WAN Contracts in Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Wide Area Network (WAN) England / Yorkshire
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	72	93	75
Rank change year-on-year	+21	-18
Contract jobs citing WAN	49	53	77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire	2.43%	1.88%	2.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	16.39%	13.05%	18.83%
Number of daily rates quoted	35	28	47
Median daily rate	£363	£338	£293
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+7.40%	+15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£160	£136
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£458	£525	£430
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	-	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	4
Median hourly rate	£22.00	-	£81.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£26.00	£22.00	£23.00
% change year-on-year	+18.18%	-4.34%

WAN is in the communications and computer networking skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills.

Contract Communications & Computer Network Skills Yorkshire
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills	299	406	409
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire	14.82%	14.39%	13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted	162	256	252
Median daily rate	£375	£420	£300
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-10.71%	+40.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£285	£140
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£475	£525	£425
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£365	£347
% change year-on-year	+2.73%	+5.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted	14	13	21
Median hourly rate	£22.00	£15.41	£35.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+42.76%	-55.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£9.50	£10.20	£11.86
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£28.27	£41.50	£150.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£27.50	£32.50	£26.00
% change year-on-year	-15.38%	+25.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Yorkshire citing WAN as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Communications & Networking category.

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing WAN in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate trend for WAN in Yorkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing WAN in Yorkshire over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for WAN in Yorkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for WAN in Yorkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire	+27	36	£350	-	12
South Yorkshire	+4	8	£450	-10.00%	1
North Yorkshire	+3	6	£375	+50.00%	3
East Yorkshire	-3	1	£375	-
WAN England

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing WAN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for WAN.

1	59 (72.84%)	LAN
2	34 (41.98%)	Windows
3	30 (37.04%)	ITIL
4	27 (33.33%)	Cisco
4	27 (33.33%)	Firewall
5	21 (25.93%)	Microsoft
6	20 (24.69%)	Active Directory
7	19 (23.46%)	Cisco Certification
8	18 (22.22%)	Finance
9	17 (20.99%)	Wireless
10	15 (18.52%)	CCNP
10	15 (18.52%)	DNS
10	15 (18.52%)	Migration
11	14 (17.28%)	DHCP
11	14 (17.28%)	HTML

12	13 (16.05%)	VMware
12	13 (16.05%)	F5
13	12 (14.81%)	Windows Phone
13	12 (14.81%)	Data Centre
13	12 (14.81%)	Windows Server
13	12 (14.81%)	SQL
13	12 (14.81%)	Unix
13	12 (14.81%)	VoIP
13	12 (14.81%)	CCNA
14	11 (13.58%)	VPN
15	10 (12.35%)	VLAN
15	10 (12.35%)	Java
15	10 (12.35%)	SQL Server
15	10 (12.35%)	SAN
15	10 (12.35%)	CheckPoint

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Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	9 (11.11%)	MS Exchange
2	6 (7.41%)	IIS
3	2 (2.47%)	Apache
3	2 (2.47%)	Tomcat
3	2 (2.47%)	WebSphere
4	1 (1.23%)	CMS
4	1 (1.23%)	DataSynapse
4	1 (1.23%)	Exchange Server 2010
4	1 (1.23%)	Oracle Coherence
4	1 (1.23%)	Oracle HTTP Server
4	1 (1.23%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	7 (8.64%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	8 (9.88%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	5 (6.17%)	Microsoft Azure
1	5 (6.17%)	Office 365
2	1 (1.23%)	IaaS
2	1 (1.23%)	PaaS
2	1 (1.23%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	59 (72.84%)	LAN
2	27 (33.33%)	Firewall
3	17 (20.99%)	Wireless
4	15 (18.52%)	DNS
5	14 (17.28%)	DHCP
6	12 (14.81%)	VoIP
7	11 (13.58%)	VPN
8	10 (12.35%)	MPLS
8	10 (12.35%)	SAN
8	10 (12.35%)	VLAN
9	9 (11.11%)	IP Telephony
9	9 (11.11%)	Network Security
9	9 (11.11%)	Wi-Fi
10	8 (9.88%)	3G
10	8 (9.88%)	GPRS
10	8 (9.88%)	GSM
10	8 (9.88%)	LTE
10	8 (9.88%)	SGSN
11	7 (8.64%)	BGP
11	7 (8.64%)	TCP/IP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	10 (12.35%)	SQL Server
2	5 (6.17%)	MS Access
2	5 (6.17%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
3	1 (1.23%)	Hadoop
3	1 (1.23%)	HBase
3	1 (1.23%)	MySQL
3	1 (1.23%)	Power BI

