The first table below looks at the demand for Network Architecture skills 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 Network Architecture over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architecture
Rank 205 201 223
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +22
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 18 41 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.231% 0.403% 0.341%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.340% 0.621% 0.530%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 4
Average daily rate £384 £378 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.65% -20.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £281 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £497 £492 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £390 £401
% change year-on-year
-13.46% -2.80%
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5291 6607 6798
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.98% 64.97% 64.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2749 3169 3099
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 323 368
Average hourly rate £26.99 £27.00 £34.41
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.04% -21.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Network Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Architecture across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East Network Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Network Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Network Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architecture within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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 -4 10 £430 +33.33%
Hampshire +1 5 £525 -
Buckinghamshire +2 1 - -
Kent - 1 £338 -
Surrey - 1 £338 -
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 19 (44.19%) Telecoms
2 14 (32.56%) 3G
3 11 (25.58%) LTE
4 10 (23.26%) Firewall
5 9 (20.93%) Cisco
6 8 (18.60%) VPN
6 8 (18.60%) Migration
7 7 (16.28%) Junos
7 7 (16.28%) CCNP
7 7 (16.28%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (16.28%) Finance
8 6 (13.95%) CheckPoint
8 6 (13.95%) DNS
8 6 (13.95%) C
8 6 (13.95%) Windows
8 6 (13.95%) Linux
8 6 (13.95%) F5
8 6 (13.95%) Load Balancing
8 6 (13.95%) TippingPoint
8 6 (13.95%) Blue Coat
9 5 (11.63%) Radio Access Network
9 5 (11.63%) 4G
9 5 (11.63%) Broadband
9 5 (11.63%) CCNA
9 5 (11.63%) UMTS
9 5 (11.63%) Nokia
9 5 (11.63%) NetScreen
10 4 (9.302%) Red Hat
10 4 (9.302%) SAN
10 4 (9.302%) Microsoft

Network Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 (4.651%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.651%) IIS
1 2 (4.651%) MS Exchange
1 2 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (4.651%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (32.56%) 3G
2 11 (25.58%) LTE
3 10 (23.26%) Firewall
4 8 (18.60%) VPN
5 7 (16.28%) Junos
6 6 (13.95%) DNS
7 5 (11.63%) Radio Access Network
7 5 (11.63%) 4G
7 5 (11.63%) Broadband
7 5 (11.63%) UMTS
7 5 (11.63%) NetScreen
8 4 (9.302%) SAN
8 4 (9.302%) TCP/IP
8 4 (9.302%) ATM
8 4 (9.302%) NAS
8 4 (9.302%) VLAN
9 3 (6.977%) Ethernet
9 3 (6.977%) VoIP
9 3 (6.977%) WAN
9 3 (6.977%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.651%) SQL Server
1 2 (4.651%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 19 (44.19%) Telecoms
2 7 (16.28%) Finance
3 1 (2.326%) Retail
3 1 (2.326%) Marketing
3 1 (2.326%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (60.47%) Architect
2 17 (39.53%) Solutions Architect
3 16 (37.21%) Network Architect
4 5 (11.63%) Technical Architect
5 4 (9.302%) Consultant
5 4 (9.302%) Senior Architect
5 4 (9.302%) Firewall Consultant
6 3 (6.977%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.977%) Technical Design Architect
6 3 (6.977%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.651%) Support Technician
7 2 (4.651%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Security Consultant
7 2 (4.651%) Desktop Support
7 2 (4.651%) Coordinator
7 2 (4.651%) Network Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Technical Design Leader
7 2 (4.651%) IT Support
7 2 (4.651%) Senior Network Architect
7 2 (4.651%) Firewall Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.651%) Client/Server
1 2 (4.651%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (4.651%) IVR
2 1 (2.326%) CESG
2 1 (2.326%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.95%) Windows
1 6 (13.95%) Linux
2 4 (9.302%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (9.302%) Windows XP
2 4 (9.302%) HPUX
2 4 (9.302%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (4.651%) UNIX
3 2 (4.651%) Windows 7
3 2 (4.651%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (4.651%) Ubuntu
3 2 (4.651%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (18.60%) Migration
2 6 (13.95%) Load Balancing
3 4 (9.302%) Data Migration
3 4 (9.302%) Change Management
3 4 (9.302%) Use Case
3 4 (9.302%) Network Design
4 3 (6.977%) PRINCE2
4 3 (6.977%) Project Management
5 2 (4.651%) Requirements Management
5 2 (4.651%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.326%) TOGAF
6 1 (2.326%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (2.326%) Network Planning
6 1 (2.326%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.95%) C
2 1 (2.326%) VBScript
2 1 (2.326%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) CCNP
1 7 (16.28%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (11.63%) CCNA
3 3 (6.977%) CCIE
3 3 (6.977%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (4.651%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.326%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.977%) SLA
2 2 (4.651%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (4.651%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.651%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.326%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (20.93%) Cisco
2 6 (13.95%) CheckPoint
2 6 (13.95%) F5
2 6 (13.95%) TippingPoint
2 6 (13.95%) Blue Coat
3 5 (11.63%) Nokia
4 4 (9.302%) Red Hat
4 4 (9.302%) Microsoft
4 4 (9.302%) Oracle
4 4 (9.302%) VMware
5 2 (4.651%) Juniper
5 2 (4.651%) Apple
5 2 (4.651%) Intel
6 1 (2.326%) Ericsson