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This section looks at the demand for Network Design skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Design over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNetwork Design
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4864
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.527 %0.601 %
Daily rates quoted61
Average minimum daily rate£258£313
Average daily rate£269£313
% change on same period last year-13.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£280£313
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£363
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.25£38.29
% change on same period last year-7.92 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads393499
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.519 %0.497 %
Daily rates quoted103139
Average minimum daily rate£302£348
Average daily rate£335£370
% change on same period last year-9.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted1451
Average minimum hourly rate£30.77£16.38
Average hourly rate£32.91£17.89
% change on same period last year+83.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.05£19.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Network Design West MidlandsNetwork Design
West Midlands

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 Design
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Network Design across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Birmingham Network Design Demand Trend

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Network Design Daily Rate Trend

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Design across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Birmingham Network Design Daily Rate Histogram

Network Design
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Network Design across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Network Design Hourly Rate Trend

Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Network Design also 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 that cited Network Design.

15 (62.50 %)Cisco
15 (62.50 %)Firewall
15 (62.50 %)Cisco PIX
24 (50.00 %)Cisco ASA
24 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
24 (50.00 %)Blue Coat
24 (50.00 %)CCNA
24 (50.00 %)LAN
24 (50.00 %)WAN
24 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
24 (50.00 %)Nokia
24 (50.00 %)MPLS
33 (37.50 %)OSPF
33 (37.50 %)BGP
33 (37.50 %)Windows
33 (37.50 %)VMware
33 (37.50 %)VPN
42 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (25.00 %)Migration
42 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
42 (25.00 %)Windows NT
42 (25.00 %)Active Directory
42 (25.00 %)Novell
42 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (25.00 %)Windows Vista
51 (12.50 %)Problem Management
51 (12.50 %)SAN
51 (12.50 %)Project Management
51 (12.50 %)SNMP
51 (12.50 %)Linux

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Network Design also 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 that cited Network Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (62.50 %)Firewall
15 (62.50 %)Cisco PIX
24 (50.00 %)Cisco ASA
24 (50.00 %)LAN
24 (50.00 %)WAN
24 (50.00 %)MPLS
33 (37.50 %)OSPF
33 (37.50 %)BGP
33 (37.50 %)VPN
41 (12.50 %)SAN
41 (12.50 %)SNMP
41 (12.50 %)TETRA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Police
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Network Engineer
24 (50.00 %)Senior Network Engineer
32 (25.00 %)Project Manager
32 (25.00 %)Technical Project Manager
32 (25.00 %)Technical Manager
41 (12.50 %)Radio Network Engineer
41 (12.50 %)Network Specialist
41 (12.50 %)Implementation Specialist
41 (12.50 %)Radio Engineer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)SecurID
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (37.50 %)Windows
22 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (25.00 %)Windows NT
22 (25.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (12.50 %)Linux
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)Migration
12 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (12.50 %)Problem Management
21 (12.50 %)Project Management
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (50.00 %)CCNA
14 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (25.00 %)Active Directory
12 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (62.50 %)Cisco
24 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
24 (50.00 %)Blue Coat
24 (50.00 %)Nokia
33 (37.50 %)VMware
42 (25.00 %)Novell