The first table below looks at the demand for Network Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Management over the 3 months to 20 June 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 London 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Management
Rank 337 355 373
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +18
Contract jobs citing Network Management 49 54 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.211% 0.206% 0.216%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.283% 0.287% 0.305%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 29 30
Average daily rate £410 £475 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.68% +18.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £287 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £560 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £330 £298
% change year-on-year
-24.24% +10.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.88 £41.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-46.96% +17.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
17334 18791 22287
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.75% 71.71% 70.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 11903 12367 14701
Average daily rate £450 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 318 347
Average hourly rate £27.50 £26.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £59.00 £45.00 £53.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Network Management
England

Network Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Network Management Jobs Demand Trend

Network Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Network Management Daily Rate Trend

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Management across the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

London Network Management Daily Rate Histogram

Network Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Network Management Hourly Rate Trend

Network Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
City of London 0 14 £405 -16.92% 4
Canary Wharf - 2 £500 -
Docklands, London - - - -
Beckenham - - - -
Bromley - - - -
Harrow - - - -
Kingston Upon Thames - - - -
Surbiton - - - -
Network Management
England

Network Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Network Management 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 Management.

1 41 (47.67%) Cisco
2 31 (36.05%) LAN
2 31 (36.05%) Firewall
3 28 (32.56%) WAN
4 26 (30.23%) Juniper
4 26 (30.23%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (26.74%) Network Security
6 22 (25.58%) BGP
7 21 (24.42%) Finance
8 19 (22.09%) CCNP
9 18 (20.93%) OSPF
10 17 (19.77%) Wireless
10 17 (19.77%) Telecoms
11 15 (17.44%) SNMP
11 15 (17.44%) VPN
11 15 (17.44%) DNS
12 14 (16.28%) VoIP
12 14 (16.28%) DHCP
12 14 (16.28%) HP
12 14 (16.28%) Banking
13 13 (15.12%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (15.12%) CheckPoint
13 13 (15.12%) MPLS
13 13 (15.12%) TCP/IP
14 12 (13.95%) UNIX
14 12 (13.95%) Linux
14 12 (13.95%) EIGRP
15 11 (12.79%) ITIL
15 11 (12.79%) SLA
15 11 (12.79%) ATM

