The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Consultant
Rank 496 489 502
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Network Consultant 36 56 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.083% 0.106% 0.136%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.114% 0.147%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 30 57
Average daily rate £356 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.00% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £362 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £441 £503 £414
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 £36.00 £48.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.72% -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £36.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year
-9.02% -25.00%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40014 49001 53004
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.47% 92.53% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23687 27821 29587
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £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 1959 2399 2806
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.68 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.74% -6.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Network Consultant
UK

Network Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Network Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Network Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Network Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Network Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Network Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Network Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Network Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Network Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Consultant within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +21 20 £356 -11.00% 3
South East +19 6 £330 -15.92% 1
West Midlands +9 5 £370 -17.77%
North West +17 1 £425 -
East of England +12 1 £235 -41.25%
Midlands - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £375 -
East Midlands - - - -
South West - - - - 1
Network Consultant
UK

Network Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Network Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 36 (59.02%) Cisco
2 32 (52.46%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (44.26%) WAN
4 23 (37.70%) LAN
5 17 (27.87%) MPLS
6 16 (26.23%) CCIE
7 15 (24.59%) Telecoms
8 14 (22.95%) Firewall
8 14 (22.95%) VoIP
9 13 (21.31%) Wireless
9 13 (21.31%) Network Security
10 12 (19.67%) BGP
11 10 (16.39%) TCP/IP
11 10 (16.39%) CCNA
11 10 (16.39%) OSPF
11 10 (16.39%) Video Conferencing
11 10 (16.39%) Cisco CUCM
12 9 (14.75%) Cisco IOS
12 9 (14.75%) CheckPoint
12 9 (14.75%) Citrix
12 9 (14.75%) SAN
12 9 (14.75%) CCNP
12 9 (14.75%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (13.11%) Network Design
13 8 (13.11%) MS Visio
13 8 (13.11%) Load Balancing
13 8 (13.11%) Polycom
13 8 (13.11%) WAN Optimisation
14 7 (11.48%) NetScaler
14 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared

Network Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Network Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.639%) SAML
1 1 (1.639%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.279%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (3.279%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (3.279%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.639%) Apache
2 1 (1.639%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.639%) GlassFish
Applications
1 8 (13.11%) MS Visio
2 5 (8.197%) MS Project
3 4 (6.557%) MS Office
4 3 (4.918%) MS Excel
4 3 (4.918%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 27 (44.26%) WAN
2 23 (37.70%) LAN
3 17 (27.87%) MPLS
4 14 (22.95%) Firewall
4 14 (22.95%) VoIP
5 13 (21.31%) Wireless
5 13 (21.31%) Network Security
6 12 (19.67%) BGP
7 10 (16.39%) TCP/IP
7 10 (16.39%) OSPF
8 9 (14.75%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (14.75%) SAN
8 9 (14.75%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (11.48%) NetScaler
9 7 (11.48%) Internet
10 5 (8.197%) IPsec
10 5 (8.197%) SSL
10 5 (8.197%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (6.557%) VPN
11 4 (6.557%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.279%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (3.279%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (3.279%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (24.59%) Telecoms
2 4 (6.557%) French Language
2 4 (6.557%) German Language
2 4 (6.557%) Italian Language
3 3 (4.918%) Retail
3 3 (4.918%) Finance
4 2 (3.279%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.639%) Banking
5 1 (1.639%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.639%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.639%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.39%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (4.918%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.918%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.279%) CESG
4 1 (1.639%) NHS
4 1 (1.639%) Open Source
4 1 (1.639%) SaaS
4 1 (1.639%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.918%) UNIX
1 3 (4.918%) Windows
1 3 (4.918%) Linux
2 2 (3.279%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (3.279%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (3.279%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.639%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (13.11%) Network Design
1 8 (13.11%) Load Balancing
1 8 (13.11%) WAN Optimisation
2 6 (9.836%) Service Delivery
3 5 (8.197%) Project Management
4 4 (6.557%) Information Security
5 3 (4.918%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (4.918%) ITIL
6 2 (3.279%) Incident Management
6 2 (3.279%) Use Case
6 2 (3.279%) Compatibility Testing
6 2 (3.279%) Network Management
6 2 (3.279%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (3.279%) PRINCE2
6 2 (3.279%) ERP
6 2 (3.279%) Six Sigma
6 2 (3.279%) Migration
6 2 (3.279%) Business Analysis
7 1 (1.639%) Business Continuity
7 1 (1.639%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.279%) Java
1 2 (3.279%) Perl
2 1 (1.639%) PHP
2 1 (1.639%) SQL
2 1 (1.639%) C
Qualifications
1 32 (52.46%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (26.23%) CCIE
3 10 (16.39%) CCNA
4 9 (14.75%) CCNP
5 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
5 7 (11.48%) Security Cleared
6 5 (8.197%) Degree
7 3 (4.918%) CCSA
7 3 (4.918%) CCDA
7 3 (4.918%) CCSP
8 2 (3.279%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.279%) CCDP
8 2 (3.279%) CCSE
9 1 (1.639%) Check Point Certification
9 1 (1.639%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.639%) PMP
9 1 (1.639%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.639%) CCIP
9 1 (1.639%) CISSP
9 1 (1.639%) CCDE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.279%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.279%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.639%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.639%) SLA
2 1 (1.639%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (6.557%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (6.557%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.279%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.639%) ProxySG
3 1 (1.639%) XenApp
3 1 (1.639%) XenDesktop
3 1 (1.639%) Shibboleth
3 1 (1.639%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 10 (16.39%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.639%) Netcool
2 1 (1.639%) Ionix
Vendors
1 36 (59.02%) Cisco
2 9 (14.75%) CheckPoint
2 9 (14.75%) Citrix
3 8 (13.11%) Polycom
4 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
5 6 (9.836%) Juniper
6 5 (8.197%) F5
7 4 (6.557%) Brocade
7 4 (6.557%) VMware
8 3 (4.918%) Blue Coat
8 3 (4.918%) Nokia
8 3 (4.918%) Riverbed
8 3 (4.918%) SolarWinds
8 3 (4.918%) Aruba
9 2 (3.279%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.639%) Sourcefire
10 1 (1.639%) Websense
10 1 (1.639%) BT
10 1 (1.639%) HP
10 1 (1.639%) Nortel
City, London
The following roles are available; Senior Network Engineer - CCIE, CCDP level. Network Engineer - CCNA CCNP level. Senior Security Engineer - Vendor certifications or strong exposure with CheckPoint, Bluecoat, Clearswift,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
The following roles are available; Senior Network Engineer - CCIE, CCDP level. Network Engineer - CCNA CCNP level. Senior Security Engineer - Vendor certifications or strong exposure with CheckPoint, Bluecoat, Clearswift,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
The following roles are available; Senior Network Engineer - CCIE, CCDP level. Network Engineer - CCNA CCNP level. Senior Security Engineer - Vendor certifications or strong exposure with CheckPoint, Bluecoat, Clearswift,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 17 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
The Network Security Consultant will be required to evaluate and audit my clients current network infrastructure through requirements gathering, site visits, use cases and business analysis... * Requirements gathering...
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Rate: Up to £330 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
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