The first table below looks at the demand for Network Design 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 Design over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Design
Rank 185 132 151
Rank change year-on-year
-53 +19
Contract jobs citing Network Design 35 118 97
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.437% 1.180% 0.915%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.635% 1.785% 1.426%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 37
Average daily rate £350 £318 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.23% -15.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £299 £280 £323
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £381 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.88% +1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
Average hourly rate £38.75 £31.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.04% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £34.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.78% -2.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5512 6610 6800
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 68.83% 66.13% 64.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2869 3135 3151
Average daily rate £375 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 312 351
Average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £30.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.88 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Network Design
England

Network Design
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Network Design Daily Rate Trend

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Design across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Network Design Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East Network Design Hourly Rate Trend

Network Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Design across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Network Design Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire -32 25 £430 +38.70% 8
Hampshire -2 4 £300 -23.32% 3
Buckinghamshire -4 2 £363 +2.11% 3
Surrey -4 1 £300 - 2
M4 Corridor - 1 - -
West Sussex - - - -
Kent - - - - 2
Middlesex - - - -
Oxfordshire - - - - 2
Network Design
England

Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 59 (64.84%) Telecoms
2 36 (39.56%) Radio Access Network
3 33 (36.26%) Cisco
4 31 (34.07%) LTE
5 30 (32.97%) MPLS
6 26 (28.57%) 3G
7 23 (25.27%) VPN
8 22 (24.18%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (23.08%) OSPF
10 20 (21.98%) Project Management
11 19 (20.88%) BGP
12 18 (19.78%) Ethernet
13 17 (18.68%) Firewall
13 17 (18.68%) Nokia Siemens Networks
14 16 (17.58%) 3GPP
15 15 (16.48%) LAN
15 15 (16.48%) UTRAN
16 14 (15.38%) Handset
16 14 (15.38%) ATM
16 14 (15.38%) WAN
17 13 (14.29%) Juniper
17 13 (14.29%) CCNA
18 12 (13.19%) TCP/IP
18 12 (13.19%) Resource Management
18 12 (13.19%) RNC
18 12 (13.19%) Capacity Planning
19 10 (10.99%) HSRP
19 10 (10.99%) Network Security
20 9 (9.890%) RSVP
20 9 (9.890%) VRRP

