Network Support Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Support role 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 Support in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Support
Rank 115 100 105
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 6 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.242% 0.187% 0.183%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.261% 0.199% 0.194%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
Average daily rate £295 - £363
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 - £353
10% offered a daily rate of more than £394 - £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £263 £265
% change year-on-year
- -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -7.89%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2299 2509 2577
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.78% 93.76% 94.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1110 1218 1269
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 113 97
Average hourly rate £15.50 £22.50 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.11% +47.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £34.00 £38.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Support
UK

Network Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Network Support Jobs Demand Trend

Network Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Network Support Daily Rate Trend

Network Support
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Support across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland Network Support Daily Rate Histogram

Network Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Network Support Hourly Rate Trend

Network Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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 +4 3 £305 -
Edinburgh +4 2 £188 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £380 -
Network Support
UK

Network Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Network Support 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 Support in their job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Cisco
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (55.56%) CCNA
3 3 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 3 (33.33%) EMC
3 3 (33.33%) Windows
3 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 3 (33.33%) LAN
3 3 (33.33%) WAN
3 3 (33.33%) DNS
3 3 (33.33%) CCNP
3 3 (33.33%) VMware
4 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (22.22%) Wireless
4 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 2 (22.22%) Replication
4 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (22.22%) NAS
4 2 (22.22%) vSphere
4 2 (22.22%) Aruba
4 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) Nortel
4 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (22.22%) Juniper
4 2 (22.22%) SAN
4 2 (22.22%) NetApp
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
5 1 (11.11%) Data Security
5 1 (11.11%) Mitel

Network Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Network Support 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 Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) LAN
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) Wireless
2 2 (22.22%) NAS
2 2 (22.22%) VPN
2 2 (22.22%) SAN
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) IP Telephony
3 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (11.11%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (11.11%) IPsec
General
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Replication
2 1 (11.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Data Security
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
1 1 (11.11%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (55.56%) CCNA
3 3 (33.33%) CCNP
4 1 (11.11%) CCIE
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) vSphere
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 3 (33.33%) EMC
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) Aruba
3 2 (22.22%) Nortel
3 2 (22.22%) Juniper
3 2 (22.22%) NetApp
4 1 (11.11%) Mitel
4 1 (11.11%) Blue Coat
4 1 (11.11%) Brocade
4 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 1 (11.11%) Avaya
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Riverbed
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