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This section looks at the demand for the Network Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Network Specialist
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank138151
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.029 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£450£300
Average daily rate£450£350
% change on same period last year+28.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£400
% change on same period last year-18.67 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.92£32.50
% change on same period last year+1.28 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads34514596
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.600 %4.585 %
Daily rates quoted10851406
Average minimum daily rate£331£324
Average daily rate£354£343
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted454636
Average minimum hourly rate£22.18£25.47
Average hourly rate£23.66£26.68
% change on same period last year-11.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.15£27.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Network Specialist EnglandNetwork Specialist
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 Specialist
Demand Trend

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

East of England Network Specialist Demand Trend

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Network Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Network Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Network Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Network Specialist
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Specialist within the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

LocationRank 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
EssexNew entry-1£450-
Network Specialist EnglandNetwork Specialist
England

Network Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Network Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

15 (83.33 %)LAN
15 (83.33 %)Cisco
15 (83.33 %)CCNA
15 (83.33 %)Cisco Certification
24 (66.67 %)HP
24 (66.67 %)WAN
24 (66.67 %)Nortel
33 (50.00 %)NNM
33 (50.00 %)TACACS
33 (50.00 %)SNMP
33 (50.00 %)OpenView
33 (50.00 %)IBM
33 (50.00 %)WLAN
33 (50.00 %)Perl
33 (50.00 %)XML
33 (50.00 %)UNIX
33 (50.00 %)Windows
33 (50.00 %)Solaris
33 (50.00 %)Linux
33 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
33 (50.00 %)CiscoWorks
33 (50.00 %)Tivoli
33 (50.00 %)Tivoli NetView
33 (50.00 %)Shell Script
33 (50.00 %)Wireless
42 (33.33 %)VPN
42 (33.33 %)Firewall
51 (16.67 %)VLAN
51 (16.67 %)Network Security
51 (16.67 %)ProCurve

Network Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Network Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (50.00 %)XML
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (83.33 %)LAN
24 (66.67 %)WAN
33 (50.00 %)SNMP
33 (50.00 %)WLAN
33 (50.00 %)TACACS
33 (50.00 %)Wireless
42 (33.33 %)Firewall
42 (33.33 %)VPN
51 (16.67 %)MPLS
51 (16.67 %)NetScreen
51 (16.67 %)ATM
51 (16.67 %)IPsec
51 (16.67 %)VLAN
51 (16.67 %)Network Security
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Finance
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)UNIX
13 (50.00 %)Windows
13 (50.00 %)Solaris
13 (50.00 %)Linux
13 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)ITIL
11 (16.67 %)Disaster Recovery
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (50.00 %)Perl
13 (50.00 %)Shell Script
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (83.33 %)CCNA
15 (83.33 %)Cisco Certification
21 (16.67 %)CCSA
21 (16.67 %)CCIE
21 (16.67 %)CCNP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (50.00 %)OpenView
13 (50.00 %)CiscoWorks
13 (50.00 %)Tivoli
13 (50.00 %)Tivoli NetView
13 (50.00 %)NNM
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (83.33 %)Cisco
24 (66.67 %)HP
24 (66.67 %)Nortel
33 (50.00 %)IBM
41 (16.67 %)CheckPoint
41 (16.67 %)3Com
41 (16.67 %)ProCurve