The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Network Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3rd Line Network Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 advertised for the West Midlands region.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Network Engineer
Rank 93 102 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Network Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.122% 0.045% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.133% 0.048% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £240 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £245 £200 -
% change year-on-year
+22.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1508 2071 1748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.35% 92.37% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 682 946 791
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £215 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 167 154
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.10 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.22% -11.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
3rd Line Network Engineer
England

3rd Line Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands 3rd Line Network Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands 3rd Line Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

3rd Line Network Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham - 2 £240 -
3rd Line Network Engineer
England

3rd Line Network Engineer
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Network Engineer in their job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) SDH
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) DSL

3rd Line Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Network Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SDH
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) DSL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft