The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Aberdeen 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 12 24 13
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 13 3 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 9.286% 1.538% 8.696%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.16% 1.705% 9.581%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 6
Average daily rate £330 £300 £294
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +2.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £300 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £372 £300 £381
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £36.00 - £31.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £31.44
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -28.43%
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
128 176 167
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 91.43% 90.26% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 71 63
Average daily rate £350 £300 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -15.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £150 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 17
Average hourly rate £15.77 £17.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.23% +13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £14.30 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.60 £33.10 £31.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Engineer
Scotland

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Engineer across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Aberdeen Network Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Network Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Network Engineer in their job title 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 with Network Engineer in their job title.

1 26 (92.86%) Cisco
2 20 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (67.86%) Telecoms
4 16 (57.14%) CCNP
5 14 (50.00%) IP Telephony
6 12 (42.86%) Riverbed
7 11 (39.29%) Degree
7 11 (39.29%) LAN
7 11 (39.29%) WAN
8 10 (35.71%) CCNA
8 10 (35.71%) Wireless
9 9 (32.14%) Time Management
9 9 (32.14%) CCIE
9 9 (32.14%) VoIP
9 9 (32.14%) Juniper
10 8 (28.57%) BGP
10 8 (28.57%) EIGRP
10 8 (28.57%) VPN
11 7 (25.00%) MGCP
11 7 (25.00%) H.323
11 7 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (21.43%) SAP GTS
12 6 (21.43%) SAP CCM
12 6 (21.43%) Data Management
12 6 (21.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
12 6 (21.43%) Remedy
12 6 (21.43%) Citrix
12 6 (21.43%) SAP
13 5 (17.86%) ITIL

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Network Engineer in their job title 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 with Network Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (7.143%) MS Exchange
1 2 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
Business Applications
1 6 (21.43%) SAP GTS
1 6 (21.43%) SAP CCM
1 6 (21.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (7.143%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 14 (50.00%) IP Telephony
2 11 (39.29%) LAN
2 11 (39.29%) WAN
3 10 (35.71%) Wireless
4 9 (32.14%) VoIP
5 8 (28.57%) BGP
5 8 (28.57%) EIGRP
5 8 (28.57%) VPN
6 7 (25.00%) MGCP
6 7 (25.00%) H.323
6 7 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (17.86%) Firewall
7 5 (17.86%) PABX
8 2 (7.143%) Network Security
8 2 (7.143%) HTTP
8 2 (7.143%) DNS
9 1 (3.571%) VLAN
General
1 19 (67.86%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.143%) Finance
3 1 (3.571%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) CCTV
1 5 (17.86%) SCADA
1 5 (17.86%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (7.143%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Windows
2 2 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Time Management
2 6 (21.43%) Data Management
3 5 (17.86%) ITIL
4 3 (10.71%) Service Management
5 2 (7.143%) Network Design
6 1 (3.571%) Change Control
6 1 (3.571%) Network Management
6 1 (3.571%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.571%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) C
Qualifications
1 20 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (57.14%) CCNP
3 11 (39.29%) Degree
4 10 (35.71%) CCNA
5 9 (32.14%) CCIE
6 1 (3.571%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (3.571%) CISSP
6 1 (3.571%) CCSP
6 1 (3.571%) JNCIS
System Software
1 2 (7.143%) vSphere
2 1 (3.571%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 26 (92.86%) Cisco
2 12 (42.86%) Riverbed
3 9 (32.14%) Juniper
4 6 (21.43%) Remedy
4 6 (21.43%) Citrix
4 6 (21.43%) SAP
5 5 (17.86%) Nortel
5 5 (17.86%) CheckPoint
5 5 (17.86%) Aruba
6 4 (14.29%) Mitel
6 4 (14.29%) Blue Coat
6 4 (14.29%) Avaya
7 3 (10.71%) VMware
8 1 (3.571%) HP
8 1 (3.571%) Fortinet