West Yorkshire WAN Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Barking Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenford Hampshire Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Portsmouth Prescot Prestwick Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rochester Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warwick Warwickshire Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	67	48
Rank change on same period last year	-19
Matching contract IT job ads	24	51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.032 %	0.051 %
As % of the category below	11.82 %	17.71 %
Daily rates quoted	11	14
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£344
Average daily rate	£354	£364
% change on same period last year	-2.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£311
% change on same period last year	+7.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.00	£15.15
Average hourly rate	£23.50	£16.83
% change on same period last year	+39.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.00	£18.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.36	£25.71
% change on same period last year	-16.90 %
Communications & Networking West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	203	288
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.268 %	0.287 %
Daily rates quoted	37	52
Average minimum daily rate	£295	£332
Average daily rate	£314	£340
% change on same period last year	-7.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£334	£348
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£343
% change on same period last year	-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted	21	27
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.95	£22.37
Average hourly rate	£25.54	£24.75
% change on same period last year	+3.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.14	£27.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.88	£28.72
% change on same period last year	-9.87 %
WAN Yorkshire

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.

WAN
Demand Trend

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

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WAN across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Leeds	-17	19	£354	-5.52 %
Wakefield	-	1	-	-
Bradford	-2	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 39 (63.93 %) Windows 2 28 (45.90 %) Firewall 3 27 (44.26 %) LAN 4 26 (42.62 %) Cisco 4 26 (42.62 %) Windows Server 2003 5 23 (37.70 %) Active Directory 6 21 (34.43 %) Microsoft 7 20 (32.79 %) ITIL 8 18 (29.51 %) MS Exchange 8 18 (29.51 %) Windows Vista 9 17 (27.87 %) PRINCE2 9 17 (27.87 %) VPN 10 15 (24.59 %) MPLS 10 15 (24.59 %) Cisco Certification 10 15 (24.59 %) Exchange Server 2003

11 14 (22.95 %) SQL Server 12 13 (21.31 %) SAN 12 13 (21.31 %) SQL Server 2005 13 12 (19.67 %) SQL 13 12 (19.67 %) Finance 14 11 (18.03 %) Internet 15 10 (16.39 %) VMware ESX 15 10 (16.39 %) PRINCE2 Certification 16 9 (14.75 %) UNIX 17 8 (13.11 %) Linux 17 8 (13.11 %) Windows XP 17 8 (13.11 %) MS Excel 17 8 (13.11 %) TCP/IP 17 8 (13.11 %) Project Management 18 7 (11.48 %) SQL Server 2000

