The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Support 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 Network Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Support Engineer
Rank 215 219 244
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 9 20 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.115% 0.197% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.125% 0.214% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 6
Average daily rate £265 £140 £281
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+89.28% -50.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £140 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £306 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £165 £265
% change year-on-year
+60.60% -37.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
Average hourly rate £24.50 £16.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.48% -34.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.25 £16.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+77.27% -34.00%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
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 577 716 825
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Support Engineer
England

Network Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Network Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Network Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Network Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Support Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Network Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Network Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Network Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Network Support Engineer
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 Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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 +17 4 £350 -
Hampshire -8 4 £265 -
West Sussex +15 1 £250 +78.57%
Network Support Engineer
England

Network Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Network Support 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 Network Support Engineer in their job title.

1 11 (42.31%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (38.46%) CCNP
2 10 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 10 (38.46%) BGP
3 9 (34.62%) MPLS
3 9 (34.62%) CCNA
3 9 (34.62%) LAN
3 9 (34.62%) WAN
3 9 (34.62%) Root Cause Analysis
4 8 (30.77%) UMTS
4 8 (30.77%) GPRS
4 8 (30.77%) GSM
4 8 (30.77%) TCP/IP
4 8 (30.77%) Cisco
5 7 (26.92%) Ethernet
5 7 (26.92%) EIGRP
5 7 (26.92%) Migration
5 7 (26.92%) Project Management
5 7 (26.92%) Network Design
6 6 (23.08%) SS7
6 6 (23.08%) UNIX
6 6 (23.08%) Integration Testing
6 6 (23.08%) SIGTRAN
7 5 (19.23%) Firewall
8 4 (15.38%) Wireless
8 4 (15.38%) CheckPoint
8 4 (15.38%) Linux
9 3 (11.54%) DHCP
9 3 (11.54%) Blue Coat
9 3 (11.54%) Cisco IOS

Network Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Network Support 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 Network Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (7.692%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Office
2 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) BGP
2 9 (34.62%) MPLS
2 9 (34.62%) LAN
2 9 (34.62%) WAN
3 8 (30.77%) UMTS
3 8 (30.77%) GPRS
3 8 (30.77%) GSM
3 8 (30.77%) TCP/IP
4 7 (26.92%) Ethernet
4 7 (26.92%) EIGRP
5 6 (23.08%) SS7
5 6 (23.08%) SIGTRAN
6 5 (19.23%) Firewall
7 4 (15.38%) Wireless
8 3 (11.54%) DHCP
8 3 (11.54%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (11.54%) Network Security
8 3 (11.54%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (11.54%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (7.692%) HSPA
General
1 10 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.692%) Finance
3 1 (3.846%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) SecurID
1 2 (7.692%) Handset
1 2 (7.692%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) UNIX
2 4 (15.38%) Linux
3 2 (7.692%) Windows
3 2 (7.692%) VMS
4 1 (3.846%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Root Cause Analysis
2 7 (26.92%) Migration
2 7 (26.92%) Project Management
2 7 (26.92%) Network Design
3 6 (23.08%) Integration Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Network Management
5 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.846%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) Shell Script
1 2 (7.692%) C
1 2 (7.692%) Perl
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (38.46%) CCNP
3 9 (34.62%) CCNA
4 1 (3.846%) CCIP
4 1 (3.846%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.846%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.846%) NDS
1 1 (3.846%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Cisco
2 4 (15.38%) CheckPoint
3 3 (11.54%) Blue Coat
4 2 (7.692%) NetScout
4 2 (7.692%) Agilent
4 2 (7.692%) TippingPoint
4 2 (7.692%) Anite
4 2 (7.692%) Nokia
5 1 (3.846%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.846%) Remedy
5 1 (3.846%) TIBCO
5 1 (3.846%) Nokia Siemens Networks
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