West Midlands LAN Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the West Midlands 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Local Area Network (LAN)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Ashton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dundee Durham Ealing East Ayrshire East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Guildford Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Hull Huntingdon Ilford Kent Kilmarnock Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redcar Redditch Romford Rugby Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	55	45
Rank change on same period last year	-10
Matching contract IT job ads	64	93
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.101 %	0.100 %
As % of the category below	14.58 %	20.00 %
Daily rates quoted	3	14
Average minimum daily rate	£340	£254
Average daily rate	£353	£266
% change on same period last year	+32.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£279
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£326
% change on same period last year	+2.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	42
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.84	£28.17
Average hourly rate	£32.76	£31.87
% change on same period last year	+2.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.68	£35.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.61	£21.85
% change on same period last year	+17.17 %
Communications & Networking West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	439	465
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.691 %	0.498 %
Daily rates quoted	84	95
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£311
Average daily rate	£351	£334
% change on same period last year	+5.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£368	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£347	£332
% change on same period last year	+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	86	126
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.72	£31.26
Average hourly rate	£27.55	£35.49
% change on same period last year	-22.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.38	£39.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.93	£29.11
% change on same period last year	-4.05 %
LAN England

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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

LAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Shropshire	+13	16	£413	+37.50 %
Solihull	+8	11	-	-
Warwickshire	-7	11	£325	-
Birmingham	+17	9	-	-
Worcestershire	-	6	-	-
Staffordshire	-11	3	-	-
Herefordshire	+8	3	-	-
Coventry	+2	3	£320	+190.90 %

LAN England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 117 (82.98 %) WAN 2 78 (55.32 %) Cisco 3 47 (33.33 %) TCP/IP 4 44 (31.21 %) Cisco Certification 4 44 (31.21 %) Windows 5 43 (30.50 %) Firewall 6 33 (23.40 %) BGP 7 31 (21.99 %) CCNA 8 29 (20.57 %) Active Directory 9 27 (19.15 %) CheckPoint 10 25 (17.73 %) OSPF 10 25 (17.73 %) Network Design 11 24 (17.02 %) Cisco PIX 12 23 (16.31 %) MPLS 13 22 (15.60 %) Microsoft

14 20 (14.18 %) VPN 15 19 (13.48 %) UNIX 15 19 (13.48 %) EIGRP 16 17 (12.06 %) Project Management 16 17 (12.06 %) Windows Server 2003 16 17 (12.06 %) Windows XP 16 17 (12.06 %) CCNP 17 15 (10.64 %) Ethernet 17 15 (10.64 %) IBM 18 14 (9.929 %) DNS 18 14 (9.929 %) MS Exchange 18 14 (9.929 %) Solaris 18 14 (9.929 %) Linux 19 13 (9.220 %) Nortel 19 13 (9.220 %) Citrix

