The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 28 26 26
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 7 6 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 2.612% 2.290% 3.203%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.800% 2.410% 3.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 1
Average daily rate £355 £313 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.60% +38.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £303 £300
% change year-on-year
-2.47% +0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
Average hourly rate £12.00 - £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -29.68%
All Job Titles
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
250 249 270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 93.28% 95.04% 96.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 134 158
Average daily rate £300 £290 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -10.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £225
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 30 19 31
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% -30.00%
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 Engineer
Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire Network Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Network Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Network 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 Engineer within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Doncaster +5 6 £355 +13.60%
Network Engineer
Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited Network 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 13 (86.67%) Cisco
2 8 (53.33%) Network Design
2 8 (53.33%) Network Security
3 7 (46.67%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (40.00%) LAN
4 6 (40.00%) VoIP
5 5 (33.33%) WAN
5 5 (33.33%) CCNP
5 5 (33.33%) CCNA
5 5 (33.33%) Firewall
5 5 (33.33%) SLA
5 5 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
5 5 (33.33%) Cisco UCCX
6 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (26.67%) CheckPoint
6 4 (26.67%) OSPF
6 4 (26.67%) BGP
6 4 (26.67%) VPN
7 3 (20.00%) DNS
7 3 (20.00%) Juniper
7 3 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (13.33%) Network Management
8 2 (13.33%) Blue Coat
8 2 (13.33%) Load Balancing
8 2 (13.33%) VRRP
8 2 (13.33%) Finance
8 2 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (13.33%) Nokia
8 2 (13.33%) MPLS

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited Network 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Network Security
2 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (40.00%) LAN
2 6 (40.00%) VoIP
3 5 (33.33%) WAN
3 5 (33.33%) Firewall
4 4 (26.67%) OSPF
4 4 (26.67%) BGP
4 4 (26.67%) VPN
5 3 (20.00%) DNS
5 3 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (13.33%) VRRP
6 2 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (13.33%) MPLS
7 1 (6.667%) L2TP
7 1 (6.667%) TACACS
7 1 (6.667%) DHCP
7 1 (6.667%) HTTP
7 1 (6.667%) SNMP
7 1 (6.667%) Broadband
General
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) SecurID
1 1 (6.667%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Network Design
2 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Network Management
3 2 (13.33%) Load Balancing
4 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.667%) Change Management
4 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
4 1 (6.667%) ITIL
4 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
4 1 (6.667%) Project Management
4 1 (6.667%) Network Load Balancing
4 1 (6.667%) Information Assurance
4 1 (6.667%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (33.33%) CCNP
2 5 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (6.667%) CCIE
3 1 (6.667%) CCSP
3 1 (6.667%) CISSP
3 1 (6.667%) JNCIS
3 1 (6.667%) JNCIP
3 1 (6.667%) JNCIE
3 1 (6.667%) CCSE
3 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
1 5 (33.33%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Cisco
2 4 (26.67%) CheckPoint
3 3 (20.00%) Juniper
4 2 (13.33%) Blue Coat
4 2 (13.33%) Nokia
5 1 (6.667%) BT
5 1 (6.667%) NetScout
5 1 (6.667%) TippingPoint