The first table below looks at the demand for ADSL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ADSL 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Berkshire 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
Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
Rank 116 135 127
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -8
Contract jobs citing ADSL 6 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.245% 0.031% 0.103%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.949% 0.090% 0.449%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £210 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £210 £245 £405
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -39.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £24.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £14.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+10.71% -30.00%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
632 1110 668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.76% 34.60% 22.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 220 189
Average daily rate £285 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £200 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £437 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 47 54
Average hourly rate £18.75 £30.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.50% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.68 £14.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £93.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
ADSL
South East

ADSL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ADSL across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire ADSL Jobs Demand Trend

ADSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire ADSL Daily Rate Trend

ADSL
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire ADSL Daily Rate Histogram

ADSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire ADSL Hourly Rate Trend

ADSL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADSL within the Berkshire 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
Bracknell -12 2 £450 -
Newbury - 1 - -
Reading - 1 £210 -
ADSL
South East

ADSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing ADSL also 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 that cited ADSL.

1 14 (87.50%) WAN
2 13 (81.25%) Ethernet
2 13 (81.25%) LAN
3 12 (75.00%) VPN
4 11 (68.75%) TCP/IP
4 11 (68.75%) Internet
5 10 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (62.50%) Cisco
5 10 (62.50%) CCNA
5 10 (62.50%) Telecoms
5 10 (62.50%) Migration
5 10 (62.50%) SC Cleared
5 10 (62.50%) Security Cleared
6 9 (56.25%) MPLS
7 8 (50.00%) BGP
7 8 (50.00%) CCNP
7 8 (50.00%) ATM
8 7 (43.75%) RIP
8 7 (43.75%) SDH
8 7 (43.75%) EIGRP
8 7 (43.75%) OSPF
8 7 (43.75%) Frame Relay
9 5 (31.25%) DSL
9 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
9 5 (31.25%) Windows
10 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
10 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
10 4 (25.00%) DNS
10 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (25.00%) xDSL

ADSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing ADSL also 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 that cited ADSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Lotus Domino
2 1 (6.250%) Lync
2 1 (6.250%) IIS
2 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (87.50%) WAN
2 13 (81.25%) Ethernet
2 13 (81.25%) LAN
3 12 (75.00%) VPN
4 11 (68.75%) TCP/IP
4 11 (68.75%) Internet
5 9 (56.25%) MPLS
6 8 (50.00%) BGP
6 8 (50.00%) ATM
7 7 (43.75%) RIP
7 7 (43.75%) SDH
7 7 (43.75%) EIGRP
7 7 (43.75%) OSPF
7 7 (43.75%) Frame Relay
8 5 (31.25%) DSL
9 4 (25.00%) DNS
9 4 (25.00%) xDSL
10 3 (18.75%) SAN
10 3 (18.75%) DHCP
10 3 (18.75%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (62.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Support Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) IP Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Technician
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Data Network Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Test Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Support Technician
3 1 (6.250%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Team Leader
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Support Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Network Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Clustering
2 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (6.250%) CentOS
4 1 (6.250%) UNIX
4 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Migration
2 2 (12.50%) ITIL
2 2 (12.50%) PRINCE
3 1 (6.250%) Test Strategy
3 1 (6.250%) Performance Management
3 1 (6.250%) Change Management
3 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (62.50%) CCNA
1 10 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 10 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (50.00%) CCNP
3 3 (18.75%) BC Cleared
4 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (6.250%) PMP
4 1 (6.250%) PMI Certification
4 1 (6.250%) Degree
4 1 (6.250%) HNC
4 1 (6.250%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.250%) Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Cisco
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) VMware
3 3 (18.75%) Dell
3 3 (18.75%) Citrix
4 2 (12.50%) BT
4 2 (12.50%) Remedy
4 2 (12.50%) Lotus
5 1 (6.250%) LANDesk
5 1 (6.250%) Cramer
5 1 (6.250%) ProCurve
5 1 (6.250%) Red Hat
5 1 (6.250%) HP
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