The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Specialist
Rank 89 93 70
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 3 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.234% 0.125% 0.183%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.246% 0.132% 0.194%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £350 £420 £291
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +44.20%
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £400 £313
% change year-on-year
+3.12% +28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 -
% change year-on-year
-23.28% -
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1218 1519 1029
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.86% 94.70% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 840 477
Average daily rate £313 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £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 64 67 76
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 £10.64 £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 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Specialist
Yorkshire

Network Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Network Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Network Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Network Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Network Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Network Specialist
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 -6 2 £350 -16.66%
Halifax - 1 - -
Network Specialist
Yorkshire

Network Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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.

1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) vSphere
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) CCDP
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Nokia
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008

Network Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCIE
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) CCDP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) vSphere
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Nokia
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat