The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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.

Senior Network Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank502537507
Rank change year-on-year
Up+35Down-30
Matching contract IT job ads754132
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.128 %0.068 %0.058 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.139 %0.074 %0.063 %
Number of daily rates quoted402317
Average daily rate£350£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£238£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£328£330
% change year-on-year
+6.87 %-0.75 %
Number of hourly rates quoted021
Average hourly rate-£60.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+200.00 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£60.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-+200.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
540465575050709
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK92.46 %92.67 %91.88 %
Number of daily rates quoted297953035424474
Average daily rate£400£425£413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88 %+3.03 %
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 quoted258528802752
Average hourly rate£18.50£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50 %+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£10.58
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£41.25£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+11.11 %

Senior Network Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Senior Network Engineer Demand Trend

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Network Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Network Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

Senior Network Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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+2765£350-12.50 %
LondonUp+3529£450-5.26 %
South EastUp+1314£350+7.69 %
City of LondonUp+2410£463-5.12 %
North WestNew entry-8£300-
HampshireNew entry-7£350-
ManchesterNew entry-7£300-
ScotlandUp+115£305-15.86 %
ReadingUp+14£350-
BerkshireDown-44£350+600.00 %
SouthamptonNew entry-4£350-
GlasgowNew entry-4£305-
North EastNew entry-4£350-
East of EnglandDown-33£350-
South WestDown-203£395+75.55 %
Tyne and WearNew entry-3£350-
FarnboroughNew entry-3£350-
HertfordshireDown-32£350-
YorkshireDown-192£325-
StainesUp+91--
SurreyUp+51--
South YorkshireUp+21£325-
West SussexDown-31--
BristolDown-141£395+75.55 %
MidlandsNew entry-1--
West YorkshireNew entry-1--
SuffolkNew entry-1--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1--
UxbridgeNew entry-1£200-
Newcastle upon TyneNew entry-1--

Senior Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer in their job title.

1111 (78.72 %)Cisco
290 (63.83 %)Cisco Certification
371 (50.35 %)Firewall
456 (39.72 %)WAN
554 (38.30 %)Juniper
649 (34.75 %)CCNP
747 (33.33 %)LAN
845 (31.91 %)Cisco ASA
938 (26.95 %)BGP
1034 (24.11 %)CheckPoint
1034 (24.11 %)OSPF
1034 (24.11 %)CCNA
1132 (22.70 %)SNMP
1227 (19.15 %)CCIE
1227 (19.15 %)VoIP
1227 (19.15 %)Load Balancing
1324 (17.02 %)TCP/IP
1324 (17.02 %)VPN
1423 (16.31 %)Wireless
1423 (16.31 %)Network Security
1522 (15.60 %)Security Cleared
1621 (14.89 %)F5
1621 (14.89 %)Windows
1720 (14.18 %)Telecoms
1720 (14.18 %)Cisco PIX
1819 (13.48 %)Network Management
1918 (12.77 %)SC Cleared
1918 (12.77 %)Microsoft
2017 (12.06 %)DNS
2017 (12.06 %)MPLS

