The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Network Analyst 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 Analyst 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 Analyst
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank438440423
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Down-17
Matching contract IT job ads141141113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.238 %0.230 %0.205 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.257 %0.248 %0.223 %
Number of daily rates quoted967252
Average daily rate£400£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£195£210£169
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£441£375£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£300£325
% change year-on-year
-8.33 %-7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted72421
Average hourly rate£22.50£20.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50 %-11.11 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.20£14.50£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£26.10£35.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.75£19.00£24.75
% change year-on-year
+9.21 %-23.23 %
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 Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Network Analyst Demand Trend

Network Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Network Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Network Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Network Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Network Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Network Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Network Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Network Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Network Analyst
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Analyst 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+22133£425+41.66 %
LondonUp+4677£425+41.66 %
South EastUp+1132£275-8.33 %
City of LondonUp+3623£425+41.66 %
HampshireUp+1314£275-
SouthamptonNew entry-11£275-
BerkshireDown-106£248-17.50 %
East of EnglandDown-146£190-36.13 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-6£280-
Milton KeynesNew entry-6£280-
YorkshireDown-75£280-
HertfordshireDown-125£190-35.59 %
East MidlandsDown-44£178-
ScotlandDown-74£325+23.80 %
West YorkshireDown-154--
NewburyNew entry-4£375-
South WalesUp+33£303-6.92 %
North EastUp+23--
Tyne and WearDown-13--
WalesDown-13£303-6.92 %
CardiffDown-13£303-6.92 %
West SussexDown-53£325+25.00 %
West MidlandsDown-163£163-
EdinburghNo change02£325+23.80 %
GatwickNew entry-2£325-
MiddlesexNew entry-2--
WolverhamptonNew entry-2£150-
Docklands, LondonUp+321£300-34.42 %
EssexUp+51£175-
ReadingUp+21£120-58.26 %

Network Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1144 (59.26 %)Firewall
2127 (52.26 %)Cisco
3101 (41.56 %)WAN
497 (39.92 %)CheckPoint
594 (38.68 %)TCP/IP
675 (30.86 %)LAN
772 (29.63 %)Cisco Certification
867 (27.57 %)Blue Coat
965 (26.75 %)DNS
1063 (25.93 %)Nokia
1159 (24.28 %)VoIP
1258 (23.87 %)CCNA
1356 (23.05 %)VPN
1452 (21.40 %)Juniper
1452 (21.40 %)Infoblox
1547 (19.34 %)Network Security
1547 (19.34 %)Finance
1646 (18.93 %)Linux
1745 (18.52 %)Cisco ASA
1842 (17.28 %)UNIX
1941 (16.87 %)Wireless
2040 (16.46 %)Java
2139 (16.05 %)HTTPS
2238 (15.64 %)Perl
2336 (14.81 %)HTML
2336 (14.81 %)ActiveX
2336 (14.81 %)Internet
2435 (14.40 %)ITIL
2435 (14.40 %)SecurID
2533 (13.58 %)French Language