Development Applications
1	5 (6.17%)	Visual Studio
2	1 (1.23%)	VSS/SourceSafe

General
1	18 (22.22%)	Finance
2	9 (11.11%)	Telecoms
3	8 (9.88%)	Electronics
3	8 (9.88%)	Manufacturing
3	8 (9.88%)	Marketing
4	4 (4.94%)	Banking
4	4 (4.94%)	Retail
5	2 (2.47%)	Law
5	2 (2.47%)	Legal

Job Titles
1	13 (16.05%)	Network Engineer
2	11 (13.58%)	Infrastructure Manager
3	10 (12.35%)	3rd Line Support
4	9 (11.11%)	Analyst
5	8 (9.88%)	3rd Line Technical Support
5	8 (9.88%)	Project Manager
5	8 (9.88%)	Technical Support
6	6 (7.41%)	Infrastructure Project Manager
6	6 (7.41%)	Network Specialist
7	5 (6.17%)	Business Analyst
7	5 (6.17%)	Cisco Engineer
7	5 (6.17%)	Designer
7	5 (6.17%)	Infrastructure Engineer
8	4 (4.94%)	Architect
8	4 (4.94%)	Consultant
8	4 (4.94%)	Infrastructure Architect
8	4 (4.94%)	Network Consultant
8	4 (4.94%)	Project Leader
9	3 (3.70%)	Network Manager
9	3 (3.70%)	Senior Network Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	14 (17.28%)	HTML
2	6 (7.41%)	XML
3	5 (6.17%)	.NET
3	5 (6.17%)	.NET Framework
3	5 (6.17%)	jQuery
4	1 (1.23%)	Java EE
4	1 (1.23%)	Middleware
4	1 (1.23%)	Rendezvous
4	1 (1.23%)	Web Services
4	1 (1.23%)	XSLT

Miscellaneous
1	12 (14.81%)	Data Centre
2	7 (8.64%)	Analytical Skills
3	5 (6.17%)	Minimum Viable Product
4	3 (3.70%)	Mainframe
5	2 (2.47%)	Blackberry
5	2 (2.47%)	Clustering
5	2 (2.47%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
5	2 (2.47%)	Driving Licence
5	2 (2.47%)	FMCG
5	2 (2.47%)	Management Information System
5	2 (2.47%)	Microsoft Licensing
6	1 (1.23%)	EMC VNX
6	1 (1.23%)	Greenfield Project
6	1 (1.23%)	Mobile App
6	1 (1.23%)	NHS

