The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Architect 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 Yorkshire 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 Architect
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Job Titles
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
244 248 283
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 92.78% 95.02% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 131 168
Average daily rate £306 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.43% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £166 £165 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 22 31
Average hourly rate £14.50 £22.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.09% -26.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Architect
Yorkshire

Network Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire Network Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Network Architect Daily Rate Trend

Network Architect
Top 24 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCDA
1 1 (100.00%) Intel
1 1 (100.00%) Nortel
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) ProxySG
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) Nortel Alteon
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) FWSM

Network Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) Nortel Alteon
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) FWSM
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCDA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Intel
1 1 (100.00%) Nortel
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) F5