.014 %)MS Excel
29 (2.466 %)MS Office
31 (0.274 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.274 %)Summit
11 (0.274 %)Kondor+
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1160 (43.84 %)Firewall
2139 (38.08 %)WAN
3128 (35.07 %)LAN
4108 (29.59 %)VPN
5104 (28.49 %)TCP/IP
684 (23.01 %)Cisco PIX
774 (20.27 %)MPLS
870 (19.18 %)BGP
962 (16.99 %)EIGRP
962 (16.99 %)VoIP
1059 (16.16 %)OSPF
1145 (12.33 %)DNS
1241 (11.23 %)SAN
1335 (9.589 %)Network Security
1434 (9.315 %)SSH
1530 (8.219 %)SNMP
1530 (8.219 %)ATM
1628 (7.671 %)Internet
1628 (7.671 %)Wireless
1726 (7.123 %)Ethernet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (4.658 %)SQL Server
29 (2.466 %)GIS
29 (2.466 %)MySQL
38 (2.192 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (1.096 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (0.822 %)EDRMS
62 (0.548 %)PostgreSQL
71 (0.274 %)RDBMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.548 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
136 (9.863 %)Government
222 (6.027 %)Telecoms
316 (4.384 %)Finance
49 (2.466 %)Legal
49 (2.466 %)Banking
57 (1.918 %)Retail
57 (1.918 %)Investment Banking
64 (1.096 %)Games
64 (1.096 %)Health
73 (0.822 %)Local Government
82 (0.548 %)Financial Institution
82 (0.548 %)Online Games
82 (0.548 %)Law
82 (0.548 %)Multimedia
91 (0.274 %)Military
91 (0.274 %)Education
91 (0.274 %)Auditing
91 (0.274 %)Insurance
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1109 (29.86 %)Network Engineer
261 (16.71 %)Consultant
351 (13.97 %)Cisco Engineer
448 (13.15 %)Analyst
534 (9.315 %)Cisco Network Engineer
624 (6.575 %)Network Support
624 (6.575 %)Network Analyst
719 (5.205 %)Support Engineer
818 (4.932 %)Network Consultant
916 (4.384 %)Senior Analyst
1014 (3.836 %)Senior Network Engineer
1014 (3.836 %)Cisco Consultant
1113 (3.562 %)Security Consultant
1113 (3.562 %)Architect
1113 (3.562 %)Project Manager
1211 (3.014 %)Administrator
1310 (2.740 %)Support Analyst
149 (2.466 %)3rd Line Support
149 (2.466 %)Network Support Engineer
149 (2.466 %)Cisco Support
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (5.205 %)Clustering
211 (3.014 %)CLARiiON
37 (1.918 %)SecurID
46 (1.644 %)PKI
46 (1.644 %)Fat Client
46 (1.644 %)CESG
46 (1.644 %)Thin Client
46 (1.644 %)Management Information System
55 (1.370 %)Client/Server
63 (0.822 %)Blackberry
72 (0.548 %)Firmware
72 (0.548 %)Device Driver
81 (0.274 %)Handset
81 (0.274 %)Replication
81 (0.274 %)Mainframe
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
170 (19.18 %)Windows
242 (11.51 %)Linux
335 (9.589 %)Windows Server 2003
430 (8.219 %)UNIX
527 (7.397 %)Solaris
626 (7.123 %)Windows 2000
715 (4.110 %)Red Hat Linux
812 (3.288 %)Windows XP
98 (2.192 %)Windows 2000 Server
107 (1.918 %)HPUX
116 (1.644 %)Windows NT
123 (0.822 %)AIX
132 (0.548 %)VMS
132 (0.548 %)Windows Vista
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
154 (14.79 %)Security Cleared
245 (12.33 %)Network Design
332 (8.767 %)SC Cleared
430 (8.219 %)Migration
524 (6.575 %)Disaster Recovery
619 (5.205 %)Project Management
714 (3.836 %)PRINCE2
88 (2.192 %)E-Commerce
88 (2.192 %)ITIL
88 (2.192 %)Load Balancing
88 (2.192 %)Information Security
97 (1.918 %)Penetration Testing
97 (1.918 %)Data Migration
106 (1.644 %)DV Cleared
106 (1.644 %)Logistics
106 (1.644 %)Risk Assessment
115 (1.370 %)Change Management
115 (1.370 %)Information Security Management
115 (1.370 %)Security Management
115 (1.370 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (5.753 %)SQL
214 (3.836 %)VBScript
311 (3.014 %)C
48 (2.192 %)PHP
55 (1.370 %)Shell Script
64 (1.096 %)PowerShell
71 (0.274 %)Korn
71 (0.274 %)Perl
71 (0.274 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1173 (47.40 %)Cisco Certification
2105 (28.77 %)CCNP
370 (19.18 %)CCNA
445 (12.33 %)CCIE
514 (3.836 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
610 (2.740 %)CCIP
79 (2.466 %)Microsoft Certification
88 (2.192 %)MCSE
88 (2.192 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
96 (1.644 %)CCDA
105 (1.370 %)Degree
113 (0.822 %)MCP
122 (0.548 %)CISSP
122 (0.548 %)CCSP
131 (0.274 %)MCSA
131 (0.274 %)CCDP
131 (0.274 %)PRINCE2 Certification
131 (0.274 %)ITIL Certification
131 (0.274 %)CCSA
131 (0.274 %)CCVP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (2.740 %)SLA
24 (1.096 %)PCI DSS
32 (0.548 %)ISO9001
41 (0.274 %)ISO27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
133 (9.041 %)Active Directory
231 (8.493 %)VMware Infrastructure
322 (6.027 %)VMware ESX
414 (3.836 %)NFS
510 (2.740 %)ISA Server
68 (2.192 %)NetBackup
76 (1.644 %)Backup Exec
84 (1.096 %)Samba
84 (1.096 %)Squid
92 (0.548 %)Snort
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
118 (4.932 %)CiscoWorks
211 (3.014 %)Nagios
310 (2.740 %)Legato
310 (2.740 %)Tivoli
46 (1.644 %)OpenView
55 (1.370 %)MOM
63 (0.822 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
63 (0.822 %)Netcool
63 (0.822 %)SCCM
63 (0.822 %)SCOM
72 (0.548 %)OpenView Configuration Management
72 (0.548 %)Norton AntiVirus
72 (0.548 %)MIMEsweeper
72 (0.548 %)Tivoli NetView
72 (0.548 %)Netcool/Proviso
81 (0.274 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
81 (0.274 %)NNM
81 (0.274 %)BMC PATROL
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1238 (65.21 %)Cisco
264 (17.53 %)CheckPoint
339 (10.68 %)HP
437 (10.14 %)Microsoft
536 (9.863 %)VMware
629 (7.945 %)Nokia
723 (6.301 %)Oracle
817 (4.658 %)IBM
916 (4.384 %)Juniper
1015 (4.110 %)EMC
1015 (4.110 %)Red Hat
1114 (3.836 %)Sun
1213 (3.562 %)Symantec
1312 (3.288 %)Dell
1410 (2.740 %)PlateSpin
158 (2.192 %)Nortel
158 (2.192 %)Avaya
166 (1.644 %)SAP
166 (1.644 %)Crossbeam
175 (1.370 %)VERITAS