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The table 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 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.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank8997
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads5871313
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.709 %1.705 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category12.28 %12.66 %
Daily rates quoted199364
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£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300
Hourly rates quoted99189
Average hourly rate£22.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.14£33.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£20.00
% change on same period last year+12.50 %
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.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 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+10545£325-7.14 %
LondonUp+5212£350-12.50 %
South EastUp+8141£288-13.92 %
City of LondonUp+1955£330-17.50 %
South WestUp+2148£245-21.60 %
HampshireUp+2642£300-18.47 %
North WestUp+138£269-32.81 %
BerkshireUp+532£263-30.00 %
YorkshireUp+2631£335+19.64 %
West YorkshireUp+1725£338+20.53 %
West MidlandsUp+2424£218-20.90 %
ScotlandUp+2123£303+31.73 %
East of EnglandUp+923£350+16.66 %
ReadingUp+2718£400-5.88 %
WalesUp+2718£159-64.32 %
GloucestershireUp+2618--
South WalesUp+2418£159-64.32 %
LeedsUp+1218£330+15.78 %
MiddlesexUp+3017£320-20.00 %
OxfordshireUp+617£225-50.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1615£250-11.97 %
CheshireUp+2713£288-28.12 %
OxfordUp+713--
North EastUp+713£340+38.77 %
East MidlandsUp+2912£275-25.67 %
GlasgowUp+2212£241-3.60 %
ManchesterUp+1712£200-54.28 %
CardiffUp+1711£146-61.45 %
East SussexUp+1511--
PortsmouthUp+1311--

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1999 (85.68 %)LAN
2549 (47.08 %)Cisco
3380 (32.59 %)Windows
4372 (31.90 %)Firewall
5347 (29.76 %)Cisco Certification
6230 (19.73 %)Active Directory
7222 (19.04 %)TCP/IP
8215 (18.44 %)CCNP
9214 (18.35 %)Microsoft
10180 (15.44 %)Windows Server 2003
11174 (14.92 %)VPN
12173 (14.84 %)Security Cleared
13170 (14.58 %)CCNA
14148 (12.69 %)MS Exchange
15143 (12.26 %)Finance
16128 (10.98 %)VoIP
17127 (10.89 %)MPLS
18124 (10.63 %)Telecoms
19122 (10.46 %)ITIL
20118 (10.12 %)HP
21114 (9.777 %)SAN
22112 (9.605 %)BGP
23108 (9.262 %)Government
24107 (9.177 %)Network Design
24107 (9.177 %)OSPF
25104 (8.919 %)Windows XP
26103 (8.834 %)CheckPoint
27102 (8.748 %)Linux
2893 (7.976 %)SC Cleared
2992 (7.890 %)UNIX

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (1.372 %).NET
213 (1.115 %)HTML
39 (0.772 %)XML
48 (0.686 %)Middleware
57 (0.600 %)ASP
57 (0.600 %)WMI
66 (0.515 %)WebSphere
66 (0.515 %)CSS
75 (0.429 %)WebServices
75 (0.429 %).NET Framework
75 (0.429 %)WSH
84 (0.343 %)J2EE
84 (0.343 %)Flash
93 (0.257 %)ASP.NET
93 (0.257 %)SAP XI
93 (0.257 %)Windows SharePoint Services
93 (0.257 %)Application Packaging
102 (0.172 %)FIX Protocol
102 (0.172 %)ASP.NET 2.0
102 (0.172 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1148 (12.69 %)MS Exchange
266 (5.660 %)Exchange Server 2003
344 (3.774 %)SharePoint
436 (3.087 %)IIS
436 (3.087 %)Exchange Server 2007
519 (1.630 %)Lotus Notes
614 (1.201 %)Exchange Server 2000
712 (1.029 %)Apache
810 (0.858 %)Lotus Domino
98 (0.686 %)Exchange Server 5.5
107 (0.600 %)Rendezvous
107 (0.600 %)SharePoint Server 2007
116 (0.515 %)GroupWise
116 (0.515 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
116 (0.515 %)WebSphere Application Server
116 (0.515 %)Tomcat
125 (0.429 %)Oracle Application Server
133 (0.257 %)WebLogic
133 (0.257 %)Morello
