Yorkshire LAN Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Local Area Network (LAN) skills within the 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 LAN over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Local Area Network (LAN)
Location Aberdeen Ashton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee Durham Ealing East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Guildford Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newport Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar Redditch Romford Rugby Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	75	73
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	46	68
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.065 %	0.069 %
As % of the category below	11.73 %	12.78 %
Daily rates quoted	5	17
Average minimum daily rate	£409	£334
Average daily rate	£436	£350
% change on same period last year	+24.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£463	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£317
% change on same period last year	+8.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.60	£22.00
Average hourly rate	£21.10	£23.90
% change on same period last year	-11.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.60	£25.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.96	£22.41
% change on same period last year	+2.48 %
Communications & Networking Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	392	532
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.554 %	0.539 %
Daily rates quoted	49	95
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£323
Average daily rate	£352	£336
% change on same period last year	+4.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£348
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£336
% change on same period last year	+5.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	84	73
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.06	£23.92
Average hourly rate	£24.57	£25.29
% change on same period last year	-2.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.09	£26.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.44	£28.92
% change on same period last year	-5.09 %
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 Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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 Yorkshire region.

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
West Yorkshire	-13	18	£482	+25.18 %
North Yorkshire	+11	16	-	-
East Yorkshire	+2	5	-	-
South Yorkshire	+3	3	£368	+20.98 %

LAN England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 72 (80.90 %) WAN 2 48 (53.93 %) Windows 3 32 (35.96 %) Cisco 4 30 (33.71 %) Microsoft 5 27 (30.34 %) Firewall 6 23 (25.84 %) Windows Server 2003 6 23 (25.84 %) Active Directory 7 20 (22.47 %) TCP/IP 8 18 (20.22 %) Microsoft Certification 9 17 (19.10 %) MCSE 9 17 (19.10 %) MS Exchange 10 16 (17.98 %) VPN 11 15 (16.85 %) Windows XP 12 14 (15.73 %) Linux 12 14 (15.73 %) UNIX

