Hampshire Network Support Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Network Support role in IT contracts within the Hampshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Support in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aldershot Aylesbury Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chichester City of London Crewe Croydon Cumbria Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ely England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Great Yarmouth Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Inverness Kent Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire London Lowestoft Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Portsmouth Reading Rochester Rugby Sandbach Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	99	117
Rank change on same period last year	+18
Matching contract IT job ads	7	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.346 %	0.342 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£247
Average daily rate	-	£253
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£260
UK excluding London average daily rate	£238	£278
% change on same period last year	-14.44 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£10.00	£34.00
Average hourly rate	£12.00	£35.50
% change on same period last year	-66.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.00	£37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.36	£23.31
% change on same period last year	-16.92 %
Job Titles Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	2024	2634
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.671 %	2.623 %
Daily rates quoted	521	664
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£343
Average daily rate	£373	£365
% change on same period last year	+2.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£395	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	410	514
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.51	£28.09
Average hourly rate	£27.25	£29.63
% change on same period last year	-8.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.98	£31.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Network Support across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section 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 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Portsmouth	-	2	-	-
Winchester	-	1	-	-
Aldershot	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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 11 (52.38 %) TCP/IP 2 9 (42.86 %) Cisco 3 8 (38.10 %) Active Directory 4 7 (33.33 %) LAN 5 6 (28.57 %) DHCP 6 5 (23.81 %) DNS 6 5 (23.81 %) WAN 6 5 (23.81 %) Windows 7 4 (19.05 %) CCNA 7 4 (19.05 %) Juniper 7 4 (19.05 %) Telecoms 7 4 (19.05 %) HP 7 4 (19.05 %) Cisco Certification 8 3 (14.29 %) CCNP 8 3 (14.29 %) Windows Server 2003

8 3 (14.29 %) SLA 8 3 (14.29 %) Cisco PIX 9 2 (9.524 %) NetScreen 9 2 (9.524 %) OpenView 9 2 (9.524 %) MCP 9 2 (9.524 %) MCSE 9 2 (9.524 %) Windows XP 9 2 (9.524 %) CheckPoint 9 2 (9.524 %) Microsoft Certification 9 2 (9.524 %) MOM 9 2 (9.524 %) Firewall 10 1 (4.762 %) Wireless 10 1 (4.762 %) SUSE 10 1 (4.762 %) Debian 10 1 (4.762 %) Network Design

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

Application Platforms 1 1 (4.762 %) Apache	Communications & Networking 1 11 (52.38 %) TCP/IP 2 7 (33.33 %) LAN 3 6 (28.57 %) DHCP 4 5 (23.81 %) DNS 4 5 (23.81 %) WAN 5 3 (14.29 %) Cisco PIX 6 2 (9.524 %) NetScreen 6 2 (9.524 %) Firewall 7 1 (4.762 %) Wireless 7 1 (4.762 %) IMAP 7 1 (4.762 %) NNTP 7 1 (4.762 %) Internet 7 1 (4.762 %) GSM 7 1 (4.762 %) POP3 7 1 (4.762 %) SMTP 7 1 (4.762 %) VoIP 7 1 (4.762 %) WLAN 7 1 (4.762 %) FTP 7 1 (4.762 %) HTTP 7 1 (4.762 %) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (4.762 %) MySQL 1 1 (4.762 %) SQL Server	Development Applications 1 1 (4.762 %) MSI
General 1 4 (19.05 %) Telecoms	Miscellaneous 1 1 (4.762 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 5 (23.81 %) Windows 2 3 (14.29 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (9.524 %) Windows XP 4 1 (4.762 %) SUSE 4 1 (4.762 %) Debian 4 1 (4.762 %) UNIX 4 1 (4.762 %) Solaris 4 1 (4.762 %) Linux 4 1 (4.762 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 1 (4.762 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (4.762 %) Network Design 1 1 (4.762 %) Incident Management 1 1 (4.762 %) Operations Management 1 1 (4.762 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 1 (4.762 %) C 1 1 (4.762 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 4 (19.05 %) CCNA 1 4 (19.05 %) Cisco Certification 2 3 (14.29 %) CCNP 3 2 (9.524 %) MCP 3 2 (9.524 %) MCSE 3 2 (9.524 %) Microsoft Certification 4 1 (4.762 %) CCDA 4 1 (4.762 %) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (14.29 %) SLA	System Software 1 8 (38.10 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 2 (9.524 %) OpenView 1 2 (9.524 %) MOM	Vendors 1 9 (42.86 %) Cisco 2 4 (19.05 %) Juniper 2 4 (19.05 %) HP 3 2 (9.524 %) CheckPoint 4 1 (4.762 %) Radware 4 1 (4.762 %) Nokia 4 1 (4.762 %) Red Hat 4 1 (4.762 %) Microsoft