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

The first table below looks at the demand for Network Design 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 Design 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Design
Rank 386 312 338
Rank change year-on-year
-74 +26
Contract jobs citing Network Design 127 276 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.305% 0.517% 0.457%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.428% 0.756% 0.673%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 84 121
Average daily rate £355 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £300 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £518 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 9
Average hourly rate £40.00 £27.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.45% -24.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.40 £26.30 £33.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.30 £38.40 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £27.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-3.63% -23.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 29704 36492 38199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.44% 68.42% 67.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 18148 21397 22087
Average daily rate £420 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
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 £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 918 1197 1399
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £13.21 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Network Design Jobs Demand Trend

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Network Design Daily Rate Trend

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Design across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Network Design Daily Rate Histogram

Network Design
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Network Design Hourly Rate Trend

Network Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Design across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Network Design Hourly Rate Histogram

Network Design
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 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 +25 53 £376 -11.47%
South East -70 30 £363 +11.53%
West Midlands +15 11 £300 -14.28%
North West +11 9 £420 +22.03%
Yorkshire +3 7 £355 +18.33%
South West -7 6 £269 -34.84%
East of England +9 1 £350 -
Network Design
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Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Network Design 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 Design.

1 141 (51.65%) Cisco
2 108 (39.56%) Cisco Certification
3 91 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 72 (26.37%) LAN
5 59 (21.61%) Firewall
6 56 (20.51%) WAN
6 56 (20.51%) VPN
7 50 (18.32%) CCNP
8 49 (17.95%) MPLS
9 48 (17.58%) Project Management
9 48 (17.58%) Network Security
10 45 (16.48%) CCNA
11 43 (15.75%) Radio Access Network
12 42 (15.38%) 3G
13 41 (15.02%) OSPF
14 40 (14.65%) BGP
15 39 (14.29%) Wireless
15 39 (14.29%) CCIE
16 38 (13.92%) Security Cleared
17 35 (12.82%) LTE
18 32 (11.72%) Cisco ASA
19 31 (11.36%) CheckPoint
20 28 (10.26%) Juniper
21 26 (9.524%) TCP/IP
21 26 (9.524%) Ethernet
22 25 (9.158%) ATM
23 24 (8.791%) SC Cleared
24 23 (8.425%) F5
25 22 (8.059%) Nokia Siemens Networks
25 22 (8.059%) 3GPP

