The first table below looks at the demand for Network Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Management over the 3 months to 19 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 Manchester 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Management
Rank 68 69 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Network Management 7 12 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.730% 0.972% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.070% 1.519% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 0
Average daily rate £228 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.16% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £330 £298
% change year-on-year
-24.24% +10.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.88 £41.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-46.96% +17.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
654 790 657
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 68.20% 64.02% 62.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 388 310
Average daily rate £338 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 32 34
Average hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £12.01 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £35.00 £33.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Network Management
North West

Network Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Network Management Daily Rate Trend

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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 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
Rochdale - 4 £175 - 1
Network Management
North West

Network Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) CCNA
2 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (44.44%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 4 (44.44%) DWDM
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) MCSE
2 4 (44.44%) Ethernet
2 4 (44.44%) SNMP
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
2 4 (44.44%) Huawei
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (22.22%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Management
4 1 (11.11%) C
4 1 (11.11%) Handset
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) VPN
4 1 (11.11%) OSPF

Network Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) DWDM
1 4 (44.44%) Ethernet
1 4 (44.44%) SNMP
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) OSPF
2 1 (11.11%) EIGRP
General
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Field Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Systems Administrator
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Systems Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Administrator
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Technician
4 1 (11.11%) Network Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Capacity Management
1 1 (11.11%) Change Management
1 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (44.44%) CCNA
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (44.44%) MCSE
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
2 4 (44.44%) Huawei
3 2 (22.22%) HP