East of England Network Support Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Network Support 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 Support in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aldershot Aylesbury Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bognor Regis Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chichester City of London Crewe Croydon Cumbria Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ely England Essex Fleetwood Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Inverness Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Lowestoft Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Portsmouth Reading Rochester Rugby Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stockport Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Surrey Sussex Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	129	137
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	18	16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.016 %
As % of the category below	0.495 %	0.354 %
Daily rates quoted	2	4
Average minimum daily rate	£135	£208
Average daily rate	£136	£236
% change on same period last year	-42.49 %
Average maximum daily rate	£136	£264
UK excluding London average daily rate	£253	£287
% change on same period last year	-11.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.83	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£17.25	£25.00
% change on same period last year	-31.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.67	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.98	£24.18
% change on same period last year	-21.49 %
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 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Network Support 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 Support across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Support across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Support across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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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 Support 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
Essex	+9	6	£136	-27.73 %
Suffolk	+6	4	-	-
Norfolk	+4	4	-	-
Hertfordshire	0	3	-	-
Cambridgeshire	+3	3	-	-
Bedfordshire	+12	1	-	-

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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 Support 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 Support in their job title.

1 37 (64.91 %) Windows 2 35 (61.40 %) Cisco 3 25 (43.86 %) Firewall 4 24 (42.11 %) Microsoft 4 24 (42.11 %) Cisco Certification 5 22 (38.60 %) Windows NT 6 21 (36.84 %) Active Directory 7 19 (33.33 %) TCP/IP 8 16 (28.07 %) WAN 8 16 (28.07 %) LAN 8 16 (28.07 %) MS Exchange 8 16 (28.07 %) MS Office 8 16 (28.07 %) CCNA 9 15 (26.32 %) Windows 2000 9 15 (26.32 %) VoIP

10 14 (24.56 %) Exchange Server 2003 11 13 (22.81 %) Microsoft Certification 12 12 (21.05 %) ISDN 13 11 (19.30 %) ADSL 13 11 (19.30 %) HP 14 10 (17.54 %) MCP 14 10 (17.54 %) Exchange Server 2000 15 9 (15.79 %) DHCP 15 9 (15.79 %) OpenView 15 9 (15.79 %) DNS 15 9 (15.79 %) McAfee Security 16 8 (14.04 %) Dell 16 8 (14.04 %) Intrusion Detection 16 8 (14.04 %) 3Com 17 7 (12.28 %) Windows Server 2003

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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 Support 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 Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.754 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 16 (28.07 %) MS Exchange 2 14 (24.56 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 10 (17.54 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 3 (5.263 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 1 (1.754 %) IIS 5 1 (1.754 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 16 (28.07 %) MS Office 2 2 (3.509 %) MS Excel 2 2 (3.509 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 25 (43.86 %) Firewall 2 19 (33.33 %) TCP/IP 3 16 (28.07 %) LAN 3 16 (28.07 %) WAN 4 15 (26.32 %) VoIP 5 12 (21.05 %) ISDN 6 11 (19.30 %) ADSL 7 9 (15.79 %) DNS 7 9 (15.79 %) DHCP 8 8 (14.04 %) Intrusion Detection 9 5 (8.772 %) Cisco IOS 10 4 (7.018 %) NetScreen 10 4 (7.018 %) OSPF 10 4 (7.018 %) ATM 11 3 (5.263 %) VPN 11 3 (5.263 %) Wireless 11 3 (5.263 %) IGRP 12 2 (3.509 %) VLAN 12 2 (3.509 %) Network Security 12 2 (3.509 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.754 %) SQL Server 1 1 (1.754 %) Crystal Reports 1 1 (1.754 %) SQL Server 7 1 1 (1.754 %) SQL Server 2005	General 1 5 (8.772 %) Telecoms 2 4 (7.018 %) Finance 3 3 (5.263 %) Financial Institution 4 2 (3.509 %) Government 5 1 (1.754 %) Health
Miscellaneous 1 3 (5.263 %) AS400 2 1 (1.754 %) PDA 2 1 (1.754 %) NHS	Operating Systems 1 37 (64.91 %) Windows 2 22 (38.60 %) Windows NT 3 15 (26.32 %) Windows 2000 4 7 (12.28 %) Windows Server 2003 5 4 (7.018 %) Windows XP 5 4 (7.018 %) Linux 6 2 (3.509 %) UNIX 7 1 (1.754 %) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (8.772 %) Network Design 2 2 (3.509 %) Data Migration 2 2 (3.509 %) Migration 2 2 (3.509 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (1.754 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (1.754 %) Supplier Management 3 1 (1.754 %) PRINCE2 3 1 (1.754 %) Project Management	Programming Languages 1 1 (1.754 %) C 1 1 (1.754 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 24 (42.11 %) Cisco Certification 2 16 (28.07 %) CCNA 3 13 (22.81 %) Microsoft Certification 4 10 (17.54 %) MCP 5 6 (10.53 %) MCSE 6 4 (7.018 %) CCNP 7 2 (3.509 %) MCDST 8 1 (1.754 %) CCDP	System Software 1 21 (36.84 %) Active Directory 2 2 (3.509 %) ISA Server 3 1 (1.754 %) VMware Workstation 3 1 (1.754 %) Backup Exec 3 1 (1.754 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 9 (15.79 %) OpenView 2 3 (5.263 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (1.754 %) Norton AntiVirus 3 1 (1.754 %) Tivoli 3 1 (1.754 %) MOM	Vendors 1 35 (61.40 %) Cisco 2 24 (42.11 %) Microsoft 3 11 (19.30 %) HP 4 9 (15.79 %) McAfee Security 5 8 (14.04 %) 3Com 5 8 (14.04 %) Dell 6 4 (7.018 %) Avaya 6 4 (7.018 %) Novell 7 3 (5.263 %) Juniper 8 2 (3.509 %) Nortel 8 2 (3.509 %) CheckPoint 8 2 (3.509 %) VMware 9 1 (1.754 %) ProCurve 9 1 (1.754 %) Sophos 9 1 (1.754 %) iSOFT 9 1 (1.754 %) Symantec 9 1 (1.754 %) Nokia 9 1 (1.754 %) IBM