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 4 (6.557 %) X-Windows 2 2 (3.279 %) WCF 2 2 (3.279 %) WebSphere 2 2 (3.279 %) .NET Framework 2 2 (3.279 %) WebServices 2 2 (3.279 %) .NET 3 1 (1.639 %) Middleware 3 1 (1.639 %) ODBC	Application Platforms 1 18 (29.51 %) MS Exchange 2 15 (24.59 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 2 (3.279 %) WebSphere MQ 4 1 (1.639 %) Apache 4 1 (1.639 %) Tomcat 4 1 (1.639 %) WebLogic 4 1 (1.639 %) SharePoint 4 1 (1.639 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 8 (13.11 %) MS Excel 2 5 (8.197 %) MS Office 3 1 (1.639 %) AutoCAD	Communications & Networking 1 28 (45.90 %) Firewall 2 27 (44.26 %) LAN 3 17 (27.87 %) VPN 4 15 (24.59 %) MPLS 5 13 (21.31 %) SAN 6 11 (18.03 %) Internet 7 8 (13.11 %) TCP/IP 8 7 (11.48 %) OSPF 9 5 (8.197 %) Wireless 9 5 (8.197 %) BGP 10 4 (6.557 %) Cisco ASA 10 4 (6.557 %) VLAN 10 4 (6.557 %) ATM 10 4 (6.557 %) SSL 11 3 (4.918 %) Frame Relay 11 3 (4.918 %) DNS 11 3 (4.918 %) RIP 11 3 (4.918 %) VoIP 11 3 (4.918 %) Network Security 12 2 (3.279 %) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (22.95 %) SQL Server 2 13 (21.31 %) SQL Server 2005 3 7 (11.48 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (1.639 %) Oracle 10g 4 1 (1.639 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (1.639 %) Oracle 9i	General 1 12 (19.67 %) Finance 2 6 (9.836 %) Banking 2 6 (9.836 %) Law 3 5 (8.197 %) Government 4 1 (1.639 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 16 (26.23 %) Network Engineer 2 7 (11.48 %) Cisco Engineer 2 7 (11.48 %) Cisco Network Engineer 3 6 (9.836 %) Project Engineer 4 5 (8.197 %) Administrator 4 5 (8.197 %) Consultant 5 4 (6.557 %) Systems Administrator 5 4 (6.557 %) Technical Consultant 6 3 (4.918 %) 2nd Line Support 6 3 (4.918 %) Systems Engineer 6 3 (4.918 %) Network Security Engineer 6 3 (4.918 %) Architect 6 3 (4.918 %) Project Manager 6 3 (4.918 %) Desktop Support 6 3 (4.918 %) Analyst 6 3 (4.918 %) Security Engineer 7 2 (3.279 %) Network Support 7 2 (3.279 %) Cisco Support 7 2 (3.279 %) Project Consultant 7 2 (3.279 %) Infrastructure Designer	Miscellaneous 1 5 (8.197 %) NHS 2 4 (6.557 %) Clustering 3 3 (4.918 %) Client/Server 4 1 (1.639 %) Smartcard 4 1 (1.639 %) Blackberry 4 1 (1.639 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 39 (63.93 %) Windows 2 26 (42.62 %) Windows Server 2003 3 18 (29.51 %) Windows Vista 4 9 (14.75 %) UNIX 5 8 (13.11 %) Linux 5 8 (13.11 %) Windows XP 6 5 (8.197 %) Windows 2000 6 5 (8.197 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 4 (6.557 %) Mac OS X 8 3 (4.918 %) NetWare 9 1 (1.639 %) SUSE 9 1 (1.639 %) HPUX 9 1 (1.639 %) Solaris 9 1 (1.639 %) Mac OS X Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (32.79 %) ITIL 2 17 (27.87 %) PRINCE2 3 8 (13.11 %) Project Management 4 6 (9.836 %) Network Design 5 4 (6.557 %) Network Load Balancing 6 3 (4.918 %) Load Balancing 7 2 (3.279 %) SOA 8 1 (1.639 %) Change Management 8 1 (1.639 %) Disaster Recovery 8 1 (1.639 %) Time Management 8 1 (1.639 %) Supplier Management
Programming Languages 1 12 (19.67 %) SQL 2 1 (1.639 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 15 (24.59 %) Cisco Certification 2 10 (16.39 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 7 (11.48 %) CCNP 3 7 (11.48 %) CCNA 3 7 (11.48 %) Microsoft Certification 3 7 (11.48 %) MCSE 4 3 (4.918 %) CCSP 4 3 (4.918 %) CCSE 5 2 (3.279 %) MCDBA 6 1 (1.639 %) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.279 %) PCI DSS	System Software 1 23 (37.70 %) Active Directory 2 10 (16.39 %) VMware ESX 3 7 (11.48 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 2 (3.279 %) Terminal Services 4 2 (3.279 %) Backup Exec 5 1 (1.639 %) Oracle RAC 5 1 (1.639 %) Novell eDirectory
Systems Management 1 3 (4.918 %) OpenView 2 2 (3.279 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 2 (3.279 %) ARCserve 3 1 (1.639 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (1.639 %) OVIS	Vendors 1 26 (42.62 %) Cisco 2 21 (34.43 %) Microsoft 3 7 (11.48 %) CheckPoint 3 7 (11.48 %) VMware 4 6 (9.836 %) Citrix 5 4 (6.557 %) HP 6 3 (4.918 %) Apple 7 2 (3.279 %) Oracle 7 2 (3.279 %) CommVault 7 2 (3.279 %) IBM 7 2 (3.279 %) Symantec 8 1 (1.639 %) BT 8 1 (1.639 %) ESRI 8 1 (1.639 %) Dell 8 1 (1.639 %) Nortel 8 1 (1.639 %) Avaya 8 1 (1.639 %) BEA 8 1 (1.639 %) Siemens 8 1 (1.639 %) VERITAS