South West Network Support Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Network Support role in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Support in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Crewe Cumbria Devon Docklands, London Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Greenford Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Leeds Leicestershire London Lowestoft Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Sandbach Scotland Sevenoaks Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South West Staffordshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	127	136
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	20	35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.029 %	0.036 %
As % of the category below	0.469 %	0.619 %
Daily rates quoted	0	4
Average minimum daily rate	-	£213
Average daily rate	-	£241
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£270
UK excluding London average daily rate	£214	£290
% change on same period last year	-25.99 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.00	£15.27
Average hourly rate	£23.50	£15.27
% change on same period last year	+53.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	£15.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.59	£20.97
% change on same period last year	-1.82 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4265	5654
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.078 %	5.847 %
Daily rates quoted	1214	1430
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£337
Average daily rate	£368	£356
% change on same period last year	+3.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£353
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	604	674
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.26	£25.23
Average hourly rate	£26.99	£26.82
% change on same period last year	+0.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.73	£28.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.64	£25.03
% change on same period last year	-5.56 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Network Support across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Support across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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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 within the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Bristol	+6	5	-	-
Wiltshire	+2	5	-	-
Devon	+11	4	-	-
Gloucestershire	-8	3	-	-
Somerset	+2	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Network Support 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 in their job title.

1 20 (54.05 %) Windows 2 18 (48.65 %) Cisco 3 16 (43.24 %) WAN 3 16 (43.24 %) LAN 3 16 (43.24 %) Windows Server 2003 4 11 (29.73 %) Cisco Certification 5 10 (27.03 %) Active Directory 6 9 (24.32 %) CheckPoint 6 9 (24.32 %) Windows XP 6 9 (24.32 %) CCNA 6 9 (24.32 %) Firewall 7 8 (21.62 %) VPN 8 7 (18.92 %) Microsoft 8 7 (18.92 %) Windows 2000 9 6 (16.22 %) MS Exchange

9 6 (16.22 %) Backup Exec 10 5 (13.51 %) VMware 10 5 (13.51 %) VLAN 10 5 (13.51 %) DNS 10 5 (13.51 %) DHCP 10 5 (13.51 %) Citrix 11 4 (10.81 %) VoIP 11 4 (10.81 %) CCNP 11 4 (10.81 %) SQL 11 4 (10.81 %) IIS 11 4 (10.81 %) Telecoms 11 4 (10.81 %) Cisco PIX 11 4 (10.81 %) Windows 2000 Server 12 3 (8.108 %) Network Security 12 3 (8.108 %) SC Cleared

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Network Support 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 in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (2.703 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 6 (16.22 %) MS Exchange 2 4 (10.81 %) IIS 3 3 (8.108 %) Lotus Notes 4 2 (5.405 %) SharePoint 4 2 (5.405 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 1 (2.703 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 3 (8.108 %) MS Excel 2 1 (2.703 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 16 (43.24 %) LAN 1 16 (43.24 %) WAN 2 9 (24.32 %) Firewall 3 8 (21.62 %) VPN 4 5 (13.51 %) DNS 4 5 (13.51 %) DHCP 4 5 (13.51 %) VLAN 5 4 (10.81 %) Cisco PIX 5 4 (10.81 %) VoIP 6 3 (8.108 %) SAN 6 3 (8.108 %) Network Security 7 2 (5.405 %) TCP/IP 7 2 (5.405 %) OSPF 7 2 (5.405 %) BGP 7 2 (5.405 %) EIGRP 8 1 (2.703 %) ISDN 8 1 (2.703 %) Internet 8 1 (2.703 %) DWDM 8 1 (2.703 %) WLAN 8 1 (2.703 %) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.703 %) SQL Server 1 1 (2.703 %) Crystal Reports	General 1 4 (10.81 %) Telecoms 2 2 (5.405 %) Government 2 2 (5.405 %) Law 3 1 (2.703 %) Electric
Operating Systems 1 20 (54.05 %) Windows 2 16 (43.24 %) Windows Server 2003 3 9 (24.32 %) Windows XP 4 7 (18.92 %) Windows 2000 5 4 (10.81 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 3 (8.108 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (8.108 %) SC Cleared 1 3 (8.108 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (5.405 %) Disaster Recovery 3 1 (2.703 %) Migration 3 1 (2.703 %) PRINCE2 3 1 (2.703 %) Project Management 3 1 (2.703 %) Change Management
Programming Languages 1 4 (10.81 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 11 (29.73 %) Cisco Certification 2 9 (24.32 %) CCNA 3 4 (10.81 %) CCNP 4 2 (5.405 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (5.405 %) CCSA 5 1 (2.703 %) CCSE 5 1 (2.703 %) Degree 5 1 (2.703 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 1 (2.703 %) CCIP 5 1 (2.703 %) CCA 5 1 (2.703 %) Citrix Certification 5 1 (2.703 %) MCP 5 1 (2.703 %) MCSE 5 1 (2.703 %) MCSA 5 1 (2.703 %) CCIE 5 1 (2.703 %) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (8.108 %) SLA 2 1 (2.703 %) JSP 440	System Software 1 10 (27.03 %) Active Directory 2 6 (16.22 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (5.405 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (2.703 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 2 (5.405 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (2.703 %) Tivoli 2 1 (2.703 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 18 (48.65 %) Cisco 2 9 (24.32 %) CheckPoint 3 7 (18.92 %) Microsoft 4 5 (13.51 %) Citrix 4 5 (13.51 %) VMware 5 3 (8.108 %) VERITAS 5 3 (8.108 %) Lotus 6 1 (2.703 %) Ericsson 6 1 (2.703 %) HP 6 1 (2.703 %) EMC 6 1 (2.703 %) Fujitsu 6 1 (2.703 %) Crossbeam