The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 57 64 88
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 46 31 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 3.014% 1.948% 0.919%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.239% 2.085% 0.983%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 12 9
Average daily rate £288 £350 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.85% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £271 £199
10% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £443 £343
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 4
Average hourly rate £27.50 £21.50 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.90% -9.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.63 £19.38 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £33.00 £42.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £31.44
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -28.43%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1420 1487 1730
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.05% 93.46% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 782 689 718
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.92% +0.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 217 247
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -19.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Network Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Network Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire Network Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire Network Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Network 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 Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Southampton +3 11 - -
Basingstoke -7 8 £288 -36.11%
Eastleigh +1 3 £275 -
Farnborough 0 2 £238 -32.14%
Fareham - 2 - -
Portsmouth -3 1 - -
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Network 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 49 (59.04%) Cisco
2 47 (56.63%) Cisco Certification
3 41 (49.40%) CCNA
4 30 (36.14%) VLAN
5 26 (31.33%) Firewall
6 25 (30.12%) TCP/IP
7 24 (28.92%) CCNP
8 23 (27.71%) LAN
9 22 (26.51%) WAN
10 20 (24.10%) MPLS
11 18 (21.69%) VoIP
12 17 (20.48%) VPN
13 15 (18.07%) Security Cleared
14 14 (16.87%) Telecoms
14 14 (16.87%) Juniper
14 14 (16.87%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (15.66%) SC Cleared
15 13 (15.66%) CheckPoint
16 12 (14.46%) Internet
16 12 (14.46%) Network Security
17 11 (13.25%) BGP
17 11 (13.25%) SNMP
18 10 (12.05%) Ethernet
18 10 (12.05%) Network Design
18 10 (12.05%) Migration
18 10 (12.05%) Mitel
19 9 (10.84%) EIGRP
19 9 (10.84%) Avaya
20 8 (9.639%) Active Directory
20 8 (9.639%) OSPF

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Network 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.024%) MS Exchange
2 4 (4.819%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.205%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 30 (36.14%) VLAN
2 26 (31.33%) Firewall
3 25 (30.12%) TCP/IP
4 23 (27.71%) LAN
5 22 (26.51%) WAN
6 20 (24.10%) MPLS
7 18 (21.69%) VoIP
8 17 (20.48%) VPN
9 14 (16.87%) Cisco ASA
10 12 (14.46%) Internet
10 12 (14.46%) Network Security
11 11 (13.25%) BGP
11 11 (13.25%) SNMP
12 10 (12.05%) Ethernet
13 9 (10.84%) EIGRP
14 8 (9.639%) OSPF
14 8 (9.639%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (8.434%) IPv6
16 5 (6.024%) SSL
16 5 (6.024%) VPLS
General
1 14 (16.87%) Telecoms
2 4 (4.819%) Military
3 1 (1.205%) Banking
3 1 (1.205%) Finance
3 1 (1.205%) French Language
3 1 (1.205%) German Language
3 1 (1.205%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.614%) Digital Media
2 2 (2.410%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (2.410%) Handset
2 2 (2.410%) ASIC
3 1 (1.205%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.024%) Windows
2 4 (4.819%) VMS
3 2 (2.410%) UNIX
3 2 (2.410%) HPUX
3 2 (2.410%) Solaris
3 2 (2.410%) Linux
4 1 (1.205%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (12.05%) Network Design
1 10 (12.05%) Migration
2 8 (9.639%) Scrum
3 7 (8.434%) Project Management
4 4 (4.819%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (3.614%) Configuration Management
5 3 (3.614%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (2.410%) Network Management
6 2 (2.410%) Capacity Management
6 2 (2.410%) Test Scripting
6 2 (2.410%) Data Migration
6 2 (2.410%) Information Security
6 2 (2.410%) Asset Management
7 1 (1.205%) ITIL
7 1 (1.205%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.639%) C++
2 4 (4.819%) C
3 2 (2.410%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.410%) Perl
4 1 (1.205%) SQL
4 1 (1.205%) Python
4 1 (1.205%) Korn
4 1 (1.205%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.205%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 47 (56.63%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (49.40%) CCNA
3 24 (28.92%) CCNP
4 15 (18.07%) Security Cleared
5 13 (15.66%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.614%) Degree
7 2 (2.410%) HNC
8 1 (1.205%) CCIE
8 1 (1.205%) CCSP
8 1 (1.205%) CCIP
8 1 (1.205%) CCDP
8 1 (1.205%) CCSA
System Software
1 8 (9.639%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.819%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.410%) Snort
4 1 (1.205%) ProxySG
4 1 (1.205%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.410%) SCCM
1 2 (2.410%) SCOM
1 2 (2.410%) Nessus
1 2 (2.410%) OpenView
Vendors
1 49 (59.04%) Cisco
2 14 (16.87%) Juniper
3 13 (15.66%) CheckPoint
4 10 (12.05%) Mitel
5 9 (10.84%) Avaya
6 5 (6.024%) 3Com
6 5 (6.024%) Sourcefire
7 4 (4.819%) Nortel
8 3 (3.614%) ArcSight
9 2 (2.410%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.410%) Agilent
9 2 (2.410%) Anite
9 2 (2.410%) VMware
9 2 (2.410%) Apple
9 2 (2.410%) HP
10 1 (1.205%) Oracle
10 1 (1.205%) Motorola
10 1 (1.205%) Blue Coat
10 1 (1.205%) Polycom
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 22 May 2013
Hampshire
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Contract Network Engineer/ Network Design Engineer - MoD. Switches (Layer 2/3), Routers, VLAN, VPN circa £40 per hour Southern Hampshire near Southampton & Portsmouth British MoD client seeking 2...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £40 per hour
Posted: 24 May 2013
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):...
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013