Operating Systems
1	34 (41.98%)	Windows
2	12 (14.81%)	Unix
2	12 (14.81%)	Windows Phone
2	12 (14.81%)	Windows Server
3	8 (9.88%)	Android
3	8 (9.88%)	Apple iOS
3	8 (9.88%)	Mac OS X
4	7 (8.64%)	Windows Server 2008
5	6 (7.41%)	Linux
6	3 (3.70%)	Windows Server 2012
7	2 (2.47%)	Windows 7
8	1 (1.23%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	1 (1.23%)	Solaris
8	1 (1.23%)	Windows 10
8	1 (1.23%)	Windows 2000
8	1 (1.23%)	Windows 8
8	1 (1.23%)	Windows Server 2003
8	1 (1.23%)	Windows Vista
8	1 (1.23%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	30 (37.04%)	ITIL
2	15 (18.52%)	Migration
3	9 (11.11%)	Business Intelligence
3	9 (11.11%)	Stakeholder Management
4	8 (9.88%)	Digital Marketing
4	8 (9.88%)	Programme Management
4	8 (9.88%)	Project Management
5	7 (8.64%)	Capacity Planning
6	6 (7.41%)	Agile Software Development
6	6 (7.41%)	Load Balancing
7	5 (6.17%)	Change Management
7	5 (6.17%)	Data Protection
7	5 (6.17%)	Information Governance
7	5 (6.17%)	Process Improvement
7	5 (6.17%)	Service Design
7	5 (6.17%)	Waterfall
7	5 (6.17%)	Web Development
8	4 (4.94%)	Disaster Recovery
8	4 (4.94%)	Line Management
8	4 (4.94%)	Supplier Management

Programming Languages
1	12 (14.81%)	SQL
2	10 (12.35%)	Java
3	9 (11.11%)	PowerShell
4	8 (9.88%)	PHP
4	8 (9.88%)	VB
5	6 (7.41%)	C
5	6 (7.41%)	JavaScript
6	5 (6.17%)	C#
6	5 (6.17%)	Delphi

Qualifications
1	19 (23.46%)	Cisco Certification
2	15 (18.52%)	CCNP
3	12 (14.81%)	CCNA
4	4 (4.94%)	Degree
4	4 (4.94%)	ITIL Certification
5	3 (3.70%)	MCSE
5	3 (3.70%)	Microsoft Certification
5	3 (3.70%)	Security Cleared
6	2 (2.47%)	SC Cleared
7	1 (1.23%)	CCDA
7	1 (1.23%)	CCIE
7	1 (1.23%)	CISA
7	1 (1.23%)	DBS Check
7	1 (1.23%)	MCDST
7	1 (1.23%)	MCP
7	1 (1.23%)	MCSA
7	1 (1.23%)	PMP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	5 (6.17%)	SLA
2	1 (1.23%)	ISO 9001
2	1 (1.23%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	1 (1.23%)	QA

System Software
1	20 (24.69%)	Active Directory
2	9 (11.11%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	5 (6.17%)	Hyper-V
3	5 (6.17%)	XenDesktop
4	1 (1.23%)	KVM
4	1 (1.23%)	NFS
4	1 (1.23%)	Oracle RAC
4	1 (1.23%)	SRDF
4	1 (1.23%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	8 (9.88%)	AirWatch
2	5 (6.17%)	SCOM
3	3 (3.70%)	Cisco Prime
3	3 (3.70%)	Cisco UCCX
3	3 (3.70%)	FortiGate
3	3 (3.70%)	WSUS
4	2 (2.47%)	SCCM
5	1 (1.23%)	Norton AntiVirus
5	1 (1.23%)	SmoothWall
5	1 (1.23%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault

Vendors
1	27 (33.33%)	Cisco
2	21 (25.93%)	Microsoft
3	13 (16.05%)	F5
3	13 (16.05%)	VMware
4	10 (12.35%)	CheckPoint
5	8 (9.88%)	Infoblox
5	8 (9.88%)	MobileIron
5	8 (9.88%)	SAP
6	7 (8.64%)	Citrix
7	6 (7.41%)	HP
8	5 (6.17%)	EMC
9	4 (4.94%)	SolarWinds
10	3 (3.70%)	Barracuda Networks
10	3 (3.70%)	Brocade
10	3 (3.70%)	BT
10	3 (3.70%)	Juniper
10	3 (3.70%)	Red Box
11	2 (2.47%)	Dell
11	2 (2.47%)	EqualLogic
11	2 (2.47%)	NetApp