Network Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Network Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.488%) HTML
2 2 (2.326%) CSS
3 1 (1.163%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.163%) .NET
3 1 (1.163%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.163%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.488%) Apache
1 3 (3.488%) MS Exchange
2 2 (2.326%) Lync
2 2 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (2.326%) CMS
2 2 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.163%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.163%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.163%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (3.488%) MS Office
2 2 (2.326%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.163%) MS Project
3 1 (1.163%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.163%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.488%) Temenos T24
2 1 (1.163%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 31 (36.05%) LAN
1 31 (36.05%) Firewall
2 28 (32.56%) WAN
3 23 (26.74%) Network Security
4 22 (25.58%) BGP
5 18 (20.93%) OSPF
6 17 (19.77%) Wireless
7 15 (17.44%) SNMP
7 15 (17.44%) VPN
7 15 (17.44%) DNS
8 14 (16.28%) VoIP
8 14 (16.28%) DHCP
9 13 (15.12%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (15.12%) MPLS
9 13 (15.12%) TCP/IP
10 12 (13.95%) EIGRP
11 11 (12.79%) ATM
12 10 (11.63%) IP Telephony
13 9 (10.47%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (9.302%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.651%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.488%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.488%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (3.488%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (3.488%) Big Data
3 2 (2.326%) MySQL
4 1 (1.163%) MS Access
General
1 21 (24.42%) Finance
2 17 (19.77%) Telecoms
3 14 (16.28%) Banking
4 11 (12.79%) Investment Banking
5 5 (5.814%) Retail
6 4 (4.651%) Advertising
7 3 (3.488%) Billing
7 3 (3.488%) Back Office
8 2 (2.326%) Legal
8 2 (2.326%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.163%) Local Government
9 1 (1.163%) Publishing
9 1 (1.163%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (27.91%) Network Engineer
2 17 (19.77%) Analyst
3 16 (18.60%) Business Analyst
4 7 (8.140%) Consultant
4 7 (8.140%) Firewall Engineer
4 7 (8.140%) Network Manager
5 5 (5.814%) Voice Engineer
5 5 (5.814%) Information Security Consultant
5 5 (5.814%) Security Consultant
6 4 (4.651%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (4.651%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (3.488%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 3 (3.488%) Data Centre Manager
7 3 (3.488%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
7 3 (3.488%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (3.488%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (3.488%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (3.488%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (3.488%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.488%) Voice Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.814%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.651%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (3.488%) Statistics
3 3 (3.488%) SWIFT
4 2 (2.326%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.326%) PKI
5 1 (1.163%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.163%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.163%) SecurID
5 1 (1.163%) Derivative
5 1 (1.163%) Ergonomics
5 1 (1.163%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.163%) CMDB
5 1 (1.163%) E-Learning
5 1 (1.163%) VLE
5 1 (1.163%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.163%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.95%) UNIX
1 12 (13.95%) Linux
2 9 (10.47%) Windows
3 5 (5.814%) Solaris
4 3 (3.488%) VMS
4 3 (3.488%) Windows Vista
5 2 (2.326%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (2.326%) Mac OS X
5 2 (2.326%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.163%) NetWare
6 1 (1.163%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (12.79%) ITIL
2 9 (10.47%) Network Architecture
2 9 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (9.302%) GAP Analysis
3 8 (9.302%) Migration
3 8 (9.302%) Information Security
4 7 (8.140%) Project Planning
4 7 (8.140%) Business Continuity
5 6 (6.977%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (6.977%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (6.977%) Requirements Analysis
5 6 (6.977%) Business Analysis
5 6 (6.977%) Project Management
6 5 (5.814%) CRM
6 5 (5.814%) Network Design
6 5 (5.814%) Service Delivery
6 5 (5.814%) Risk Management
6 5 (5.814%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (4.651%) Cash Management
7 4 (4.651%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.814%) SQL
2 3 (3.488%) Perl
3 1 (1.163%) C#
3 1 (1.163%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 26 (30.23%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (22.09%) CCNP
3 10 (11.63%) JNCIE
3 10 (11.63%) Degree
3 10 (11.63%) CCIE
4 7 (8.140%) CCNA
5 6 (6.977%) JNCIP
5 6 (6.977%) CCDP
6 5 (5.814%) CISSP
7 4 (4.651%) Security Cleared
8 3 (3.488%) CCSP
8 3 (3.488%) SC Cleared
8 3 (3.488%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.326%) CISM
9 2 (2.326%) CCIP
9 2 (2.326%) HND
10 1 (1.163%) MCSE
10 1 (1.163%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.163%) ISEB
10 1 (1.163%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.79%) SLA
2 8 (9.302%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (8.140%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.488%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.977%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.651%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.326%) UAG
4 1 (1.163%) NDS
4 1 (1.163%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (8.140%) FortiGate
2 5 (5.814%) OpenView
3 4 (4.651%) CiscoWorks
4 3 (3.488%) Netcool
5 2 (2.326%) Cisco IPCC
6 1 (1.163%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 41 (47.67%) Cisco
2 26 (30.23%) Juniper
3 14 (16.28%) HP
4 13 (15.12%) CheckPoint
5 10 (11.63%) Microsoft
5 10 (11.63%) F5
6 8 (9.302%) VMware
7 7 (8.140%) Fortinet
7 7 (8.140%) Sourcefire
7 7 (8.140%) Aruba
8 6 (6.977%) Verint
8 6 (6.977%) Nortel
9 5 (5.814%) Oracle
9 5 (5.814%) Citrix
10 4 (4.651%) BT
10 4 (4.651%) Polycom
10 4 (4.651%) Blue Coat
10 4 (4.651%) Nokia
11 3 (3.488%) Business Objects
11 3 (3.488%) Avaya
City of London
Exposure to wireless and VoIP environments also advantageous. Excellent knowledge of switching, routing, firewall and load balancing technologies, including Cisco IOS at CLI level... Knowledge of WAN technologies.
ITHR
Rate: £320 - £350 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
South West London
Reed Business Information are seeking an experienced CCNP Network Analyst / Network Engineer to aid the on-going support of our global / enterprise network estate comprising Cisco LAN, Wan,...
Reed Business Information Ltd
Rate: From £300 to £325 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
Croydon, Surrey
The Network and Datacenter Manager will lead the Network & Data Centre (N&DC) Services team within the Infrastructure Service Delivery function of the Shared Information Services (SIS) department.....
Connectus
Rate: £400 - £430 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
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