The first table below looks at the demand for Network Design skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Design over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cardiff 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Design
Rank 25 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Network Design 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 0.546% 0.442% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.847% 0.667% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £298 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £394 £338
% change year-on-year
-11.11% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £27.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year
-3.63% -24.13%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
118 150 134
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 64.48% 66.37% 59.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 93 78
Average daily rate £350 £365 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% +12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £500 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
Average hourly rate £17.00 £14.50 £100.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.24% -85.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £12.10 £20.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.80 £16.90 £104.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Network Design
South Wales

Network Design
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Design across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cardiff Network Design Jobs Demand Trend

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cardiff Network Design Daily Rate Trend

Network Design
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) HSRP

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) HSRP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
BGP, MPLS, HSRP, CCIP, Juniper, Network design, Network Implementation 3 Network Engineers (design and implementation) are required by my client on a contract basis. The role is based...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 17 May 2013