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 (0.709 %) Windows SharePoint Services	Application Platforms 1 14 (9.929 %) MS Exchange 2 8 (5.674 %) Lotus Notes 3 6 (4.255 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 3 (2.128 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 3 (2.128 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 2 (1.418 %) GroupWise 6 1 (0.709 %) SharePoint 6 1 (0.709 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 1 (0.709 %) IIS
Applications 1 9 (6.383 %) MS Office 1 9 (6.383 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.709 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 117 (82.98 %) WAN 2 47 (33.33 %) TCP/IP 3 43 (30.50 %) Firewall 4 33 (23.40 %) BGP 5 25 (17.73 %) OSPF 6 24 (17.02 %) Cisco PIX 7 23 (16.31 %) MPLS 8 20 (14.18 %) VPN 9 19 (13.48 %) EIGRP 10 15 (10.64 %) Ethernet 11 14 (9.929 %) DNS 12 11 (7.801 %) SSL 12 11 (7.801 %) RIP 12 11 (7.801 %) DHCP 12 11 (7.801 %) ISDN 12 11 (7.801 %) SMDS 13 7 (4.965 %) Cisco IOS 14 6 (4.255 %) VLAN 14 6 (4.255 %) SAN 15 5 (3.546 %) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (3.546 %) SQL Server 2 2 (1.418 %) GIS 3 1 (0.709 %) MS Access	General 1 13 (9.220 %) Telecoms 2 12 (8.511 %) Government 3 4 (2.837 %) Health 4 3 (2.128 %) Automotive 5 2 (1.418 %) Finance 5 2 (1.418 %) Military 6 1 (0.709 %) Education 6 1 (0.709 %) Legal 6 1 (0.709 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 34 (24.11 %) Network Engineer 2 19 (13.48 %) Analyst 3 12 (8.511 %) Architect 3 12 (8.511 %) Technical Support 3 12 (8.511 %) Support Engineer 4 10 (7.092 %) Network Analyst 4 10 (7.092 %) Cisco Engineer 5 7 (4.965 %) Network Support 5 7 (4.965 %) Network Support Engineer 6 6 (4.255 %) Cisco Network Engineer 7 5 (3.546 %) Infrastructure Architect 7 5 (3.546 %) Network Architect 7 5 (3.546 %) Senior Network Engineer 7 5 (3.546 %) Project Manager 7 5 (3.546 %) Consultant 8 4 (2.837 %) Desktop Support 8 4 (2.837 %) Field Engineer 8 4 (2.837 %) Design Engineer 8 4 (2.837 %) IP Network Engineer 8 4 (2.837 %) Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 9 (6.383 %) Clustering 2 6 (4.255 %) PDA 2 6 (4.255 %) AS400 3 5 (3.546 %) IBM Mainframe 3 5 (3.546 %) Mainframe 4 4 (2.837 %) NHS 4 4 (2.837 %) Spanish Language 5 3 (2.128 %) PMI 6 1 (0.709 %) Thin Client 6 1 (0.709 %) CCTV 6 1 (0.709 %) Statistics 6 1 (0.709 %) Fat Client
Operating Systems 1 44 (31.21 %) Windows 2 19 (13.48 %) UNIX 3 17 (12.06 %) Windows XP 3 17 (12.06 %) Windows Server 2003 4 14 (9.929 %) Solaris 4 14 (9.929 %) Linux 5 9 (6.383 %) SUSE 6 8 (5.674 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 7 (4.965 %) Windows NT 8 6 (4.255 %) Windows 2000 9 5 (3.546 %) AIX 9 5 (3.546 %) HPUX 9 5 (3.546 %) Windows Vista 10 4 (2.837 %) VMS 11 2 (1.418 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 25 (17.73 %) Network Design 2 17 (12.06 %) Project Management 3 12 (8.511 %) Load Balancing 4 11 (7.801 %) E-Commerce 5 9 (6.383 %) Service Delivery 5 9 (6.383 %) Problem Management 6 4 (2.837 %) ITIL 7 3 (2.128 %) PRINCE2 7 3 (2.128 %) Migration 7 3 (2.128 %) Security Cleared 8 2 (1.418 %) Incident Management 8 2 (1.418 %) PRINCE 9 1 (0.709 %) Stakeholder Management 9 1 (0.709 %) Disaster Recovery 9 1 (0.709 %) Software Testing 9 1 (0.709 %) Unit Testing 9 1 (0.709 %) Data Migration 9 1 (0.709 %) SC Cleared
Programming Languages 1 9 (6.383 %) Perl 1 9 (6.383 %) Shell Script 2 4 (2.837 %) SQL 3 1 (0.709 %) VB 3 1 (0.709 %) C	Qualifications 1 44 (31.21 %) Cisco Certification 2 31 (21.99 %) CCNA 3 17 (12.06 %) CCNP 4 12 (8.511 %) Microsoft Certification 5 8 (5.674 %) CCDP 6 7 (4.965 %) CCDA 7 6 (4.255 %) MCSE 7 6 (4.255 %) CCIE 8 4 (2.837 %) CCA 8 4 (2.837 %) Citrix Certification 9 2 (1.418 %) PMI Certification 9 2 (1.418 %) Degree 10 1 (0.709 %) CCSA 10 1 (0.709 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 1 (0.709 %) ITIL Certification 10 1 (0.709 %) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.128 %) SLA 2 2 (1.418 %) BS7799 2 2 (1.418 %) ISO17799 3 1 (0.709 %) ISO9001 3 1 (0.709 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 29 (20.57 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.709 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 7 (4.965 %) CiscoWorks 2 4 (2.837 %) OpenView 3 3 (2.128 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 1 (0.709 %) Tivoli 4 1 (0.709 %) Tivoli NetView	Vendors 1 78 (55.32 %) Cisco 2 27 (19.15 %) CheckPoint 3 22 (15.60 %) Microsoft 4 15 (10.64 %) IBM 5 13 (9.220 %) Nortel 5 13 (9.220 %) Citrix 6 12 (8.511 %) HP 7 9 (6.383 %) Sun 7 9 (6.383 %) VERITAS 8 8 (5.674 %) Lotus 8 8 (5.674 %) Nokia 9 7 (4.965 %) SAP 10 6 (4.255 %) Remedy 10 6 (4.255 %) Blue Coat 11 3 (2.128 %) 3Com 12 2 (1.418 %) VMware 12 2 (1.418 %) Novell 12 2 (1.418 %) Oracle 12 2 (1.418 %) Dell 13 1 (0.709 %) Cognos