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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank12210579
Rank change year-on-year
Down-17Down-26
Matching contract IT job ads5806691514
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.325 %1.455 %1.850 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category11.34 %9.972 %13.74 %
Daily rates quoted246184398
Average daily rate£348£325£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.920 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£192£200£215
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£325£350
% change year-on-year
-2.380 %-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted80120216
Average hourly rate£20.00£22.00£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %+4.760 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£33.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.50£20.00£20.50
% change year-on-year
+2.500 %-2.430 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5115670911021
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.68 %14.59 %13.46 %
Daily rates quoted187616232838
Average daily rate£350£340£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-6.840 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£205£219
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£350
% change year-on-year
--7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted5008301498
Average hourly rate£21.00£23.25£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.670 %-7.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£24.00£26.50
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-9.430 %

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.

WAN
Demand Trend

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

WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

WAN Daily Rate Histogram

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

WAN Hourly Rate Histogram

WAN
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 WAN within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. 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
EnglandDown-23548£350+7.69 %
LondonDown-21272£363+3.57 %
South EastDown-3292£325-
City of LondonDown-2981£363-14.70 %
South WestUp+1646£425+6.25 %
West MidlandsUp+433£438+52.17 %
North WestUp+1632£275-8.33 %
SurreyUp+326£350+7.69 %
YorkshireUp+224£322-10.55 %
BerkshireUp+120£278-11.90 %
West YorkshireUp+719£322-
East of EnglandDown-1418£275+1.85 %
LeedsUp+1717£322-
ManchesterUp+415£210-
ScotlandDown-713£269+123.95 %
HampshireDown-2013£331+6.00 %
HertfordshireUp+2012--
KentUp+512£375+6.00 %
BristolDown-112£425-
East MidlandsUp+511£346-13.43 %
DevonNo change011£238-47.22 %
WorcestershireDown-111£375-
EdinburghDown-1111£269-28.80 %
WiltshireUp+810£500+29.03 %
BirminghamUp+510£500+122.22 %
ReadingUp+59£333-19.39 %
MidlandsUp+178£300-6.25 %
RedditchUp+28£375-
CheshireDown-38£275+57.14 %
MiddlesexDown-98£450+38.46 %

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WAN 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 WAN.

1837 (77.43 %)LAN
2474 (43.85 %)Cisco
3340 (31.45 %)Windows
4319 (29.51 %)Firewall
5225 (20.81 %)Cisco Certification
6200 (18.50 %)TCP/IP
7187 (17.30 %)Active Directory
8178 (16.47 %)VPN
9167 (15.45 %)Microsoft
10164 (15.17 %)MPLS
11163 (15.08 %)Telecoms
12148 (13.69 %)Finance
13143 (13.23 %)Security Cleared
14137 (12.67 %)ITIL
15132 (12.21 %)VoIP
16131 (12.12 %)DNS
17128 (11.84 %)CheckPoint
18125 (11.56 %)Windows Server 2003
19124 (11.47 %)CCNP
20120 (11.10 %)CCNA
21107 (9.898 %)OSPF
22104 (9.621 %)MS Exchange
23102 (9.436 %)Banking
2497 (8.973 %)DHCP
2497 (8.973 %)UNIX
2497 (8.973 %)Internet
2594 (8.696 %)MS Office
2693 (8.603 %)Wireless
2792 (8.511 %)Citrix
2792 (8.511 %)SAN

