The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Support 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 Support in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Support
Rank 477 443 468
Rank change year-on-year
-34 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 64 127 134
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.133% 0.219% 0.215%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.144% 0.237% 0.233%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 57 44
Average daily rate £263 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £140 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £385 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £225 £265
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -15.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 33
Average hourly rate £25.00 £16.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.51% -13.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.60 £12.15 £12.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £22.20 £25.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £16.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+51.51% -13.15%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44347 53663 57608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.47% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 25564 29628 31510
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 2099 2560 2964
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.19 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%

Network Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Network Support Jobs Demand Trend

Network Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Network Support Daily Rate Trend

Network Support
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Support within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Network Support Daily Rate Histogram

Network Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Network Support Hourly Rate Trend

Network Support
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Support within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Network Support Hourly Rate Histogram

Network Support
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 Support within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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 -44 59 £263 -4.54% 34
South East -1 17 £283 +6.60% 11
London -1 17 £274 -19.41% 12
West Midlands +9 8 £214 -12.75% 4
Berkshire +22 7 £300 - 1
East of England +21 7 £255 +45.71% 2
City of London +3 6 £274 -24.93% 3
Hampshire -14 6 £210 -23.63% 5
East Midlands +1 5 £263 +45.83% 1
Birmingham +10 4 £238 +58.33% 1
Lincolnshire - 4 £263 -
Lincoln - 4 £263 -
Hertfordshire +22 3 £240 -
Yorkshire +6 3 - - 2
Kent -1 3 - - 2
Scotland -11 3 £305 +17.30%
Aberdeen - 3 £305 -
North West +16 2 £275 - 1
West Yorkshire +2 2 - - 2
Cheshire -1 2 £275 -
Leeds -4 2 - -
Crewe - 2 £275 -
Reading - 2 £300 -
Nottingham -4 1 £290 - 1
Nottinghamshire -5 1 £290 - 1
Southampton -14 1 - - 2
Sheffield - 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £240 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - - 1

Network Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Network Support 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 Support in their job title.

1 74 (55.64%) Cisco
2 55 (41.35%) Cisco Certification
3 52 (39.10%) LAN
4 48 (36.09%) CCNA
5 46 (34.59%) WAN
6 45 (33.83%) Firewall
7 40 (30.08%) Windows
8 39 (29.32%) TCP/IP
9 31 (23.31%) Wireless
10 28 (21.05%) Telecoms
11 27 (20.30%) CCNP
12 24 (18.05%) BGP
12 24 (18.05%) VoIP
13 23 (17.29%) Microsoft
14 22 (16.54%) ITIL
14 22 (16.54%) CheckPoint
15 21 (15.79%) MPLS
15 21 (15.79%) VPN
16 20 (15.04%) Active Directory
17 18 (13.53%) DNS
17 18 (13.53%) HP
17 18 (13.53%) Juniper
17 18 (13.53%) EIGRP
17 18 (13.53%) Windows Server 2008
18 17 (12.78%) VMware
19 15 (11.28%) Windows Server 2003
19 15 (11.28%) DHCP
19 15 (11.28%) MS Exchange
20 13 (9.774%) SAN
20 13 (9.774%) Blue Coat