Network Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
136 (14.81 %)HTML
136 (14.81 %)ActiveX
210 (4.115 %)XML
34 (1.646 %)J2EE
34 (1.646 %)CSS
42 (0.823 %).NET
42 (0.823 %)SOAP
42 (0.823 %)Web Services
42 (0.823 %)EDIFACT
51 (0.412 %)Django
51 (0.412 %)FIX Protocol
51 (0.412 %)cXML
51 (0.412 %)ASP
51 (0.412 %)ASP.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (2.881 %)MS Exchange
25 (2.058 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (1.235 %)IIS
42 (0.823 %)Lync
51 (0.412 %)Exchange Server 2000
51 (0.412 %)SAS
51 (0.412 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (4.115 %)MS Excel
28 (3.292 %)MS Office
28 (3.292 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.412 %)assyst
11 (0.412 %)Misys Midas
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1144 (59.26 %)Firewall
2101 (41.56 %)WAN
394 (38.68 %)TCP/IP
475 (30.86 %)LAN
565 (26.75 %)DNS
659 (24.28 %)VoIP
756 (23.05 %)VPN
847 (19.34 %)Network Security
945 (18.52 %)Cisco ASA
1041 (16.87 %)Wireless
1139 (16.05 %)HTTPS
1236 (14.81 %)Internet
1330 (12.35 %)MPLS
1428 (11.52 %)Reverse Proxy
1526 (10.70 %)LDAP
1625 (10.29 %)Intranet
1724 (9.877 %)Cisco IOS
1823 (9.465 %)Cisco PIX
1823 (9.465 %)SSL
1922 (9.053 %)OSPF
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (1.646 %)ETL
14 (1.646 %)MySQL
23 (1.235 %)SQL Server
31 (0.412 %)SQL Server 2008
31 (0.412 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.412 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (1.235 %)Talend Open Studio
22 (0.823 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.412 %)Git (software)
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
147 (19.34 %)Finance
233 (13.58 %)French Language
325 (10.29 %)Banking
420 (8.230 %)Telecoms
512 (4.938 %)Investment Banking
68 (3.292 %)Private Banking
75 (2.058 %)Front Office
84 (1.646 %)Law
84 (1.646 %)Publishing
92 (0.823 %)Retail
92 (0.823 %)Billing
101 (0.412 %)Portuguese Language
101 (0.412 %)Russian Language
101 (0.412 %)Arabic Language
101 (0.412 %)Games
101 (0.412 %)Back Office
101 (0.412 %)Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
135 (14.40 %)SecurID
223 (9.465 %)Wiki
310 (4.115 %)Management Information System
45 (2.058 %)Video Conferencing
45 (2.058 %)Fixed Income
45 (2.058 %)Equities
54 (1.646 %)e-Health
54 (1.646 %)Data Integration
62 (0.823 %)PKI
62 (0.823 %)IVR
71 (0.412 %)Mathematics
71 (0.412 %)Computer Science
71 (0.412 %)iSeries
71 (0.412 %)Hedge funds
71 (0.412 %)SWIFT
71 (0.412 %)Replication
71 (0.412 %)E-Learning
71 (0.412 %)Blackberry
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
146 (18.93 %)Linux
242 (17.28 %)UNIX
324 (9.877 %)Windows
47 (2.881 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (2.058 %)Solaris
64 (1.646 %)Windows XP
64 (1.646 %)Windows Server 2008
71 (0.412 %)Mac OS
71 (0.412 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.412 %)Windows CE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
135 (14.40 %)ITIL
221 (8.642 %)Load Balancing
319 (7.819 %)Project Management
418 (7.407 %)Change Control
512 (4.938 %)Information Security
512 (4.938 %)Network Design
610 (4.115 %)Service Management
79 (3.704 %)Network Management
79 (3.704 %)Business Analysis
88 (3.292 %)Security Management
88 (3.292 %)Service Delivery
88 (3.292 %)Product Management
88 (3.292 %)Use Case
97 (2.881 %)SIEM
106 (2.469 %)E-Commerce
106 (2.469 %)Risk Management
115 (2.058 %)Disaster Recovery
115 (2.058 %)Penetration Testing
124 (1.646 %)Business Intelligence
124 (1.646 %)OO
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
140 (16.46 %)Java
238 (15.64 %)Perl
36 (2.469 %)Python
45 (2.058 %)Shell Script
53 (1.235 %)SQL
62 (0.823 %)VBScript
71 (0.412 %)PowerShell
71 (0.412 %)R
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
172 (29.63 %)Cisco Certification
258 (23.87 %)CCNA
330 (12.35 %)CCNP
417 (6.996 %)Security Cleared
512 (4.938 %)SC Cleared
611 (4.527 %)CCIE
74 (1.646 %)Microsoft Certification
74 (1.646 %)CCSP
74 (1.646 %)MCSE
74 (1.646 %)Degree
83 (1.235 %)HNC
83 (1.235 %)HND
92 (0.823 %)ISEB
92 (0.823 %)CCSE
92 (0.823 %)ISTQB
92 (0.823 %)JNCIA
92 (0.823 %)CISM
92 (0.823 %)DV Cleared
101 (0.412 %)NVQ Level 3
101 (0.412 %)CISA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (8.230 %)SLA
26 (2.469 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.412 %)QA
31 (0.412 %)ISO/IEC 27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
113 (5.350 %)Active Directory
28 (3.292 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (2.881 %)ISA Server
43 (1.235 %)VMware ESX
52 (0.823 %)UAG
52 (0.823 %)XenApp
52 (0.823 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (0.412 %)vSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (4.115 %)Cacti
29 (3.704 %)OpenView
36 (2.469 %)Cisco CUCM
45 (2.058 %)CiscoWorks
53 (1.235 %)Tivoli
53 (1.235 %)Unicenter
62 (0.823 %)Nagios
71 (0.412 %)SCCM
71 (0.412 %)HP Quality Center
71 (0.412 %)Puppet
71 (0.412 %)CFEngine
71 (0.412 %)NetBackup
71 (0.412 %)Legato
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1127 (52.26 %)Cisco
297 (39.92 %)CheckPoint
367 (27.57 %)Blue Coat
463 (25.93 %)Nokia
552 (21.40 %)Juniper
552 (21.40 %)Infoblox
627 (11.11 %)HP
723 (9.465 %)Microsoft
820 (8.230 %)F5
918 (7.407 %)VMware
1014 (5.761 %)Avaya
1113 (5.350 %)Remedy
1113 (5.350 %)Riverbed
1212 (4.938 %)Citrix
139 (3.704 %)EMC
148 (3.292 %)Infovista
157 (2.881 %)Websense
166 (2.469 %)Fortinet
175 (2.058 %)Polycom
175 (2.058 %)Aruba