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WAN 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 WAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
116 (1.480 %).NET
211 (1.018 %)Web Services
310 (0.925 %)Middleware
49 (0.833 %)HTML
58 (0.740 %)ASP.NET
66 (0.555 %)XML
66 (0.555 %)Oracle Fusion
75 (0.463 %)AJAX
84 (0.370 %)ASP
84 (0.370 %)Application Packaging
84 (0.370 %)WebSphere
93 (0.278 %)Windows SharePoint Services
93 (0.278 %)Flash
102 (0.185 %)J2EE
102 (0.185 %)CSS
102 (0.185 %)JSP
102 (0.185 %).NET Framework
111 (0.093 %)WMI
111 (0.093 %)Software Packaging
111 (0.093 %)ODBC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1104 (9.621 %)MS Exchange
248 (4.440 %)Exchange Server 2003
343 (3.978 %)SharePoint
434 (3.145 %)IIS
531 (2.868 %)Exchange Server 2007
620 (1.850 %)Lotus Notes
719 (1.758 %)Apache
817 (1.573 %)Tomcat
914 (1.295 %)Lotus Domino
1013 (1.203 %)Exchange Server 2000
1013 (1.203 %)WebLogic
119 (0.833 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
127 (0.648 %)GroupWise
135 (0.463 %)ESB
135 (0.463 %)CMS
144 (0.370 %)WebSphere Application Server
144 (0.370 %)Oracle Application Server
152 (0.185 %)Documentum
152 (0.185 %)MQSeries
152 (0.185 %)BizTalk Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
194 (8.696 %)MS Office
264 (5.920 %)MS Excel
315 (1.388 %)MS Project
411 (1.018 %)MS Visio
58 (0.740 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.185 %)Photoshop
71 (0.093 %)ArcInfo
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.370 %)RMDS
23 (0.278 %)3000 Xtra
23 (0.278 %)SoftGrid
32 (0.185 %)Maximo
32 (0.185 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.185 %)Retail-J
41 (0.093 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.093 %)Dynamics AX
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1837 (77.43 %)LAN
2319 (29.51 %)Firewall
3200 (18.50 %)TCP/IP
4178 (16.47 %)VPN
5164 (15.17 %)MPLS
6132 (12.21 %)VoIP
7131 (12.12 %)DNS
8107 (9.898 %)OSPF
997 (8.973 %)DHCP
997 (8.973 %)Internet
1093 (8.603 %)Wireless
1192 (8.511 %)SAN
1273 (6.753 %)BGP
1363 (5.828 %)EIGRP
1449 (4.533 %)Ethernet
1548 (4.440 %)VLAN
1642 (3.885 %)IP Telephony
1740 (3.700 %)Network Security
1838 (3.515 %)Cisco PIX
1935 (3.238 %)Cisco ASA
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
163 (5.828 %)SQL Server
211 (1.018 %)SQL Server 2005
310 (0.925 %)MySQL
48 (0.740 %)RDBMS
57 (0.648 %)Oracle 10g
65 (0.463 %)Datawarehouse
74 (0.370 %)BusinessObjects
83 (0.278 %)SQL Server 2000
83 (0.278 %)Crystal Reports
92 (0.185 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
92 (0.185 %)Oracle 8/8i
92 (0.185 %)SQL Server Integration Services
92 (0.185 %)SQL Server 2008
101 (0.093 %)Oracle 11g
101 (0.093 %)SAP BW
101 (0.093 %)MSDE
101 (0.093 %)EDRMS
101 (0.093 %)MS Access
101 (0.093 %)Oracle 9i
101 (0.093 %)Data Mining
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
116 (1.480 %)ClearCase
23 (0.278 %)Dreamweaver
32 (0.185 %)Visual Studio
32 (0.185 %)Atlassian Bamboo
41 (0.093 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1163 (15.08 %)Telecoms
2148 (13.69 %)Finance
3102 (9.436 %)Banking
484 (7.771 %)Government
551 (4.718 %)Investment Banking
621 (1.943 %)Financial Institution
621 (1.943 %)Retail
717 (1.573 %)Education
717 (1.573 %)Law
815 (1.388 %)Health
913 (1.203 %)Back Office
1011 (1.018 %)Insurance
1110 (0.925 %)Local Government
129 (0.833 %)Legal
138 (0.740 %)Construction
146 (0.555 %)Home Office
154 (0.370 %)Front Office
154 (0.370 %)Manufacturing
154 (0.370 %)Electric
163 (0.278 %)Retail Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1193 (17.85 %)Analyst
2174 (16.10 %)Network Engineer
3128 (11.84 %)Project Manager
4122 (11.29 %)Architect
588 (8.141 %)Support Engineer
671 (6.568 %)Network Analyst
770 (6.475 %)Consultant
857 (5.273 %)Support Analyst
948 (4.440 %)Network Support
1045 (4.163 %)Technical Architect
1143 (3.978 %)Infrastructure Manager
1240 (3.700 %)Network Architect
1339 (3.608 %)Cisco Engineer
1435 (3.238 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
1533 (3.053 %)Administrator
1632 (2.960 %)Infrastructure Architect
1730 (2.775 %)Network Consultant
1829 (2.683 %)3rd Line Support
1829 (2.683 %)Security Analyst
1928 (2.590 %)Systems Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
142 (3.885 %)Clustering
228 (2.590 %)French Language
228 (2.590 %)NHS
