The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 19 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 Watford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 15 23 20
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -3
Contract jobs citing LAN 2 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 2.564% 1.053% 1.064%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.18% 4.348% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £235 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £318 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.51% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-7.31% -2.38%
All Communications & Networking
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
11 23 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 14.10% 24.21% 7.447%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £275 £235 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.02% -32.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £11.75 £11.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+197.87% +4.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
LAN
Hertfordshire

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (66.67%) DHCP
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) IIS
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) ASP
3 1 (33.33%) COM+
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP
1 1 (33.33%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Assurance Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) VMware