The first table below looks at the demand for WAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 54 56 64
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +8
Contract jobs citing WAN 42 41 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 3.061% 2.356% 1.583%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.60% 18.22% 16.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 3
Average daily rate £250 £298 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.96% -0.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £170 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £435 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £304 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.72% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
Average hourly rate £15.50 £12.25 £16.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.53% -27.67%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £21.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-16.27% -2.27%
All Communications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
253 225 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 18.44% 12.93% 9.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 124 30
Average daily rate £275 £298 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.56% -0.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £176 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £420 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 19 15
Average hourly rate £20.75 £13.00 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+59.61% -46.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.33 £11.70 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £35.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
WAN
Yorkshire

WAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire WAN Hourly Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds -7 30 £308 +4.23% 5
Bradford +4 7 £204 +23.48% 1
Wakefield 0 1 £128 - 1
Huddersfield - 1 £250 -
Castleford - - - -
WAN
Yorkshire

WAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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 68 (93.15%) LAN
2 35 (47.95%) Cisco
3 34 (46.58%) Windows
4 26 (35.62%) Microsoft
5 22 (30.14%) Windows XP
5 22 (30.14%) Firewall
5 22 (30.14%) Windows Server 2008
6 21 (28.77%) Windows Server 2003
7 20 (27.40%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (27.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (27.40%) MCSE
8 19 (26.03%) SQL Server
8 19 (26.03%) MS Exchange
9 18 (24.66%) SAN
10 16 (21.92%) Exchange Server 2003
10 16 (21.92%) NAS
10 16 (21.92%) F5
11 12 (16.44%) CCNP
11 12 (16.44%) CCNA
11 12 (16.44%) VPN
12 11 (15.07%) UNIX
12 11 (15.07%) Internet
13 10 (13.70%) Finance
13 10 (13.70%) ITIL
13 10 (13.70%) DNS
14 9 (12.33%) MPLS
14 9 (12.33%) CheckPoint
15 8 (10.96%) SLA
15 8 (10.96%) VMware
16 7 (9.589%) Telecoms

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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 1 (1.370%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 19 (26.03%) MS Exchange
2 16 (21.92%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (4.110%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (1.370%) IIS
4 1 (1.370%) WorkSite
4 1 (1.370%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (8.219%) MS Office
2 3 (4.110%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.110%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 68 (93.15%) LAN
2 22 (30.14%) Firewall
3 18 (24.66%) SAN
4 16 (21.92%) NAS
5 12 (16.44%) VPN
6 11 (15.07%) Internet
7 10 (13.70%) DNS
8 9 (12.33%) MPLS
9 7 (9.589%) DHCP
9 7 (9.589%) VLAN
10 6 (8.219%) VoIP
11 5 (6.849%) TCP/IP
11 5 (6.849%) SSL
12 4 (5.479%) Network Security
13 2 (2.740%) Cisco Nexus
13 2 (2.740%) FWSM
13 2 (2.740%) Cisco ASA
13 2 (2.740%) OSPF
13 2 (2.740%) BGP
13 2 (2.740%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (26.03%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.110%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (4.110%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (4.110%) Oracle 9i
2 3 (4.110%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (4.110%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (4.110%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (4.110%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (2.740%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 10 (13.70%) Finance
2 7 (9.589%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.740%) Banking
3 2 (2.740%) Legal
4 1 (1.370%) Law
Job Titles
1 30 (41.10%) Analyst
2 13 (17.81%) Support Engineer
3 11 (15.07%) Network Engineer
3 11 (15.07%) Service Analyst
3 11 (15.07%) Service Desk Analyst
4 8 (10.96%) 3rd Line Support
4 8 (10.96%) Messaging Analyst
5 6 (8.219%) Network Analyst
6 5 (6.849%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (6.849%) Messaging Engineer
7 4 (5.479%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (5.479%) Support Analyst
7 4 (5.479%) Technical Support
8 3 (4.110%) Oracle DBA
8 3 (4.110%) Messaging Specialist
8 3 (4.110%) Technical Support Officer
8 3 (4.110%) DBA
8 3 (4.110%) Wintel Engineer
8 3 (4.110%) Communications Analyst
8 3 (4.110%) Microsoft Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.849%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.740%) Data Integration
2 2 (2.740%) AS400
3 1 (1.370%) Thin Client
3 1 (1.370%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.370%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 34 (46.58%) Windows
2 22 (30.14%) Windows XP
2 22 (30.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (28.77%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (15.07%) UNIX
5 5 (6.849%) Windows Vista
5 5 (6.849%) Windows 2000
6 3 (4.110%) Solaris
6 3 (4.110%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.740%) Windows CE
7 2 (2.740%) Linux
7 2 (2.740%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (1.370%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (13.70%) ITIL
2 7 (9.589%) Load Balancing
3 5 (6.849%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (6.849%) Incident Management
3 5 (6.849%) Fault Management
3 5 (6.849%) Performance Management
4 4 (5.479%) Network Architecture
4 4 (5.479%) Service Delivery
4 4 (5.479%) Business Continuity
5 3 (4.110%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (4.110%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (4.110%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (2.740%) Network Design
7 1 (1.370%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (1.370%) Change Management
7 1 (1.370%) Information Security
7 1 (1.370%) Document Management
7 1 (1.370%) Business Analysis
7 1 (1.370%) Problem Management
7 1 (1.370%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.479%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (27.40%) Cisco Certification
1 20 (27.40%) Microsoft Certification
1 20 (27.40%) MCSE
2 12 (16.44%) CCNP
2 12 (16.44%) CCNA
3 6 (8.219%) CCSA
4 5 (6.849%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.479%) CCSE
6 3 (4.110%) MCP
6 3 (4.110%) HNC
6 3 (4.110%) MCSA
6 3 (4.110%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (4.110%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.740%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.370%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.370%) CCIE
8 1 (1.370%) CCDA
8 1 (1.370%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.370%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.96%) SLA
2 5 (6.849%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (9.589%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.740%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.740%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.370%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.370%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (2.740%) WSUS
2 1 (1.370%) SCCM
2 1 (1.370%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 35 (47.95%) Cisco
2 26 (35.62%) Microsoft
3 16 (21.92%) F5
4 9 (12.33%) CheckPoint
5 8 (10.96%) VMware
6 6 (8.219%) Citrix
7 4 (5.479%) Oracle
8 3 (4.110%) Sun
9 2 (2.740%) Veeam
9 2 (2.740%) HP
10 1 (1.370%) Fujitsu
10 1 (1.370%) Capita
10 1 (1.370%) Dell
10 1 (1.370%) Juniper
10 1 (1.370%) SonicWALL
10 1 (1.370%) Riverbed
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