East of England Network Designer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Network Designer role in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Network Designer
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cardiff Chalfont St Giles Cheshire City of London East Anglia East of England Edinburgh England Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Knutsford London Milton Keynes Norfolk North West Norwich Scotland South East South Wales UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	145	150
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	2	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.055 %	0.066 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£365
Average daily rate	-	£383
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£371	£375
% change on same period last year	-0.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	3633	4514
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.843 %	4.567 %
Daily rates quoted	1141	1383
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£329
Average daily rate	£358	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	513	588
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.62	£24.06
Average hourly rate	£24.16	£25.39
% change on same period last year	-4.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.70	£26.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
Network Designer England

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 Designer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Network Designer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Network Designer across the East of England region.

Network Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Network Designer across the East of England region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Designer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
East Anglia	-	1	-	-
Norfolk	+1	1	-	-

Network Designer England

Network Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Network Designer 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 Designer in their job title.

1 5 (45.45 %) C 1 5 (45.45 %) C++ 1 5 (45.45 %) Windows 1 5 (45.45 %) Windows 2000 2 3 (27.27 %) VoIP 3 2 (18.18 %) CSS 3 2 (18.18 %) MPLS 3 2 (18.18 %) OSPF 3 2 (18.18 %) Remedy 3 2 (18.18 %) Workflow 3 2 (18.18 %) Network Design 3 2 (18.18 %) Cisco Certification 3 2 (18.18 %) Avaya 3 2 (18.18 %) PBX 4 1 (9.091 %) Internet

4 1 (9.091 %) Intrusion Detection 4 1 (9.091 %) VLAN 4 1 (9.091 %) Network Security 4 1 (9.091 %) Finance 4 1 (9.091 %) Validation 4 1 (9.091 %) Gigabit Ethernet 4 1 (9.091 %) BGP 4 1 (9.091 %) BGP-4 4 1 (9.091 %) NNTP 4 1 (9.091 %) TACACS 4 1 (9.091 %) Firewall 4 1 (9.091 %) Frame Relay 4 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms 4 1 (9.091 %) PRINCE2 4 1 (9.091 %) UNIX

Network Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Network Designer 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 Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (18.18 %) CSS	Communications & Networking 1 3 (27.27 %) VoIP 2 2 (18.18 %) PBX 2 2 (18.18 %) MPLS 2 2 (18.18 %) OSPF 3 1 (9.091 %) BGP 3 1 (9.091 %) BGP-4 3 1 (9.091 %) NNTP 3 1 (9.091 %) TACACS 3 1 (9.091 %) Firewall 3 1 (9.091 %) Frame Relay 3 1 (9.091 %) Gigabit Ethernet 3 1 (9.091 %) Intrusion Detection 3 1 (9.091 %) VLAN 3 1 (9.091 %) Network Security 3 1 (9.091 %) ATM 3 1 (9.091 %) ISDN 3 1 (9.091 %) LAN 3 1 (9.091 %) SMTP 3 1 (9.091 %) Ethernet 3 1 (9.091 %) VPN
General 1 1 (9.091 %) Telecoms 1 1 (9.091 %) Finance	Operating Systems 1 5 (45.45 %) Windows 1 5 (45.45 %) Windows 2000 2 1 (9.091 %) Windows NT 2 1 (9.091 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (18.18 %) Workflow 1 2 (18.18 %) Network Design 2 1 (9.091 %) PRINCE2 2 1 (9.091 %) Validation	Programming Languages 1 5 (45.45 %) C 1 5 (45.45 %) C++
Qualifications 1 2 (18.18 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (9.091 %) CCNP 2 1 (9.091 %) CCIP 2 1 (9.091 %) CCDP	Vendors 1 2 (18.18 %) Avaya 1 2 (18.18 %) Remedy 2 1 (9.091 %) Cisco