The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAN 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 Warrington 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
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 15 17 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs citing WAN 8 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 6.202% 1.010% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.36% 10.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £498 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-25.58% +2.38%
All Communications & Networking
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
22 10 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 17.05% 10.10% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 2
Average daily rate £450 £330 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -22.35%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +92.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
WAN
Cheshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 11 (100.00%) LAN
2 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
3 4 (36.36%) Tivoli
3 4 (36.36%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) NetBackup
4 3 (27.27%) BT
5 2 (18.18%) Supplier Management
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Firewall
5 2 (18.18%) EMC
5 2 (18.18%) Windows
6 1 (9.091%) Solaris
6 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
6 1 (9.091%) SQL
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle
6 1 (9.091%) UNIX
6 1 (9.091%) Juniper
6 1 (9.091%) CheckPoint
6 1 (9.091%) Intranet
6 1 (9.091%) Internet
6 1 (9.091%) OSPF
6 1 (9.091%) BGP
6 1 (9.091%) SSL
6 1 (9.091%) Cisco
6 1 (9.091%) Service Management
6 1 (9.091%) Finance
6 1 (9.091%) Migration
6 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (9.091%) CRAMM

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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.

Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) LAN
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
3 1 (9.091%) Intranet
3 1 (9.091%) Internet
3 1 (9.091%) OSPF
3 1 (9.091%) BGP
3 1 (9.091%) SSL
3 1 (9.091%) IPsec
General
1 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Storage Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Commercial Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Network Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Solaris
2 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Supplier Management
1 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 1 (9.091%) Service Management
2 1 (9.091%) Migration
2 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (9.091%) CRAMM
2 1 (9.091%) Financial Modelling
2 1 (9.091%) Change Control
2 1 (9.091%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) BC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Tivoli
1 4 (36.36%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (27.27%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 3 (27.27%) BT
2 2 (18.18%) EMC
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle
3 1 (9.091%) Juniper
3 1 (9.091%) CheckPoint
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco
3 1 (9.091%) Blue Coat
3 1 (9.091%) F5