Network Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Network Consultant role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bracknell Brentford Buckinghamshire Cheltenham City of London County Antrim Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Farnborough Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North West Northern Ireland Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Reading Scotland Slough South East South West Staffordshire Surrey Swindon UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	441	489
Rank change on same period last year	+48
Matching contract IT job ads	103	155
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.163 %	0.165 %
As % of the category below	0.185 %	0.181 %
Daily rates quoted	39	37
Average minimum daily rate	£402	£390
Average daily rate	£419	£414
% change on same period last year	+0.98 %
Average maximum daily rate	£435	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£439	£410
% change on same period last year	+7.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£50.45	£28.57
Average hourly rate	£51.82	£29.97
% change on same period last year	+72.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£53.18	£31.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£57.50	£28.08
% change on same period last year	+104.75 %
Job Titles UK
Matching contract IT job ads	55630	85607
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	88.21 %	91.12 %
Daily rates quoted	17458	25635
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£387
Average daily rate	£389	£411
% change on same period last year	-5.49 %
Average maximum daily rate	£414	£436
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	5376	7663
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.08	£23.31
Average hourly rate	£23.53	£24.87
% change on same period last year	-5.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.99	£26.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Network Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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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 Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
England	+36	98	£419	+0.72 %
South East	+30	35	£455	+14.90 %
London	+72	29	£383	-8.99 %
Berkshire	+17	19	£479	+45.17 %
South West	+31	14	£412	-0.42 %
Hertfordshire	+39	9	£400	-
East of England	+37	9	£400	-
West Midlands	+27	8	-	-
Buckinghamshire	+10	7	£421	-
Milton Keynes	+2	7	£421	-
Cheltenham	-	4	£371	-
Gloucestershire	-	4	£371	-
Wiltshire	+4	4	£453	+3.65 %
City of London	+4	3	£488	-2.50 %
Surrey	+35	3	-	-
Reading	-	3	£500	-
Slough	+7	3	-	-
Swindon	-2	3	£490	+12.05 %
Scotland	-	3	-	-
Northern Ireland	+1	2	-	-
Oxford	-	2	£325	-
County Antrim	+1	2	-	-
Belfast	+1	2	-	-
Bracknell	-	2	£490	-
Oxfordshire	-	2	£325	-
Staffordshire	-	2	-	-
Hampshire	+2	2	-	-
East Midlands	+22	2	-	-
M4 Corridor	-	1	£375	-
Midlands	+19	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Network Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 127 (58.53 %) Cisco 2 82 (37.79 %) Cisco Certification 3 76 (35.02 %) LAN 4 75 (34.56 %) Firewall 5 74 (34.10 %) WAN 6 41 (18.89 %) CCNP 6 41 (18.89 %) Network Design 7 35 (16.13 %) Security Cleared 8 33 (15.21 %) MPLS 9 32 (14.75 %) CCIE 10 31 (14.29 %) Network Security 11 30 (13.82 %) Cisco PIX 11 30 (13.82 %) CheckPoint 12 29 (13.36 %) Migration 13 28 (12.90 %) Telecoms

14 27 (12.44 %) Windows 15 23 (10.60 %) SC Cleared 16 22 (10.14 %) Finance 17 20 (9.217 %) Microsoft 17 20 (9.217 %) VoIP 18 19 (8.756 %) VLAN 19 18 (8.295 %) VPN 19 18 (8.295 %) Active Directory 20 17 (7.834 %) BGP 21 15 (6.912 %) Nokia 21 15 (6.912 %) CCNA 22 14 (6.452 %) OSPF 22 14 (6.452 %) Government 23 13 (5.991 %) CCDP 24 12 (5.530 %) NetScreen

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Network Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (1.382 %) CSS 2 1 (0.461 %) JSP 2 1 (0.461 %) XML 2 1 (0.461 %) VXML 2 1 (0.461 %) XML Messaging 2 1 (0.461 %) Application Packaging 2 1 (0.461 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 11 (5.069 %) MS Exchange 2 6 (2.765 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 4 (1.843 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 3 (1.382 %) SharePoint 5 2 (0.922 %) IIS 6 1 (0.461 %) GroupWise 6 1 (0.461 %) Office Communications Server
Applications 1 6 (2.765 %) MS Excel 2 2 (0.922 %) MS PowerPoint 2 2 (0.922 %) MS Office 2 2 (0.922 %) Spreadsheet 3 1 (0.461 %) CA Clarity 3 1 (0.461 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 76 (35.02 %) LAN 2 75 (34.56 %) Firewall 3 74 (34.10 %) WAN 4 33 (15.21 %) MPLS 5 31 (14.29 %) Network Security 6 30 (13.82 %) Cisco PIX 7 20 (9.217 %) VoIP 8 19 (8.756 %) VLAN 9 18 (8.295 %) VPN 10 17 (7.834 %) BGP 11 14 (6.452 %) OSPF 12 12 (5.530 %) NetScreen 13 11 (5.069 %) Cisco ASA 13 11 (5.069 %) Internet 13 11 (5.069 %) SAN 14 9 (4.147 %) Intranet 15 8 (3.687 %) SSL 15 8 (3.687 %) EIGRP 15 8 (3.687 %) TCP/IP 16 7 (3.226 %) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (2.304 %) SQL Server 2 4 (1.843 %) DB2 3 1 (0.461 %) Crystal Reports 3 1 (0.461 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 1 (0.461 %) SQL Server Analysis Services	Development Applications 1 4 (1.843 %) TestDirector 2 1 (0.461 %) MSI
General 1 28 (12.90 %) Telecoms 2 22 (10.14 %) Finance 3 14 (6.452 %) Government 4 7 (3.226 %) Retail 5 6 (2.765 %) Legal 6 5 (2.304 %) Banking 7 4 (1.843 %) Insurance 8 3 (1.382 %) Auditing 9 2 (0.922 %) Financial Institution 9 2 (0.922 %) Criminal Justice 9 2 (0.922 %) Education 10 1 (0.461 %) Electric 10 1 (0.461 %) Military 10 1 (0.461 %) Law 10 1 (0.461 %) Multimedia 10 1 (0.461 %) Investment Banking	Miscellaneous 1 9 (4.147 %) Clustering 2 4 (1.843 %) N-Tier 2 4 (1.843 %) Video Conferencing 3 2 (0.922 %) Italian Language 3 2 (0.922 %) Fat Client 3 2 (0.922 %) CESG 3 2 (0.922 %) Thin Client 4 1 (0.461 %) Blackberry 4 1 (0.461 %) Management Information System 4 1 (0.461 %) AVVID 4 1 (0.461 %) IPTV 4 1 (0.461 %) PDA 4 1 (0.461 %) Statistics 4 1 (0.461 %) Computer Science 4 1 (0.461 %) MPEG 4 1 (0.461 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 27 (12.44 %) Windows 2 11 (5.069 %) Windows Server 2003 3 5 (2.304 %) Solaris 3 5 (2.304 %) Windows XP 4 3 (1.382 %) UNIX 4 3 (1.382 %) Linux 4 3 (1.382 %) Windows Vista 5 2 (0.922 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 2 (0.922 %) Red Hat Linux 5 2 (0.922 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 41 (18.89 %) Network Design 2 35 (16.13 %) Security Cleared 3 29 (13.36 %) Migration 4 23 (10.60 %) SC Cleared 5 12 (5.530 %) ITIL 6 11 (5.069 %) DV Cleared 7 9 (4.147 %) Network Planning 7 9 (4.147 %) Project Management 7 9 (4.147 %) Risk Management 8 8 (3.687 %) Configuration Management 8 8 (3.687 %) Load Balancing 9 7 (3.226 %) Performance Management 10 6 (2.765 %) PRINCE2 11 5 (2.304 %) CRM 12 4 (1.843 %) Supplier Management 13 3 (1.382 %) Service Delivery 13 3 (1.382 %) Problem Management 13 3 (1.382 %) Risk Assessment 14 2 (0.922 %) Operations Management 14 2 (0.922 %) Validation
Programming Languages 1 6 (2.765 %) SQL 2 2 (0.922 %) C 3 1 (0.461 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 82 (37.79 %) Cisco Certification 2 41 (18.89 %) CCNP 3 32 (14.75 %) CCIE 4 15 (6.912 %) CCNA 5 13 (5.991 %) CCDP 6 8 (3.687 %) CCIP 7 5 (2.304 %) CCSP 7 5 (2.304 %) MCSE 7 5 (2.304 %) Microsoft Certification 8 4 (1.843 %) CCDA 8 4 (1.843 %) CCSE 8 4 (1.843 %) CCSA 8 4 (1.843 %) Degree 9 2 (0.922 %) PRINCE2 Certification 9 2 (0.922 %) Citrix Certification 9 2 (0.922 %) CCEA 9 2 (0.922 %) CISSP 10 1 (0.461 %) ISEB 10 1 (0.461 %) CCA 10 1 (0.461 %) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.843 %) COBIT 2 3 (1.382 %) ISO27001 3 1 (0.461 %) JSP 440 3 1 (0.461 %) COSO 3 1 (0.461 %) ISO17799 3 1 (0.461 %) SLA 3 1 (0.461 %) BS7799	System Software 1 18 (8.295 %) Active Directory 2 5 (2.304 %) NFS 2 5 (2.304 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 3 (1.382 %) ISA Server 4 2 (0.922 %) NetBackup 5 1 (0.461 %) Xen 5 1 (0.461 %) Novell eDirectory 5 1 (0.461 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management 1 5 (2.304 %) OpenView 2 3 (1.382 %) MOM 2 3 (1.382 %) SCCM 3 2 (0.922 %) SCOM 3 2 (0.922 %) BMC PATROL 3 2 (0.922 %) MIMEsweeper 3 2 (0.922 %) OVOW 4 1 (0.461 %) Netcool	Vendors 1 127 (58.53 %) Cisco 2 30 (13.82 %) CheckPoint 3 20 (9.217 %) Microsoft 4 15 (6.912 %) Nokia 5 12 (5.530 %) VMware 6 11 (5.069 %) Juniper 6 11 (5.069 %) Oracle 6 11 (5.069 %) HP 6 11 (5.069 %) Citrix 7 9 (4.147 %) Symantec 8 8 (3.687 %) SAP 9 6 (2.765 %) Avaya 10 5 (2.304 %) Sun 10 5 (2.304 %) Nortel 10 5 (2.304 %) Crossbeam 11 4 (1.843 %) Websense 11 4 (1.843 %) Siebel 12 3 (1.382 %) Ericsson 12 3 (1.382 %) OPNET 12 3 (1.382 %) Blue Coat