The first table below looks at the demand for LAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LAN over the 3 months to 18 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Area Network (LAN)
Rank 54 64 74
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +10
Contract jobs citing LAN 65 53 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 3.306% 2.225% 1.326%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.01% 16.93% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 19 4
Average daily rate £300 £300 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £156 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £426 £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £323 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.97% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 6
Average hourly rate £42.50 £12.00 £48.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+254.16% -75.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.30 £11.00 £14.11
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.67 £14.40 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £22.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year
-13.63% +6.02%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
342 313 204
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 17.40% 13.14% 10.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 163 79
Average daily rate £300 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £190 £166
10% offered a daily rate of more than £389 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 40 25
Average hourly rate £30.00 £13.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+122.22% -57.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £12.00 £14.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £33.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
LAN
England

LAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire LAN Jobs Demand Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire LAN Daily Rate Trend

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Yorkshire LAN Daily Rate Histogram

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire LAN Hourly Rate Trend

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LAN across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Yorkshire LAN Hourly Rate Histogram

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 18 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
West Yorkshire +1 46 £250 -16.66% 10
South Yorkshire +8 11 £355 +7.57%
North Yorkshire 0 6 £375 +240.90% 2
East Yorkshire - - - - 1
LAN
England

LAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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 88 (84.62%) WAN
2 54 (51.92%) Cisco
3 41 (39.42%) Windows
4 29 (27.88%) Microsoft
5 26 (25.00%) Firewall
6 24 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (23.08%) Windows XP
7 22 (21.15%) MS Exchange
7 22 (21.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (21.15%) Windows Server 2008
8 21 (20.19%) Windows Server 2003
8 21 (20.19%) MCSE
9 20 (19.23%) ITIL
10 19 (18.27%) SAN
11 16 (15.38%) SQL Server
11 16 (15.38%) VoIP
11 16 (15.38%) NAS
11 16 (15.38%) Security Cleared
11 16 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
11 16 (15.38%) F5
12 15 (14.42%) CCNP
12 15 (14.42%) CCNA
13 14 (13.46%) Active Directory
13 14 (13.46%) DNS
13 14 (13.46%) SC Cleared
14 13 (12.50%) Network Security
14 13 (12.50%) SLA
15 12 (11.54%) CheckPoint
15 12 (11.54%) Internet
16 11 (10.58%) TCP/IP

LAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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 1 (0.962%) COM
1 1 (0.962%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 22 (21.15%) MS Exchange
2 16 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (2.885%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.962%) IIS
4 1 (0.962%) WorkSite
4 1 (0.962%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 10 (9.615%) MS Office
2 9 (8.654%) MS Excel
3 3 (2.885%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.885%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 88 (84.62%) WAN
2 26 (25.00%) Firewall
3 19 (18.27%) SAN
4 16 (15.38%) VoIP
4 16 (15.38%) NAS
5 14 (13.46%) DNS
6 13 (12.50%) Network Security
7 12 (11.54%) Internet
8 11 (10.58%) DHCP
8 11 (10.58%) TCP/IP
8 11 (10.58%) VPN
9 10 (9.615%) MPLS
10 8 (7.692%) VLAN
11 7 (6.731%) SSL
12 6 (5.769%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (4.808%) Wireless
14 4 (3.846%) WLAN
15 3 (2.885%) Frame Relay
16 2 (1.923%) IPsec
16 2 (1.923%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.923%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 10 (9.615%) Telecoms
2 9 (8.654%) Finance
3 4 (3.846%) Manufacturing
4 3 (2.885%) Legal
5 2 (1.923%) Banking
6 1 (0.962%) Law
Job Titles
1 36 (34.62%) Analyst
2 22 (21.15%) Network Engineer
3 17 (16.35%) Support Engineer
4 12 (11.54%) Service Analyst
4 12 (11.54%) Service Desk Analyst
5 10 (9.615%) Cisco Engineer
6 9 (8.654%) Network Analyst
6 9 (8.654%) 3rd Line Support
7 8 (7.692%) Messaging Analyst
8 7 (6.731%) 2nd Line Support
9 6 (5.769%) Consultant
10 5 (4.808%) Support Analyst
10 5 (4.808%) Messaging Engineer
10 5 (4.808%) Voice Engineer
10 5 (4.808%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 5 (4.808%) Cisco Voice Engineer
11 4 (3.846%) Technical Support
11 4 (3.846%) Desktop Support
11 4 (3.846%) Network Consultant
12 3 (2.885%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.808%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.846%) CMDB
3 2 (1.923%) AS400
3 2 (1.923%) Data Integration
4 1 (0.962%) SaaS
4 1 (0.962%) PaaS
4 1 (0.962%) EqualLogic
4 1 (0.962%) IaaS
4 1 (0.962%) CESG
4 1 (0.962%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.962%) Fat Client
4 1 (0.962%) NHS
4 1 (0.962%) Thin Client
4 1 (0.962%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 41 (39.42%) Windows
2 24 (23.08%) Windows XP
3 22 (21.15%) Windows Server 2008
4 21 (20.19%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (8.654%) UNIX
6 6 (5.769%) Windows 7
7 5 (4.808%) Windows Vista
7 5 (4.808%) Windows 2000
8 4 (3.846%) Linux
9 2 (1.923%) Windows Mobile
9 2 (1.923%) Windows CE
10 1 (0.962%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (19.23%) ITIL
2 10 (9.615%) Network Design
3 7 (6.731%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (6.731%) Load Balancing
4 5 (4.808%) Problem Management
4 5 (4.808%) Incident Management
4 5 (4.808%) Fault Management
4 5 (4.808%) Performance Management
4 5 (4.808%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (4.808%) Project Management
5 4 (3.846%) Quality Management
5 4 (3.846%) Service Delivery
5 4 (3.846%) Business Continuity
5 4 (3.846%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (3.846%) Configuration Management
5 4 (3.846%) QMS
5 4 (3.846%) Network Architecture
5 4 (3.846%) Release Management
6 3 (2.885%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (2.885%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.962%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (21.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (20.19%) MCSE
4 16 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 15 (14.42%) CCNP
5 15 (14.42%) CCNA
6 14 (13.46%) SC Cleared
7 6 (5.769%) CCSA
8 4 (3.846%) CCSE
8 4 (3.846%) MCP
9 3 (2.885%) HNC
9 3 (2.885%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (2.885%) MCSA
9 3 (2.885%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.923%) CCIE
11 1 (0.962%) CCSP
11 1 (0.962%) CCDA
11 1 (0.962%) CISSP
11 1 (0.962%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.962%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.50%) SLA
2 4 (3.846%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (13.46%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.885%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.923%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.962%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.962%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.962%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (4.808%) Cisco UCCX
1 5 (4.808%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (1.923%) WSUS
3 1 (0.962%) SCCM
3 1 (0.962%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.962%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 54 (51.92%) Cisco
2 29 (27.88%) Microsoft
3 16 (15.38%) F5
4 12 (11.54%) CheckPoint
5 9 (8.654%) VMware
6 8 (7.692%) HP
7 6 (5.769%) Citrix
8 3 (2.885%) ProCurve
8 3 (2.885%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.923%) Veeam
9 2 (1.923%) Dell
10 1 (0.962%) Capita
10 1 (0.962%) Fujitsu
10 1 (0.962%) SonicWALL
10 1 (0.962%) Riverbed
10 1 (0.962%) Juniper
10 1 (0.962%) Oracle
Bradford, Yorkshire
An opportunity has arisen with our Financial Services client to join their experienced Network Services department on a contract basis for 6 months. This is a fantastic opportunity...
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Rate: £180.00 - £210.00 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
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Rate: From £280 to £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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This is a important role for the client, they are looking for someone with strong 3rd line support experience. Someone who can take complete control and ownership over...
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Rate: £200.00 - £275 per day + Negotiable Depending On Experience
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