The first table below looks at the demand for Network Design skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 West 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 95 92 116
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +24
Contract jobs citing Network Design 6 40 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.299% 1.279% 0.396%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.444% 1.878% 0.620%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 6
Average daily rate £425 £425 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +10.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £320 £355
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £381 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.88% +1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £36.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £34.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.78% -2.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1352 2130 1935
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 67.30% 68.12% 63.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 1316 985
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 111 148
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -20.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.64 £11.46 £14.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.90 £39.00
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West Network Design Hourly Rate Trend

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 West 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
Wiltshire -20 6 £425 -
Bristol - - - - 1
Devon - - - - 6
Gloucestershire - - - -
Somerset - - - -
Network Design
England

Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 7 (77.78%) Cisco
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) Firewall
3 4 (44.44%) WAN
3 4 (44.44%) CCNP
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (44.44%) Juniper
4 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) MPLS
4 3 (33.33%) ITIL
4 3 (33.33%) ATM
4 3 (33.33%) Service Management
4 3 (33.33%) JNCIS
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) Frame Relay
5 2 (22.22%) LAN
5 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) X.21
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (11.11%) OSPF
6 1 (11.11%) BGP
6 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
6 1 (11.11%) CCDP
6 1 (11.11%) IPv6
6 1 (11.11%) VPN

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) WAN
3 3 (33.33%) MPLS
3 3 (33.33%) ATM
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (22.22%) Frame Relay
4 2 (22.22%) LAN
4 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
4 2 (22.22%) X.21
5 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (11.11%) OSPF
5 1 (11.11%) BGP
5 1 (11.11%) IPv6
5 1 (11.11%) VPN
5 1 (11.11%) IPsec
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Network Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Network Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Design Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Network Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Network Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
1 3 (33.33%) Service Management
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Network Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) CCNP
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) JNCIS
4 1 (11.11%) CCDP
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) Juniper
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Tandberg
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