The first table below looks at the demand for Network Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Architecture over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Portsmouth 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architecture
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £388 £410
% change year-on-year
-12.90% -5.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £55.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-32.27% +175.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
46 60 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 56.10% 56.07% 56.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 23 30
Average daily rate £375 £350 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +4.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £260 £242
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 36
Average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.85% -22.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.98 £21.75 £20.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £37.70 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Network Architecture
Hampshire

Network Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth Network Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth Network Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Network Architecture
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region citing Network Architecture 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 Architecture.

1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Network Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region citing Network Architecture 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 Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware