The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the Reading 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architect
Rank 72 77 74
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 1 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.117% 0.362% 0.485%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.128% 0.394% 0.551%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £378 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £430 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+1.17% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
783 1015 908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.47% 91.86% 88.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 342 407
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £218 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 57 38
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.12% +24.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £11.25 £10.09
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £24.00 £34.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Architect
Berkshire

Network Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Network Architect Daily Rate Trend

Network Architect
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) MPLS
2 2 (66.67%) OSPF
2 2 (66.67%) BGP
2 2 (66.67%) Network Design
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (33.33%) BSS

Network Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) OSPF
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (33.33%) BSS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco