The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAN 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 for the Wakefield 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 8 7 5
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs citing WAN 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 4.348% 8.000% 5.882%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 66.67% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £128 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £308 £325
% change year-on-year
- -5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.25 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-21.59% +4.76%
All Communications & Networking
Wakefield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 26.09% 12.00% 5.882%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
WAN
West Yorkshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield WAN Jobs Demand Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wakefield WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wakefield WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region 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.

1 7 (100.00%) LAN
2 6 (85.71%) Windows XP
2 6 (85.71%) Windows
3 5 (71.43%) Windows 2000
3 5 (71.43%) MS Office
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Vista
4 4 (57.14%) Internet
5 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
5 3 (42.86%) MCP
5 3 (42.86%) HNC
5 3 (42.86%) UNIX
5 3 (42.86%) MCSE
5 3 (42.86%) MCSA
5 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
5 3 (42.86%) Performance Management
5 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
6 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (28.57%) Citrix
6 2 (28.57%) AS400
6 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
6 2 (28.57%) Windows CE
6 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (14.29%) SCCM
7 1 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
7 1 (14.29%) DHCP
7 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
7 1 (14.29%) DNS

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) MS Office
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) LAN
2 4 (57.14%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) DHCP
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) DNS
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Support
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Support Officer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Support
2 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows XP
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 2000
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Vista
3 3 (42.86%) UNIX
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (28.57%) Windows CE
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) MCP
1 3 (42.86%) HNC
1 3 (42.86%) MCSE
1 3 (42.86%) MCSA
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix