The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Wiltshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 44 37 45
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 4 20 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.871% 3.190% 1.105%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.935% 3.472% 1.154%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 1
Average daily rate £265 £375 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.33% +50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -29.68%
All Job Titles
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
428 576 520
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 93.25% 91.87% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 343 275
Average daily rate £400 £356 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.28% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 45 47
Average hourly rate £13.50 £23.88 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.45% -17.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.49 £14.00 £13.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Engineer
South West

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire Network Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire Network Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wiltshire Network Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

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 Network Engineer within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Swindon -13 1 £265 -29.33%
Network Engineer
South West

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region that cited 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 Network Engineer in their job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Cisco
2 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 8 (66.67%) Open Source
3 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (58.33%) CCNA
4 7 (58.33%) SNMP
4 7 (58.33%) VoIP
5 6 (50.00%) CCNP
6 5 (41.67%) WhatsUp Gold
7 4 (33.33%) Military
7 4 (33.33%) IPsec
8 3 (25.00%) ATM
8 3 (25.00%) Linux
8 3 (25.00%) JSP 440
8 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
9 2 (16.67%) JSP
9 2 (16.67%) LAN
9 2 (16.67%) Network Security
9 2 (16.67%) Windows
9 2 (16.67%) Firewall
10 1 (8.333%) Wireless
10 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (8.333%) CheckPoint
10 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (8.333%) Performance Management
10 1 (8.333%) VMware
10 1 (8.333%) VLAN
10 1 (8.333%) Load Balancing
10 1 (8.333%) Resource Management

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region that cited 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 Network Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (16.67%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
1 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) SNMP
1 7 (58.33%) VoIP
2 4 (33.33%) IPsec
3 3 (25.00%) ATM
4 2 (16.67%) LAN
4 2 (16.67%) Network Security
4 2 (16.67%) Firewall
5 1 (8.333%) Wireless
5 1 (8.333%) VLAN
5 1 (8.333%) PBX
5 1 (8.333%) WAN
5 1 (8.333%) VPN
5 1 (8.333%) WAAS
General
1 4 (33.33%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (8.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) Performance Management
1 1 (8.333%) Load Balancing
1 1 (8.333%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) C
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (58.33%) CCNA
4 6 (50.00%) CCNP
5 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (8.333%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Cisco
2 1 (8.333%) CheckPoint
2 1 (8.333%) VMware
2 1 (8.333%) Nokia Siemens Networks