The first table below looks at the demand for Network Architecture skills 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 Architecture over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architecture
Rank 73 67 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.403% 0.112% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.543% 0.156% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £300 £365 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.80% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £388 £410
% change year-on-year
-12.90% -5.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £55.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-32.27% +175.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 641 425
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 74.09% 72.02% 67.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 377 211
Average daily rate £315 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.69% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £245 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 19
Average hourly rate £34.00 £20.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+65.85% +17.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Network Architecture
West Yorkshire

Network Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Architecture across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Leeds Network Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Network Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Network Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Network Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Network Architecture also 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 that cited Network Architecture.

1 6 (50.00%) LAN
1 6 (50.00%) WAN
2 5 (41.67%) Cisco
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) CCNP
2 5 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows 2000
2 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
2 5 (41.67%) GPRS
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 5 (41.67%) MCP
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (41.67%) Blackberry
2 5 (41.67%) Incident Management
2 5 (41.67%) CCSA
2 5 (41.67%) PCI DSS
2 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
3 4 (33.33%) Internet
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.333%) Network Design
5 1 (8.333%) Change Management
5 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (8.333%) PMP
5 1 (8.333%) PMI Certification
5 1 (8.333%) Project Planning

Network Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Network Architecture also 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 that cited Network Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) LAN
1 6 (50.00%) WAN
2 5 (41.67%) GPRS
3 4 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Network Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) Technical Support
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Blackberry Support
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Advisor
3 1 (8.333%) Junior Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Network Architect
3 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (8.333%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
1 5 (41.67%) Windows 2000
1 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) ITIL
1 5 (41.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (8.333%) Project Planning
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
2 1 (8.333%) Change Management
2 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (8.333%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) MCP
1 5 (41.67%) CCNP
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (41.67%) CCSA
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (8.333%) PMP
2 1 (8.333%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Fujitsu
2 1 (8.333%) Riverbed