The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Support role in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Support in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the East Sussex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Support
Rank 32 - 28
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 0.433% - 0.505%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.457% - 0.529%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £263 £265
% change year-on-year
- -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £22.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -7.89%
All Job Titles
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
219 322 189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 94.81% 98.77% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 162 116
Average daily rate £363 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £492 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 8
Average hourly rate £17.00 £22.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.72% +62.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.30 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £175.00 £20.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Support
South East

Network Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Support across the East Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East Sussex Network Support Jobs Demand Trend

Network Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Sussex Network Support Daily Rate Trend

Network Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Sussex Network Support Hourly Rate Trend

Network Support
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Mitel
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) VRRP
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL

Network Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) VRRP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Mitel
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint