The first table below looks at the demand for Network Management skills 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 Management 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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 Management
Rank 24 - 33
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Network Management 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.070% - 0.308%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.754% - 0.469%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £335 £298
% change year-on-year
-21.64% +12.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.75 £41.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-52.12% +17.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
114 134 213
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 60.96% 52.34% 65.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 54 45
Average daily rate £400 £375 £455
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -17.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £231 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £563 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 65
Average hourly rate £103.50 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+218.46% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £20.65 £22.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £42.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Network Management Hourly Rate Trend

Network Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) OpenView
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) BMC
2 2 (66.67%) Nokia
2 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
2 2 (66.67%) OSPF
2 2 (66.67%) BGP
2 2 (66.67%) OPNET
2 2 (66.67%) BIG-IP
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
2 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 2 (66.67%) SolarWinds
2 2 (66.67%) F5
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (33.33%) German Language
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

Network Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (66.67%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) OSPF
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) BIG-IP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 1 (33.33%) German Language
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Operations Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) OpenView
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) BMC
2 2 (66.67%) Nokia
2 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
2 2 (66.67%) OPNET
2 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
2 2 (66.67%) SolarWinds
2 2 (66.67%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
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