The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Architect in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West 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 Architect
Rank 108 127 121
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 9 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.377% 0.230% 0.132%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.403% 0.251% 0.144%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
Average daily rate £375 £450 £421
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +6.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £351 £450 £359
10% offered a daily rate of more than £399 £450 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £420 £463
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2232 2786 2784
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.51% 91.71% 92.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1055 1409 1431
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 169 209
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.42 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.88% +4.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £36.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Network Architect
England

Network Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Network Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Network Architect Daily Rate Trend

Network Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the North West 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
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Cheshire - 8 £375 -
Manchester - - - -
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England

Network Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Network Architect 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 Architect in their job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Cisco
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 7 (70.00%) F5
3 7 (70.00%) Wireless
3 7 (70.00%) VPN
3 7 (70.00%) CCNP
3 7 (70.00%) CCDP
4 6 (60.00%) CCNA
4 6 (60.00%) ITIL
5 5 (50.00%) Telecoms
6 3 (30.00%) Network Design
7 2 (20.00%) Firewall
7 2 (20.00%) CCIE
7 2 (20.00%) Network Security
7 2 (20.00%) Network Architecture
8 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
8 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (10.00%) IPsec
8 1 (10.00%) SSL
8 1 (10.00%) LAN
8 1 (10.00%) SDH
8 1 (10.00%) WAN
8 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
8 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
8 1 (10.00%) Juniper
8 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
8 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
8 1 (10.00%) DWDM
8 1 (10.00%) MPLS

Network Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Network Architect 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 7 (70.00%) Wireless
2 7 (70.00%) VPN
3 2 (20.00%) Firewall
3 2 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (10.00%) IPsec
4 1 (10.00%) SSL
4 1 (10.00%) LAN
4 1 (10.00%) SDH
4 1 (10.00%) WAN
4 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (10.00%) DWDM
4 1 (10.00%) MPLS
4 1 (10.00%) OSPF
4 1 (10.00%) BGP
General
1 5 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (30.00%) Network Design
3 2 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (70.00%) CCNP
2 7 (70.00%) CCDP
3 6 (60.00%) CCNA
4 2 (20.00%) CCIE
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) JNCIA
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) F5
3 1 (10.00%) Juniper
3 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (10.00%) Cramer
3 1 (10.00%) Blue Coat
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