The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Optimisation 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 Optimisation Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Optimization Engineer
Rank 513 554 559
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Network Optimisation Engineer 1 16 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.002% 0.029% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.032% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
Average daily rate - £225 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -18.18%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £225 £275
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
39040 50214 51349
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.49% 92.56% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22971 28392 28508
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £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 2022 2460 2732
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 £11.13 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Optimisation Engineer
UK

Network Optimisation Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Network Optimisation Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Optimisation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Network Optimisation Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Network Optimisation 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 Optimisation Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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 +10 1 - -
Network Optimisation Engineer
UK

Network Optimisation Engineer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Network Optimisation 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 Optimisation Engineer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) WCDMA
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) BSS
1 1 (100.00%) WiMAX
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) HSPA
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) Actix
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network

Network Optimisation Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Network Optimisation 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 Optimisation Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) WCDMA
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) BSS
1 1 (100.00%) WiMAX
1 1 (100.00%) HSPA
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Actix