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The table below looks at the demand for the Network Designer role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Network Designer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank526574
Rank change on same period last yearUp+48
Matching contract IT job ads3271
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.072 %
As % of the category below0.055 %0.084 %
Daily rates quoted443
Average minimum daily rate£396£364
Average daily rate£414£377
% change on same period last year+9.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£368
% change on same period last year+15.53 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5871584627
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.67 %85.52 %
Daily rates quoted1953726197
Average minimum daily rate£373£390
Average daily rate£399£414
% change on same period last year-3.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£439
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted53907544
Average minimum hourly rate£22.65£23.91
Average hourly rate£24.18£25.49
% change on same period last year-5.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.71£27.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Network Designer UKNetwork Designer
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Network Designer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Network Designer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Network Designer Demand Trend

Network Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Network Designer Daily Rate Trend

Network Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Designer across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England Network Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Network Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Network Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Network Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Designer within the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
East of EnglandUp+319--
South EastUp+117£435+25.92 %
West MidlandsNew entry-7£405-
LondonUp+664£380-14.41 %
South WestUp+172--
MidlandsNew entry-2--
YorkshireUp+132--
Network Designer UKNetwork Designer
UK

Network Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Network Designer 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 Designer in their job title.

130 (51.72 %)Cisco
221 (36.21 %)Cisco Certification
316 (27.59 %)Firewall
414 (24.14 %)CCNP
513 (22.41 %)Network Design
611 (18.97 %)Telecoms
611 (18.97 %)WAN
611 (18.97 %)CheckPoint
710 (17.24 %)LAN
89 (15.52 %)Windows
89 (15.52 %)MPLS
98 (13.79 %)Validation
98 (13.79 %)Migration
107 (12.07 %)CCSE
107 (12.07 %)CCSA
107 (12.07 %)Government
107 (12.07 %)Security Cleared
107 (12.07 %)TCP/IP
116 (10.34 %)CCIE
116 (10.34 %)BGP
116 (10.34 %)Internet
125 (8.621 %)Intranet
125 (8.621 %)Linux
125 (8.621 %)Network Security
134 (6.897 %)DV Cleared
134 (6.897 %)Cisco PIX
134 (6.897 %)C
134 (6.897 %)MS Visio
134 (6.897 %)Windows XP
134 (6.897 %)UNIX

Network Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Network Designer 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 Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (1.724 %)CSS
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (6.897 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (27.59 %)Firewall
211 (18.97 %)WAN
310 (17.24 %)LAN
49 (15.52 %)MPLS
57 (12.07 %)TCP/IP
66 (10.34 %)Internet
66 (10.34 %)BGP
75 (8.621 %)Network Security
75 (8.621 %)Intranet
84 (6.897 %)VoIP
84 (6.897 %)DNS
84 (6.897 %)Ethernet
84 (6.897 %)Cisco PIX
84 (6.897 %)EIGRP
84 (6.897 %)OSPF
93 (5.172 %)DWDM
93 (5.172 %)VLAN
93 (5.172 %)VPN
102 (3.448 %)ISDN
102 (3.448 %)3GPP
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (18.97 %)Telecoms
27 (12.07 %)Government
33 (5.172 %)Finance
42 (3.448 %)Auditing
51 (1.724 %)Retail
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (3.448 %)N-Tier
21 (1.724 %)CESG
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (15.52 %)Windows
25 (8.621 %)Linux
34 (6.897 %)Windows XP
34 (6.897 %)UNIX
42 (3.448 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (3.448 %)Windows Vista
42 (3.448 %)Windows Server 2008
42 (3.448 %)Windows 2000
51 (1.724 %)Solaris
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (22.41 %)Network Design
28 (13.79 %)Validation
28 (13.79 %)Migration
37 (12.07 %)Security Cleared
44 (6.897 %)DV Cleared
53 (5.172 %)SC Cleared
62 (3.448 %)Load Balancing
62 (3.448 %)Network Planning
62 (3.448 %)UML
62 (3.448 %)Change Management
71 (1.724 %)PRINCE2
71 (1.724 %)Project Management
71 (1.724 %)Penetration Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (6.897 %)C
22 (3.448 %)C++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
121 (36.21 %)Cisco Certification
214 (24.14 %)CCNP
37 (12.07 %)CCSA
37 (12.07 %)CCSE
46 (10.34 %)CCIE
53 (5.172 %)CCDP
53 (5.172 %)CCNA
62 (3.448 %)CCDA
62 (3.448 %)Check Point Certification
71 (1.724 %)JNCIA
71 (1.724 %)JNCIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (3.448 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (1.724 %)NFS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (5.172 %)OpenView
21 (1.724 %)CiscoWorks
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (51.72 %)Cisco
211 (18.97 %)CheckPoint
33 (5.172 %)Ericsson
33 (5.172 %)Microsoft
33 (5.172 %)HP
42 (3.448 %)Juniper
42 (3.448 %)Alcatel
42 (3.448 %)Nokia
42 (3.448 %)VMware
51 (1.724 %)Crossbeam
51 (1.724 %)BT
51 (1.724 %)Avaya
51 (1.724 %)Compuware
51 (1.724 %)Oracle
51 (1.724 %)SAP