The first table below looks at the demand for Network Management 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 Management over the 3 months to 18 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Management
Rank 100 95 119
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +24
Contract jobs citing Network Management 10 42 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.487% 1.340% 0.265%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.726% 1.954% 0.418%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 7
Average daily rate £210 £350 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +79.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £335 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £425 £376
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £335 £298
% change year-on-year
-21.64% +12.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.75 £41.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-52.12% +17.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1378 2149 1915
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 67.06% 68.55% 63.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 1317 969
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 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 114 150
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 £12.66 £13.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £40.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Network Management
England

Network Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Network Management Jobs Demand Trend

Network Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Network Management Daily Rate Trend

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Management across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South West Network Management Daily Rate Histogram

Network Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Network Management Hourly Rate Trend

Network Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 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
Bristol +21 3 £300 - 1
Wiltshire -22 3 - - 2
Gloucestershire +24 1 - - 1
Somerset - - - -
Network Management
England

Network Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Network Management 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 Management.

1 16 (61.54%) Cisco
2 14 (53.85%) Firewall
3 12 (46.15%) LAN
3 12 (46.15%) Security Cleared
4 11 (42.31%) SolarWinds
4 11 (42.31%) SC Cleared
4 11 (42.31%) VoIP
5 10 (38.46%) ITIL
6 9 (34.62%) Wireless
6 9 (34.62%) VPN
7 8 (30.77%) HP
7 8 (30.77%) Windows
8 7 (26.92%) WAN
8 7 (26.92%) Workflow
8 7 (26.92%) Service Management
8 7 (26.92%) Change Management
8 7 (26.92%) Remedy
8 7 (26.92%) Problem Management
8 7 (26.92%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (23.08%) JSP 440
10 5 (19.23%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (19.23%) Blackberry
10 5 (19.23%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 5 (19.23%) Internet
10 5 (19.23%) Windows XP
10 5 (19.23%) Citrix
10 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
10 5 (19.23%) Handset
10 5 (19.23%) Windows 7
11 4 (15.38%) Cisco ASA

Network Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Network Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 14 (53.85%) Firewall
2 12 (46.15%) LAN
3 11 (42.31%) VoIP
4 9 (34.62%) VPN
4 9 (34.62%) Wireless
5 7 (26.92%) Cisco IOS
5 7 (26.92%) WAN
6 5 (19.23%) Internet
7 4 (15.38%) MPLS
7 4 (15.38%) OSPF
7 4 (15.38%) BGP
7 4 (15.38%) IP Telephony
7 4 (15.38%) Cisco IPT
7 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
7 4 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (15.38%) Unified Communications
7 4 (15.38%) FWSM
7 4 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (11.54%) SNMP
8 3 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Network Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (23.08%) Network Analyst
2 6 (23.08%) Analyst
2 6 (23.08%) Senior Network Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Desktop Support
4 3 (11.54%) Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Design Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Data Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Network Design Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Data Network Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Designer
6 1 (3.846%) Performance Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Information Security Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Network Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Blackberry
1 5 (19.23%) Handset
2 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.692%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.846%) e-Health
4 1 (3.846%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Windows
2 5 (19.23%) Windows XP
2 5 (19.23%) Windows 7
3 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (3.846%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) ITIL
2 7 (26.92%) Service Management
2 7 (26.92%) Change Management
2 7 (26.92%) Workflow
2 7 (26.92%) Problem Management
3 5 (19.23%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (15.38%) Information Management
4 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (11.54%) Network Load Balancing
6 2 (7.692%) UML
7 1 (3.846%) Project Management
7 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.846%) Information Security
7 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) C++
2 1 (3.846%) Perl
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 11 (42.31%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) MCDST
3 3 (11.54%) MCSE
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.846%) PMP
4 1 (3.846%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.846%) CCVP
4 1 (3.846%) CCSP
4 1 (3.846%) CCNP
4 1 (3.846%) CCIP
4 1 (3.846%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.846%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) JSP 440
2 4 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) Cisco
2 11 (42.31%) SolarWinds
3 8 (30.77%) HP
4 7 (26.92%) Remedy
5 5 (19.23%) Citrix
6 4 (15.38%) Avaya
6 4 (15.38%) CA
6 4 (15.38%) Nokia
6 4 (15.38%) CheckPoint
6 4 (15.38%) IBM
6 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 4 (15.38%) IronPort
7 3 (11.54%) VMware
7 3 (11.54%) Blue Coat
8 1 (3.846%) Oracle
8 1 (3.846%) Nortel
8 1 (3.846%) Juniper
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