The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Leeds 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architect
Rank 71 61 48
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 1 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.132% 0.562% 1.149%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.139% 0.592% 1.207%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 6
Average daily rate - £358 £513
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -30.24%
UK excluding London average daily rate £430 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+1.17% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Job Titles
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
718 844 580
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 94.85% 94.83% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 482 272
Average daily rate £300 £335 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.44% -1.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 48 45
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.96% -15.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £6.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.25 £35.60 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Architect
West Yorkshire

Network Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Network Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Network Architect Daily Rate Trend

Network Architect
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited Network Architect 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 Architect in their job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) CCIE
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) Riverbed
4 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) F5
4 1 (20.00%) WAN Optimisation
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Fujitsu

Network Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited Network Architect 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) WAN Optimisation
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCIE
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Riverbed
3 1 (20.00%) F5
3 1 (20.00%) Fujitsu