The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 18 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 Job Titles advertised for the Midlands 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank - 30 -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - 0.781% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.905% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £145 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+47.72% -24.13%
All Job Titles
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
177 221 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 94.65% 86.33% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 70 57
Average daily rate £430 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.50% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £575 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 80
Average hourly rate £32.00 £36.50 £27.69
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.32% +31.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.20 £21.00 £18.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £42.50 £38.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (50.00%) ProxySG
2 1 (50.00%) Sourcefire
2 1 (50.00%) German Language
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) FWSM
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) SSL

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (50.00%) FWSM
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) German Language
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (50.00%) Sourcefire
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