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WAN Contracts in the West Midlands
 
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The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WAN 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 West Midlands 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
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Rank 51 66 54
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -12
Contract jobs citing WAN 49 39 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.920% 1.717% 2.332%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.77% 13.54% 15.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 13 10
Average daily rate £283 £300 £253
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.83% +18.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £131 £100 £148
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £370 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £304 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.72% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 7
Average hourly rate £15.75 £16.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% -31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £16.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.65 £16.50 £25.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £21.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-16.27% -2.27%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 261 288 292
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.55% 12.68% 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 111 136
Average daily rate £288 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.87% -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £140 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £375 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 29 36
Average hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -29.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £30.00 £26.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
WAN
England

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands WAN Daily Rate Histogram

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands WAN Hourly Rate Trend

WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands WAN Hourly Rate Histogram

WAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Shropshire +15 14 £288 -16.66% 1
Birmingham +8 9 £205 +105.00% 2
Solihull - 7 £143 - 2
Staffordshire +15 4 £145 -47.27% 3
Worcestershire - 2 £250 - 3
Warwickshire -6 1 - - 1
Coventry -8 1 - -
Dudley - - - -
Stourbridge - - - -
Sutton Coldfield - - - -
West Bromwich - - - -
Wolverhampton - - - -
WAN
England

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 73 (78.49%) LAN
2 42 (45.16%) Cisco
3 36 (38.71%) Windows
4 31 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 28 (30.11%) Firewall
6 21 (22.58%) Active Directory
7 20 (21.51%) ITIL
8 19 (20.43%) Project Management
9 17 (18.28%) MS Office
10 15 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (16.13%) VMware
11 14 (15.05%) Windows Server 2008
11 14 (15.05%) Windows Server 2003
12 13 (13.98%) CCNA
12 13 (13.98%) TCP/IP
12 13 (13.98%) Linux
13 12 (12.90%) HP
13 12 (12.90%) SAN
14 11 (11.83%) Citrix
14 11 (11.83%) MPLS
14 11 (11.83%) VPN
14 11 (11.83%) UNIX
15 10 (10.75%) MS Project
15 10 (10.75%) SAP
15 10 (10.75%) MS Excel
15 10 (10.75%) MS Visio
15 10 (10.75%) MS Exchange
15 10 (10.75%) ERP
16 9 (9.677%) JD Edwards
16 9 (9.677%) Windows XP

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 Development
1 2 (2.151%) Java EE
1 2 (2.151%) WebSphere
1 2 (2.151%) SAML
2 1 (1.075%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 10 (10.75%) MS Exchange
2 5 (5.376%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (4.301%) Exchange Server 5.5
3 4 (4.301%) Exchange Server 2000
4 2 (2.151%) IBM Notes
4 2 (2.151%) Apache
4 2 (2.151%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.075%) NetWeaver
5 1 (1.075%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.075%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (1.075%) IIS
5 1 (1.075%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.075%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.075%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 17 (18.28%) MS Office
2 10 (10.75%) MS Project
2 10 (10.75%) MS Excel
2 10 (10.75%) MS Visio
3 4 (4.301%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.151%) ENOVIA
2 1 (1.075%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 73 (78.49%) LAN
2 28 (30.11%) Firewall
3 13 (13.98%) TCP/IP
4 12 (12.90%) SAN
5 11 (11.83%) MPLS
5 11 (11.83%) VPN
6 8 (8.602%) VLAN
7 7 (7.527%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (7.527%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (6.452%) NAS
8 6 (6.452%) Wireless
9 4 (4.301%) xDSL
9 4 (4.301%) Cisco PIX
9 4 (4.301%) iSCSI
9 4 (4.301%) DNS
9 4 (4.301%) DHCP
9 4 (4.301%) Internet
10 3 (3.226%) X.500
10 3 (3.226%) BGP
10 3 (3.226%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.301%) MySQL
2 1 (1.075%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.075%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.075%) BusinessObjects
General
1 8 (8.602%) Telecoms
2 7 (7.527%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.301%) Finance
4 3 (3.226%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (17.20%) Project Manager
2 15 (16.13%) Analyst
3 12 (12.90%) Consultant
4 10 (10.75%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (9.677%) Support Analyst
6 7 (7.527%) Cisco Consultant
7 6 (6.452%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 6 (6.452%) Network Manager
7 6 (6.452%) Support Engineer
7 6 (6.452%) Systems Support
7 6 (6.452%) Network Engineer
8 5 (5.376%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (5.376%) Network Project Manager
8 5 (5.376%) VMware Engineer
9 4 (4.301%) Service Analyst
9 4 (4.301%) Project Coordinator
9 4 (4.301%) Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (4.301%) Coordinator
10 3 (3.226%) Administrator
10 3 (3.226%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.301%) EqualLogic
2 3 (3.226%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.226%) Thin Client
2 3 (3.226%) Fat Client
2 3 (3.226%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.151%) NHS
4 1 (1.075%) AS400
4 1 (1.075%) IVR
4 1 (1.075%) Clustering
4 1 (1.075%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (38.71%) Windows
2 14 (15.05%) Windows Server 2008
2 14 (15.05%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (13.98%) Linux
4 11 (11.83%) UNIX
5 9 (9.677%) Windows XP
6 4 (4.301%) Windows 2000 Server
6 4 (4.301%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (4.301%) Windows 7
6 4 (4.301%) HPUX
6 4 (4.301%) Solaris
7 3 (3.226%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (2.151%) Windows Vista
8 2 (2.151%) Windows NT
9 1 (1.075%) Windows CE
9 1 (1.075%) Windows 2000
9 1 (1.075%) AIX
9 1 (1.075%) Debian
9 1 (1.075%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.075%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.51%) ITIL
2 19 (20.43%) Project Management
3 10 (10.75%) ERP
4 6 (6.452%) Network Management
4 6 (6.452%) Migration
5 4 (4.301%) PRINCE2
6 3 (3.226%) Service Management
6 3 (3.226%) Six Sigma
6 3 (3.226%) TOGAF
6 3 (3.226%) Load Balancing
7 2 (2.151%) OpenUP
7 2 (2.151%) Data Analysis
7 2 (2.151%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (2.151%) Network Design
7 2 (2.151%) Zachman Framework
7 2 (2.151%) PLM
7 2 (2.151%) Data Modelling
7 2 (2.151%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (2.151%) Service Delivery
8 1 (1.075%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.376%) SQL
2 4 (4.301%) Perl
2 4 (4.301%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.075%) Java
3 1 (1.075%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 15 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (13.98%) CCNA
3 9 (9.677%) CCNP
4 8 (8.602%) Security Cleared
5 6 (6.452%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (5.376%) PMP
6 5 (5.376%) PMI Certification
6 5 (5.376%) SC Cleared
7 4 (4.301%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (3.226%) Degree
8 3 (3.226%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.226%) VCP4
9 2 (2.151%) CCIE
9 2 (2.151%) MCSE
10 1 (1.075%) CCA
10 1 (1.075%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (1.075%) MCSA
10 1 (1.075%) CCDP
10 1 (1.075%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.075%) MCDST
System Software
1 21 (22.58%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.452%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.301%) Samba
4 3 (3.226%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.075%) VMware Server
5 1 (1.075%) XenServer
5 1 (1.075%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.151%) FortiGate
1 2 (2.151%) OpenView
2 1 (1.075%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (1.075%) Netcool
2 1 (1.075%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 42 (45.16%) Cisco
2 31 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 15 (16.13%) VMware
4 12 (12.90%) HP
5 11 (11.83%) Citrix
6 10 (10.75%) SAP
7 9 (9.677%) JD Edwards
8 5 (5.376%) Veeam
9 4 (4.301%) SolarWinds
9 4 (4.301%) SonicWALL
9 4 (4.301%) Oracle
9 4 (4.301%) Dell
9 4 (4.301%) Sun
9 4 (4.301%) Juniper
9 4 (4.301%) Red Hat
10 3 (3.226%) BT
11 2 (2.151%) WatchGuard
11 2 (2.151%) OPNET
11 2 (2.151%) CheckPoint
11 2 (2.151%) BMC
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