The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Consultant 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 Network Consultant 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
Network Consultant
Rank 220 231 219
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Network Consultant 3 16 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% 0.158% 0.316%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.170% 0.341%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 31
Average daily rate £475 £369 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.81% -1.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £365
% change year-on-year
- +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £48.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 - £48.00
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%
Network Consultant
England

Network Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Network Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Network Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Network Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Network Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Network Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Network Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Consultant 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £475 -
Hampshire -16 1 - -
Network Consultant
England

Network Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (81.82%) LAN
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco
3 7 (63.64%) WAN
3 7 (63.64%) Firewall
4 6 (54.55%) SSL
4 6 (54.55%) IPsec
5 5 (45.45%) CheckPoint
6 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (36.36%) Juniper
6 4 (36.36%) VPN
6 4 (36.36%) Network Security
6 4 (36.36%) F5
7 3 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
7 3 (27.27%) CISSP
7 3 (27.27%) VMware
7 3 (27.27%) CCSA
7 3 (27.27%) Blue Coat
7 3 (27.27%) ProxySG
7 3 (27.27%) Network Design
7 3 (27.27%) Sourcefire
8 2 (18.18%) Information Security
8 2 (18.18%) TACACS
8 2 (18.18%) OSPF
8 2 (18.18%) BGP
8 2 (18.18%) SAN
8 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (18.18%) Citrix

Network Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (9.091%) CSS
1 1 (9.091%) SAML
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) MS Exchange
1 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (9.091%) GlassFish
2 1 (9.091%) Apache
2 1 (9.091%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 9 (81.82%) LAN
2 7 (63.64%) WAN
2 7 (63.64%) Firewall
3 6 (54.55%) IPsec
3 6 (54.55%) SSL
4 4 (36.36%) VPN
4 4 (36.36%) Network Security
5 3 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (18.18%) TACACS
6 2 (18.18%) Wireless
6 2 (18.18%) OSPF
6 2 (18.18%) BGP
6 2 (18.18%) SAN
6 2 (18.18%) VoIP
6 2 (18.18%) WLAN
7 1 (9.091%) LDAP
7 1 (9.091%) ATM
7 1 (9.091%) DHCP
7 1 (9.091%) Ethernet
7 1 (9.091%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Network Design
2 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
2 2 (18.18%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (18.18%) Network Management
2 2 (18.18%) Information Security
3 1 (9.091%) Communications Security
3 1 (9.091%) Load Balancing
3 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
3 1 (9.091%) Identity Management
3 1 (9.091%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) Java
1 1 (9.091%) Perl
1 1 (9.091%) PHP
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CCSA
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
3 2 (18.18%) CCIE
3 2 (18.18%) CCNA
4 1 (9.091%) CCDA
4 1 (9.091%) CCNP
4 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
1 3 (27.27%) ProxySG
2 2 (18.18%) Hyper-V
3 1 (9.091%) XenApp
3 1 (9.091%) XenDesktop
3 1 (9.091%) Shibboleth
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco
2 5 (45.45%) CheckPoint
3 4 (36.36%) Juniper
3 4 (36.36%) F5
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) VMware
4 3 (27.27%) Blue Coat
4 3 (27.27%) Sourcefire
5 2 (18.18%) Citrix
6 1 (9.091%) Nokia
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle