The first table below looks at the demand for VLAN 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 VLAN over the 3 months to 17 May 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Rank 104 111 99
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -12
Contract jobs citing VLAN 9 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.474% 0.044% 0.110%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.813% 0.358% 1.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £293 £325 £275
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +85.00%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
320 279 198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 16.86% 12.17% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 142 80
Average daily rate £300 £280 £336
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -16.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 35 32
Average hourly rate £16.50 £14.25 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.78% -54.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £35.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
VLAN
England

VLAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire VLAN Jobs Demand Trend

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire VLAN Daily Rate Trend

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire VLAN Hourly Rate Trend

VLAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
West Yorkshire - 9 £350 -
VLAN
England

VLAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing VLAN 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 VLAN.

1 10 (71.43%) Cisco
2 9 (64.29%) Firewall
3 7 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (42.86%) CheckPoint
4 6 (42.86%) CCNA
4 6 (42.86%) Windows
5 5 (35.71%) CCNP
5 5 (35.71%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (28.57%) LAN
6 4 (28.57%) WAN
7 3 (21.43%) Wireless
7 3 (21.43%) VRRP
7 3 (21.43%) OSPF
7 3 (21.43%) BGP
7 3 (21.43%) Service Management
7 3 (21.43%) SNMP
7 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
7 3 (21.43%) VPN
7 3 (21.43%) Lotus Domino
7 3 (21.43%) CSS
7 3 (21.43%) ITIL
7 3 (21.43%) UNIX
7 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
7 3 (21.43%) HP
7 3 (21.43%) Avaya
7 3 (21.43%) Nokia
7 3 (21.43%) VMware
7 3 (21.43%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (21.43%) Network Management
7 3 (21.43%) Cisco Nexus

VLAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing VLAN 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 VLAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (21.43%) CSS
2 1 (7.143%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) Lotus Domino
2 2 (14.29%) Lotus Notes
Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) Firewall
2 5 (35.71%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (28.57%) LAN
3 4 (28.57%) WAN
4 3 (21.43%) SNMP
4 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
4 3 (21.43%) VPN
4 3 (21.43%) Wireless
4 3 (21.43%) OSPF
4 3 (21.43%) BGP
4 3 (21.43%) VRRP
4 3 (21.43%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (21.43%) HSRP
4 3 (21.43%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
5 2 (14.29%) FWSM
5 2 (14.29%) NetScreen
5 2 (14.29%) IPsec
5 2 (14.29%) HTTP
5 2 (14.29%) RIP
General
1 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 2 (14.29%) Banking
1 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Network Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (14.29%) Network Support
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Support Specialist
3 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Network Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Service Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Communications Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Network Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (7.143%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Device Driver
2 1 (7.143%) SecurID
2 1 (7.143%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) UNIX
3 2 (14.29%) Windows 8
3 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
4 1 (7.143%) VMS
4 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Service Management
1 3 (21.43%) ITIL
1 3 (21.43%) Network Management
2 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (7.143%) BPR
3 1 (7.143%) ITIL V3
3 1 (7.143%) Change Management
3 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
3 1 (7.143%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.143%) Business Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (42.86%) CCNA
3 5 (35.71%) CCNP
4 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.143%) CCIP
5 1 (7.143%) CCSA
5 1 (7.143%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) HP SiteScope
1 1 (7.143%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Cisco
2 6 (42.86%) CheckPoint
3 3 (21.43%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) HP
3 3 (21.43%) Avaya
3 3 (21.43%) Nokia
4 2 (14.29%) Lotus
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 2 (14.29%) Veeam
5 1 (7.143%) Blue Coat
5 1 (7.143%) NetScout
5 1 (7.143%) SonicWALL
5 1 (7.143%) TippingPoint
5 1 (7.143%) Dell
5 1 (7.143%) Citrix
5 1 (7.143%) Red Hat
5 1 (7.143%) Siemens
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