The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Design Engineer 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 Design Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Design Engineer
Rank 499 500 540
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Network Design Engineer 14 59 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.034% 0.111% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.120% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 18 16
Average daily rate £378 £394 £419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.12% -5.97%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £375 £419
% change year-on-year
- -10.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £35.00
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
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 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £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 Design Engineer
UK

Network Design Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Network Design Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Network Design Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Network Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Network Design Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Network Design Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +35 7 £378 -16.11%
South East -2 4 - -
West Midlands +6 2 - -
South West +15 1 - -
Network Design Engineer
UK

Network Design Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Network Design Engineer 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 Design Engineer in their job title.

1 45 (88.24%) Network Design
2 29 (56.86%) Cisco
3 25 (49.02%) MPLS
4 22 (43.14%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (39.22%) BGP
6 19 (37.25%) VPN
7 18 (35.29%) OSPF
7 18 (35.29%) Telecoms
8 15 (29.41%) Firewall
8 15 (29.41%) Ethernet
9 14 (27.45%) Radio Access Network
10 13 (25.49%) LAN
11 12 (23.53%) WAN
11 12 (23.53%) Security Cleared
12 11 (21.57%) Capacity Planning
12 11 (21.57%) HSRP
12 11 (21.57%) RSVP
12 11 (21.57%) VRRP
13 9 (17.65%) CCIE
13 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
13 9 (17.65%) Network Security
14 8 (15.69%) Load Balancing
14 8 (15.69%) LTE
14 8 (15.69%) CCNP
14 8 (15.69%) CCDP
15 7 (13.73%) CCNA
15 7 (13.73%) Juniper
15 7 (13.73%) 4G
16 6 (11.76%) 3G
16 6 (11.76%) Finance

Network Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Network Design Engineer 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 Design Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.843%) SharePoint
1 4 (7.843%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (9.804%) MS Office
2 1 (1.961%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 25 (49.02%) MPLS
2 20 (39.22%) BGP
3 19 (37.25%) VPN
4 18 (35.29%) OSPF
5 15 (29.41%) Firewall
5 15 (29.41%) Ethernet
6 14 (27.45%) Radio Access Network
7 13 (25.49%) LAN
8 12 (23.53%) WAN
9 11 (21.57%) HSRP
9 11 (21.57%) RSVP
9 11 (21.57%) VRRP
10 9 (17.65%) Network Security
11 8 (15.69%) LTE
12 7 (13.73%) 4G
13 6 (11.76%) 3G
14 5 (9.804%) TCP/IP
15 4 (7.843%) Cisco Nexus
15 4 (7.843%) Cisco ASA
15 4 (7.843%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (1.961%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 18 (35.29%) Telecoms
2 6 (11.76%) Finance
3 5 (9.804%) French Language
4 2 (3.922%) Billing
5 1 (1.961%) Banking
5 1 (1.961%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.961%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.882%) Windows
2 1 (1.961%) UNIX
2 1 (1.961%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (88.24%) Network Design
2 11 (21.57%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (15.69%) Load Balancing
4 5 (9.804%) Project Planning
4 5 (9.804%) Capacity Management
5 4 (7.843%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (3.922%) Change Control
6 2 (3.922%) Network Management
6 2 (3.922%) Test Scripting
6 2 (3.922%) Project Management
7 1 (1.961%) E-Commerce
7 1 (1.961%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.961%) Network Architecture
7 1 (1.961%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (1.961%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 22 (43.14%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 9 (17.65%) CCIE
3 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
4 8 (15.69%) CCNP
4 8 (15.69%) CCDP
5 7 (13.73%) CCNA
6 2 (3.922%) Degree
6 2 (3.922%) JNCIP
6 2 (3.922%) JNCIE
6 2 (3.922%) HNC
7 1 (1.961%) CCIP
7 1 (1.961%) CCDE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.922%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.922%) OpenView
2 1 (1.961%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 29 (56.86%) Cisco
2 7 (13.73%) Juniper
3 4 (7.843%) F5
3 4 (7.843%) Nortel
3 4 (7.843%) 3Com
3 4 (7.843%) CheckPoint
4 3 (5.882%) BT
4 3 (5.882%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 2 (3.922%) Business Objects
5 2 (3.922%) HP
6 1 (1.961%) Avaya
6 1 (1.961%) Ericsson
6 1 (1.961%) Motorola
6 1 (1.961%) Nokia
6 1 (1.961%) NEC
6 1 (1.961%) Citrix
6 1 (1.961%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.961%) Brocade