The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Operator 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 Operator in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Operator
Rank 529 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Network Operator 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

Network Operator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Network Operator Jobs Demand Trend

Network Operator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Network Operator Daily Rate Trend

Network Operator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Network Operator Hourly Rate Trend

Network Operator
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Operator within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Farnborough - 1 £275 -
England - 1 £275 -
South East - 1 £275 -
Hampshire - 1 £275 -

Network Operator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Network Operator 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 Operator in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) NAS
2 2 (66.67%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (66.67%) F5
2 2 (66.67%) Celerra
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) EMC
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) NetApp
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 2 (66.67%) NetScreen
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Debian
2 2 (66.67%) BIG-IP
3 1 (33.33%) Agilent
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) HSUPA
3 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) HSDPA
3 1 (33.33%) 2G

Network Operator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Network Operator 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 Operator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) NAS
2 2 (66.67%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) BIG-IP
2 2 (66.67%) NetScreen
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) HSDPA
3 1 (33.33%) 2G
3 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
3 1 (33.33%) CDMA
3 1 (33.33%) GPRS
3 1 (33.33%) GSM
3 1 (33.33%) 3GPP
3 1 (33.33%) UMTS
3 1 (33.33%) WCDMA
3 1 (33.33%) HSUPA
3 1 (33.33%) 3G
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Celerra
2 1 (33.33%) ASIC
2 1 (33.33%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Debian
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) EMC
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
1 2 (66.67%) NetApp
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
1 2 (66.67%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Anite
2 1 (33.33%) Agilent
Farnborough, South East
My client are a world leader in 3G and mobile technologies currently recruiting for a Test Support Engineer who possess the following mandatory technical skills (in priority order):...
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013