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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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.

LinkNetwork Engineer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank196123131
Rank change year-on-year
Down-73Up+8
Matching contract IT job ads3784691034
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.782 %1.189 %1.258 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.855 %1.299 %1.352 %
Daily rates quoted149103257
Average daily rate£315£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£200£170
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£455£450£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£275£275
% change year-on-year
+6.810 %-
Hourly rates quoted445695
Average hourly rate£23.00£25.00£23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.000 %+6.380 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.20£16.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£36.45£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£23.63£22.25
% change year-on-year
-4.760 %+6.170 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
441973611776460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.49 %91.56 %93.02 %
Daily rates quoted201431156723643
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£213£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted252830286720
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£10.67£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %

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 Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Network Engineer Demand Trend

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Network Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Network Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Network Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Network Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
EnglandDown-72359£318+5.83 %
LondonDown-49180£350+12.90 %
South EastDown-5472£350+16.66 %
City of LondonDown-5264£438+22.37 %
North WestUp+728£240-
BerkshireDown-1626£425+112.50 %
South WestDown-1220£225-47.05 %
West MidlandsUp+618£275-
East of EnglandDown-1617£300+14.28 %
ManchesterUp+216£250-
HampshireDown-1515£250-23.66 %
ReadingUp+713£438-
SurreyDown-1113£273-
East MidlandsDown-1113£300+50.00 %
Docklands, LondonUp+110£315+14.54 %
CheshireDown-119£240-
GloucestershireUp+128£225-
NottinghamshireUp+78£250-
NottinghamUp+68£250-
HertfordshireUp+18£300+9.09 %
OxfordshireDown-28£288-
ScotlandDown-178£228+0.55 %
BasingstokeUp+36£250-28.57 %
GloucesterNo change05--
West SussexDown-55£158-
WalesUp+54£275-21.42 %
WiltshireUp+24£225-40.00 %
HerefordshireUp+14--
WarwickshireDown-64£335-
CroydonNew entry-4£250-

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1441 (66.02 %)Cisco
2285 (42.66 %)Firewall
3283 (42.37 %)Cisco Certification
4192 (28.74 %)WAN
5181 (27.10 %)LAN
6176 (26.35 %)CCNP
7134 (20.06 %)VPN
8132 (19.76 %)CCNA
9126 (18.86 %)CheckPoint
1099 (14.82 %)Juniper
1195 (14.22 %)Finance
1294 (14.07 %)Telecoms
1294 (14.07 %)Cisco ASA
1384 (12.57 %)Banking
1482 (12.28 %)Cisco PIX
1482 (12.28 %)BGP
1580 (11.98 %)Network Security
1679 (11.83 %)Security Cleared
1777 (11.53 %)CCIE
1872 (10.78 %)VoIP
1971 (10.63 %)Windows
1971 (10.63 %)OSPF
2069 (10.33 %)MPLS
2069 (10.33 %)TCP/IP
2168 (10.18 %)Nokia
2267 (10.03 %)Network Design
2346 (6.886 %)Investment Banking
2444 (6.587 %)HP
2543 (6.437 %)Wireless
2641 (6.138 %)SC Cleared

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (0.299 %)Web Services
12 (0.299 %)XML
21 (0.150 %)CSS
21 (0.150 %)WebSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (2.695 %)MS Exchange
212 (1.796 %)IIS
38 (1.198 %)Exchange Server 2003
46 (0.898 %)Apache
55 (0.749 %)Tomcat
55 (0.749 %)Exchange Server 2007
63 (0.449 %)SharePoint
72 (0.299 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.150 %)WebSphere Application Server
81 (0.150 %)CMS
81 (0.150 %)Rendezvous
81 (0.150 %)Commerce Server
81 (0.150 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
81 (0.150 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (0.150 %)Moodle
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (1.796 %)MS Visio
26 (0.898 %)MS Excel
34 (0.599 %)MS Office
42 (0.299 %)MS Project
51 (0.150 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.150 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.299 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1285 (42.66 %)Firewall
2192 (28.74 %)WAN
3181 (27.10 %)LAN
4134 (20.06 %)VPN
594 (14.07 %)Cisco ASA
682 (12.28 %)Cisco PIX
682 (12.28 %)BGP
780 (11.98 %)Network Security
872 (10.78 %)VoIP
971 (10.63 %)OSPF
1069 (10.33 %)MPLS
1069 (10.33 %)TCP/IP
1143 (6.437 %)Wireless
1239 (5.838 %)Internet
1337 (5.539 %)DNS
1337 (5.539 %)VLAN
1435 (5.240 %)Ethernet
1531 (4.641 %)3G
1626 (3.892 %)NetScreen
1626 (3.892 %)EIGRP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (1.198 %)SQL Server
25 (0.749 %)MySQL
31 (0.150 %)Ingres
31 (0.150 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (0.150 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.150 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (0.150 %)LoadRunner
11 (0.150 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
195 (14.22 %)Finance
294 (14.07 %)Telecoms
384 (12.57 %)Banking
446 (6.886 %)Investment Banking
521 (3.144 %)Government
611 (1.647 %)Manufacturing
79 (1.347 %)Financial Institution
79 (1.347 %)Auditing
88 (1.198 %)Insurance
88 (1.198 %)Education
97 (1.048 %)Health
97 (1.048 %)Law
97 (1.048 %)Legal
106 (0.898 %)Front Office
114 (0.599 %)Retail
114 (0.599 %)Publishing
114 (0.599 %)Military
123 (0.449 %)Home Office
123 (0.449 %)Back Office
132 (0.299 %)Multimedia
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
114 (2.096 %)French Language
210 (1.497 %)NHS
39 (1.347 %)Video Conferencing
48 (1.198 %)German Language
48 (1.198 %)Blackberry
54 (0.599 %)iSeries
63 (0.449 %)Mainframe
63 (0.449 %)Russian Language
63 (0.449 %)PKI
72 (0.299 %)SecurID
72 (0.299 %)Statistics
72 (0.299 %)CMDB
72 (0.299 %)Data Protection Act
72 (0.299 %)CESG
72 (0.299 %)Handset
81 (0.150 %)Firmware
81 (0.150 %)Thin Client
81 (0.150 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
81 (0.150 %)Client/Server
81 (0.150 %)VLE
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
171 (10.63 %)Windows
232 (4.790 %)Linux
331 (4.641 %)Windows Server 2003
425 (3.743 %)UNIX
516 (2.395 %)Solaris
611 (1.647 %)Windows Server 2008
78 (1.198 %)Red Hat Linux
85 (0.749 %)Windows 2000
85 (0.749 %)Windows 2000 Server
94 (0.599 %)Windows XP
103 (0.449 %)Windows NT
112 (0.299 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
112 (0.299 %)VMS
121 (0.150 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.150 %)NetWare
121 (0.150 %)AIX
121 (0.150 %)HPUX
121 (0.150 %)SUSE
121 (0.150 %)Debian
121 (0.150 %)Windows Vista
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
167 (10.03 %)Network Design
228 (4.192 %)ITIL
327 (4.042 %)Project Management
425 (3.743 %)Load Balancing
515 (2.246 %)Migration
612 (1.796 %)Disaster Recovery
710 (1.497 %)Problem Management
710 (1.497 %)PRINCE2
88 (1.198 %)Change Management
88 (1.198 %)Service Management
97 (1.048 %)Validation
97 (1.048 %)Configuration Management
97 (1.048 %)Incident Management
106 (0.898 %)Integration Testing
106 (0.898 %)Network Planning
106 (0.898 %)Service Delivery
106 (0.898 %)E-Commerce
115 (0.749 %)Data Security
124 (0.599 %)Capacity Planning
124 (0.599 %)Business Continuity
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
120 (2.994 %)C
28 (1.198 %)SQL
34 (0.599 %)PHP
43 (0.449 %)Java
52 (0.299 %)Shell Script
52 (0.299 %)Perl
52 (0.299 %)VB
61 (0.150 %)Tcl
61 (0.150 %)JavaScript
61 (0.150 %)C#
61 (0.150 %)C++
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1283 (42.37 %)Cisco Certification
2176 (26.35 %)CCNP
3132 (19.76 %)CCNA
479 (11.83 %)Security Cleared
577 (11.53 %)CCIE
641 (6.138 %)SC Cleared
715 (2.246 %)CCDP
715 (2.246 %)Microsoft Certification
715 (2.246 %)Degree
715 (2.246 %)CCSE
814 (2.096 %)MCSE
912 (1.796 %)CCSA
1011 (1.647 %)DV Cleared
119 (1.347 %)CCSP
119 (1.347 %)CCVP
128 (1.198 %)CCIP
134 (0.599 %)JNCIE
134 (0.599 %)PRINCE2 Certification
143 (0.449 %)JNCIS
143 (0.449 %)BC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (2.246 %)SLA
28 (1.198 %)QA
34 (0.599 %)ISO27001
34 (0.599 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.449 %)ISO9001
52 (0.299 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
138 (5.689 %)Active Directory
28 (1.198 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (1.048 %)VMware ESX
44 (0.599 %)Citrix Presentation Server
53 (0.449 %)MetaFrame
53 (0.449 %)ISA Server
62 (0.299 %)Terminal Server
71 (0.150 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.150 %)NFS
71 (0.150 %)ProxySG
71 (0.150 %)Squid
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
127 (4.042 %)CiscoWorks
211 (1.647 %)OpenView
36 (0.898 %)Netcool
45 (0.749 %)BMC PATROL
53 (0.449 %)Backup Exec
53 (0.449 %)SolarWinds Orion
62 (0.299 %)HP NNM
62 (0.299 %)Norton AntiVirus
71 (0.150 %)Nagios
71 (0.150 %)OpenView Configuration Management
71 (0.150 %)Tivoli
71 (0.150 %)MIMEsweeper
71 (0.150 %)Netcool/Proviso
71 (0.150 %)Cacti
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1441 (66.02 %)Cisco
2126 (18.86 %)CheckPoint
399 (14.82 %)Juniper
468 (10.18 %)Nokia
544 (6.587 %)HP
636 (5.389 %)Microsoft
733 (4.940 %)Blue Coat
823 (3.443 %)VMware
922 (3.293 %)Citrix
1019 (2.844 %)ProCurve
1118 (2.695 %)BT
1217 (2.545 %)Avaya
1217 (2.545 %)Nortel
1316 (2.395 %)IBM
1414 (2.096 %)Remedy
1511 (1.647 %)Alcatel
1511 (1.647 %)NetApp
1610 (1.497 %)SolarWinds
1610 (1.497 %)Fortinet
1610 (1.497 %)Ericsson