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 3 (3.297%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.198%) MS Exchange
1 2 (2.198%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.099%) Windows Azure
2 1 (1.099%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (4.396%) MS Office
2 1 (1.099%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 36 (39.56%) Radio Access Network
2 31 (34.07%) LTE
3 30 (32.97%) MPLS
4 26 (28.57%) 3G
5 23 (25.27%) VPN
6 21 (23.08%) OSPF
7 19 (20.88%) BGP
8 18 (19.78%) Ethernet
9 17 (18.68%) Firewall
10 16 (17.58%) 3GPP
11 15 (16.48%) LAN
11 15 (16.48%) UTRAN
12 14 (15.38%) ATM
12 14 (15.38%) WAN
13 12 (13.19%) TCP/IP
13 12 (13.19%) RNC
14 10 (10.99%) HSRP
14 10 (10.99%) Network Security
15 9 (9.890%) RSVP
15 9 (9.890%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.099%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (1.099%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.099%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.099%) MS Access
1 1 (1.099%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.099%) ERwin
General
1 59 (64.84%) Telecoms
2 4 (4.396%) Finance
3 3 (3.297%) Retail
4 2 (2.198%) Financial Institution
4 2 (2.198%) Billing
4 2 (2.198%) Marketing
5 1 (1.099%) Military
5 1 (1.099%) Banking
5 1 (1.099%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (53.85%) Design Engineer
2 36 (39.56%) Network Engineer
3 26 (28.57%) Network Design Engineer
4 15 (16.48%) RAN Engineer
5 12 (13.19%) Architect
6 9 (9.890%) IP Engineer
7 8 (8.791%) Consultant
7 8 (8.791%) Network Architect
8 6 (6.593%) IP Network Engineer
9 4 (4.396%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (4.396%) Support Engineer
9 4 (4.396%) Network Support
9 4 (4.396%) Network Support Engineer
9 4 (4.396%) Designer
10 3 (3.297%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (3.297%) Network Manager
10 3 (3.297%) Network Consultant
11 2 (2.198%) Project Manager
11 2 (2.198%) Business Analyst
11 2 (2.198%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.38%) Handset
2 3 (3.297%) IaaS
3 2 (2.198%) SecurID
4 1 (1.099%) Statistics
4 1 (1.099%) Cryptography
4 1 (1.099%) Smart Meter
4 1 (1.099%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.099%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.396%) Windows
2 2 (2.198%) Linux
2 2 (2.198%) UNIX
3 1 (1.099%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.98%) Project Management
2 12 (13.19%) Resource Management
2 12 (13.19%) Capacity Planning
3 7 (7.692%) PRINCE2
4 6 (6.593%) Validation
5 5 (5.495%) Capacity Management
5 5 (5.495%) ITIL
6 4 (4.396%) Programme Management
6 4 (4.396%) Network Management
6 4 (4.396%) Product Management
6 4 (4.396%) Project Planning
7 3 (3.297%) Network Planning
7 3 (3.297%) Network Architecture
7 3 (3.297%) Incident Management
7 3 (3.297%) Load Balancing
7 3 (3.297%) Integration Testing
7 3 (3.297%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (3.297%) Service Delivery
7 3 (3.297%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (2.198%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.297%) SQL
2 1 (1.099%) VB
2 1 (1.099%) C
Qualifications
1 22 (24.18%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (14.29%) CCNA
3 8 (8.791%) CCIE
3 8 (8.791%) CCNP
3 8 (8.791%) Security Cleared
4 6 (6.593%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.396%) Degree
6 3 (3.297%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (3.297%) CCSP
6 3 (3.297%) CCDA
6 3 (3.297%) CCDP
6 3 (3.297%) CISSP
6 3 (3.297%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.198%) CCIP
7 2 (2.198%) HNC
7 2 (2.198%) JNCIP
7 2 (2.198%) JNCIE
8 1 (1.099%) JNCIS
8 1 (1.099%) CCDE
8 1 (1.099%) Check Point Certification
System Software
1 5 (5.495%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.198%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.099%) Snort
3 1 (1.099%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.099%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (2.198%) OpenView
2 1 (1.099%) Nessus
Vendors
1 33 (36.26%) Cisco
2 17 (18.68%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 13 (14.29%) Juniper
4 8 (8.791%) Ericsson
5 6 (6.593%) Huawei
6 5 (5.495%) Nokia
7 4 (4.396%) Nortel
7 4 (4.396%) Microsoft
7 4 (4.396%) CheckPoint
7 4 (4.396%) 3Com
8 3 (3.297%) HP
9 2 (2.198%) Oracle
9 2 (2.198%) Mapinfo
9 2 (2.198%) BT
9 2 (2.198%) VMware
9 2 (2.198%) F5
9 2 (2.198%) Sourcefire
10 1 (1.099%) ProCurve
10 1 (1.099%) Actix
10 1 (1.099%) ArcSight
Reading, Thames Valley
This position is required to provide physical geographic network engineering presence at the HQ in TVP (Reading), UK for regional network design, implementation, and support activities. The vendor'...
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Key Skills Required: -ITIL Qualified -3rd Line Support experience in a Microsoft Infrastructure -A Prince 2 Practitioner with demonstrated experience of multi discipline implementations -Experience with working with...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £30 - £33 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Key Skills Required: -ITIL Qualified -3rd Line Support experience in a Microsoft Infrastructure -A Prince 2 Practitioner with demonstrated experience of multi discipline implementations -Experience with working with...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Epsom, South East
IT Consultant- Mimecast, Azure, VMWare, Virtualisation, AD...Our client, a storage solutions and software licensing specialist based in Surrey, is seeking a consultant to assist them with a...
E-Resourcing
Rate: £250 - £350 per day + Very open to negotiation
Posted: 14 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
An experienced developer in high Java... Experience of working with Linux platforms. Experience of C# Desirable... Knowledge of IP network design / implementation... Experience of SNMP and generating MIBs...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
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