Network Architecture Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Network Architecture skills 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 Architecture over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architecture
Rank 460 442 505
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +63
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 50 116 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.120% 0.217% 0.119%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.169% 0.318% 0.174%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 48 8
Average daily rate £425 £400 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £284 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £583
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £388 £410
% change year-on-year
-12.90% -5.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 10
Average hourly rate £42.50 £49.53 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.18% +147.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £55.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-32.27% +175.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 29662 36423 38448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.36% 68.27% 68.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 18133 21396 22256
Average daily rate £425 £410 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.53% -8.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 1186 1394
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.99 £13.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Network Architecture
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Network Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Architecture across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Network Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Network Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Architecture across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Network Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Network Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Network Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architecture within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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 +5 18 £384 +18.99%
London -16 18 £500 +19.04%
East of England +11 4 £425 +21.42%
Yorkshire +2 4 £300 -17.80%
North West +12 3 - -
West Midlands - 2 £325 -
Midlands - 1 - -
Network Architecture
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Network Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Network Architecture also 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 that cited Network Architecture.

1 41 (36.28%) Cisco
2 39 (34.51%) Cisco Certification
3 32 (28.32%) WAN
4 30 (26.55%) CCNP
5 29 (25.66%) Firewall
6 28 (24.78%) Telecoms
7 27 (23.89%) LAN
8 25 (22.12%) Windows
9 23 (20.35%) Microsoft
10 22 (19.47%) Finance
10 22 (19.47%) Migration
11 21 (18.58%) Wireless
11 21 (18.58%) F5
12 20 (17.70%) CCNA
12 20 (17.70%) Linux
13 18 (15.93%) ITIL
13 18 (15.93%) CCIE
13 18 (15.93%) BGP
14 17 (15.04%) VMware
14 17 (15.04%) Juniper
14 17 (15.04%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (14.16%) 3G
15 16 (14.16%) DNS
16 15 (13.27%) OSPF
17 14 (12.39%) MPLS
17 14 (12.39%) VPN
17 14 (12.39%) Junos
18 13 (11.50%) Cisco Nexus
18 13 (11.50%) PCI DSS
18 13 (11.50%) LTE

Network Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Network Architecture also 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 that cited Network Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (5.310%) Web Services
2 3 (2.655%) XML
2 3 (2.655%) Application Packaging
2 3 (2.655%) HTML
2 3 (2.655%) .NET
2 3 (2.655%) jQuery
3 2 (1.770%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.770%) CSS
3 2 (1.770%) Middleware
4 1 (0.885%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.885%) Spring
4 1 (0.885%) Ajax
4 1 (0.885%) JSON
4 1 (0.885%) Struts
4 1 (0.885%) OAuth
4 1 (0.885%) Apache CXF
4 1 (0.885%) RESTful
4 1 (0.885%) HTML5
4 1 (0.885%) Memcached
4 1 (0.885%) Gearman
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.425%) Windows Azure
1 5 (4.425%) Amazon AWS
2 4 (3.540%) Apache
2 4 (3.540%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.540%) MS Exchange
3 3 (2.655%) IIS
4 2 (1.770%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (1.770%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (7.965%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.655%) MS Office
3 2 (1.770%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.770%) InfoPath
3 2 (1.770%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (28.32%) WAN
2 29 (25.66%) Firewall
3 27 (23.89%) LAN
4 21 (18.58%) Wireless
5 18 (15.93%) BGP
6 17 (15.04%) Cisco ASA
7 16 (14.16%) DNS
7 16 (14.16%) 3G
8 15 (13.27%) OSPF
9 14 (12.39%) MPLS
9 14 (12.39%) VPN
9 14 (12.39%) Junos
10 13 (11.50%) LTE
10 13 (11.50%) Cisco Nexus
10 13 (11.50%) TCP/IP
10 13 (11.50%) IP Telephony
11 12 (10.62%) VLAN
12 11 (9.735%) Internet
13 10 (8.850%) Ethernet
14 9 (7.965%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.770%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.770%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (0.885%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.770%) Subversion
2 1 (0.885%) Maven
2 1 (0.885%) JIRA
2 1 (0.885%) Selenium
2 1 (0.885%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (0.885%) Git (software)
2 1 (0.885%) Mockito
2 1 (0.885%) JUnit
2 1 (0.885%) Eclipse
General
1 28 (24.78%) Telecoms
2 22 (19.47%) Finance
3 4 (3.540%) Marketing
4 3 (2.655%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.770%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.770%) Banking
5 2 (1.770%) Retail
6 1 (0.885%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 31 (27.43%) Architect
2 24 (21.24%) Network Engineer
3 18 (15.93%) Network Architect
4 17 (15.04%) Solutions Architect
5 14 (12.39%) Firewall Engineer
6 7 (6.195%) Cisco Engineer
6 7 (6.195%) Consultant
7 6 (5.310%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.425%) Technical Architect
8 5 (4.425%) Technical Support
8 5 (4.425%) Support Engineer
8 5 (4.425%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 5 (4.425%) Firewall Consultant
9 4 (3.540%) Blackberry Support
9 4 (3.540%) Technical Advisor
10 3 (2.655%) Senior Architect
10 3 (2.655%) Technical Design Architect
10 3 (2.655%) Infrastructure Manager
10 3 (2.655%) Project Coordinator
10 3 (2.655%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.195%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (4.425%) Client/Server
2 5 (4.425%) Blackberry
2 5 (4.425%) SaaS
3 4 (3.540%) IVR
4 2 (1.770%) Clustering
5 1 (0.885%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.885%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.885%) CESG
5 1 (0.885%) PKI
5 1 (0.885%) Data Integration
5 1 (0.885%) Open Source
5 1 (0.885%) DTV
5 1 (0.885%) Streaming Video
5 1 (0.885%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 25 (22.12%) Windows
2 20 (17.70%) Linux
3 11 (9.735%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (6.195%) Windows 7
5 6 (5.310%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (4.425%) UNIX
6 5 (4.425%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (4.425%) Windows 2000
6 5 (4.425%) Windows XP
7 4 (3.540%) HPUX
7 4 (3.540%) Solaris
8 2 (1.770%) Debian
8 2 (1.770%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (19.47%) Migration
2 18 (15.93%) ITIL
3 10 (8.850%) Network Design
4 9 (7.965%) Change Management
4 9 (7.965%) Network Management
5 8 (7.080%) Project Planning
5 8 (7.080%) Incident Management
5 8 (7.080%) Load Balancing
6 6 (5.310%) PRINCE2
6 6 (5.310%) SOA
6 6 (5.310%) Project Management
7 5 (4.425%) High Availability
8 4 (3.540%) Data Migration
8 4 (3.540%) Network Planning
8 4 (3.540%) Service Delivery
9 3 (2.655%) Asset Management
9 3 (2.655%) CRM
9 3 (2.655%) ITIL V3
9 3 (2.655%) Use Case
10 2 (1.770%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.965%) SQL
2 5 (4.425%) C
3 3 (2.655%) C#
3 3 (2.655%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.770%) Korn
4 2 (1.770%) Bash shell
4 2 (1.770%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.770%) Perl
4 2 (1.770%) VBScript
4 2 (1.770%) VB
5 1 (0.885%) Python
5 1 (0.885%) Java
Qualifications
1 39 (34.51%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (26.55%) CCNP
3 20 (17.70%) CCNA
4 18 (15.93%) CCIE
5 7 (6.195%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (6.195%) JNCIE
6 5 (4.425%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (4.425%) MCP
6 5 (4.425%) CCSA
7 4 (3.540%) Security Cleared
8 3 (2.655%) Degree
8 3 (2.655%) JNCIP
9 2 (1.770%) CCDP
9 2 (1.770%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.885%) HP APS
10 1 (0.885%) CISSP
10 1 (0.885%) CCSE
10 1 (0.885%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.885%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.885%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.50%) PCI DSS
2 5 (4.425%) SLA
3 2 (1.770%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.885%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (7.965%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (5.310%) XenServer
3 5 (4.425%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.770%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.885%) Varnish
5 1 (0.885%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.885%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.885%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.885%) Veritas File System
5 1 (0.885%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.885%) Postfix
5 1 (0.885%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (7.965%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.770%) SCOM
2 2 (1.770%) Cisco IPCC
3 1 (0.885%) Opalis
3 1 (0.885%) SCCM
3 1 (0.885%) OpenView
3 1 (0.885%) Nagios
3 1 (0.885%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (0.885%) Puppet
Vendors
1 41 (36.28%) Cisco
2 23 (20.35%) Microsoft
3 21 (18.58%) F5
4 17 (15.04%) Juniper
4 17 (15.04%) VMware
5 12 (10.62%) Citrix
6 9 (7.965%) Fortinet
6 9 (7.965%) Sourcefire
6 9 (7.965%) CheckPoint
6 9 (7.965%) HP
7 8 (7.080%) Nokia
7 8 (7.080%) Blue Coat
8 7 (6.195%) TippingPoint
8 7 (6.195%) Red Hat
8 7 (6.195%) Oracle
9 4 (3.540%) Polycom
9 4 (3.540%) Aruba
10 3 (2.655%) Radianz
10 3 (2.655%) Websense
10 3 (2.655%) BT
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