The first table below looks at the demand for Network Design skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Design 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the City of London 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 Design
Rank 187 203 215
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +12
Contract jobs citing Network Design 12 16 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.189% 0.203% 0.301%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.258% 0.284% 0.419%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 19
Average daily rate £375 £438 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £385 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £645 £710
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £388 £350
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £41.75 £40.00 £40.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.37% -0.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.35 £40.00 £39.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.15 £40.00 £41.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £27.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-3.63% -23.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4658 5642 7164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 73.33% 71.67% 71.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3513 4087 5301
Average daily rate £450 £460 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 94 100
Average hourly rate £41.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+84.44% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.90 £15.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.50 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Network Design
London

Network Design
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Network Design Daily Rate Trend

Network Design
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Network Design across the City of London region.

City of London Network Design Hourly Rate Trend

Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 17 (80.95%) Cisco
2 15 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (38.10%) VPN
4 7 (33.33%) CCIE
4 7 (33.33%) MPLS
4 7 (33.33%) Firewall
5 6 (28.57%) LAN
5 6 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (23.81%) F5
6 5 (23.81%) WAN
6 5 (23.81%) CCDP
6 5 (23.81%) CCNP
6 5 (23.81%) Finance
7 4 (19.05%) French Language
7 4 (19.05%) BGP
7 4 (19.05%) HTTP
8 3 (14.29%) ITIL
8 3 (14.29%) OSPF
8 3 (14.29%) CCNA
8 3 (14.29%) Network Security
8 3 (14.29%) IP Telephony
8 3 (14.29%) Banking
8 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
9 2 (9.524%) SC Cleared
9 2 (9.524%) Cisco IPT
9 2 (9.524%) BGP-4
9 2 (9.524%) VoIP
9 2 (9.524%) Client/Server
10 1 (4.762%) MySQL
10 1 (4.762%) UNIX

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) Tomcat
1 1 (4.762%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) VPN
2 7 (33.33%) MPLS
2 7 (33.33%) Firewall
3 6 (28.57%) LAN
3 6 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (23.81%) WAN
5 4 (19.05%) BGP
5 4 (19.05%) HTTP
6 3 (14.29%) OSPF
6 3 (14.29%) Network Security
6 3 (14.29%) IP Telephony
7 2 (9.524%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (9.524%) BGP-4
7 2 (9.524%) VoIP
8 1 (4.762%) PPP
8 1 (4.762%) RIP
8 1 (4.762%) Ethernet
8 1 (4.762%) DNS
8 1 (4.762%) EIGRP
8 1 (4.762%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) MySQL
General
1 5 (23.81%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) French Language
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.762%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Network Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Design Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Network Design Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Consultant
3 2 (9.524%) Development Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Security Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Architect
3 2 (9.524%) Security Consultant
4 1 (4.762%) Network Consultant
4 1 (4.762%) Systems Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Network Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (4.762%) Network Specialist
4 1 (4.762%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Network Architect
4 1 (4.762%) Network Security Consultant
4 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Designer
4 1 (4.762%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.762%) UNIX
1 1 (4.762%) Windows
1 1 (4.762%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (4.762%) Project Management
2 1 (4.762%) ITSM
2 1 (4.762%) Information Security
2 1 (4.762%) Load Balancing
2 1 (4.762%) Communications Security
2 1 (4.762%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (4.762%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.762%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (33.33%) CCIE
3 5 (23.81%) CCDP
3 5 (23.81%) CCNP
4 3 (14.29%) CCNA
4 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 2 (9.524%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.762%) CISSP
6 1 (4.762%) CCSP
6 1 (4.762%) CISA
6 1 (4.762%) CISM
6 1 (4.762%) CCSA
6 1 (4.762%) CEH
System Software
1 1 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (80.95%) Cisco
2 5 (23.81%) F5
3 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.762%) Avaya
3 1 (4.762%) CheckPoint
3 1 (4.762%) VMware
3 1 (4.762%) Twitter
City, London
It is essential that you display a clear record of implementing Cisco based networks in secure and challenging environments, as well as a good understanding of network technologies.....
Reed Technology
Rate: £300 - £500 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Roc Search / Network Engineer / - OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS Core Networking, CCNP, CCDP, BCNE / Contract / London... Essential Skills: 3+ years in a technical operations or engineering role within...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
I urgently require 3 ( primarily Huawei skilled) Network Design/Implementation Engineers for a core network upgrade programme. The Network Design/Implementation Engineer must primarily have experience of Huawei...
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Rate: £250 - £310 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013