The first table below looks at the demand for DSL 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 DSL over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Rank 117 135 127
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -8
Contract jobs citing DSL 4 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.171% 0.095% 0.099%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.644% 0.278% 0.432%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £450 - £270
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £140 £270
% change year-on-year
+132.14% -48.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £15.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -26.19%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -26.19%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
621 1079 695
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 26.53% 34.04% 23.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 221 195
Average daily rate £285 £285 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £200 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 43 68
Average hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.66% +13.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
DSL
South East

DSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire DSL Jobs Demand Trend

DSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire DSL Daily Rate Trend

DSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire DSL Hourly Rate Trend

DSL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DSL within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +9 2 - -
Slough -6 1 - -
Bracknell - 1 £450 - 2
Thatcham - - - -
DSL
South East

DSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing DSL 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 DSL.

1 7 (77.78%) Telecoms
2 5 (55.56%) Migration
2 5 (55.56%) ADSL
2 5 (55.56%) Ethernet
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) CCNA
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (44.44%) SDH
3 4 (44.44%) WAN
3 4 (44.44%) MPLS
3 4 (44.44%) BGP
3 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) xDSL
4 3 (33.33%) OSPF
4 3 (33.33%) LLU
4 3 (33.33%) LAN
4 3 (33.33%) ATM
4 3 (33.33%) Broadband
4 3 (33.33%) PMP
4 3 (33.33%) PMI Certification
4 3 (33.33%) Internet
4 3 (33.33%) CCNP
4 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 3 (33.33%) VPN
5 2 (22.22%) DNS
5 2 (22.22%) RIP
5 2 (22.22%) DWDM
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 2 (22.22%) UNIX

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing DSL 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 DSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) ADSL
1 5 (55.56%) Ethernet
2 4 (44.44%) SDH
2 4 (44.44%) WAN
2 4 (44.44%) MPLS
2 4 (44.44%) BGP
2 4 (44.44%) xDSL
3 3 (33.33%) OSPF
3 3 (33.33%) LLU
3 3 (33.33%) LAN
3 3 (33.33%) ATM
3 3 (33.33%) Broadband
3 3 (33.33%) Internet
3 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) DNS
4 2 (22.22%) RIP
4 2 (22.22%) DWDM
4 2 (22.22%) EIGRP
4 2 (22.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
General
1 7 (77.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Network Team Leader
1 2 (22.22%) Team Leader
1 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Data Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) IP Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Network Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Network Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IP Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Provisioning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Open Source
1 1 (11.11%) Clustering
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) UNIX
2 1 (11.11%) CentOS
2 1 (11.11%) Solaris
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Capacity Management
3 1 (11.11%) Network Design
3 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Bash shell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) C
1 1 (11.11%) Perl
1 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CCNA
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) PMP
2 3 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 3 (33.33%) CCNP
3 2 (22.22%) BC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) HNC
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) BT
2 1 (11.11%) Remedy
2 1 (11.11%) Cramer
2 1 (11.11%) VMware