The first table below looks at the demand for Network Design skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Design 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 Hampshire 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 Design
Rank 101 98 101
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +3
Contract jobs citing Network Design 3 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.194% 0.062% 0.324%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.286% 0.097% 0.504%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
Average daily rate £300 - £419
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £388 £325
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +19.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £27.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year
-3.63% -24.13%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1049 1033 1190
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.76% 64.44% 64.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 491 539
Average daily rate £363 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £265 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £511 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 102 126
Average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.69 £14.13 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.75 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Network Design
South East

Network Design
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Network Design Daily Rate Trend

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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Network Design Hourly Rate Trend

Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 11 (61.11%) Cisco
2 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
3 8 (44.44%) Firewall
3 8 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (38.89%) TCP/IP
4 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
5 6 (33.33%) Network Security
5 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 6 (33.33%) CCNA
6 5 (27.78%) LAN
6 5 (27.78%) WAN
6 5 (27.78%) Juniper
7 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
7 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (22.22%) 3Com
7 4 (22.22%) VMware
7 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
7 4 (22.22%) MS Exchange
7 4 (22.22%) VPN
7 4 (22.22%) Nortel
7 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (11.11%) Degree
8 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
8 2 (11.11%) Network Management
8 2 (11.11%) Network Architecture
8 2 (11.11%) OpenView
8 2 (11.11%) HP
8 2 (11.11%) MPLS
8 2 (11.11%) OSPF

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
1 4 (22.22%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Firewall
2 7 (38.89%) TCP/IP
3 6 (33.33%) Network Security
4 5 (27.78%) LAN
4 5 (27.78%) WAN
5 4 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (22.22%) VPN
6 2 (11.11%) DNS
6 2 (11.11%) MPLS
6 2 (11.11%) OSPF
6 2 (11.11%) BGP
6 2 (11.11%) EIGRP
6 2 (11.11%) VLAN
6 2 (11.11%) SNMP
7 1 (5.556%) IPsec
7 1 (5.556%) NGN
7 1 (5.556%) Cisco PIX
7 1 (5.556%) TACACS
7 1 (5.556%) NetScreen
7 1 (5.556%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.556%) GIS
General
1 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.556%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Network Engineer
1 10 (55.56%) Design Engineer
1 10 (55.56%) Network Design Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Network Architect
2 4 (22.22%) IP Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Architect
2 4 (22.22%) IP Network Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Storage Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Project Planner
4 1 (5.556%) Network Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Network Design Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Network Implementation Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Remote Sensing
1 1 (5.556%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (11.11%) Requirements Management
2 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
2 2 (11.11%) Network Architecture
2 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
2 2 (11.11%) Network Management
3 1 (5.556%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.556%) Project Planning
3 1 (5.556%) Software Engineering
3 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.556%) PRINCE
3 1 (5.556%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 8 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
4 6 (33.33%) CCNA
5 2 (11.11%) Degree
5 2 (11.11%) HNC
5 2 (11.11%) CCIE
5 2 (11.11%) CCNP
6 1 (5.556%) CCIP
6 1 (5.556%) CCDP
6 1 (5.556%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.556%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) OpenView
2 1 (5.556%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (5.556%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Cisco
2 5 (27.78%) Juniper
3 4 (22.22%) Nortel
3 4 (22.22%) 3Com
3 4 (22.22%) VMware
4 2 (11.11%) HP
5 1 (5.556%) Citrix
5 1 (5.556%) Motorola
5 1 (5.556%) Nokia
5 1 (5.556%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.556%) Primavera
5 1 (5.556%) Oracle
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