Network Support 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 the Network Support 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 Support 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 Support
Rank 455 453 452
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 59 118 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.140% 0.218% 0.202%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.151% 0.235% 0.218%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 51 42
Average daily rate £263 £275 £278
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% -0.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £192 £140 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £400 £424
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £263 £265
% change year-on-year
- -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 29
Average hourly rate £25.00 £18.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+38.88% -5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.90 £15.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £34.60 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -7.89%
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 Support
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Network Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Network Support Jobs Demand Trend

Network Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Network Support Daily Rate Trend

Network Support
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Support across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Network Support Daily Rate Histogram

Network Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Network Support Hourly Rate Trend

Network Support
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Support across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Network Support Hourly Rate Histogram

Network Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support 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 +1 22 £258 -4.62%
London -3 13 £274 -24.41%
West Midlands +12 7 £214 +35.71%
East of England +16 5 £240 +37.14%
East Midlands -3 5 £263 +33.75%
Yorkshire +2 3 £325 +96.96%
South West +27 2 £175 -
North West +5 2 £275 -
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Network Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 70 (57.85%) Cisco
2 45 (37.19%) Cisco Certification
3 42 (34.71%) Firewall
4 40 (33.06%) CCNA
5 39 (32.23%) LAN
6 37 (30.58%) TCP/IP
7 34 (28.10%) WAN
8 33 (27.27%) Windows
9 28 (23.14%) Wireless
10 27 (22.31%) Telecoms
10 27 (22.31%) BGP
11 25 (20.66%) CCNP
12 21 (17.36%) VPN
13 20 (16.53%) MPLS
14 19 (15.70%) CheckPoint
14 19 (15.70%) Microsoft
15 17 (14.05%) VoIP
16 16 (13.22%) EIGRP
17 15 (12.40%) Juniper
17 15 (12.40%) DHCP
17 15 (12.40%) ITIL
17 15 (12.40%) Windows Server 2008
17 15 (12.40%) Root Cause Analysis
18 14 (11.57%) VMware
18 14 (11.57%) Blue Coat
18 14 (11.57%) DNS
19 13 (10.74%) HP
19 13 (10.74%) MS Exchange
19 13 (10.74%) Cisco ASA
20 12 (9.917%) Active Directory

