The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Network Administrator role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

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.

Network Administrator
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank548536512
Rank change year-on-year
Down-12Down-24
Matching contract IT job ads314524
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.052 %0.073 %0.044 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.057 %0.079 %0.047 %
Number of daily rates quoted17358
Average daily rate£375£325£200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38 %+62.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£200£175
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£405£312
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£325£200
% change year-on-year
+11.53 %+62.50 %
Number of hourly rates quoted3110
Average hourly rate£18.50£29.00£14.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.20 %+101.73 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.70£29.00£13.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.90£29.00£26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.50-£14.38
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
547785688250613
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK92.55 %92.70 %91.92 %
Number of daily rates quoted302013092924313
Average daily rate£400£425£410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88 %+3.65 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£240£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted259529252766
Average hourly rate£18.75£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25 %+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£10.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+11.11 %

Network Administrator
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Administrator within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Network Administrator Demand Trend

Network Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Network Administrator within the UK.

Network Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Network Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Administrator within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Network Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

Network Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Network Administrator within the UK.

Network Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Network Administrator
Top 29 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Administrator within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+930£375+15.38 %
LondonUp+2015£375+15.38 %
South EastUp+811£375+16.27 %
MiddlesexNew entry-3£375-
City of LondonUp+342£400+122.22 %
HampshireUp+42£350-
East of EnglandDown-42£150-
SurreyNew entry-2--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-2--
Milton KeynesNew entry-2--
FarnboroughUp+71£350-
ReadingUp+21--
EdinburghUp+11--
ScotlandDown-71--
BerkshireDown-111--
West MidlandsDown-171£225+7.14 %
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
WorcestershireNew entry-1£225-
NorthamptonshireNew entry-1--
NorthamptonNew entry-1--
CambridgeshireNew entry-1£150-
East SussexNew entry-1--
HertfordshireNew entry-1--
ReigateNew entry-1--
StainesNew entry-1--
WatfordNew entry-1--
MalvernNew entry-1£225-
BrightonNew entry-1--
CambridgeNew entry-1£150-

Network Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Network Administrator 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 Administrator in their job title.

133 (55.93 %)Firewall
229 (49.15 %)WAN
328 (47.46 %)Windows
427 (45.76 %)LAN
525 (42.37 %)Cisco
623 (38.98 %)TCP/IP
717 (28.81 %)UNIX
717 (28.81 %)Cisco Certification
717 (28.81 %)CheckPoint
717 (28.81 %)Juniper
816 (27.12 %)CCNA
816 (27.12 %)Banking
816 (27.12 %)Blue Coat
816 (27.12 %)Network Security
915 (25.42 %)Investment Banking
915 (25.42 %)CISSP
915 (25.42 %)CISM
1014 (23.73 %)DNS
1113 (22.03 %)VMware
1212 (20.34 %)Linux
1311 (18.64 %)Solaris
1410 (16.95 %)VPN
1410 (16.95 %)Active Directory
1410 (16.95 %)Remedy
1410 (16.95 %)SecurID
1410 (16.95 %)Windows Server 2008
159 (15.25 %)Disaster Recovery
159 (15.25 %)VoIP
159 (15.25 %)MS Exchange
168 (13.56 %)DHCP