327 (2.498 %)Blackberry
423 (2.128 %)German Language
521 (1.943 %)Video Conferencing
615 (1.388 %)PKI
712 (1.110 %)Client/Server
712 (1.110 %)Danish Language
811 (1.018 %)Mainframe
811 (1.018 %)EMC Centera
811 (1.018 %)CLARiiON
99 (0.833 %)Firmware
99 (0.833 %)DTV
108 (0.740 %)Thin Client
108 (0.740 %)PDA
108 (0.740 %)Dutch Language
108 (0.740 %)Smart Meter
108 (0.740 %)Fat Client
117 (0.648 %)Celerra
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1340 (31.45 %)Windows
2125 (11.56 %)Windows Server 2003
397 (8.973 %)UNIX
491 (8.418 %)Linux
586 (7.956 %)Windows XP
654 (4.995 %)Windows 2000
748 (4.440 %)Solaris
832 (2.960 %)Windows Server 2008
929 (2.683 %)Windows 2000 Server
1027 (2.498 %)Red Hat Linux
1122 (2.035 %)Windows Vista
1216 (1.480 %)AIX
1313 (1.203 %)HPUX
149 (0.833 %)VMS
149 (0.833 %)SUSE
157 (0.648 %)Windows NT
164 (0.370 %)Mac OS X
172 (0.185 %)NetWare
181 (0.093 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
181 (0.093 %)Windows 7
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1137 (12.67 %)ITIL
284 (7.771 %)Project Management
377 (7.123 %)PRINCE2
465 (6.013 %)Network Design
561 (5.643 %)Migration
646 (4.255 %)Service Delivery
726 (2.405 %)Network Architecture
824 (2.220 %)Change Management
923 (2.128 %)CRM
1022 (2.035 %)Service Management
1022 (2.035 %)Disaster Recovery
1119 (1.758 %)Problem Management
1119 (1.758 %)Incident Management
1216 (1.480 %)Validation
1315 (1.388 %)Configuration Management
1414 (1.295 %)UML
1414 (1.295 %)Load Balancing
1512 (1.110 %)Stakeholder Management
1512 (1.110 %)Business Continuity
1512 (1.110 %)Data Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
156 (5.180 %)SQL
253 (4.903 %)C
333 (3.053 %)Perl
418 (1.665 %)Java
513 (1.203 %)VB
612 (1.110 %)PHP
612 (1.110 %)Python
79 (0.833 %)Shell Script
88 (0.740 %)Bash shell
96 (0.555 %)AWK
105 (0.463 %)VBScript
114 (0.370 %)C#
123 (0.278 %)C++
123 (0.278 %)Embedded C
132 (0.185 %)JavaScript
132 (0.185 %)PL/SQL
132 (0.185 %)Korn
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1225 (20.81 %)Cisco Certification
2143 (13.23 %)Security Cleared
3124 (11.47 %)CCNP
4120 (11.10 %)CCNA
588 (8.141 %)SC Cleared
669 (6.383 %)Microsoft Certification
759 (5.458 %)MCSE
843 (3.978 %)Degree
941 (3.793 %)CCIE
1026 (2.405 %)DV Cleared
1125 (2.313 %)MCP
1224 (2.220 %)MCSA
1323 (2.128 %)CCDP
1416 (1.480 %)CCVP
1515 (1.388 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1515 (1.388 %)ITIL Certification
1610 (0.925 %)CISSP
1610 (0.925 %)PMI Certification
179 (0.833 %)BC Cleared
179 (0.833 %)CCSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
142 (3.885 %)SLA
28 (0.740 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
28 (0.740 %)QA
37 (0.648 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.185 %)ISO27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1187 (17.30 %)Active Directory
229 (2.683 %)VMware Infrastructure
311 (1.018 %)Hyper-V
311 (1.018 %)VMware ESX
410 (0.925 %)Terminal Server
410 (0.925 %)Terminal Services
57 (0.648 %)Citrix Presentation Server
57 (0.648 %)ISA Server
65 (0.463 %)Novell eDirectory
74 (0.370 %)NetBackup
74 (0.370 %)Backup Exec
83 (0.278 %)MetaFrame
92 (0.185 %)MSMQ
92 (0.185 %)XenApp
101 (0.093 %)Sendmail
101 (0.093 %)Oracle RAC
101 (0.093 %)NetMail
101 (0.093 %)NDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
126 (2.405 %)OpenView
223 (2.128 %)WSUS
318 (1.665 %)MOM
417 (1.573 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
516 (1.480 %)CiscoWorks
69 (0.833 %)ARCserve
69 (0.833 %)Cisco IPCC
78 (0.740 %)SCCM
87 (0.648 %)SCOM
87 (0.648 %)ZENworks
95 (0.463 %)Norton AntiVirus
95 (0.463 %)HP NNM
104 (0.370 %)BMC PATROL
113 (0.278 %)Tivoli
113 (0.278 %)OpenView Configuration Management
113 (0.278 %)CONTROL-M
122 (0.185 %)MIMEsweeper
122 (0.185 %)MSI
122 (0.185 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
122 (0.185 %)SolarWinds Orion
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1474 (43.85 %)Cisco
2167 (15.45 %)Microsoft
3128 (11.84 %)CheckPoint
492 (8.511 %)Citrix
582 (7.586 %)HP
679 (7.308 %)Oracle
770 (6.475 %)Nokia
865 (6.013 %)VMware
962 (5.735 %)Juniper
1032 (2.960 %)Red Hat
1127 (2.498 %)SolarWinds
1223 (2.128 %)Lotus
1321 (1.943 %)Sybase
1420 (1.850 %)ProCurve
1519 (1.758 %)Avaya
1618 (1.665 %)Blue Coat
1717 (1.573 %)IBM
1717 (1.573 %)Symantec
1717 (1.573 %)Dell
1815 (1.388 %)Remedy