142 (0.172 %)Office Communications Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
183 (7.118 %)MS Office
270 (6.003 %)MS Excel
324 (2.058 %)MS Visio
49 (0.772 %)MS Project
56 (0.515 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.343 %)Photoshop
64 (0.343 %)Acrobat
72 (0.172 %)Spreadsheet
81 (0.086 %)Paint Shop Pro
81 (0.086 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (0.600 %)RMDS
22 (0.172 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (0.172 %)SoftGrid
22 (0.172 %)SAP Oil and Gas
31 (0.086 %)Retail-J
31 (0.086 %)SAP ERP
31 (0.086 %)Summit
31 (0.086 %)SAP Retail
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1999 (85.68 %)LAN
2372 (31.90 %)Firewall
3222 (19.04 %)TCP/IP
4174 (14.92 %)VPN
5128 (10.98 %)VoIP
6127 (10.89 %)MPLS
7114 (9.777 %)SAN
8112 (9.605 %)BGP
9107 (9.177 %)OSPF
1086 (7.376 %)DNS
1179 (6.775 %)Internet
1273 (6.261 %)Cisco PIX
1372 (6.175 %)VLAN
1455 (4.717 %)Wireless
1455 (4.717 %)Network Security
1553 (4.545 %)IP Telephony
1649 (4.202 %)DHCP
1746 (3.945 %)Ethernet
1840 (3.431 %)Cisco ASA
1939 (3.345 %)Cisco IOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (1.973 %)SQL Server
26 (0.515 %)MS Access
26 (0.515 %)MySQL
35 (0.429 %)Oracle 8/8i
43 (0.257 %)Oracle 9i
43 (0.257 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (0.172 %)Oracle OLAP
52 (0.172 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (0.172 %)Datawarehouse
52 (0.172 %)DB2
52 (0.172 %)OLAP
61 (0.086 %)Crystal Reports
61 (0.086 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.086 %)BusinessObjects
61 (0.086 %)IDOL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (0.343 %)LoadRunner
23 (0.257 %)ClearCase
23 (0.257 %)WinRunner
23 (0.257 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (0.086 %)Eclipse
31 (0.086 %)MSI
31 (0.086 %)Selenium
31 (0.086 %)Visual Studio Team System
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1143 (12.26 %)Finance
2124 (10.63 %)Telecoms
3108 (9.262 %)Government
464 (5.489 %)Banking
522 (1.887 %)Investment Banking
621 (1.801 %)Health
715 (1.286 %)Insurance
814 (1.201 %)Local Government
911 (0.943 %)Retail
109 (0.772 %)Education
109 (0.772 %)Legal
118 (0.686 %)Home Office
118 (0.686 %)Financial Institution
127 (0.600 %)Front Office
136 (0.515 %)Back Office
136 (0.515 %)Electric
145 (0.429 %)Law
154 (0.343 %)Electronics
154 (0.343 %)Publishing
154 (0.343 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1242 (20.75 %)Network Engineer
2176 (15.09 %)Analyst
3112 (9.605 %)Architect
497 (8.319 %)Support Engineer
582 (7.033 %)Project Manager
679 (6.775 %)Network Support
773 (6.261 %)Support Analyst
867 (5.746 %)Network Analyst
954 (4.631 %)Cisco Engineer
1051 (4.374 %)Administrator
1148 (4.117 %)Consultant
1246 (3.945 %)Technical Architect
1337 (3.173 %)Systems Engineer
1337 (3.173 %)Design Engineer
1337 (3.173 %)Network Support Engineer
1337 (3.173 %)Network Design Engineer
1431 (2.659 %)Infrastructure Manager
1431 (2.659 %)3rd Line Support
1529 (2.487 %)Desktop Support
1628 (2.401 %)Senior Network Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
141 (3.516 %)NHS
226 (2.230 %)Blackberry
323 (1.973 %)Video Conferencing
418 (1.544 %)Clustering
516 (1.372 %)Thin Client
516 (1.372 %)Fat Client
615 (1.286 %)PKI
710 (0.858 %)Mainframe
710 (0.858 %)Management Information System
89 (0.772 %)Firmware
98 (0.686 %)CLARiiON
98 (0.686 %)CCTV
107 (0.600 %)French Language
107 (0.600 %)EMC Centera
107 (0.600 %)Equities
115 (0.429 %)Symmetrix
115 (0.429 %)EPoS
115 (0.429 %)Client/Server
115 (0.429 %)SCADA
115 (0.429 %)PDA
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1380 (32.59 %)Windows
2180 (15.44 %)Windows Server 2003
3104 (8.919 %)Windows XP
4102 (8.748 %)Linux
592 (7.890 %)UNIX
656 (4.803 %)Windows 2000
