The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 20 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 Kent 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 36 32 33
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 4 5 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 1.333% 1.852% 3.810%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.439% 2.024% 3.934%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 9
Average daily rate £400 £308 £278
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.08% +10.81%
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -29.68%
All Job Titles
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
278 247 305
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 92.67% 91.48% 96.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 119 172
Average daily rate £300 £308 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £138 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 23
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £74.25 £27.50 £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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Network Engineer Daily Rate Trend

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 Kent region.

Kent Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

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 Kent region over the 3 months to 20 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
Dover - 2 £400 -
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (80.00%) Firewall
3 6 (60.00%) Juniper
4 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (40.00%) CheckPoint
6 3 (30.00%) CCNP
6 3 (30.00%) Network Security
7 2 (20.00%) F5
7 2 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
7 2 (20.00%) Windows
7 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
7 2 (20.00%) VLAN
8 1 (10.00%) Network Design
8 1 (10.00%) JNCIP
8 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
8 1 (10.00%) Wireless
8 1 (10.00%) IPsec
8 1 (10.00%) Legal
8 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
8 1 (10.00%) Linux
8 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
8 1 (10.00%) VPN
8 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
8 1 (10.00%) IPv6
8 1 (10.00%) CCSP
8 1 (10.00%) CCNA
8 1 (10.00%) HP

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 Development
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (30.00%) Network Security
4 2 (20.00%) VLAN
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (10.00%) Wireless
5 1 (10.00%) IPsec
5 1 (10.00%) VPN
5 1 (10.00%) IPv6
5 1 (10.00%) Internet
5 1 (10.00%) MPLS
5 1 (10.00%) OSPF
5 1 (10.00%) BGP
General
1 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Network Design
1 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (30.00%) CCNP
4 1 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Check Point Certification
4 1 (10.00%) JNCIP
4 1 (10.00%) CCSP
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (60.00%) Juniper
3 4 (40.00%) CheckPoint
4 2 (20.00%) F5
5 1 (10.00%) Aruba
5 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) HP