Network Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Network Support 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 Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (0.752%) CSS
1 1 (0.752%) WAP
1 1 (0.752%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 15 (11.28%) MS Exchange
2 8 (6.015%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (3.759%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (2.256%) SharePoint
5 3 (2.256%) IIS
6 1 (0.752%) Lync
6 1 (0.752%) Apache
6 1 (0.752%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.752%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 11 (8.271%) MS Office
2 6 (4.511%) MS Excel
3 4 (3.008%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.752%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.752%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 52 (39.10%) LAN
2 46 (34.59%) WAN
3 45 (33.83%) Firewall
4 39 (29.32%) TCP/IP
5 31 (23.31%) Wireless
6 24 (18.05%) BGP
6 24 (18.05%) VoIP
7 21 (15.79%) MPLS
7 21 (15.79%) VPN
8 18 (13.53%) DNS
8 18 (13.53%) EIGRP
9 15 (11.28%) DHCP
10 13 (9.774%) SAN
11 11 (8.271%) IP Telephony
11 11 (8.271%) Ethernet
11 11 (8.271%) WLAN
12 10 (7.519%) Internet
12 10 (7.519%) VLAN
13 9 (6.767%) OSPF
14 8 (6.015%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.504%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.752%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.752%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (1.504%) JIRA
1 2 (1.504%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (1.504%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 28 (21.05%) Telecoms
2 7 (5.263%) Finance
3 3 (2.256%) Local Government
3 3 (2.256%) Law
4 2 (1.504%) Retail
5 1 (0.752%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.752%) French Language
5 1 (0.752%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.752%) Advertising
5 1 (0.752%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.504%) Handset
1 2 (1.504%) CMDB
1 2 (1.504%) NHS
1 2 (1.504%) Firmware
1 2 (1.504%) ASIC
1 2 (1.504%) Smartcard
2 1 (0.752%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (0.752%) FMCG
2 1 (0.752%) SecurID
2 1 (0.752%) PKI
2 1 (0.752%) e-Health
2 1 (0.752%) Clustering
2 1 (0.752%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 40 (30.08%) Windows
2 18 (13.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (11.28%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (7.519%) Windows XP
5 6 (4.511%) Linux
5 6 (4.511%) Windows 7
6 5 (3.759%) UNIX
7 3 (2.256%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.752%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.752%) HPUX
8 1 (0.752%) Solaris
8 1 (0.752%) VMS
8 1 (0.752%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.752%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (0.752%) CentOS
8 1 (0.752%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.752%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (16.54%) ITIL
2 10 (7.519%) Project Management
3 9 (6.767%) Migration
4 8 (6.015%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (5.263%) Network Management
5 7 (5.263%) Problem Management
5 7 (5.263%) Network Design
6 6 (4.511%) Change Management
6 6 (4.511%) Load Balancing
7 3 (2.256%) Configuration Management
7 3 (2.256%) Integration Testing
8 2 (1.504%) Incident Management
8 2 (1.504%) Release Management
8 2 (1.504%) Time Management
8 2 (1.504%) QMS
8 2 (1.504%) PRINCE
8 2 (1.504%) Service Management
8 2 (1.504%) Quality Management
8 2 (1.504%) Process Management
8 2 (1.504%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.767%) SQL
2 4 (3.008%) Perl
3 3 (2.256%) VB
3 3 (2.256%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.504%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.504%) C
5 1 (0.752%) Java
Qualifications
1 55 (41.35%) Cisco Certification
2 48 (36.09%) CCNA
3 27 (20.30%) CCNP
4 9 (6.767%) Security Cleared
5 8 (6.015%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (6.015%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.759%) MCSE
6 5 (3.759%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (3.008%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.256%) Degree
9 2 (1.504%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.504%) CCIP
9 2 (1.504%) CCIE
10 1 (0.752%) VCP5
10 1 (0.752%) CCSP
10 1 (0.752%) CCDA
10 1 (0.752%) CCDP
10 1 (0.752%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.752%) Check Point Certification
10 1 (0.752%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.759%) SLA
2 1 (0.752%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 1 (0.752%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (15.04%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.767%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.008%) ProxySG
3 4 (3.008%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.504%) XenServer
5 1 (0.752%) UAG
5 1 (0.752%) vSphere
5 1 (0.752%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (0.752%) XenApp
5 1 (0.752%) NDS
5 1 (0.752%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 4 (3.008%) SCOM
2 3 (2.256%) SCCM
2 3 (2.256%) WSUS
3 2 (1.504%) DameWare
3 2 (1.504%) MOM
4 1 (0.752%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.752%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.752%) OpenView
4 1 (0.752%) Netcool
4 1 (0.752%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 74 (55.64%) Cisco
2 23 (17.29%) Microsoft
3 22 (16.54%) CheckPoint
4 18 (13.53%) HP
4 18 (13.53%) Juniper
5 17 (12.78%) VMware
6 13 (9.774%) Blue Coat
7 7 (5.263%) ProCurve
8 6 (4.511%) Nokia
8 6 (4.511%) Citrix
8 6 (4.511%) F5
9 5 (3.759%) SolarWinds
9 5 (3.759%) Avaya
10 4 (3.008%) CA
11 3 (2.256%) EMC
11 3 (2.256%) Nortel
11 3 (2.256%) Finjan
11 3 (2.256%) Mitel
12 2 (1.504%) Anite
12 2 (1.504%) Brocade
Norwich, East Anglia
Norwich-Network Support Role. £16-20 hr (3 month contract - to become permanent) Must have skills in: Cisco (Routers, firewalls, and switches)- CCNA. LAN/WAN. ITIL... To find...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 22 May 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
My client is looking for someone with the following skills and expereince: CCNA qualified. Working knowledge of using Cisco routers and switches. Active Directory. Exchange Server. Good working...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 30 May 2013
Manchester, North West
To be considered for the post, you must have: Minimum 2 years network troubleshooting experience (TCP/IP, Routers, Switches, etc) Administration and diagnostic skills on Microsoft Exchange Server...
Computer Futures
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Within a 120+ server and SAN environment, covering application, file and print, VMware and Citrix servers... Mimimum skills required:- Windows Server 200. Active Directory. Citrix Server XenApp. VMware...
Sanderson
Rate: £180 - £210 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Within a 120+ server and SAN environment, covering application, file and print, VMware and Citrix servers... Mimimum skills required:- Windows Server 200. Active Directory. Citrix Server XenApp. VMware.
Sanderson
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hampshire, South East
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £175 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
Hampshire
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £14 - £17 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
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