13 13 (14.61 %) MS Office 13 13 (14.61 %) CheckPoint 14 12 (13.48 %) Cisco Certification 15 11 (12.36 %) VMware 16 10 (11.24 %) DNS 17 9 (10.11 %) CCNA 17 9 (10.11 %) Citrix 17 9 (10.11 %) ITIL 17 9 (10.11 %) ATM 17 9 (10.11 %) VLAN 17 9 (10.11 %) Exchange Server 2003 18 8 (8.989 %) Network Design 18 8 (8.989 %) Windows 2000 Server 19 7 (7.865 %) DHCP 19 7 (7.865 %) MCP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 2 (2.247 %) WebSphere 2 1 (1.124 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 17 (19.10 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (10.11 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 6 (6.742 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 3 (3.371 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 3 (3.371 %) Documentum 5 2 (2.247 %) WebSphere MQ 5 2 (2.247 %) GroupWise 6 1 (1.124 %) WebLogic 6 1 (1.124 %) Lotus Notes 6 1 (1.124 %) Apache 6 1 (1.124 %) Tomcat 6 1 (1.124 %) SharePoint 6 1 (1.124 %) Office Communications Server
Applications 1 13 (14.61 %) MS Office 2 4 (4.494 %) MS Excel 3 3 (3.371 %) AutoCAD	Business Applications 1 1 (1.124 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 72 (80.90 %) WAN 2 27 (30.34 %) Firewall 3 20 (22.47 %) TCP/IP 4 16 (17.98 %) VPN 5 10 (11.24 %) DNS 6 9 (10.11 %) ATM 6 9 (10.11 %) VLAN 7 7 (7.865 %) Frame Relay 7 7 (7.865 %) DHCP 8 6 (6.742 %) SAN 9 5 (5.618 %) ISDN 9 5 (5.618 %) Cisco PIX 9 5 (5.618 %) MPLS 9 5 (5.618 %) OSPF 10 4 (4.494 %) BGP 10 4 (4.494 %) EIGRP 10 4 (4.494 %) VoIP 11 3 (3.371 %) FTP 11 3 (3.371 %) Internet 11 3 (3.371 %) RIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (2.247 %) SQL Server 2 1 (1.124 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 1 (1.124 %) Oracle 9i 2 1 (1.124 %) Oracle 10g 2 1 (1.124 %) SQL Server 2000 2 1 (1.124 %) GIS 2 1 (1.124 %) SQL Server 2005
General 1 4 (4.494 %) Finance 2 3 (3.371 %) Government 2 3 (3.371 %) Health 3 1 (1.124 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 13 (14.61 %) 3rd Line Support 1 13 (14.61 %) Network Support 2 12 (13.48 %) Support Engineer 3 11 (12.36 %) Analyst 4 10 (11.24 %) Network Engineer 5 7 (7.865 %) Support Analyst 5 7 (7.865 %) 2nd Line Support 6 6 (6.742 %) Cisco Engineer 6 6 (6.742 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 7 5 (5.618 %) Cisco Network Engineer 8 4 (4.494 %) Administrator 8 4 (4.494 %) Support Technician 9 3 (3.371 %) Technical Support 9 3 (3.371 %) Server Support 9 3 (3.371 %) Architect 9 3 (3.371 %) Project Manager 9 3 (3.371 %) Desktop Support 9 3 (3.371 %) Cisco Support 10 2 (2.247 %) Network Support Technician 10 2 (2.247 %) Infrastructure Designer
Miscellaneous 1 6 (6.742 %) NHS 2 4 (4.494 %) German Language 3 3 (3.371 %) Client/Server 3 3 (3.371 %) PDA 4 2 (2.247 %) Management Information System 4 2 (2.247 %) Clustering 5 1 (1.124 %) Life Science 5 1 (1.124 %) Dutch Language 5 1 (1.124 %) N-Tier 5 1 (1.124 %) Smartcard 5 1 (1.124 %) Blackberry 5 1 (1.124 %) Norwegian Language 5 1 (1.124 %) Video Conferencing	Operating Systems 1 48 (53.93 %) Windows 2 23 (25.84 %) Windows Server 2003 3 15 (16.85 %) Windows XP 4 14 (15.73 %) Linux 4 14 (15.73 %) UNIX 5 8 (8.989 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 5 (5.618 %) Windows Vista 6 5 (5.618 %) Windows 2000 6 5 (5.618 %) NetWare 7 2 (2.247 %) Windows Mobile 8 1 (1.124 %) Windows Server 2008 8 1 (1.124 %) SUSE 8 1 (1.124 %) HPUX 8 1 (1.124 %) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (10.11 %) ITIL 2 8 (8.989 %) Network Design 3 5 (5.618 %) Load Balancing 3 5 (5.618 %) PRINCE2 3 5 (5.618 %) Migration 4 3 (3.371 %) PRINCE 4 3 (3.371 %) Project Management 5 2 (2.247 %) Service Management 5 2 (2.247 %) SOA 5 2 (2.247 %) Incident Management 6 1 (1.124 %) Problem Management 6 1 (1.124 %) SC Cleared 6 1 (1.124 %) Security Cleared 6 1 (1.124 %) Business Continuity 6 1 (1.124 %) Document Management 6 1 (1.124 %) Disaster Recovery 6 1 (1.124 %) Data Security	Programming Languages 1 2 (2.247 %) SQL 2 1 (1.124 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 18 (20.22 %) Microsoft Certification 2 17 (19.10 %) MCSE 3 12 (13.48 %) Cisco Certification 4 9 (10.11 %) CCNA 5 7 (7.865 %) MCP 5 7 (7.865 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 5 (5.618 %) CCNP 7 2 (2.247 %) CCDP 8 1 (1.124 %) CNE 8 1 (1.124 %) Novell Certification 8 1 (1.124 %) CCIE 8 1 (1.124 %) MCDST	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.247 %) SLA 1 2 (2.247 %) PCI DSS
System Software 1 23 (25.84 %) Active Directory 2 4 (4.494 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 2 (2.247 %) VMware ESX 3 2 (2.247 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (2.247 %) Terminal Services 4 1 (1.124 %) ISA Server 4 1 (1.124 %) MetaFrame 4 1 (1.124 %) Oracle RAC	Systems Management 1 2 (2.247 %) ARCserve 1 2 (2.247 %) ZENworks 2 1 (1.124 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 1 (1.124 %) SCCM 2 1 (1.124 %) SCOM 2 1 (1.124 %) OpenView 2 1 (1.124 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 32 (35.96 %) Cisco 2 30 (33.71 %) Microsoft 3 13 (14.61 %) CheckPoint 4 11 (12.36 %) VMware 5 9 (10.11 %) Citrix 6 7 (7.865 %) Nokia 7 4 (4.494 %) Novell 7 4 (4.494 %) HP 7 4 (4.494 %) CommVault 8 2 (2.247 %) Altiris 8 2 (2.247 %) Blue Coat 8 2 (2.247 %) Intel 8 2 (2.247 %) IBM 8 2 (2.247 %) Oracle 8 2 (2.247 %) Symantec 8 2 (2.247 %) Remedy 9 1 (1.124 %) ESRI 9 1 (1.124 %) BT 9 1 (1.124 %) Siemens 9 1 (1.124 %) VERITAS