Network Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Network Administrator 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 Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (1.695 %)Application Packaging
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (15.25 %)MS Exchange
27 (11.86 %)Exchange Server 2010
35 (8.475 %)Exchange Server 2007
44 (6.780 %)SharePoint
44 (6.780 %)IIS
53 (5.085 %)Exchange Server 2003
62 (3.390 %)Moodle
62 (3.390 %)Apache
62 (3.390 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
71 (1.695 %)Lotus Notes
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (10.17 %)MS Excel
24 (6.780 %)MS Office
32 (3.390 %)Office 365
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
133 (55.93 %)Firewall
229 (49.15 %)WAN
327 (45.76 %)LAN
423 (38.98 %)TCP/IP
516 (27.12 %)Network Security
614 (23.73 %)DNS
710 (16.95 %)VPN
89 (15.25 %)VoIP
98 (13.56 %)DHCP
106 (10.17 %)Cisco ASA
115 (8.475 %)Internet
115 (8.475 %)MPLS
124 (6.780 %)IPsec
124 (6.780 %)Wireless
124 (6.780 %)SAN
133 (5.085 %)Cisco PIX
142 (3.390 %)Cisco Nexus
142 (3.390 %)Cisco IOS
142 (3.390 %)VLAN
151 (1.695 %)Intranet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (10.17 %)SQL Server
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
116 (27.12 %)Banking
215 (25.42 %)Investment Banking
37 (11.86 %)Telecoms
45 (8.475 %)Finance
51 (1.695 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (16.95 %)SecurID
21 (1.695 %)CLARiiON
21 (1.695 %)Symmetrix
21 (1.695 %)SaaS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
128 (47.46 %)Windows
217 (28.81 %)UNIX
312 (20.34 %)Linux
411 (18.64 %)Solaris
510 (16.95 %)Windows Server 2008
66 (10.17 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (3.390 %)Windows 7
72 (3.390 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
72 (3.390 %)Android
72 (3.390 %)Windows XP
81 (1.695 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
19 (15.25 %)Disaster Recovery
27 (11.86 %)ITIL
34 (6.780 %)Change Management
42 (3.390 %)Network Management
42 (3.390 %)WAN Optimisation
42 (3.390 %)Project Management
51 (1.695 %)Service Delivery
51 (1.695 %)E-Commerce
51 (1.695 %)CRM
51 (1.695 %)Business Analysis
51 (1.695 %)Load Balancing
51 (1.695 %)Problem Management
51 (1.695 %)Data Analysis
51 (1.695 %)Information Management
51 (1.695 %)Asset Management
51 (1.695 %)Workflow
51 (1.695 %)Capacity Management
51 (1.695 %)Capacity Planning
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (3.390 %)PowerShell
12 (3.390 %)C
12 (3.390 %)SQL
21 (1.695 %)Shell Script
21 (1.695 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
117 (28.81 %)Cisco Certification
216 (27.12 %)CCNA
315 (25.42 %)CISSP
315 (25.42 %)CISM
45 (8.475 %)CCNP
45 (8.475 %)Security Cleared
54 (6.780 %)MCITP
63 (5.085 %)Microsoft Certification
63 (5.085 %)MCP
63 (5.085 %)SC Cleared
72 (3.390 %)MCSE
72 (3.390 %)CCA
72 (3.390 %)Citrix Certification
81 (1.695 %)CCDP
81 (1.695 %)ITIL Certification
81 (1.695 %)CCVP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.695 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
110 (16.95 %)Active Directory
25 (8.475 %)Hyper-V
25 (8.475 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (5.085 %)UAG
42 (3.390 %)VMware Server
51 (1.695 %)XenApp
51 (1.695 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (6.780 %)Cisco IPCC
21 (1.695 %)CiscoWorks
21 (1.695 %)OpenView
21 (1.695 %)WSUS
21 (1.695 %)NetBackup
21 (1.695 %)Backup Exec
21 (1.695 %)Cisco CUCM
21 (1.695 %)SolarWinds Orion
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
125 (42.37 %)Cisco
217 (28.81 %)CheckPoint
217 (28.81 %)Juniper
316 (27.12 %)Blue Coat
413 (22.03 %)VMware
510 (16.95 %)Remedy
68 (13.56 %)Microsoft
75 (8.475 %)HP
83 (5.085 %)NetApp
83 (5.085 %)Citrix
92 (3.390 %)Riverbed
92 (3.390 %)SolarWinds
92 (3.390 %)Red Hat
92 (3.390 %)Apple
101 (1.695 %)Nokia
101 (1.695 %)Veritas
101 (1.695 %)Lotus
101 (1.695 %)EMC
101 (1.695 %)Nortel
101 (1.695 %)Symantec