Berkshire Network Designer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Network Designer role in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Network Designer
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cardiff Chalfont St Giles Cheltenham Cheshire East Anglia East of England Edinburgh England Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Knutsford London Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North West Norwich Portsmouth Reading Redditch Scotland Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stevenage UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	131	132
Rank change on same period last year	+1
Matching contract IT job ads	3	37
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.036 %
As % of the category below	0.097 %	0.820 %
Daily rates quoted	0	23
Average minimum daily rate	-	£336
Average daily rate	-	£354
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£371
UK excluding London average daily rate	£394	£371
% change on same period last year	+6.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	3083	4510
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.167 %	4.447 %
Daily rates quoted	764	1432
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£351
Average daily rate	£362	£369
% change on same period last year	-1.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£381	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	227	460
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.99	£28.25
Average hourly rate	£24.71	£29.64
% change on same period last year	-16.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.43	£31.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
Network Designer South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Network Designer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Network Designer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Network Designer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Network Designer across the Berkshire region.

Network Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Designer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-7	1	-	-
Newbury	+17	1	-	-

Network Designer South East

Network Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Network Designer 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 Designer in their job title.

1 8 (72.73 %) Telecoms 2 6 (54.55 %) Network Design 3 4 (36.36 %) Network Planning 3 4 (36.36 %) Auditing 3 4 (36.36 %) Ericsson 3 4 (36.36 %) 3GPP 3 4 (36.36 %) Cisco 3 4 (36.36 %) OpenView 3 4 (36.36 %) HP 4 2 (18.18 %) Nortel 4 2 (18.18 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (18.18 %) Juniper 4 2 (18.18 %) ADSL 4 2 (18.18 %) ISDN 4 2 (18.18 %) Firewall

4 2 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 4 2 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 4 2 (18.18 %) Migration 5 1 (9.091 %) Windows 5 1 (9.091 %) Wireless 5 1 (9.091 %) BT 5 1 (9.091 %) MPLS 5 1 (9.091 %) BGP 5 1 (9.091 %) Project Management 5 1 (9.091 %) VoIP 5 1 (9.091 %) CCIE 5 1 (9.091 %) CCNP 5 1 (9.091 %) CCDP 5 1 (9.091 %) Alcatel 5 1 (9.091 %) VPN

Network Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Network Designer 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 Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 4 (36.36 %) 3GPP 2 2 (18.18 %) ADSL 2 2 (18.18 %) ISDN 2 2 (18.18 %) TCP/IP 2 2 (18.18 %) Firewall 3 1 (9.091 %) Wireless 3 1 (9.091 %) VPN 3 1 (9.091 %) MPLS 3 1 (9.091 %) BGP 3 1 (9.091 %) VoIP	General 1 8 (72.73 %) Telecoms 2 4 (36.36 %) Auditing
Operating Systems 1 1 (9.091 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (54.55 %) Network Design 2 4 (36.36 %) Network Planning 3 2 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 3 2 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 3 2 (18.18 %) Migration 4 1 (9.091 %) Project Management
Qualifications 1 1 (9.091 %) CCIE 1 1 (9.091 %) CCNP 1 1 (9.091 %) CCDP 1 1 (9.091 %) Cisco Certification	Systems Management 1 4 (36.36 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 4 (36.36 %) Cisco 1 4 (36.36 %) HP 1 4 (36.36 %) Ericsson 2 2 (18.18 %) Nortel 2 2 (18.18 %) Juniper 3 1 (9.091 %) Alcatel 3 1 (9.091 %) BT