The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Support 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 Support 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 Support
Rank 93 77 96
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 10 17 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.655% 1.069% 0.487%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.704% 1.143% 0.520%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 3
Average daily rate £243 £275 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.81% +4.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £264 £265
% change year-on-year
-0.47% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +84.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+47.05% -10.52%
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 Support
South East

Network Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Network Support Daily Rate Trend

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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Network Support Hourly Rate Trend

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 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
Farnborough +2 2 £238 -46.62%
Southampton -11 1 - -
Network Support
South East

Network Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 19 (82.61%) CCNA
1 19 (82.61%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (78.26%) TCP/IP
3 16 (69.57%) WAN
3 16 (69.57%) LAN
4 15 (65.22%) MPLS
4 15 (65.22%) BGP
4 15 (65.22%) EIGRP
4 15 (65.22%) CCNP
5 13 (56.52%) Cisco
6 11 (47.83%) Wireless
7 10 (43.48%) IP Telephony
8 9 (39.13%) Telecoms
9 8 (34.78%) WLAN
9 8 (34.78%) Ethernet
10 7 (30.43%) Project Management
10 7 (30.43%) Migration
11 3 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (13.04%) Avaya
11 3 (13.04%) Windows
12 2 (8.696%) C
12 2 (8.696%) Perl
12 2 (8.696%) UNIX
12 2 (8.696%) 3GPP
12 2 (8.696%) UMTS
12 2 (8.696%) WCDMA
12 2 (8.696%) CDMA
12 2 (8.696%) GPRS
12 2 (8.696%) GSM
12 2 (8.696%) Shell Script

Network Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 18 (78.26%) TCP/IP
2 16 (69.57%) WAN
2 16 (69.57%) LAN
3 15 (65.22%) MPLS
3 15 (65.22%) BGP
3 15 (65.22%) EIGRP
4 11 (47.83%) Wireless
5 10 (43.48%) IP Telephony
6 8 (34.78%) WLAN
6 8 (34.78%) Ethernet
7 3 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (8.696%) 3GPP
8 2 (8.696%) UMTS
8 2 (8.696%) WCDMA
8 2 (8.696%) CDMA
8 2 (8.696%) GPRS
8 2 (8.696%) GSM
8 2 (8.696%) 3G
8 2 (8.696%) HSUPA
8 2 (8.696%) Wireshark
General
1 9 (39.13%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) ASIC
1 2 (8.696%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) UNIX
3 1 (4.348%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Project Management
1 7 (30.43%) Migration
2 1 (4.348%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) C
1 2 (8.696%) Perl
1 2 (8.696%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (82.61%) CCNA
1 19 (82.61%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (65.22%) CCNP
3 1 (4.348%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (4.348%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Cisco
2 3 (13.04%) Avaya
3 2 (8.696%) Agilent
3 2 (8.696%) Anite
3 2 (8.696%) Blue Coat
4 1 (4.348%) Pegasus
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...
Greywood Associates Limited
Rate: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Southampton, South East
URGENT!! NETWORK SUPPORT ANALYST REQUIRED!! Greywood Associates are currently recruiting for a Network Support Analyst for our educational client in Southampton. This will be a fixed term position...
greywood
Rate: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 21 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