The first table below looks at the demand for VLAN skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VLAN over the 3 months to 18 June 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.

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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Rank 416 383 447
Rank change year-on-year
-33 +64
Contract jobs citing VLAN 138 215 141
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.283% 0.370% 0.227%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.980% 2.367% 1.743%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 92 66
Average daily rate £325 £338 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% +5.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £299 £326 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.42% +8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 7
Average hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% +62.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £20.00 £17.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £25.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+23.07% +62.50%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6968 9083 8091
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.31% 15.64% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3510 4049 3664
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £208 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £490 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 513 620 810
Average hourly rate £23.75 £25.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%

VLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

VLAN Daily Rate Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VLAN within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

VLAN Daily Rate Histogram

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VLAN within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

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 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -56 126 £325 -7.14% 73
London -29 42 £350 -2.09% 30
South East +9 29 £340 -2.85% 13
East of England +7 18 £298 +8.18% 4
Hampshire -1 17 £288 -17.26% 6
Yorkshire +11 15 £375 - 6
West Yorkshire - 14 £375 - 6
Cambridgeshire +17 12 £275 - 1
North West +13 8 £275 +2.80% 8
West Midlands +11 7 £144 -58.85% 6
Cambridge +14 6 £286 +4.09%
City of London -15 6 £325 -7.14% 13
East Midlands -5 5 £325 +73.33% 3
Bradford - 5 £225 - 1
Berkshire +24 4 - - 1
Scotland -18 4 £315 -3.44% 4
Essex - 4 £318 - 2
South West +20 3 £240 -20.00% 2
Birmingham +8 3 - - 1
Aberdeen +1 3 £315 -3.81% 1
Basingstoke - 3 - -
Cheshire - 3 £275 - 5
Nottinghamshire - 3 £375 - 1
Hertfordshire +21 2 - - 1
Manchester +11 2 - - 3
Wiltshire +1 2 £295 -
Surrey -2 2 £450 +22.44% 2
Southampton -7 2 - - 6
Nottingham - 2 £375 -
Oxford - 2 £340 - 1

VLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

1 169 (57.48%) Cisco
2 125 (42.52%) Firewall
3 120 (40.82%) Windows
4 114 (38.78%) LAN
5 112 (38.10%) WAN
6 91 (30.95%) Cisco Certification
7 84 (28.57%) VPN
8 77 (26.19%) VMware
9 75 (25.51%) TCP/IP
10 71 (24.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 68 (23.13%) Microsoft
12 63 (21.43%) MPLS
13 62 (21.09%) CCNA
14 61 (20.75%) Active Directory
15 58 (19.73%) HP
16 56 (19.05%) Windows Server 2003
17 55 (18.71%) DNS
17 55 (18.71%) OSPF
18 53 (18.03%) DHCP
19 50 (17.01%) BGP
20 45 (15.31%) CCNP
20 45 (15.31%) Internet
21 43 (14.63%) CheckPoint
22 42 (14.29%) SAN
22 42 (14.29%) VoIP
23 41 (13.95%) Linux
24 39 (13.27%) Juniper
25 37 (12.59%) Wireless
25 37 (12.59%) Cisco ASA
26 36 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure

VLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 6 (2.041%) SOAP
1 6 (2.041%) Regular Expression
2 5 (1.701%) CSS
3 3 (1.020%) .NET
4 2 (0.680%) WAP
4 2 (0.680%) Middleware
5 1 (0.340%) Windows SharePoint Services
5 1 (0.340%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.340%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.340%) Memcached
5 1 (0.340%) MAPI
5 1 (0.340%) XML
5 1 (0.340%) ASP
5 1 (0.340%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.340%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 32 (10.88%) MS Exchange
2 26 (8.844%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (3.741%) Exchange Server 2013
4 10 (3.401%) IIS
5 9 (3.061%) Lync
6 8 (2.721%) SharePoint
7 6 (2.041%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (2.041%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 5 (1.701%) Lotus Domino
9 4 (1.361%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (1.020%) Apache
10 3 (1.020%) IBM Notes
11 2 (0.680%) CMS
11 2 (0.680%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.680%) Amazon AWS
12 1 (0.340%) Office Communications Server
12 1 (0.340%) nginx
12 1 (0.340%) Documentum
12 1 (0.340%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.340%) Rackspace Cloud
Applications
1 21 (7.143%) MS Excel
2 10 (3.401%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.381%) MS Office
4 4 (1.361%) S-PLUS
5 2 (0.680%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.340%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.340%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 125 (42.52%) Firewall
2 114 (38.78%) LAN
3 112 (38.10%) WAN
4 84 (28.57%) VPN
5 75 (25.51%) TCP/IP
6 63 (21.43%) MPLS
7 55 (18.71%) OSPF
7 55 (18.71%) DNS
8 53 (18.03%) DHCP
9 50 (17.01%) BGP
10 45 (15.31%) Internet
11 42 (14.29%) SAN
11 42 (14.29%) VoIP
12 37 (12.59%) Wireless
12 37 (12.59%) Cisco ASA
13 32 (10.88%) SNMP
13 32 (10.88%) Cisco Nexus
14 26 (8.844%) IPsec
15 25 (8.503%) Ethernet
15 25 (8.503%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.762%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.041%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (1.701%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (1.020%) MySQL
5 2 (0.680%) OLTP
6 1 (0.340%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (0.340%) Ant
1 1 (0.340%) ClearCase
1 1 (0.340%) MSI
1 1 (0.340%) InstallShield
1 1 (0.340%) Subversion
1 1 (0.340%) Mercurial
General
1 36 (12.24%) Finance
2 27 (9.184%) Telecoms
3 9 (3.061%) Banking
4 7 (2.381%) Investment Banking
5 6 (2.041%) Retail
6 5 (1.701%) Military
7 4 (1.361%) Law
7 4 (1.361%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.020%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.680%) Publishing
9 2 (0.680%) Local Government
10 1 (0.340%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.340%) Legal
Job Titles
1 102 (34.69%) Network Engineer
2 38 (12.93%) Analyst
3 22 (7.483%) Cisco Engineer
4 21 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 18 (6.122%) Network Analyst
5 18 (6.122%) Architect
5 18 (6.122%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 16 (5.442%) Administrator
7 15 (5.102%) Support Analyst
7 15 (5.102%) Consultant
8 13 (4.422%) Support Engineer
9 12 (4.082%) Technical Analyst
10 10 (3.401%) Network Support
10 10 (3.401%) Network Architect
11 9 (3.061%) Server Engineer
11 9 (3.061%) Technical Support
12 8 (2.721%) 3rd Line Support
12 8 (2.721%) Desktop Support
12 8 (2.721%) Network Administrator
13 7 (2.381%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.102%) EqualLogic
2 8 (2.721%) Open Source
3 6 (2.041%) Blackberry
3 6 (2.041%) Clustering
3 6 (2.041%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (1.361%) Data Integration
4 4 (1.361%) SecurID
4 4 (1.361%) Firmware
5 3 (1.020%) Device Driver
5 3 (1.020%) PKI
5 3 (1.020%) Computer Science
5 3 (1.020%) Cryptography
6 2 (0.680%) SaaS
6 2 (0.680%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.680%) IVR
6 2 (0.680%) Handset
6 2 (0.680%) Replication
6 2 (0.680%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.340%) NHS
7 1 (0.340%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 120 (40.82%) Windows
2 71 (24.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 56 (19.05%) Windows Server 2003
4 41 (13.95%) Linux
5 25 (8.503%) Windows Server 2012
6 20 (6.803%) Windows XP
6 20 (6.803%) UNIX
7 17 (5.782%) Windows 7
8 15 (5.102%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (4.082%) Windows 8
10 10 (3.401%) CentOS
11 8 (2.721%) VMS
12 6 (2.041%) Ubuntu
12 6 (2.041%) Debian
13 5 (1.701%) Solaris
14 3 (1.020%) Windows Vista
15 2 (0.680%) AIX
15 2 (0.680%) HPUX
16 1 (0.340%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.340%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (12.24%) ITIL
2 23 (7.823%) Load Balancing
3 21 (7.143%) Migration
4 14 (4.762%) Network Management
5 13 (4.422%) E-Commerce
6 12 (4.082%) Network Load Balancing
7 11 (3.741%) Capacity Management
8 9 (3.061%) Network Architecture
8 9 (3.061%) Service Management
9 8 (2.721%) Change Management
9 8 (2.721%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (2.721%) Network Design
10 7 (2.381%) Change Control
11 6 (2.041%) Business Process Improvement
11 6 (2.041%) Incident Management
11 6 (2.041%) Test Scripting
11 6 (2.041%) Scrum
