The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Basingstoke 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
Network Engineer
Rank 36 23 29
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 7 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 3.286% 2.703% 0.797%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.448% 3.067% 0.833%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
Average daily rate £288 £450 £369
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.11% +22.03%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -29.68%
All Job Titles
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
203 163 240
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 95.31% 88.11% 95.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 56 91
Average daily rate £375 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 30
Average hourly rate £23.13 £19.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.71% -44.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.50 £12.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £36.50 £35.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Network Engineer
Hampshire

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke 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 Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke 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 Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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 9 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (66.67%) CCNA
2 8 (66.67%) MPLS
3 7 (58.33%) Cisco
3 7 (58.33%) CCNP
4 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (50.00%) OSPF
5 5 (41.67%) HSRP
5 5 (41.67%) VLAN
5 5 (41.67%) VPLS
5 5 (41.67%) IPv6
5 5 (41.67%) Internet
6 3 (25.00%) Firewall
6 3 (25.00%) Network Design
6 3 (25.00%) Network Security
7 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
7 2 (16.67%) SolarWinds
7 2 (16.67%) SCCM
7 2 (16.67%) 3Com
7 2 (16.67%) Juniper
7 2 (16.67%) LAN
7 2 (16.67%) WAN
7 2 (16.67%) Nortel
8 1 (8.333%) HNC
8 1 (8.333%) CCDP
8 1 (8.333%) BGP
8 1 (8.333%) EIGRP
8 1 (8.333%) NetScreen
8 1 (8.333%) VPN

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) MPLS
2 6 (50.00%) OSPF
2 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 5 (41.67%) VLAN
3 5 (41.67%) VPLS
3 5 (41.67%) IPv6
3 5 (41.67%) Internet
3 5 (41.67%) HSRP
4 3 (25.00%) Firewall
4 3 (25.00%) Network Security
5 2 (16.67%) LAN
5 2 (16.67%) WAN
6 1 (8.333%) VPN
6 1 (8.333%) BGP
6 1 (8.333%) EIGRP
6 1 (8.333%) NetScreen
6 1 (8.333%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Banking
2 1 (8.333%) French Language
2 1 (8.333%) German Language
2 1 (8.333%) Spanish Language
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (66.67%) CCNA
3 7 (58.33%) CCNP
4 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (8.333%) CCIP
5 1 (8.333%) HNC
5 1 (8.333%) CCIE
5 1 (8.333%) CCDP
5 1 (8.333%) Degree
5 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Nortel
2 2 (16.67%) Juniper
2 2 (16.67%) 3Com
2 2 (16.67%) SolarWinds
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