The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 23 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 Southampton 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 26 27 26
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 11 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 3.704% 2.564% 0.529%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.901% 2.715% 0.549%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 1
Average daily rate - £350 £205
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +70.73%
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.63 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £31.44
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -28.43%
All Job Titles
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
282 221 182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 94.95% 94.44% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 114 77
Average daily rate £324 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 51 32
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +12.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £8.03
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Engineer
Hampshire

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Southampton Network Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 14 (93.33%) Cisco
2 12 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (73.33%) CCNA
4 10 (66.67%) VoIP
4 10 (66.67%) Mitel
5 9 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
5 9 (60.00%) CheckPoint
5 9 (60.00%) Firewall
6 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
6 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
6 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange
6 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (20.00%) Network Security
6 3 (20.00%) Network Design
6 3 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (13.33%) LAN
7 2 (13.33%) WAN
7 2 (13.33%) CCNP
8 1 (6.667%) Avaya
8 1 (6.667%) Apple
8 1 (6.667%) IPsec
8 1 (6.667%) Migration
8 1 (6.667%) 3Com
8 1 (6.667%) VMware
8 1 (6.667%) IPv4
8 1 (6.667%) MPLS
8 1 (6.667%) BGP
8 1 (6.667%) EIGRP

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) VoIP
2 9 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
2 9 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (20.00%) Network Security
3 3 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (13.33%) LAN
4 2 (13.33%) WAN
5 1 (6.667%) IPsec
5 1 (6.667%) IPv4
5 1 (6.667%) MPLS
5 1 (6.667%) BGP
5 1 (6.667%) EIGRP
5 1 (6.667%) Ethernet
5 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
5 1 (6.667%) VPN
5 1 (6.667%) WLAN
5 1 (6.667%) VLAN
5 1 (6.667%) IP Telephony
5 1 (6.667%) WAAS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) UNIX
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
1 1 (6.667%) HPUX
1 1 (6.667%) Solaris
1 1 (6.667%) Linux
1 1 (6.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (6.667%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) SQL
1 1 (6.667%) Python
1 1 (6.667%) Korn
1 1 (6.667%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.667%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (73.33%) CCNA
3 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) CCNP
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Cisco
2 10 (66.67%) Mitel
3 9 (60.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (6.667%) Avaya
4 1 (6.667%) Apple
4 1 (6.667%) 3Com
4 1 (6.667%) VMware
4 1 (6.667%) Oracle
4 1 (6.667%) Polycom