The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Network Specialist 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 Specialist 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 Specialist
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank490545499
Rank change year-on-year
Up+55Down-46
Matching contract IT job ads893637
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.150 %0.059 %0.067 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.162 %0.063 %0.073 %
Number of daily rates quoted431717
Average daily rate£400£340£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.64 %-24.44 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£263£257£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£513£435£560
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£333£300
% change year-on-year
+20.30 %+10.83 %
Number of hourly rates quoted412
Average hourly rate£34.50£41.00£26.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.85 %+53.99 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.05£41.00£21.93
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.50£41.00£31.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.50-£20.75
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 Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Network Specialist Demand Trend

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Network Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Network Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

Network Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Network Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Network Specialist
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 Specialist 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+5277£400+17.64 %
LondonUp+5040£465+32.85 %
City of LondonUp+5125£420+55.55 %
South EastUp+816£425+30.76 %
East of EnglandUp+713£400+3.89 %
EssexNew entry-11£400-
HampshireUp+1110£426-2.68 %
WalesNew entry-8£295-
FarnboroughUp+105£427-2.51 %
BerkshireDown-93£375-
YorkshireDown-123£348+19.31 %
West MidlandsDown-133--
South WalesNew entry-3£250-
PortsmouthNew entry-3--
CardiffNew entry-3£250-
SurreyUp+22--
West YorkshireDown-182£420+44.20 %
LeedsDown-202£420+115.38 %
WarwickshireNew entry-2--
ScotlandNew entry-2--
North WestNew entry-2£283-
HertfordshireDown-81--
South WestDown-211--
West SussexNew entry-1£375-
WiltshireNew entry-1--
East AngliaNew entry-1--
LancashireNew entry-1£366-
South YorkshireNew entry-1£275-
CheshireNew entry-1£200-
FifeNew entry-1--

Network Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

194 (75.20 %)Cisco
267 (53.60 %)Firewall
346 (36.80 %)Cisco Certification
440 (32.00 %)LAN
539 (31.20 %)CCNP
637 (29.60 %)CheckPoint
733 (26.40 %)Linux
832 (25.60 %)Security Cleared
931 (24.80 %)Network Security
931 (24.80 %)WAN
1030 (24.00 %)SC Cleared
1129 (23.20 %)Juniper
1129 (23.20 %)BGP
1228 (22.40 %)OSPF
1228 (22.40 %)VLAN
1327 (21.60 %)VMware
1425 (20.00 %)HP
1523 (18.40 %)Citrix
1622 (17.60 %)DNS
1622 (17.60 %)MPLS
1622 (17.60 %)Cisco IOS
1720 (16.00 %)DHCP
1720 (16.00 %)VoIP
1720 (16.00 %)Windows
1819 (15.20 %)CCNA
1918 (14.40 %)Cisco ASA
1918 (14.40 %)F5
2016 (12.80 %)VMware Infrastructure
2016 (12.80 %)BIG-IP
2016 (12.80 %)CCIE