Senior Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (2.128 %)HTML
13 (2.128 %)CGI
22 (1.418 %)CSS
31 (0.709 %)Tivoli Directory Integrator
31 (0.709 %)Forefront TMG
31 (0.709 %)SAX
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (1.418 %)Apache
12 (1.418 %)MS Exchange
12 (1.418 %)Exchange Server 2010
21 (0.709 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (0.709 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (0.709 %)Lync
21 (0.709 %)SharePoint
21 (0.709 %)Tomcat
21 (0.709 %)GroupWise
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (2.837 %)MS Visio
22 (1.418 %)MS Excel
31 (0.709 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
171 (50.35 %)Firewall
256 (39.72 %)WAN
347 (33.33 %)LAN
445 (31.91 %)Cisco ASA
538 (26.95 %)BGP
634 (24.11 %)OSPF
732 (22.70 %)SNMP
827 (19.15 %)VoIP
924 (17.02 %)TCP/IP
924 (17.02 %)VPN
1023 (16.31 %)Wireless
1023 (16.31 %)Network Security
1120 (14.18 %)Cisco PIX
1217 (12.06 %)DNS
1217 (12.06 %)MPLS
1314 (9.929 %)Cisco IOS
1314 (9.929 %)SSL
1413 (9.220 %)WLAN
1413 (9.220 %)EIGRP
1413 (9.220 %)Cisco Nexus
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (2.837 %)MySQL
22 (1.418 %)SQL Server
31 (0.709 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (1.418 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (14.18 %)Telecoms
215 (10.64 %)Finance
215 (10.64 %)Banking
36 (4.255 %)Investment Banking
42 (1.418 %)Military
42 (1.418 %)Retail
51 (0.709 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (4.965 %)Video Conferencing
25 (3.546 %)PKI
34 (2.837 %)Clustering
34 (2.837 %)e-Health
43 (2.128 %)Computer Science
52 (1.418 %)NHS
61 (0.709 %)Statistics
61 (0.709 %)Hedge funds
61 (0.709 %)EqualLogic
61 (0.709 %)Firmware
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
121 (14.89 %)Windows
28 (5.674 %)Linux
28 (5.674 %)UNIX
28 (5.674 %)Windows Server 2008
34 (2.837 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (0.709 %)Windows 7
41 (0.709 %)NetWare
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
127 (19.15 %)Load Balancing
219 (13.48 %)Network Management
315 (10.64 %)Network Design
413 (9.220 %)ITIL
510 (7.092 %)Migration
510 (7.092 %)WAN Optimisation
68 (5.674 %)Configuration Management
68 (5.674 %)Root Cause Analysis
77 (4.965 %)Capacity Planning
77 (4.965 %)Project Management
77 (4.965 %)Service Management
84 (2.837 %)Business Continuity
84 (2.837 %)Systems Analysis
84 (2.837 %)Technical Architecture
93 (2.128 %)Information Security
102 (1.418 %)Service Delivery
102 (1.418 %)Change Management
102 (1.418 %)Disaster Recovery
102 (1.418 %)Network Architecture
102 (1.418 %)Network Load Balancing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
110 (7.092 %)SQL
24 (2.837 %)C
33 (2.128 %)JavaScript
33 (2.128 %)Perl
33 (2.128 %)Tcl
33 (2.128 %)Shell Script
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
190 (63.83 %)Cisco Certification
249 (34.75 %)CCNP
334 (24.11 %)CCNA
427 (19.15 %)CCIE
522 (15.60 %)Security Cleared
618 (12.77 %)SC Cleared
713 (9.220 %)Microsoft Certification
713 (9.220 %)MCSE
812 (8.511 %)CCDP
99 (6.383 %)Degree
107 (4.965 %)DV Cleared
116 (4.255 %)CCVP
125 (3.546 %)JNCIS
125 (3.546 %)JNCIE
125 (3.546 %)CCSP
134 (2.837 %)CCSE
143 (2.128 %)CCSA
143 (2.128 %)JNCIP
143 (2.128 %)CISSP
143 (2.128 %)CCIP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (4.255 %)SLA
23 (2.128 %)ISO/IEC 27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (2.837 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (2.128 %)Hyper-V
23 (2.128 %)Active Directory
32 (1.418 %)VMware ESX
32 (1.418 %)UAG
41 (0.709 %)vSphere
41 (0.709 %)ISA Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (4.965 %)CiscoWorks
26 (4.255 %)Tivoli
35 (3.546 %)OpenView
35 (3.546 %)Netcool
44 (2.837 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
44 (2.837 %)Netcool/Webtop
44 (2.837 %)HP NNM
53 (2.128 %)Cisco CUCM
53 (2.128 %)Cisco UCCX
61 (0.709 %)Cisco UCCE
61 (0.709 %)vCenter
61 (0.709 %)SolarWinds Orion
61 (0.709 %)ZENworks
61 (0.709 %)Backup Exec
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1111 (78.72 %)Cisco
254 (38.30 %)Juniper
334 (24.11 %)CheckPoint
421 (14.89 %)F5
518 (12.77 %)Microsoft
617 (12.06 %)SolarWinds
716 (11.35 %)VMware
814 (9.929 %)HP
911 (7.801 %)Nortel
109 (6.383 %)Blue Coat
118 (5.674 %)Riverbed
118 (5.674 %)TippingPoint
125 (3.546 %)Brocade
125 (3.546 %)IBM
125 (3.546 %)Citrix
134 (2.837 %)Avaya
134 (2.837 %)Opsware
143 (2.128 %)Infoblox
143 (2.128 %)McAfee
143 (2.128 %)Nokia