Network Engineer Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire 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 23 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 Berkshire 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 72 71 80
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 49 69 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.041% 2.190% 1.851%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.243% 2.398% 2.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 18 17
Average daily rate £300 £280 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £200 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £428 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
Average hourly rate £24.50 - £46.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £31.44
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -28.43%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2185 2877 2728
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.00% 91.30% 90.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 1030 1038
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 126 188
Average hourly rate £24.50 £19.00 £30.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.94% -37.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Network Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire Network Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bracknell - 12 £165 -
Reading -5 9 £340 +36.00%
Slough -8 4 £315 +14.54%
Newbury -5 1 - -
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 49 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 46 (46.94%) Cisco
3 45 (45.92%) Telecoms
4 43 (43.88%) CCNP
5 35 (35.71%) VPN
6 28 (28.57%) MPLS
6 28 (28.57%) OSPF
6 28 (28.57%) BGP
7 25 (25.51%) CCNA
8 24 (24.49%) Firewall
9 22 (22.45%) Network Design
10 19 (19.39%) Ethernet
10 19 (19.39%) LAN
11 16 (16.33%) CheckPoint
12 15 (15.31%) Radio Access Network
13 14 (14.29%) HSRP
13 14 (14.29%) VRRP
13 14 (14.29%) Migration
14 12 (12.24%) UNIX
14 12 (12.24%) Capacity Planning
15 11 (11.22%) Cisco Nexus
15 11 (11.22%) WAN
15 11 (11.22%) Microsoft
15 11 (11.22%) Juniper
15 11 (11.22%) RSVP
16 10 (10.20%) SS7
16 10 (10.20%) IPsec
16 10 (10.20%) SLA
16 10 (10.20%) TCP/IP
16 10 (10.20%) MS Office

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 Development
1 3 (3.061%) CSS
1 3 (3.061%) .NET
2 2 (2.041%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.020%) Lync
Applications
1 10 (10.20%) MS Office
2 4 (4.082%) MS Excel
3 3 (3.061%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 35 (35.71%) VPN
2 28 (28.57%) MPLS
2 28 (28.57%) OSPF
2 28 (28.57%) BGP
3 24 (24.49%) Firewall
4 19 (19.39%) Ethernet
4 19 (19.39%) LAN
5 15 (15.31%) Radio Access Network
6 14 (14.29%) HSRP
6 14 (14.29%) VRRP
7 11 (11.22%) Cisco Nexus
7 11 (11.22%) WAN
7 11 (11.22%) RSVP
8 10 (10.20%) SS7
8 10 (10.20%) IPsec
8 10 (10.20%) TCP/IP
8 10 (10.20%) Network Security
9 9 (9.184%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (9.184%) GSM
9 9 (9.184%) Internet
General
1 45 (45.92%) Telecoms
2 4 (4.082%) Finance
3 2 (2.041%) Billing
3 2 (2.041%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.082%) SecurID
2 3 (3.061%) Digital Media
3 2 (2.041%) iPhone
4 1 (1.020%) Statistics
4 1 (1.020%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.24%) UNIX
2 9 (9.184%) Linux
3 8 (8.163%) Windows
4 3 (3.061%) VMS
5 2 (2.041%) Windows XP
5 2 (2.041%) Android
6 1 (1.020%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.45%) Network Design
2 14 (14.29%) Migration
3 12 (12.24%) Capacity Planning
4 10 (10.20%) Root Cause Analysis
4 10 (10.20%) Load Balancing
5 6 (6.122%) Network Management
5 6 (6.122%) Integration Testing
6 5 (5.102%) Project Planning
6 5 (5.102%) Validation
6 5 (5.102%) Document Management
7 3 (3.061%) Web Development
7 3 (3.061%) Change Control
7 3 (3.061%) Configuration Management
7 3 (3.061%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (2.041%) Project Management
8 2 (2.041%) Capacity Management
8 2 (2.041%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (1.020%) ITIL
9 1 (1.020%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (1.020%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.102%) SQL
2 3 (3.061%) C#
2 3 (3.061%) C++
2 3 (3.061%) Perl
2 3 (3.061%) PL/SQL
3 2 (2.041%) VB
3 2 (2.041%) C
3 2 (2.041%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 49 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (43.88%) CCNP
3 25 (25.51%) CCNA
4 10 (10.20%) Security Cleared
4 10 (10.20%) SC Cleared
5 7 (7.143%) CCIE
6 4 (4.082%) CCIP
7 3 (3.061%) BC Cleared
7 3 (3.061%) Degree
7 3 (3.061%) CCSP
7 3 (3.061%) CCSA
8 2 (2.041%) MCSE
8 2 (2.041%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.041%) JNCIP
8 2 (2.041%) JNCIE
8 2 (2.041%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.020%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.020%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.020%) CCDP
9 1 (1.020%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.20%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.082%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.041%) ProxySG
3 1 (1.020%) vSphere
3 1 (1.020%) NDS
Systems Management
1 2 (2.041%) SCCM
1 2 (2.041%) SCOM
2 1 (1.020%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 46 (46.94%) Cisco
2 16 (16.33%) CheckPoint
3 11 (11.22%) Microsoft
3 11 (11.22%) Juniper
4 8 (8.163%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 8 (8.163%) F5
5 7 (7.143%) Blue Coat
6 6 (6.122%) Nokia
6 6 (6.122%) Avaya
7 4 (4.082%) Ericsson
7 4 (4.082%) TippingPoint
8 3 (3.061%) NetScout
8 3 (3.061%) SolarWinds
8 3 (3.061%) Nortel
8 3 (3.061%) Oracle
9 2 (2.041%) Business Objects
9 2 (2.041%) Citrix
9 2 (2.041%) NetApp
9 2 (2.041%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 2 (2.041%) CA
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