The first table below looks at the demand for Network Design 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 Design over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Design
Rank 65 50 55
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +5
Contract jobs citing Network Design 10 29 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.125% 2.569% 1.898%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.681% 3.935% 2.806%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
Average daily rate £288 £225 £279
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.77% -19.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £225 £246
10% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £225 £312
UK excluding London average daily rate £353 £381 £375
% change year-on-year
-7.54% +1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £34.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £34.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.78% -2.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
595 737 677
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.93% 65.28% 67.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 282 307
Average daily rate £413 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.48% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £491
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 15
Average hourly rate £30.00 £14.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+106.89% -27.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.50 £24.80 £24.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Network Design
Berkshire

Network Design
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Network Design Jobs Demand Trend

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Network Design Daily Rate Trend

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Design across the Reading region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Reading Network Design Daily Rate Histogram

Network Design
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Network Design Hourly Rate Trend

Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Network Design 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 Design.

1 26 (83.87%) Telecoms
2 19 (61.29%) Radio Access Network
3 18 (58.06%) MPLS
4 15 (48.39%) VPN
5 13 (41.94%) LTE
6 12 (38.71%) OSPF
6 12 (38.71%) BGP
6 12 (38.71%) Ethernet
7 11 (35.48%) 3G
8 10 (32.26%) Capacity Planning
8 10 (32.26%) HSRP
9 9 (29.03%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 9 (29.03%) ATM
9 9 (29.03%) VRRP
9 9 (29.03%) Project Management
9 9 (29.03%) RSVP
10 8 (25.81%) Handset
10 8 (25.81%) 3GPP
10 8 (25.81%) UTRAN
10 8 (25.81%) Resource Management
11 7 (22.58%) Cisco
12 5 (16.13%) TCP/IP
12 5 (16.13%) SSL
13 4 (12.90%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (12.90%) Juniper
13 4 (12.90%) Ericsson
13 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
13 4 (12.90%) MS Office
13 4 (12.90%) ITIL
13 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Network Design 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 Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (12.90%) MS Office
2 1 (3.226%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (61.29%) Radio Access Network
2 18 (58.06%) MPLS
3 15 (48.39%) VPN
4 13 (41.94%) LTE
5 12 (38.71%) OSPF
5 12 (38.71%) BGP
5 12 (38.71%) Ethernet
6 11 (35.48%) 3G
7 10 (32.26%) HSRP
8 9 (29.03%) ATM
8 9 (29.03%) VRRP
8 9 (29.03%) RSVP
9 8 (25.81%) 3GPP
9 8 (25.81%) UTRAN
10 5 (16.13%) TCP/IP
10 5 (16.13%) SSL
11 3 (9.677%) RNC
11 3 (9.677%) 4G
11 3 (9.677%) SIGTRAN
11 3 (9.677%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.226%) MS Access
General
1 26 (83.87%) Telecoms
2 4 (12.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (67.74%) Design Engineer
2 14 (45.16%) Network Engineer
3 9 (29.03%) Network Design Engineer
4 8 (25.81%) RAN Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (9.677%) Network Support
6 3 (9.677%) Network Support Engineer
6 3 (9.677%) Support Engineer
7 2 (6.452%) Architect
7 2 (6.452%) Network Architect
7 2 (6.452%) Network Design Architect
8 1 (3.226%) Lead Network Engineer
8 1 (3.226%) Designer
8 1 (3.226%) Security Engineer
8 1 (3.226%) Network Team Leader
8 1 (3.226%) Team Leader
8 1 (3.226%) Network Consultant
8 1 (3.226%) Consultant
8 1 (3.226%) Network Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Handset
2 4 (12.90%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.452%) Linux
2 1 (3.226%) UNIX
2 1 (3.226%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Capacity Planning
2 9 (29.03%) Project Management
3 8 (25.81%) Resource Management
4 4 (12.90%) ITIL
4 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2
4 4 (12.90%) Validation
5 3 (9.677%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (9.677%) Project Planning
5 3 (9.677%) Integration Testing
6 1 (3.226%) Capacity Management
6 1 (3.226%) Change Control
6 1 (3.226%) Network Planning
6 1 (3.226%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) SQL
2 1 (3.226%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) ITIL Certification
1 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (3.226%) JNCIS
2 1 (3.226%) CCNP
2 1 (3.226%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 7 (22.58%) Cisco
3 4 (12.90%) Juniper
3 4 (12.90%) Ericsson
3 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.90%) Huawei
4 1 (3.226%) F5
4 1 (3.226%) BT
4 1 (3.226%) Nokia
4 1 (3.226%) CheckPoint
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