The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Network Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3rd Line Network Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the South East 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
Third Line Network Engineer
Rank 220 245 -
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Network Engineer 3 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% 0.020% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.021% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £180 £200 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £180 £200 -
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7243 9396 9678
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.69% 92.50% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3591 4212 4167
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 721 805
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -9.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.03 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
3rd Line Network Engineer
England

3rd Line Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East 3rd Line Network Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer across the South East region.

South East 3rd Line Network Engineer Daily Rate Trend

3rd Line Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer across the South East region.

South East 3rd Line Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

3rd Line Network Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Berkshire - 3 £180 -
3rd Line Network Engineer
England

3rd Line Network Engineer
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited 3rd Line Network Engineer 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 3rd Line Network Engineer in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (83.33%) IPsec
2 5 (83.33%) Juniper
2 5 (83.33%) VPN
2 5 (83.33%) LAN
3 4 (66.67%) CCNP
4 3 (50.00%) CCNA
4 3 (50.00%) SAN
4 3 (50.00%) Avaya
4 3 (50.00%) PBX
4 3 (50.00%) Windows
4 3 (50.00%) Firewall
4 3 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (33.33%) VMware
5 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (33.33%) F5
5 2 (33.33%) WAN
5 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 2 (33.33%) HP
6 1 (16.67%) CCIP
6 1 (16.67%) MPLS
6 1 (16.67%) CCIE
6 1 (16.67%) CCSP
6 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications

3rd Line Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited 3rd Line Network Engineer 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 3rd Line Network Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) LAN
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
1 5 (83.33%) IPsec
2 3 (50.00%) SAN
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (50.00%) PBX
3 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (16.67%) MPLS
4 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (66.67%) CCNP
3 3 (50.00%) CCNA
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) CCIP
5 1 (16.67%) CCIE
5 1 (16.67%) CCSP
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Juniper
3 3 (50.00%) Avaya
4 2 (33.33%) VMware
4 2 (33.33%) F5
4 2 (33.33%) HP