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This section looks at the demand for Network Design skills within the City of London 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNetwork Design
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank191171
Rank change on same period last yearDown-20
Matching contract IT job ads2424
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.024 %
As % of the category below0.494 %0.688 %
Daily rates quoted1712
Average minimum daily rate£388£467
Average daily rate£419£495
% change on same period last year-15.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£523
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+5.03 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00-
Average hourly rate£42.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.68£36.67
% change on same period last year-16.32 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads48623489
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.481 %3.530 %
Daily rates quoted27311590
Average minimum daily rate£426£449
Average daily rate£468£485
% change on same period last year-3.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£509£521
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted10376
Average minimum hourly rate£26.96£25.60
Average hourly rate£29.14£27.96
% change on same period last year+4.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.32£30.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Network Design LondonNetwork Design
London

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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Network Design Hourly Rate Trend

Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

136 (81.82 %)Cisco
229 (65.91 %)Firewall
321 (47.73 %)Cisco Certification
321 (47.73 %)BGP
420 (45.45 %)OSPF
518 (40.91 %)VPN
617 (38.64 %)CheckPoint
617 (38.64 %)Finance
714 (31.82 %)Banking
714 (31.82 %)CCNP
813 (29.55 %)MPLS
912 (27.27 %)CCIE
912 (27.27 %)Nokia
1011 (25.00 %)Windows
1011 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
1110 (22.73 %)Juniper
129 (20.45 %)SSL
138 (18.18 %)WAN
138 (18.18 %)CCNA
138 (18.18 %)LAN
138 (18.18 %)Telecoms
147 (15.91 %)VoIP
156 (13.64 %)Linux
156 (13.64 %)HP
156 (13.64 %)CiscoWorks
156 (13.64 %)NetScreen
156 (13.64 %)Cisco PIX
165 (11.36 %)Network Security
165 (11.36 %)TCP/IP
165 (11.36 %)MS Exchange

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (11.36 %)MS Exchange
23 (6.818 %)IIS
32 (4.545 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (2.273 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
129 (65.91 %)Firewall
221 (47.73 %)BGP
320 (45.45 %)OSPF
418 (40.91 %)VPN
513 (29.55 %)MPLS
69 (20.45 %)SSL
78 (18.18 %)LAN
78 (18.18 %)WAN
87 (15.91 %)VoIP
96 (13.64 %)NetScreen
96 (13.64 %)Cisco PIX
105 (11.36 %)Network Security
105 (11.36 %)TCP/IP
113 (6.818 %)Internet
113 (6.818 %)ATM
113 (6.818 %)BIG-IP
113 (6.818 %)EIGRP
113 (6.818 %)Frame Relay
113 (6.818 %)IPsec
122 (4.545 %)Cisco IOS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (38.64 %)Finance
214 (31.82 %)Banking
311 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
48 (18.18 %)Telecoms
53 (6.818 %)Financial Institution
62 (4.545 %)Insurance
62 (4.545 %)Retail
71 (2.273 %)Private Banking
71 (2.273 %)Education
71 (2.273 %)Government
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (25.00 %)Network Engineer
28 (18.18 %)Network Specialist
36 (13.64 %)Consultant
45 (11.36 %)Analyst
45 (11.36 %)Network Consultant
45 (11.36 %)Network Analyst
45 (11.36 %)Senior Network Engineer
54 (9.091 %)Design Engineer
54 (9.091 %)Network Design Engineer
63 (6.818 %)Firewall Specialist
63 (6.818 %)Network Support
63 (6.818 %)Technical Manager
63 (6.818 %)Architect
72 (4.545 %)Senior Manager
72 (4.545 %)Support Engineer
72 (4.545 %)Support Consultant
72 (4.545 %)Security Specialist
72 (4.545 %)Senior Analyst
72 (4.545 %)Network Architect
72 (4.545 %)Senior Network Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (9.091 %)Fixed Income
14 (9.091 %)Derivative
22 (4.545 %)Fat Client
22 (4.545 %)Thin Client
31 (2.273 %)Replication
31 (2.273 %)IVR
31 (2.273 %)Video Conferencing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (25.00 %)Windows
26 (13.64 %)Linux
33 (6.818 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (4.545 %)Windows 2000
51 (2.273 %)Solaris
51 (2.273 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (9.091 %)Incident Management
14 (9.091 %)Migration
23 (6.818 %)ITIL
23 (6.818 %)Project Management
32 (4.545 %)Asset Management
41 (2.273 %)Penetration Testing
41 (2.273 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (2.273 %)PRINCE2
41 (2.273 %)E-Commerce
41 (2.273 %)Project Planning
41 (2.273 %)SC Cleared
41 (2.273 %)DV Cleared
41 (2.273 %)Security Cleared
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (6.818 %)SQL
21 (2.273 %)Shell Script
21 (2.273 %)JCL
21 (2.273 %)Perl
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
121 (47.73 %)Cisco Certification
214 (31.82 %)CCNP
312 (27.27 %)CCIE
48 (18.18 %)CCNA
52 (4.545 %)MCSE
52 (4.545 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (4.545 %)CCSA
52 (4.545 %)CCSE
61 (2.273 %)JNCIA
61 (2.273 %)MBA
61 (2.273 %)CCDA
61 (2.273 %)CISSP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (4.545 %)ISA Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (13.64 %)CiscoWorks
25 (11.36 %)NNM
32 (4.545 %)MIMEsweeper
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
136 (81.82 %)Cisco
217 (38.64 %)CheckPoint
312 (27.27 %)Nokia
410 (22.73 %)Juniper
56 (13.64 %)HP
63 (6.818 %)Microsoft
63 (6.818 %)Citrix
63 (6.818 %)Avaya
63 (6.818 %)VMware
72 (4.545 %)Blue Coat
72 (4.545 %)Finjan
72 (4.545 %)Apple
72 (4.545 %)Websense
72 (4.545 %)Nortel
81 (2.273 %)CosmoCom
81 (2.273 %)3Com
81 (2.273 %)NetScout
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