The first table below looks at the demand for Network Planning skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Planning over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Planning
Rank 510 473 502
Rank change year-on-year
-37 +29
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 44 117 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.090% 0.201% 0.137%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.127% 0.295% 0.203%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 10
Average daily rate £413 £300 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% -38.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £289 £231 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £583 £570 £591
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £290 £500
% change year-on-year
+24.13% -42.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 2
Average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -70.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-2.63% -70.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34628 39600 41874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.14% 68.19% 67.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20769 22604 23882
Average daily rate £413 £400 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -6.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 996 1271 1448
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.11 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

Network Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Planning within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Network Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Network Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

Network Planning Daily Rate Trend

Network Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Planning within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Network Planning Daily Rate Histogram

Network Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Network Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Network Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Planning within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Network Planning Hourly Rate Histogram

Network Planning
Top 21 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Planning within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -51 35 £425 +41.66% 6
South East -12 17 £400 +29.03%
Berkshire 0 9 £425 +41.66%
London +21 5 £588 +43.29% 5
West Midlands -15 3 £310 +10.71%
Surrey - 3 £360 -
City of London +8 2 £588 -2.08% 3
Birmingham +8 2 - -
Buckinghamshire -1 2 - -
Leatherhead - 2 £360 -
South West +25 1 £475 +59.66%
Wiltshire - 1 £475 -
Bracknell - 1 £425 -
Bristol - - - -
Chippenham - - - -
Reading - - - -
Stratford-upon-Avon - - - -
Warwickshire - - - -
M4 Corridor - - - -
North West - - - -
Hammersmith - - - -

Network Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Network Planning also 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 that cited Network Planning.

1 48 (56.47%) Telecoms
2 35 (41.18%) 3G
3 30 (35.29%) 2G
4 21 (24.71%) LTE
5 16 (18.82%) Cramer
6 15 (17.65%) SDH
7 13 (15.29%) GSM
7 13 (15.29%) Ethernet
7 13 (15.29%) Degree
8 12 (14.12%) ATM
8 12 (14.12%) SAP
8 12 (14.12%) Radio Access Network
9 11 (12.94%) HND
9 11 (12.94%) Microsoft
9 11 (12.94%) Network Design
10 10 (11.76%) SAP APO
10 10 (11.76%) MS Excel
10 10 (11.76%) UMTS
10 10 (11.76%) Capacity Planning
11 9 (10.59%) UTRAN
11 9 (10.59%) Wireless
11 9 (10.59%) 2.5G
11 9 (10.59%) BSS
11 9 (10.59%) Huawei
12 8 (9.412%) GPRS
12 8 (9.412%) SOA
12 8 (9.412%) Oracle
13 7 (8.235%) Ericsson
13 7 (8.235%) Cisco
13 7 (8.235%) RNC

Network Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Network Planning also 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 that cited Network Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (5.882%) .NET
2 4 (4.706%) .NET Framework
3 2 (2.353%) WCF
4 1 (1.176%) WPF
4 1 (1.176%) Silverlight
4 1 (1.176%) SOAP
4 1 (1.176%) XML
4 1 (1.176%) XSD
4 1 (1.176%) ActiveMQ
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.706%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 10 (11.76%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.529%) Maya
3 2 (2.353%) MS Office
3 2 (2.353%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (11.76%) SAP APO
2 1 (1.176%) SAP PP
2 1 (1.176%) SAP SCM
2 1 (1.176%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 35 (41.18%) 3G
2 30 (35.29%) 2G
3 21 (24.71%) LTE
4 15 (17.65%) SDH
5 13 (15.29%) GSM
5 13 (15.29%) Ethernet
6 12 (14.12%) ATM
6 12 (14.12%) Radio Access Network
7 10 (11.76%) UMTS
8 9 (10.59%) 2.5G
8 9 (10.59%) BSS
8 9 (10.59%) UTRAN
8 9 (10.59%) Wireless
9 8 (9.412%) GPRS
10 7 (8.235%) RNC
11 5 (5.882%) WiMAX
11 5 (5.882%) 4G
12 4 (4.706%) DSL
12 4 (4.706%) MPLS
12 4 (4.706%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.059%) GIS
2 1 (1.176%) MS Access
General
1 48 (56.47%) Telecoms
2 4 (4.706%) Finance
3 3 (3.529%) Billing
3 3 (3.529%) German Language
4 2 (2.353%) French Language
5 1 (1.176%) Electronics
5 1 (1.176%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 11 (12.94%) Network Engineer
1 11 (12.94%) Network Planner
2 10 (11.76%) Consultant
3 8 (9.412%) SAP Consultant
3 8 (9.412%) SAP APO Consultant
4 7 (8.235%) Radio Engineer
4 7 (8.235%) Transmission Engineer
5 6 (7.059%) Radio Network Engineer
5 6 (7.059%) GIS Technician
6 5 (5.882%) Transmission Planning Engineer
7 4 (4.706%) RF Engineer
7 4 (4.706%) Developer
7 4 (4.706%) C# Developer
8 3 (3.529%) 3G Engineer
8 3 (3.529%) Transmission Planner
8 3 (3.529%) .NET Developer
8 3 (3.529%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (2.353%) .NET Software Developer
9 2 (2.353%) IP Engineer
9 2 (2.353%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.706%) FMCG
2 2 (2.353%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.176%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.176%) Cryptography
3 1 (1.176%) Statistics
3 1 (1.176%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.353%) Windows
1 2 (2.353%) Solaris
1 2 (2.353%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (12.94%) Network Design
2 10 (11.76%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (9.412%) SOA
4 6 (7.059%) B2B
4 6 (7.059%) CAD
4 6 (7.059%) Workflow
4 6 (7.059%) Workflow Management
4 6 (7.059%) Data Entry
5 4 (4.706%) Performance Management
5 4 (4.706%) SAP Implementation
5 4 (4.706%) Validation
6 3 (3.529%) Project Management
6 3 (3.529%) Data Analysis
6 3 (3.529%) CRM
6 3 (3.529%) Business Analysis
6 3 (3.529%) Network Architecture
6 3 (3.529%) Network Management
7 2 (2.353%) Demand Management
7 2 (2.353%) Capacity Management
7 2 (2.353%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.882%) C#
2 4 (4.706%) SQL
3 2 (2.353%) Java
3 2 (2.353%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.176%) VB
4 1 (1.176%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (15.29%) Degree
2 11 (12.94%) HND
3 5 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.706%) CCNP
5 2 (2.353%) CCNA
6 1 (1.176%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.882%) SLA
2 1 (1.176%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.176%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (2.353%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 16 (18.82%) Cramer
2 12 (14.12%) SAP
3 11 (12.94%) Microsoft
4 9 (10.59%) Huawei
5 8 (9.412%) Oracle
6 7 (8.235%) Cisco
6 7 (8.235%) Ericsson
7 6 (7.059%) BT
8 3 (3.529%) Mapinfo
8 3 (3.529%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 2 (2.353%) NEC
9 2 (2.353%) Nokia
9 2 (2.353%) IBM
10 1 (1.176%) Juniper
10 1 (1.176%) Genesys
10 1 (1.176%) Ariba
10 1 (1.176%) Brocade
10 1 (1.176%) NetScout
10 1 (1.176%) Tandberg
10 1 (1.176%) Actix
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