737 (3.173 %)Solaris
827 (2.316 %)Windows Server 2008
827 (2.316 %)Windows 2000 Server
925 (2.144 %)Red Hat Linux
1021 (1.801 %)Windows NT
1120 (1.715 %)Windows Vista
1217 (1.458 %)NetWare
1312 (1.029 %)HPUX
147 (0.600 %)AIX
156 (0.515 %)VMS
164 (0.343 %)SUSE
173 (0.257 %)OpenVMS
182 (0.172 %)Tru64
191 (0.086 %)Mac OS X
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1122 (10.46 %)ITIL
2107 (9.177 %)Network Design
364 (5.489 %)Project Management
453 (4.545 %)PRINCE2
551 (4.374 %)Disaster Recovery
642 (3.602 %)Migration
736 (3.087 %)Change Management
834 (2.916 %)Load Balancing
926 (2.230 %)Service Delivery
1020 (1.715 %)Service Management
1117 (1.458 %)Business Continuity
1216 (1.372 %)Incident Management
1311 (0.943 %)BCP
1410 (0.858 %)Document Management
1410 (0.858 %)Stakeholder Management
1410 (0.858 %)Integration Testing
159 (0.772 %)Electronic Trading
159 (0.772 %)Problem Management
159 (0.772 %)Technical Architecture
159 (0.772 %)Time Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
164 (5.489 %)SQL
234 (2.916 %)C
317 (1.458 %)Perl
317 (1.458 %)VB
412 (1.029 %)Shell Script
510 (0.858 %)Java
67 (0.600 %)Python
76 (0.515 %)AWK
76 (0.515 %)VBScript
85 (0.429 %)PowerShell
92 (0.172 %)Embedded C
92 (0.172 %)C++
92 (0.172 %)JCL
101 (0.086 %)Korn
101 (0.086 %)Fortran
101 (0.086 %)VB.NET
101 (0.086 %)C#
101 (0.086 %)PL/SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1347 (29.76 %)Cisco Certification
2215 (18.44 %)CCNP
3173 (14.84 %)Security Cleared
4170 (14.58 %)CCNA
593 (7.976 %)SC Cleared
687 (7.461 %)CCIE
774 (6.346 %)Microsoft Certification
859 (5.060 %)MCSE
937 (3.173 %)DV Cleared
1034 (2.916 %)CCDP
1130 (2.573 %)Degree
1220 (1.715 %)CCSP
1220 (1.715 %)CCIP
1317 (1.458 %)CCVP
1415 (1.286 %)MCP
1514 (1.201 %)CISSP
1514 (1.201 %)ITIL Certification
1612 (1.029 %)MCSA
1711 (0.943 %)Citrix Certification
1810 (0.858 %)CCDA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
141 (3.516 %)SLA
25 (0.429 %)ISO27001
25 (0.429 %)COBIT
33 (0.257 %)QA
33 (0.257 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.172 %)ISO17799
51 (0.086 %)BS7799
51 (0.086 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1230 (19.73 %)Active Directory
248 (4.117 %)VMware Infrastructure
320 (1.715 %)VMware ESX
415 (1.286 %)Terminal Services
513 (1.115 %)Citrix Presentation Server
611 (0.943 %)Backup Exec
611 (0.943 %)ISA Server
79 (0.772 %)Sendmail
86 (0.515 %)XenApp
86 (0.515 %)NDS
86 (0.515 %)NetBackup
94 (0.343 %)Hyper-V
94 (0.343 %)MetaFrame
103 (0.257 %)Terminal Server
112 (0.172 %)VMware Workstation
112 (0.172 %)Novell eDirectory
112 (0.172 %)VMware GSX
112 (0.172 %)XenServer
112 (0.172 %)XenDesktop
121 (0.086 %)Veritas Volume Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
159 (5.060 %)OpenView
256 (4.803 %)CiscoWorks
318 (1.544 %)Norton AntiVirus
417 (1.458 %)ZENworks
513 (1.115 %)HP NNM
612 (1.029 %)ARCserve
711 (0.943 %)Tivoli
89 (0.772 %)SCOM
98 (0.686 %)ServiceCenter
98 (0.686 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
98 (0.686 %)Cisco IPCC
107 (0.600 %)BMC PATROL
107 (0.600 %)MOM
107 (0.600 %)SCCM
115 (0.429 %)Cacti
123 (0.257 %)HP Data Protector
123 (0.257 %)OpenView Configuration Management
132 (0.172 %)Netcool
132 (0.172 %)MIIS
132 (0.172 %)MIMEsweeper
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1549 (47.08 %)Cisco
2214 (18.35 %)Microsoft
3118 (10.12 %)HP
4103 (8.834 %)CheckPoint
591 (7.804 %)Citrix
688 (7.547 %)VMware
759 (5.060 %)Juniper
855 (4.717 %)Oracle
954 (4.631 %)Nokia
1037 (3.173 %)Nortel
1128 (2.401 %)Symantec
1227 (2.316 %)IBM
1325 (2.144 %)Red Hat
1424 (2.058 %)Sophos
1521 (1.801 %)Bloomberg
1521 (1.801 %)Lotus
1521 (1.801 %)Avaya
1620 (1.715 %)LANDesk
1718 (1.544 %)EMC
1718 (1.544 %)BT