The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Uxbridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 22 May 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 for the Uxbridge region.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 15 24 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing LAN 5 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 4.854% 0.735% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% 5.882% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £308 £320
% change year-on-year
+0.40% -3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -4.76%
All Communications & Networking
Uxbridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20 17 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 19.42% 12.50% 9.434%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 2
Average daily rate £250 £275 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -43.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £260 £438
10% offered a daily rate of more than £571 £600 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £16.00 £13.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% +20.93%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
LAN
London

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Uxbridge LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LAN across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LAN across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region citing LAN 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 LAN.

1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 5 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 5 (50.00%) WAN
2 5 (50.00%) OSPF
2 5 (50.00%) BGP
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) Network Security
2 5 (50.00%) F5
3 4 (40.00%) Network Management
3 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 4 (40.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) HP
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) CCNA
4 3 (30.00%) VPN
4 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (30.00%) IP Telephony
5 2 (20.00%) Windows Vista
5 2 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (20.00%) Windows
5 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Finance
6 1 (10.00%) Wireless
6 1 (10.00%) Remedy
6 1 (10.00%) CCNP
6 1 (10.00%) Lotus

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region citing LAN 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 LAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) WAN
1 5 (50.00%) OSPF
1 5 (50.00%) BGP
1 5 (50.00%) Firewall
1 5 (50.00%) Network Security
2 3 (30.00%) VPN
2 3 (30.00%) IP Telephony
3 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (10.00%) Wireless
4 1 (10.00%) Internet
4 1 (10.00%) MPLS
4 1 (10.00%) WLAN
4 1 (10.00%) DNS
4 1 (10.00%) HTTP
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (10.00%) FWSM
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Network Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Vista
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Network Management
1 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (30.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 5 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 5 (50.00%) F5
3 4 (40.00%) HP
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Remedy
4 1 (10.00%) Lotus
4 1 (10.00%) LANDesk