East of England Network Technician Contracts

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

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Location Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Leeds Leicestershire London Merseyside Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Portsmouth Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wirral Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	132	150
Rank change on same period last year	+18
Matching contract IT job ads	7	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.203 %	0.065 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£450	-
Average daily rate	£450	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£450	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£271	£213
% change on same period last year	+27.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.47	-
Average hourly rate	£20.08	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.70	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.81	£14.29
% change on same period last year	+45.64 %
Job Titles East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	3451	4596
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.600 %	4.585 %
Daily rates quoted	1085	1406
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 quoted	454	636
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 %
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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 Technician 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 Technician 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 Technician across the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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 Technician 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 Technician across the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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 Technician 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.

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	+7	6	£450	-
Norfolk	+2	1	-	-

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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 Technician 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 Technician in their job title.

1 6 (50.00 %) Cisco 1 6 (50.00 %) Firewall 2 5 (41.67 %) LAN 2 5 (41.67 %) WAN 3 4 (33.33 %) VPN 3 4 (33.33 %) Microsoft 3 4 (33.33 %) CCNA 3 4 (33.33 %) CheckPoint 3 4 (33.33 %) NetScreen 3 4 (33.33 %) Cisco Certification 4 3 (25.00 %) Novell 4 3 (25.00 %) CCSA 4 3 (25.00 %) Disaster Recovery 5 2 (16.67 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 2 (16.67 %) Citrix Presentation Server

5 2 (16.67 %) MS Exchange 5 2 (16.67 %) Avaya 5 2 (16.67 %) SAN 5 2 (16.67 %) VMware 5 2 (16.67 %) VMware GSX 5 2 (16.67 %) VMware ESX 5 2 (16.67 %) Active Directory 5 2 (16.67 %) HP 5 2 (16.67 %) Dell 5 2 (16.67 %) Nortel 5 2 (16.67 %) Citrix 6 1 (8.333 %) DNS 6 1 (8.333 %) SLA 6 1 (8.333 %) ITIL 6 1 (8.333 %) Windows

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

Application Platforms 1 2 (16.67 %) Exchange Server 2003 1 2 (16.67 %) MS Exchange	Communications & Networking 1 6 (50.00 %) Firewall 2 5 (41.67 %) LAN 2 5 (41.67 %) WAN 3 4 (33.33 %) VPN 3 4 (33.33 %) NetScreen 4 2 (16.67 %) SAN 5 1 (8.333 %) DNS 5 1 (8.333 %) SMTP 5 1 (8.333 %) DHCP 5 1 (8.333 %) IP Telephony
Operating Systems 1 1 (8.333 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (25.00 %) Disaster Recovery 2 1 (8.333 %) ITIL 2 1 (8.333 %) Supplier Management
Qualifications 1 4 (33.33 %) CCNA 1 4 (33.33 %) Cisco Certification 2 3 (25.00 %) CCSA 3 1 (8.333 %) MCSE 3 1 (8.333 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (8.333 %) CNE 3 1 (8.333 %) Novell Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (8.333 %) SLA
System Software 1 2 (16.67 %) Citrix Presentation Server 1 2 (16.67 %) VMware GSX 1 2 (16.67 %) VMware ESX 1 2 (16.67 %) Active Directory 2 1 (8.333 %) ISA Server	Vendors 1 6 (50.00 %) Cisco 2 4 (33.33 %) Microsoft 2 4 (33.33 %) CheckPoint 3 3 (25.00 %) Novell 4 2 (16.67 %) Avaya 4 2 (16.67 %) VMware 4 2 (16.67 %) HP 4 2 (16.67 %) Dell 4 2 (16.67 %) Nortel 4 2 (16.67 %) Citrix 5 1 (8.333 %) Nokia