Network Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (2.479%) CSS
2 1 (0.826%) WAP
2 1 (0.826%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 13 (10.74%) MS Exchange
2 8 (6.612%) Exchange Server 2010
2 8 (6.612%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (3.306%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (2.479%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.479%) IIS
5 1 (0.826%) Apache
5 1 (0.826%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.826%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.826%) Lync
Applications
1 11 (9.091%) MS Office
2 5 (4.132%) MS Excel
3 3 (2.479%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.826%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.826%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 42 (34.71%) Firewall
2 39 (32.23%) LAN
3 37 (30.58%) TCP/IP
4 34 (28.10%) WAN
5 28 (23.14%) Wireless
6 27 (22.31%) BGP
7 21 (17.36%) VPN
8 20 (16.53%) MPLS
9 17 (14.05%) VoIP
10 16 (13.22%) EIGRP
11 15 (12.40%) DHCP
12 14 (11.57%) DNS
13 13 (10.74%) Cisco ASA
14 11 (9.091%) WLAN
14 11 (9.091%) IP Telephony
15 10 (8.264%) VLAN
15 10 (8.264%) Ethernet
15 10 (8.264%) OSPF
15 10 (8.264%) Cisco Nexus
16 9 (7.438%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.479%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.826%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.826%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (1.653%) JIRA
1 2 (1.653%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.826%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 27 (22.31%) Telecoms
2 7 (5.785%) Finance
3 2 (1.653%) Law
3 2 (1.653%) Local Government
3 2 (1.653%) Retail
4 1 (0.826%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (0.826%) Financial Institution
4 1 (0.826%) French Language
4 1 (0.826%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.479%) SecurID
2 2 (1.653%) Handset
2 2 (1.653%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (1.653%) ASIC
2 2 (1.653%) Smartcard
2 2 (1.653%) Firmware
3 1 (0.826%) NHS
3 1 (0.826%) Blackberry
3 1 (0.826%) FMCG
3 1 (0.826%) iPad
3 1 (0.826%) iPhone
3 1 (0.826%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 33 (27.27%) Windows
2 15 (12.40%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (9.917%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (6.612%) UNIX
4 8 (6.612%) Windows XP
4 8 (6.612%) Linux
5 6 (4.959%) Windows 7
6 3 (2.479%) VMS
6 3 (2.479%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.826%) HPUX
7 1 (0.826%) Solaris
7 1 (0.826%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (0.826%) CentOS
7 1 (0.826%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.826%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (12.40%) ITIL
1 15 (12.40%) Root Cause Analysis
2 9 (7.438%) Migration
3 8 (6.612%) Network Management
3 8 (6.612%) Network Design
4 7 (5.785%) Project Management
5 6 (4.959%) Integration Testing
6 5 (4.132%) Change Management
6 5 (4.132%) Problem Management
7 4 (3.306%) Load Balancing
8 3 (2.479%) Incident Management
9 2 (1.653%) Time Management
9 2 (1.653%) Service Management
9 2 (1.653%) Process Management
9 2 (1.653%) E-Commerce
10 1 (0.826%) CRM
10 1 (0.826%) PRINCE2
10 1 (0.826%) PRINCE
10 1 (0.826%) BPR
10 1 (0.826%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.959%) SQL
2 3 (2.479%) Perl
2 3 (2.479%) Shell Script
3 2 (1.653%) C
4 1 (0.826%) VB
4 1 (0.826%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 45 (37.19%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (33.06%) CCNA
3 25 (20.66%) CCNP
4 7 (5.785%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (4.132%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.132%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.306%) MCSE
7 3 (2.479%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (2.479%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.653%) Degree
8 2 (1.653%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.653%) MCITP
8 2 (1.653%) CCIP
9 1 (0.826%) CCIE
9 1 (0.826%) CCSP
9 1 (0.826%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.826%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.132%) SLA
2 1 (0.826%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 1 (0.826%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (9.917%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.438%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.306%) ProxySG
3 4 (3.306%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.653%) XenServer
5 1 (0.826%) NDS
5 1 (0.826%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.826%) vSphere
5 1 (0.826%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (0.826%) UAG
Systems Management
1 3 (2.479%) WSUS
2 2 (1.653%) DameWare
3 1 (0.826%) OpenView
3 1 (0.826%) MOM
3 1 (0.826%) Netcool
3 1 (0.826%) SCCM
3 1 (0.826%) SCOM
3 1 (0.826%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.826%) OVSD
3 1 (0.826%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.826%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 70 (57.85%) Cisco
2 19 (15.70%) CheckPoint
2 19 (15.70%) Microsoft
3 15 (12.40%) Juniper
4 14 (11.57%) VMware
4 14 (11.57%) Blue Coat
5 13 (10.74%) HP
6 8 (6.612%) Nokia
7 6 (4.959%) F5
8 5 (4.132%) Citrix
9 4 (3.306%) TippingPoint
9 4 (3.306%) Avaya
10 3 (2.479%) ProCurve
10 3 (2.479%) SolarWinds
10 3 (2.479%) NetScout
11 2 (1.653%) Twitter
11 2 (1.653%) Anite
11 2 (1.653%) Fortinet
11 2 (1.653%) Agilent
11 2 (1.653%) Mitel
Network Support Engineer (VoIP)
Newbury, Thames Valley
Key Skills 2nd/3rd Line Support experience Support of Active Directory Technical Support of ADSL, MPLS Networks Good Networking knowledge - Gateway, Alcatel, ISDN Supporting VoIP systems Supporting Windows...
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Rate: £22.00 - £27.00 per hour
Posted: 8 May 2013
Network Support Analyst
Southampton, South East
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greywood
Rate: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Network Support Analyst
Southampton, Hampshire
CCNA or equivalentTCP/IP and other network protocols, Ethernet, VLANs, Wireless networking, IP routing plus a general knowledge of ICT. Knowledge of network monitoring, policy management, Windows, Linux...
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Rate: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Network Support Engineer - MPLS, VOIP, Procurve, Checkpoint
London
The ideal Network Support Engineer will have technical knowledge of a combination of the following: LAN (Switches, VLAS, QoS) WAN (routing, VPN, MPLS) Monitoring tools like Solarwinds or...
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Rate: £300 - 350 per day
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Infrastructure Network Support Lead
City, London
The successful candidate will have the following skill set: Qualified to CCNA level. ITIL qualified to Foundation Level... Experience of change management process. Working knowledge of MS Office,...
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Rate: £260 - £288 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Infrastructure Network Support Lead
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The successful candidate will have the following skill set: Qualified to CCNA level. ITIL qualified to Foundation Level... Experience of change management process. Working knowledge of MS Office,...
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Rate: £260 - £288 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Network Operator Test Support Engineer
Farnborough, South East
My client are a world leader in 3G and mobile technologies currently recruiting for a Test Support Engineer who possess the following mandatory technical skills (in priority order):...
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