The first table below looks at the demand for Network Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Planning over the 3 months to 24 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 East of England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Planning
Rank - 129 122
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 0 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - 0.102% 0.189%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.158% 0.291%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £280
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £288 £500
% change year-on-year
+25.21% -42.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.63% -72.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1427 1903 1718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.71% 64.40% 64.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 915 776
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 154 186
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.61% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.08 £12.28 £13.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Network Planning
England

Network Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Network Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Network Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Network Planning Daily Rate Trend

Network Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Network Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Network Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Network Planning 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 Planning.

1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) CCNP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) FTP
2 2 (50.00%) HTTP
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) SSH
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) eTOM
3 1 (25.00%) Huawei
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) ADSL2
3 1 (25.00%) ADSL2+
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (25.00%) ADSL
3 1 (25.00%) ATM
3 1 (25.00%) SDH
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (25.00%) B2B
3 1 (25.00%) RIP
3 1 (25.00%) CCIP
3 1 (25.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) 2G
3 1 (25.00%) 2.5G
3 1 (25.00%) Cramer

Network Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Network Planning 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 Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) FTP
1 2 (50.00%) HTTP
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) SSH
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) ADSL2
2 1 (25.00%) ADSL2+
2 1 (25.00%) ADSL
2 1 (25.00%) ATM
2 1 (25.00%) SDH
2 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (25.00%) RIP
2 1 (25.00%) 2G
2 1 (25.00%) 2.5G
2 1 (25.00%) VDSL
2 1 (25.00%) 3G
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
2 1 (25.00%) OSPF
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) DSLAM
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Transmission Planner
2 1 (25.00%) Network Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Network Design
1 1 (25.00%) eTOM
1 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) B2B
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCIP
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Huawei
3 1 (25.00%) Cramer
3 1 (25.00%) BT
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) Ericsson