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The table below looks at the demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) skills within the York 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 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWide Area Network (WAN)
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-34
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %16.67 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£343
% change on same period last year-2.27 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.85£22.78
% change on same period last year+17.87 %
York IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
York
Matching contract IT job ads56
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.007 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£550-
Average daily rate£550-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£550-
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£336
% change on same period last year+2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£17.00
Average hourly rate-£17.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£28.33
% change on same period last year-1.39 %
WAN North YorkshireWAN
North 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 York region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

York WAN Demand Trend

WAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

York WAN Daily Rate Trend

WAN
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York 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.

15 (100.00 %)MS Office
15 (100.00 %)ITIL
15 (100.00 %)Windows
15 (100.00 %)Windows XP
15 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
15 (100.00 %)Microsoft
15 (100.00 %)Active Directory
15 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
15 (100.00 %)Windows Vista
15 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

WAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York 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.

York IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (100.00 %)MS Office
York IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
York IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Helpdesk Support
15 (100.00 %)Helpdesk Operator
York IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (100.00 %)Windows
15 (100.00 %)Windows XP
15 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
15 (100.00 %)Windows Vista
15 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
York IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)ITIL
York IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (100.00 %)Active Directory
York IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (100.00 %)Microsoft