The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Administrator role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Administrator 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Administrator
Rank 493 534 544
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Network Administrator 25 28 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.060% 0.052% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.057% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 24
Average daily rate £206 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.00% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £415 £384
UK excluding London average daily rate £200 £363 £325
% change year-on-year
-44.82% +11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
Average hourly rate £14.96 £18.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.13% -36.20%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.96 £18.50 -
% change year-on-year
-19.13% -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38380 49421 52947
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.44% 92.55% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22598 27956 29382
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1965 2419 2806
Average hourly rate £18.88 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.02% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.13 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Administrator
UK

Network Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Network Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Network Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Network Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Network Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Administrator across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Network Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

Network Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Network Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Network Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Administrator across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Network Administrator Hourly Rate Histogram

Network Administrator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Administrator within the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +23 14 £180 -52.00%
North East - 5 £300 -
London +22 3 - -
East of England +17 1 - -
East Midlands +1 1 - -
South West - 1 £350 -
Network Administrator
UK

Network Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Network Administrator 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 Administrator in their job title.

1 29 (63.04%) Cisco
2 21 (45.65%) Firewall
3 20 (43.48%) Windows
4 14 (30.43%) TCP/IP
4 14 (30.43%) DNS
5 13 (28.26%) VMware
6 11 (23.91%) DHCP
6 11 (23.91%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (19.57%) Active Directory
9 8 (17.39%) Citrix
9 8 (17.39%) CCNA
9 8 (17.39%) WAN
9 8 (17.39%) ITIL
9 8 (17.39%) UNIX
9 8 (17.39%) VLAN
9 8 (17.39%) Altiris
10 7 (15.22%) Linux
10 7 (15.22%) VPN
10 7 (15.22%) SAN
11 6 (13.04%) LAN
12 5 (10.87%) Degree
12 5 (10.87%) NetWare
12 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
12 5 (10.87%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (8.696%) MPLS
13 4 (8.696%) CCNP
13 4 (8.696%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (8.696%) MS Excel
13 4 (8.696%) SC Cleared

Network Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Network Administrator 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 Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.348%) Web Services
2 1 (2.174%) COM
2 1 (2.174%) .NET
2 1 (2.174%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.348%) MS Exchange
1 2 (4.348%) IIS
2 1 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (2.174%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (8.696%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.522%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.174%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 21 (45.65%) Firewall
2 14 (30.43%) TCP/IP
2 14 (30.43%) DNS
3 11 (23.91%) DHCP
4 8 (17.39%) WAN
4 8 (17.39%) VLAN
5 7 (15.22%) VPN
5 7 (15.22%) SAN
6 6 (13.04%) LAN
7 4 (8.696%) MPLS
7 4 (8.696%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (8.696%) HSRP
7 4 (8.696%) IPsec
8 3 (6.522%) Network Security
8 3 (6.522%) VoIP
8 3 (6.522%) OSPF
9 2 (4.348%) Intranet
9 2 (4.348%) BGP
9 2 (4.348%) ADSL
9 2 (4.348%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.348%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.174%) MySQL
General
1 4 (8.696%) Finance
2 3 (6.522%) Military
3 2 (4.348%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.174%) Advertising
4 1 (2.174%) Back Office
4 1 (2.174%) Banking
4 1 (2.174%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.522%) SecurID
2 1 (2.174%) IVR
2 1 (2.174%) e-Health
2 1 (2.174%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (43.48%) Windows
2 10 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (17.39%) UNIX
4 7 (15.22%) Linux
5 5 (10.87%) NetWare
5 5 (10.87%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (6.522%) AIX
6 3 (6.522%) Solaris
7 2 (4.348%) VMS
7 2 (4.348%) CentOS
8 1 (2.174%) Debian
8 1 (2.174%) Ubuntu
8 1 (2.174%) Windows 8
8 1 (2.174%) Windows 7
8 1 (2.174%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.39%) ITIL
2 3 (6.522%) Load Balancing
3 2 (4.348%) Service Delivery
3 2 (4.348%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (4.348%) Incident Management
3 2 (4.348%) Validation
4 1 (2.174%) Migration
4 1 (2.174%) Network Design
4 1 (2.174%) Asset Management
4 1 (2.174%) Network Management
4 1 (2.174%) PRINCE
4 1 (2.174%) Configuration Management
4 1 (2.174%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.348%) SQL
2 1 (2.174%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (23.91%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (17.39%) CCNA
3 5 (10.87%) Degree
4 4 (8.696%) CCNP
4 4 (8.696%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (8.696%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.696%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.522%) MCSE
6 1 (2.174%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.174%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.174%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.174%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (19.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.348%) Terminal Server
3 2 (4.348%) XenServer
3 2 (4.348%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (4.348%) Snort
4 1 (2.174%) Squid
4 1 (2.174%) SpamAssassin
Systems Management
1 2 (4.348%) Nessus
2 1 (2.174%) OpenView
2 1 (2.174%) Nagios
Vendors
1 29 (63.04%) Cisco
2 13 (28.26%) VMware
3 8 (17.39%) Citrix
3 8 (17.39%) Altiris
4 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
5 3 (6.522%) HP
6 2 (4.348%) Avaya
6 2 (4.348%) Juniper
6 2 (4.348%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.348%) F5
6 2 (4.348%) Sourcefire
7 1 (2.174%) Mitel
7 1 (2.174%) Riverbed
7 1 (2.174%) Polycom
7 1 (2.174%) Genesys