The first table below looks at the demand for Network Planning 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 Planning over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Planning
Rank 479 445 482
Rank change year-on-year
-34 +37
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 31 113 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.075% 0.212% 0.159%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.105% 0.310% 0.234%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 10
Average daily rate £360 £284 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.87% -41.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £239 £277
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £325 £590
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £284 £500
% change year-on-year
+12.77% -43.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
Average hourly rate £29.59 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.63% -72.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29662 36423 38448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.36% 68.27% 68.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 18133 21396 22256
Average daily rate £425 £410 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.53% -8.88%
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 £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 1186 1394
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.99 £13.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Network Planning
UK

Network Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Network Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Network Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Network Planning Daily Rate Trend

Network Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Network Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Network Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Planning within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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 -23 14 £400 +39.13%
London +18 3 - -
East of England +12 1 - -
West Midlands -18 1 £310 +10.71%
Network Planning
UK

Network Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Network Planning 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 Planning.

1 39 (60.94%) Telecoms
2 29 (45.31%) 3G
3 25 (39.06%) 2G
4 14 (21.88%) Degree
5 13 (20.31%) SDH
5 13 (20.31%) Ethernet
6 12 (18.75%) ATM
6 12 (18.75%) LTE
7 10 (15.63%) SOA
7 10 (15.63%) Cramer
8 9 (14.06%) 2.5G
8 9 (14.06%) Huawei
8 9 (14.06%) Oracle
8 9 (14.06%) Radio Access Network
9 8 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
9 8 (12.50%) SAP
10 7 (10.94%) BT
10 7 (10.94%) Network Design
10 7 (10.94%) C#
10 7 (10.94%) GSM
10 7 (10.94%) UMTS
10 7 (10.94%) .NET
10 7 (10.94%) UTRAN
10 7 (10.94%) B2B
10 7 (10.94%) Microsoft
11 6 (9.375%) Cisco
11 6 (9.375%) SAP APO
11 6 (9.375%) SQL
11 6 (9.375%) .NET Framework
11 6 (9.375%) Wireless

Network Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Network Planning 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 Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (10.94%) .NET
2 6 (9.375%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.125%) WCF
4 1 (1.563%) WPF
4 1 (1.563%) Silverlight
4 1 (1.563%) SOAP
4 1 (1.563%) XML
4 1 (1.563%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.688%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 3 (4.688%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.125%) MS Office
3 1 (1.563%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.563%) Maya
Business Applications
1 6 (9.375%) SAP APO
2 1 (1.563%) SAP SCM
2 1 (1.563%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 29 (45.31%) 3G
2 25 (39.06%) 2G
3 13 (20.31%) SDH
3 13 (20.31%) Ethernet
4 12 (18.75%) ATM
4 12 (18.75%) LTE
5 9 (14.06%) Radio Access Network
5 9 (14.06%) 2.5G
6 7 (10.94%) UTRAN
6 7 (10.94%) GSM
6 7 (10.94%) UMTS
7 6 (9.375%) Wireless
7 6 (9.375%) BSS
8 5 (7.813%) GPRS
8 5 (7.813%) RNC
9 4 (6.250%) 4G
10 3 (4.688%) LAN
10 3 (4.688%) HTTP
10 3 (4.688%) DSL
10 3 (4.688%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.563%) MS Access
General
1 39 (60.94%) Telecoms
2 3 (4.688%) German Language
3 2 (3.125%) Electronics
3 2 (3.125%) Finance
3 2 (3.125%) Billing
3 2 (3.125%) French Language
Job Titles
1 9 (14.06%) Consultant
2 8 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 7 (10.94%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (10.94%) SAP APO Consultant
3 7 (10.94%) Network Planner
4 6 (9.375%) Radio Engineer
4 6 (9.375%) Transmission Engineer
4 6 (9.375%) Radio Network Engineer
5 5 (7.813%) Transmission Planner
6 4 (6.250%) Transmission Planning Engineer
6 4 (6.250%) C# Developer
6 4 (6.250%) Developer
7 3 (4.688%) RF Engineer
7 3 (4.688%) .NET Developer
7 3 (4.688%) Designer
7 3 (4.688%) C# .NET Developer
8 2 (3.125%) .NET Software Developer
8 2 (3.125%) IP Engineer
8 2 (3.125%) 3G Engineer
8 2 (3.125%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.125%) FMCG
2 1 (1.563%) Statistics
2 1 (1.563%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.563%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.125%) Windows
1 2 (3.125%) Solaris
1 2 (3.125%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (15.63%) SOA
2 8 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
3 7 (10.94%) B2B
3 7 (10.94%) Network Design
4 4 (6.250%) Network Architecture
5 3 (4.688%) Business Analysis
5 3 (4.688%) Network Management
5 3 (4.688%) Project Management
5 3 (4.688%) ITIL
5 3 (4.688%) CRM
5 3 (4.688%) Validation
6 2 (3.125%) Data Analysis
6 2 (3.125%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (3.125%) TOGAF
6 2 (3.125%) WFM
6 2 (3.125%) Resource Management
6 2 (3.125%) SAP Implementation
6 2 (3.125%) Capacity Management
6 2 (3.125%) Business Transformation
6 2 (3.125%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.94%) C#
2 6 (9.375%) SQL
3 2 (3.125%) Java
3 2 (3.125%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.563%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (21.88%) Degree
2 5 (7.813%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (6.250%) CCNP
4 2 (3.125%) CCNA
5 1 (1.563%) CCIP
5 1 (1.563%) HND
5 1 (1.563%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.563%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.563%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (3.125%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 10 (15.63%) Cramer
2 9 (14.06%) Huawei
2 9 (14.06%) Oracle
3 8 (12.50%) SAP
4 7 (10.94%) Microsoft
4 7 (10.94%) BT
5 6 (9.375%) Cisco
6 5 (7.813%) Ericsson
7 2 (3.125%) Nokia
7 2 (3.125%) NEC
7 2 (3.125%) IBM
7 2 (3.125%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 1 (1.563%) Juniper
8 1 (1.563%) Genesys
8 1 (1.563%) Ariba
8 1 (1.563%) Brocade
8 1 (1.563%) NetScout
8 1 (1.563%) Actix