11 6 (2.041%) BPR
11 6 (2.041%) Configuration Management
12 5 (1.701%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.463%) SQL
2 16 (5.442%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.061%) Perl
3 9 (3.061%) C++
4 8 (2.721%) C
4 8 (2.721%) Bash shell
4 8 (2.721%) Python
5 7 (2.381%) Shell Script
6 4 (1.361%) Korn
7 3 (1.020%) C#
8 2 (0.680%) PHP
8 2 (0.680%) VB
9 1 (0.340%) FoxPro (VFP)
9 1 (0.340%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.340%) VBScript
9 1 (0.340%) Java
9 1 (0.340%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 91 (30.95%) Cisco Certification
2 62 (21.09%) CCNA
3 45 (15.31%) CCNP
4 27 (9.184%) Security Cleared
5 20 (6.803%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.782%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.741%) CCIE
8 9 (3.061%) MCSE
9 8 (2.721%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (2.721%) Degree
10 6 (2.041%) HP AIS
10 6 (2.041%) HP ASE
10 6 (2.041%) MCITP
11 4 (1.361%) JNCIE
12 3 (1.020%) MCTS
12 3 (1.020%) VCP4
12 3 (1.020%) MCP
13 2 (0.680%) CCSE
13 2 (0.680%) ACSA
13 2 (0.680%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.122%) PCI DSS
2 12 (4.082%) QA
3 7 (2.381%) SLA
System Software
1 61 (20.75%) Active Directory
2 36 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (8.503%) vSphere
4 23 (7.823%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (7.483%) Hyper-V
6 15 (5.102%) XenApp
7 10 (3.401%) XenServer
8 8 (2.721%) NFS
8 8 (2.721%) VMware ESX
9 4 (1.361%) Terminal Services
9 4 (1.361%) ISA Server
9 4 (1.361%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 3 (1.020%) XenDesktop
10 3 (1.020%) Snort
10 3 (1.020%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.680%) Squid
11 2 (0.680%) MetaFrame
11 2 (0.680%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.680%) UAG
12 1 (0.340%) Samba
Systems Management
1 17 (5.782%) SCOM
2 14 (4.762%) WSUS
3 13 (4.422%) Backup Exec
4 12 (4.082%) Nagios
4 12 (4.082%) SCVMM
5 11 (3.741%) Cacti
6 9 (3.061%) FortiGate
7 8 (2.721%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (2.381%) WhatsUp Gold
9 6 (2.041%) HP SiteScope
10 5 (1.701%) SCCM
11 3 (1.020%) Nessus
11 3 (1.020%) MOM
12 2 (0.680%) OpenView
12 2 (0.680%) Tivoli
12 2 (0.680%) Tivoli Monitoring
12 2 (0.680%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 2 (0.680%) Puppet
12 2 (0.680%) Cisco UCCX
13 1 (0.340%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 169 (57.48%) Cisco
2 77 (26.19%) VMware
3 68 (23.13%) Microsoft
4 58 (19.73%) HP
5 43 (14.63%) CheckPoint
6 39 (13.27%) Juniper
7 33 (11.22%) Citrix
8 22 (7.483%) Dell
8 22 (7.483%) Red Hat
9 21 (7.143%) F5
10 19 (6.463%) NetApp
11 17 (5.782%) Sourcefire
12 14 (4.762%) Veeam
13 13 (4.422%) Avaya
13 13 (4.422%) Symantec
14 11 (3.741%) Broadcom
15 10 (3.401%) Fortinet
16 8 (2.721%) ArcSight
17 7 (2.381%) Mitel
17 7 (2.381%) Nokia
Warrington, North West
Key skills and experience required: Experience with MS Windows 2008 R2 / 2012 ServerVirtualisation Technologies, Hyper-V. Networking - LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, Firewalls (Sonic Wall), Vlans, Natting,...
Computer Futures
Posted: 12 June 2013
Walsall, West Midlands (County)
VMware/vSphere/Windows Server/SQL/Active Directory/VLANs. Roc searches client based in Walsall require a VMware Engineer to join their team on a 6 month initial contract.
Roc Search
Posted: 12 June 2013
Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Key skills: - VMware 4/5, VMware site recovery manager, Veeam backups - SAN (HP, MSA, EVA) installations and configuration - Cisco Routers and Switches, ASA - VLANS layers 2/3 - MPLS,...
Computer Futures
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
An opportunity has arisen with our Financial Services client to join their experienced Network Services department on a contract basis for 6 months. This is a fantastic opportunity...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £180.00 - £210.00 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
London
This urgent contract role is working at a customer site in London as part of the Voice team, which is responsible for the management, administration and integrity of...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP300 - GBP340 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Chester, North West
Argyll Scott International
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Warrington, North West
Computer Futures
Posted: 7 June 2013
Walsall, West Midlands
Hudson
Rate: £140 - £148 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
City of London
ITHR
Rate: £320 - £350 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
Warrington, North West
Computer Futures
Posted: 10 June 2013
Southampton, South East
greywood
Rate: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
Rate: £480 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
Rate: £400 - £490 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
Brentwood, South East
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £300 - £335 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Brentwood, Essex
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £300 - £335 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
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