The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architect
Rank 90 89 66
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 1 5 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.079% 0.309% 0.714%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.326% 0.760%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 6
Average daily rate - £358 £513
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -30.24%
UK excluding London average daily rate £430 £431 £450
% change year-on-year
-0.28% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1203 1535 1053
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.80% 94.87% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 849 480
Average daily rate £313 £338 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £210 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 65 78
Average hourly rate £12.75 £12.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.59 £10.30 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Network Architect
Yorkshire

Network Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Network Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Network Architect across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Network Architect Daily Rate Trend

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Network Architect across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Network Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Network Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leeds -12 1 - -
Network Architect
Yorkshire

Network Architect
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Network Architect 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 Architect in their job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) CCIE
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) Riverbed
4 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) F5
4 1 (20.00%) WAN Optimisation
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Fujitsu

Network Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Network Architect 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCIE
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Riverbed
3 1 (20.00%) F5
3 1 (20.00%) Fujitsu