The first table below looks at the demand for Network Architecture skills 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 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architecture
Rank - 73 78
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 0 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - 0.752% 0.189%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.190% 0.283%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £285 -
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
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
560 672 706
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 67.47% 63.16% 66.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 261 313
Average daily rate £388 £369 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.01% +5.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 17
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £24.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Network Architecture
Berkshire

Network Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Network Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Network Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Network Architecture
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Intel
2 2 (50.00%) Apple
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
2 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) IP Telephony
2 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) VBScript
3 1 (25.00%) VB

Network Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
1 2 (50.00%) IP Telephony
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (50.00%) Support Technician
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support Technician
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 2 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) VBScript
1 1 (25.00%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Intel
2 2 (50.00%) Apple
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco