The first table below looks at the demand for Network Design skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Design over the 3 months to 24 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 Scotland 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Design
Rank 113 103 98
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -5
Contract jobs citing Network Design 5 7 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.205% 0.263% 0.471%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.299% 0.409% 0.701%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 6
Average daily rate - £413 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +17.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £27.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-3.63% -23.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1674 1713 1854
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.63% 64.40% 67.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 868 956
Average daily rate £365 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 67 50
Average hourly rate £20.00 £22.75 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.08% -24.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.30 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Network Design Daily Rate Trend

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 Scotland region.

Scotland Network Design Hourly Rate Trend

Network Design
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Aberdeen +2 1 - -
Edinburgh +1 1 - -
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) 2G
2 3 (42.86%) 2.5G
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Cramer
2 3 (42.86%) Network Planning
2 3 (42.86%) HND
2 3 (42.86%) ATM
2 3 (42.86%) Ethernet
2 3 (42.86%) SDH
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) 3G
3 2 (28.57%) CCIE
3 2 (28.57%) Firewall
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) BT
3 2 (28.57%) B2B
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Control
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (14.29%) Riverbed
4 1 (14.29%) SAP GTS
4 1 (14.29%) Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Degree

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP GTS
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (14.29%) SAP CCM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) 2G
1 3 (42.86%) 2.5G
1 3 (42.86%) ATM
1 3 (42.86%) Ethernet
1 3 (42.86%) SDH
1 3 (42.86%) 3G
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) IP Telephony
3 1 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) BGP
3 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
3 1 (14.29%) MGCP
3 1 (14.29%) VRRP
3 1 (14.29%) H.323
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Transmission Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Transmission Planning Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Transmission Planner
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Planner
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Replication
1 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) AIX
1 1 (14.29%) HPUX
1 1 (14.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Network Planning
2 2 (28.57%) B2B
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) HND
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CCIE
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) CCSP
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cramer
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) BT
3 1 (14.29%) Riverbed
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) Juniper
3 1 (14.29%) Nokia
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Remedy
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) SAP