Network Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (0.800 %)Tivoli Directory Integrator
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (1.600 %)MS Exchange
12 (1.600 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (0.800 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (0.800 %)MS Project
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
167 (53.60 %)Firewall
240 (32.00 %)LAN
331 (24.80 %)Network Security
331 (24.80 %)WAN
429 (23.20 %)BGP
528 (22.40 %)OSPF
528 (22.40 %)VLAN
622 (17.60 %)DNS
622 (17.60 %)MPLS
622 (17.60 %)Cisco IOS
720 (16.00 %)DHCP
720 (16.00 %)VoIP
818 (14.40 %)Cisco ASA
916 (12.80 %)BIG-IP
916 (12.80 %)IPsec
1015 (12.00 %)VPN
1114 (11.20 %)NetScreen
1212 (9.600 %)TCP/IP
1311 (8.800 %)Cisco Nexus
1410 (8.000 %)SAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (0.800 %)Data Warehouse
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
115 (12.00 %)Telecoms
26 (4.800 %)Finance
32 (1.600 %)Law
41 (0.800 %)Banking
41 (0.800 %)Local Government
41 (0.800 %)Legal
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (10.40 %)Fat Client
113 (10.40 %)Thin Client
25 (4.000 %)Replication
33 (2.400 %)Open Source
42 (1.600 %)Mainframe
51 (0.800 %)CCTV
51 (0.800 %)Video Conferencing
51 (0.800 %)IVR
51 (0.800 %)PMI
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
133 (26.40 %)Linux
220 (16.00 %)Windows
312 (9.600 %)UNIX
43 (2.400 %)Solaris
52 (1.600 %)Windows 2000
52 (1.600 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (1.600 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
52 (1.600 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (0.800 %)CentOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (11.20 %)E-Commerce
114 (11.20 %)Load Balancing
212 (9.600 %)Network Management
39 (7.200 %)ITIL
47 (5.600 %)Network Design
56 (4.800 %)Stakeholder Management
56 (4.800 %)Risk Assessment
64 (3.200 %)Disaster Recovery
73 (2.400 %)Penetration Testing
73 (2.400 %)Security Architecture
82 (1.600 %)Project Management
82 (1.600 %)Configuration Management
82 (1.600 %)Service Management
82 (1.600 %)Service Delivery
82 (1.600 %)ITSM
82 (1.600 %)Migration
82 (1.600 %)Risk Management
82 (1.600 %)Information Security
82 (1.600 %)Network Architecture
82 (1.600 %)High Availability
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
115 (12.00 %)C
22 (1.600 %)Perl
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
146 (36.80 %)Cisco Certification
239 (31.20 %)CCNP
332 (25.60 %)Security Cleared
430 (24.00 %)SC Cleared
519 (15.20 %)CCNA
616 (12.80 %)CCIE
715 (12.00 %)CCVP
811 (8.800 %)Degree
811 (8.800 %)CCSE
811 (8.800 %)CCSA
93 (2.400 %)DV Cleared
93 (2.400 %)CCDP
102 (1.600 %)CCDA
102 (1.600 %)ISEB
102 (1.600 %)Microsoft Certification
102 (1.600 %)ISEB Practitioner
111 (0.800 %)JNCIA
111 (0.800 %)Check Point Certification
111 (0.800 %)ITIL Certification
111 (0.800 %)PMI Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.000 %)SLA
21 (0.800 %)ISO/IEC 27001
21 (0.800 %)QA
21 (0.800 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
116 (12.80 %)VMware Infrastructure
27 (5.600 %)VMware ESX
33 (2.400 %)Active Directory
42 (1.600 %)VMware ESXi
51 (0.800 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (0.800 %)vSphere
51 (0.800 %)Terminal Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (7.200 %)Netcool
23 (2.400 %)Zenoss
23 (2.400 %)Nagios
23 (2.400 %)OpenView
32 (1.600 %)Tivoli NetView
32 (1.600 %)Cisco CUCM
32 (1.600 %)OMEGAMON
41 (0.800 %)Windows Storage Server
41 (0.800 %)SCCM
41 (0.800 %)SCOM
41 (0.800 %)NetBackup
41 (0.800 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.800 %)Cisco IPCC
41 (0.800 %)Tivoli
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
194 (75.20 %)Cisco
237 (29.60 %)CheckPoint
329 (23.20 %)Juniper
427 (21.60 %)VMware
525 (20.00 %)HP
623 (18.40 %)Citrix
718 (14.40 %)F5
815 (12.00 %)Nokia
914 (11.20 %)Blue Coat
1013 (10.40 %)Infoblox
1013 (10.40 %)Imperva
1112 (9.600 %)McAfee
128 (6.400 %)Brocade
137 (5.600 %)Avaya
145 (4.000 %)EMC
145 (4.000 %)Microsoft
154 (3.200 %)NetApp
163 (2.400 %)Websense
172 (1.600 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
181 (0.800 %)SolarWinds