The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband 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 Broadband 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Broadband
Rank 110 104 95
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -9
Contract jobs citing Broadband 10 31 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.418% 0.986% 1.142%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.608% 2.862% 4.949%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 6
Average daily rate £444 £310 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+43.14% -24.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £439 £257 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £449 £388 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £270 £380
% change year-on-year
+45.37% -28.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.69 £27.50 £12.75
% change year-on-year
-61.12% +115.68%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
622 1083 687
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.97% 34.44% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 217 195
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 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 47 57
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £148.70 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Broadband
South East

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Broadband Jobs Demand Trend

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Broadband Daily Rate Trend

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the Berkshire 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
Slough -9 3 - -
Reading +14 2 - -
Bracknell - 2 £444 -
Broadband
South East

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Broadband 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 Broadband.

1 13 (56.52%) Telecoms
2 8 (34.78%) 3G
3 6 (26.09%) C
3 6 (26.09%) Marketing
3 6 (26.09%) LTE
3 6 (26.09%) Product Management
3 6 (26.09%) 4G
4 5 (21.74%) ADSL
4 5 (21.74%) Billing
5 4 (17.39%) Retail
5 4 (17.39%) Finance
5 4 (17.39%) Migration
5 4 (17.39%) Clustering
5 4 (17.39%) Internet
5 4 (17.39%) CRM
5 4 (17.39%) Cisco
5 4 (17.39%) Network Architecture
5 4 (17.39%) Degree
6 3 (13.04%) Capacity Management
6 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
6 3 (13.04%) WAN
6 3 (13.04%) Data Modelling
6 3 (13.04%) DSL
6 3 (13.04%) Project Management
7 2 (8.696%) Back Office
7 2 (8.696%) BT
7 2 (8.696%) Electronics
7 2 (8.696%) SEO
7 2 (8.696%) PSTN
7 2 (8.696%) E-Commerce

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Broadband 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 Broadband. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) 3G
2 6 (26.09%) LTE
2 6 (26.09%) 4G
3 5 (21.74%) ADSL
4 4 (17.39%) Internet
5 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
5 3 (13.04%) WAN
5 3 (13.04%) DSL
6 2 (8.696%) PSTN
6 2 (8.696%) Ethernet
6 2 (8.696%) DNS
6 2 (8.696%) 802.11
6 2 (8.696%) LLU
7 1 (4.348%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (4.348%) BT 21CN
7 1 (4.348%) xDSL
7 1 (4.348%) Cisco PIX
7 1 (4.348%) Network Security
7 1 (4.348%) FWSM
7 1 (4.348%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) MySQL
General
1 13 (56.52%) Telecoms
2 6 (26.09%) Marketing
3 5 (21.74%) Billing
4 4 (17.39%) Retail
4 4 (17.39%) Finance
5 2 (8.696%) Back Office
5 2 (8.696%) Electronics
6 1 (4.348%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (17.39%) Architect
1 4 (17.39%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (13.04%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Design Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Technical Manager
3 2 (8.696%) Product Manager
3 2 (8.696%) Online Marketing Manager
3 2 (8.696%) Network Design Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Marketing Manager
3 2 (8.696%) Technical Product Manager
3 2 (8.696%) IP Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Performance Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Provisioning Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) OSS Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Sales Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Clustering
2 2 (8.696%) Digital Media
3 1 (4.348%) Open Source
3 1 (4.348%) SecurID
3 1 (4.348%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.348%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.696%) UNIX
2 1 (4.348%) CentOS
2 1 (4.348%) Solaris
2 1 (4.348%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Product Management
2 4 (17.39%) Migration
2 4 (17.39%) CRM
2 4 (17.39%) Network Architecture
3 3 (13.04%) Capacity Management
3 3 (13.04%) Data Modelling
3 3 (13.04%) Project Management
4 2 (8.696%) SEO
4 2 (8.696%) E-Commerce
4 2 (8.696%) Customer Insight
4 2 (8.696%) Change Control
4 2 (8.696%) Pay per click
4 2 (8.696%) Budget Control
4 2 (8.696%) Online Marketing
4 2 (8.696%) Time Management
5 1 (4.348%) Project Planning
5 1 (4.348%) Network Design
5 1 (4.348%) Load Balancing
5 1 (4.348%) Matrix Management
5 1 (4.348%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) C
2 1 (4.348%) Bash shell
2 1 (4.348%) Python
2 1 (4.348%) Perl
2 1 (4.348%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 2 (8.696%) CCNA
2 2 (8.696%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.696%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.696%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.348%) CCNP
3 1 (4.348%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco
2 2 (8.696%) BT
2 2 (8.696%) Business Objects
2 2 (8.696%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 1 (4.348%) F5
3 1 (4.348%) Juniper
3 1 (4.348%) CheckPoint
3 1 (4.348%) Remedy
3 1 (4.348%) Blue Coat
3 1 (4.348%) Cramer
3 1 (4.348%) VMware
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