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This section looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the Watford region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLocal Area Network (LAN)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2828
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.008 %
As % of the category below4.762 %12.90 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£400£300
Average daily rate£400£313
% change on same period last year+28.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£316
% change on same period last year+5.54 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.50£25.68
% change on same period last year-24.07 %
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Watford
Matching contract IT job ads2162
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.063 %
Daily rates quoted626
Average minimum daily rate£389£284
Average daily rate£404£299
% change on same period last year+35.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£419£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted62
Average minimum hourly rate£14.60£13.50
Average hourly rate£15.87£13.50
% change on same period last year+17.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.13£13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
LAN HertfordshireLAN
Hertfordshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

LAN
Demand Trend

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

Watford LAN Demand Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Watford LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Watford LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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.

13 (100.00 %)CCNA
13 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
13 (100.00 %)WAN
22 (66.67 %)Cisco
22 (66.67 %)Telecoms
31 (33.33 %)Finance
31 (33.33 %)3Com
31 (33.33 %)Network Security
31 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
31 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
31 (33.33 %)MPLS
31 (33.33 %)Firewall
31 (33.33 %)IPsec
31 (33.33 %)CCIE
31 (33.33 %)CCNP
31 (33.33 %)VPN
31 (33.33 %)SLA
31 (33.33 %)ITIL
31 (33.33 %)ATM
31 (33.33 %)VoIP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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.

Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)WAN
21 (33.33 %)VPN
21 (33.33 %)MPLS
21 (33.33 %)Firewall
21 (33.33 %)IPsec
21 (33.33 %)Network Security
21 (33.33 %)ATM
21 (33.33 %)VoIP
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Telecoms
21 (33.33 %)Finance
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Network Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Technical Support
11 (33.33 %)Support Engineer
11 (33.33 %)2nd Line Support
11 (33.33 %)Project Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Cisco Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Cisco Network Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Cisco Specialist
11 (33.33 %)Network Specialist
11 (33.33 %)Implementation Specialist
11 (33.33 %)Implementation Engineer
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)ITIL
11 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
11 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (100.00 %)CCNA
13 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
21 (33.33 %)CCIE
21 (33.33 %)CCNP
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (33.33 %)SLA
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Cisco
21 (33.33 %)3Com
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