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Network Design 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 Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (1.465%) J2EE
1 4 (1.465%) CSS
1 4 (1.465%) Middleware
2 2 (0.733%) POSIX
2 2 (0.733%) HTML
2 2 (0.733%) ASP
2 2 (0.733%) Web Services
2 2 (0.733%) Node.js
3 1 (0.366%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.366%) Velocity
3 1 (0.366%) Application Packaging
3 1 (0.366%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.366%) .NET
3 1 (0.366%) WAP
3 1 (0.366%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 5 (1.832%) MS Exchange
1 5 (1.832%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.099%) GroupWise
3 2 (0.733%) Apache
3 2 (0.733%) Route 53
3 2 (0.733%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (0.733%) Amazon S3
3 2 (0.733%) Amazon AWS
3 2 (0.733%) nginx
4 1 (0.366%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.366%) Lync
4 1 (0.366%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.366%) Elgg
4 1 (0.366%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (4.029%) MS Excel
2 8 (2.930%) MS Office
3 4 (1.465%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.733%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.366%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (26.37%) LAN
2 59 (21.61%) Firewall
3 56 (20.51%) WAN
3 56 (20.51%) VPN
4 49 (17.95%) MPLS
5 48 (17.58%) Network Security
6 43 (15.75%) Radio Access Network
7 42 (15.38%) 3G
8 41 (15.02%) OSPF
9 40 (14.65%) BGP
10 39 (14.29%) Wireless
11 35 (12.82%) LTE
12 32 (11.72%) Cisco ASA
13 26 (9.524%) TCP/IP
13 26 (9.524%) Ethernet
14 25 (9.158%) ATM
15 22 (8.059%) 3GPP
16 21 (7.692%) UTRAN
17 20 (7.326%) Cisco Nexus
18 16 (5.861%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.465%) MySQL
2 3 (1.099%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.733%) RDBMS
3 2 (0.733%) Couchbase
3 2 (0.733%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.733%) Redis
3 2 (0.733%) SimpleDB
3 2 (0.733%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.733%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.733%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.366%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.366%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.366%) MS Access
4 1 (0.366%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.366%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.366%) Essbase
4 1 (0.366%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.366%) ERwin
1 1 (0.366%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 91 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 22 (8.059%) Finance
3 7 (2.564%) Banking
3 7 (2.564%) Retail
4 5 (1.832%) French Language
5 4 (1.465%) Financial Institution
5 4 (1.465%) Marketing
6 2 (0.733%) Military
6 2 (0.733%) Law
6 2 (0.733%) Retail Banking
6 2 (0.733%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.366%) Billing
7 1 (0.366%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.366%) Advertising
7 1 (0.366%) Publishing
7 1 (0.366%) Electronics
7 1 (0.366%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.366%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.366%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 89 (32.60%) Network Engineer
2 72 (26.37%) Design Engineer
3 45 (16.48%) Network Design Engineer
4 39 (14.29%) Architect
5 25 (9.158%) Designer
6 21 (7.692%) Network Architect
6 21 (7.692%) RAN Engineer
7 15 (5.495%) Consultant
8 14 (5.128%) Cisco Engineer
8 14 (5.128%) Network Specialist
9 11 (4.029%) IP Engineer
9 11 (4.029%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (3.663%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 9 (3.297%) Administrator
11 9 (3.297%) Network Consultant
12 8 (2.930%) Security Engineer
12 8 (2.930%) Network Support
12 8 (2.930%) Voice Engineer
13 7 (2.564%) IT Security Administrator
13 7 (2.564%) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.960%) Handset
2 9 (3.297%) Client/Server
2 9 (3.297%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.198%) Blackberry
3 6 (2.198%) Cryptography
3 6 (2.198%) SecurID
4 4 (1.465%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.099%) Hedge funds
5 3 (1.099%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.099%) EMV
6 2 (0.733%) Open Source
6 2 (0.733%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.366%) CCTV
7 1 (0.366%) Statistics
7 1 (0.366%) Remote Sensing
7 1 (0.366%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.366%) RMADS
7 1 (0.366%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.366%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.366%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.059%) Windows
2 14 (5.128%) Linux
3 12 (4.396%) UNIX
4 5 (1.832%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (1.465%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (1.465%) Solaris
5 4 (1.465%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.465%) Android
6 3 (1.099%) Windows 2000 Server
6 3 (1.099%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.099%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.099%) Windows 8
6 3 (1.099%) Windows 2000
7 2 (0.733%) AIX
8 1 (0.366%) CentOS
8 1 (0.366%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.366%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.366%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (17.58%) Project Management
2 18 (6.593%) Resource Management
3 17 (6.227%) Capacity Planning
4 16 (5.861%) ITIL
5 13 (4.762%) Change Management
6 11 (4.029%) Network Architecture
6 11 (4.029%) Service Delivery
7 10 (3.663%) Migration
7 10 (3.663%) Root Cause Analysis
7 10 (3.663%) Load Balancing
8 9 (3.297%) Network Management
8 9 (3.297%) PRINCE2
9 8 (2.930%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (2.930%) Validation
9 8 (2.930%) Network Planning
10 7 (2.564%) Configuration Management
10 7 (2.564%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (2.198%) Integration Testing
11 6 (2.198%) Project Planning
12 5 (1.832%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.564%) SQL
2 6 (2.198%) VB
3 5 (1.832%) VBScript
3 5 (1.832%) C
3 5 (1.832%) Java
3 5 (1.832%) Perl
4 3 (1.099%) Bash shell
4 3 (1.099%) C++
5 2 (0.733%) PHP
5 2 (0.733%) Python
5 2 (0.733%) Ruby
6 1 (0.366%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 108 (39.56%) Cisco Certification
2 50 (18.32%) CCNP
3 45 (16.48%) CCNA
4 39 (14.29%) CCIE
5 38 (13.92%) Security Cleared
6 24 (8.791%) SC Cleared
7 20 (7.326%) CCDP
8 17 (6.227%) CCSE
9 12 (4.396%) Check Point Certification
9 12 (4.396%) CISSP
10 9 (3.297%) Degree
11 8 (2.930%) JNCIA
12 7 (2.564%) DV Cleared
12 7 (2.564%) CCSP
12 7 (2.564%) CCIP
13 5 (1.832%) Security+ Certification
14 4 (1.465%) CCDA
15 3 (1.099%) JNCIS
16 2 (0.733%) CWNA
16 2 (0.733%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.564%) SLA
2 5 (1.832%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.733%) QA
3 2 (0.733%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (6.227%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.396%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.733%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.366%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.366%) Snort
4 1 (0.366%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.366%) XenApp
4 1 (0.366%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.366%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (2.564%) Cisco CUCM
1 7 (2.564%) Cisco UCCX
2 5 (1.832%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (1.099%) OpenView
3 3 (1.099%) CiscoWorks
4 2 (0.733%) Cisco IPCC
4 2 (0.733%) Puppet
5 1 (0.366%) SCOM
5 1 (0.366%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 141 (51.65%) Cisco
2 31 (11.36%) CheckPoint
3 28 (10.26%) Juniper
4 23 (8.425%) F5
5 22 (8.059%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 13 (4.762%) Microsoft
6 13 (4.762%) Oracle
6 13 (4.762%) VMware
7 12 (4.396%) Huawei
8 10 (3.663%) Ericsson
8 10 (3.663%) HP
9 8 (2.930%) Nokia
10 6 (2.198%) Citrix
10 6 (2.198%) Brocade
11 5 (1.832%) McAfee
12 4 (1.465%) BT
12 4 (1.465%) 3Com
12 4 (1.465%) IBM
12 4 (1.465%) Nortel
12 4 (1.465%) Red Hat
Juniper Network Engineer
West Midlands
Network Specialist required to assist in 3 separate projects to "future-proof" a high traffic eCommerce platform: Essentials: - Juniper routing, including: Routing-instances; QoS design & implementation; Network Design;...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Technical Solutions Architect - Major Blue Chip - Cheshire
Cheshire, North West
2 Years' experience in customer facing role managing network related service issues, incidents and problems 5 years practical experience working as a Network specialist with 4 years experience...
Templeton and Partners
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 9 May 2013
Network Specialist Security Cleared, IL5, IL6, CCDP, CCNP
City, London
It is essential that you display a clear record of implementing Cisco based networks in secure and challenging environments, as well as a good understanding of network technologies.....
Reed Technology
Rate: £300 - £500 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Network Engineer
City, London
Roc Search / Network Engineer / - OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS Core Networking, CCNP, CCDP, BCNE / Contract / London... Essential Skills: 3+ years in a technical operations or engineering role within...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
Network Implementation Enginer
City, London
I urgently require 3 ( primarily Huawei skilled) Network Design/Implementation Engineers for a core network upgrade programme. The Network Design/Implementation Engineer must primarily have experience of Huawei...
Experis IT
Rate: £250 - £310 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Windows Infrastructure Technical Designer
Wiltshire
You will be responsible for leading the technical design function for our clients IT Infrastructure, for maintaining best practice in the design function, and for ensuring that the...
Sanderson
Rate: £200 - £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Infrastructure Architect/Technical Designer
Swindon, Wiltshire
You will be responsible for leading the technical design function for our clients IT Infrastructure, for maintaining best practice in the design function, and for ensuring that the...
Sanderson
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Head of Data Transmission
London
Duration: 1 year Fixed Term Contract As the integrated body responsible for managing all the capital's transport systems and implementing the Mayor's transport strategy, TfL uses...
Transport For London (TFL)
Rate: Circa £95,000 per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
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