The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Broadband 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 Birmingham 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
Broadband
Rank 45 53 42
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -11
Contract jobs citing Broadband 2 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.415% 0.155% 0.581%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.636% 1.538% 3.614%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £318 £375
% change year-on-year
+11.41% -15.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.69 £21.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-49.09% +40.00%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
55 65 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 11.41% 10.09% 16.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 26 41
Average daily rate £350 £150 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+133.33% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £100 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £368 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +122.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Broadband
West Midlands

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) BT
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (16.67%) LLU
3 1 (16.67%) Resource Management
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) xDSL
3 1 (16.67%) Softswitch
3 1 (16.67%) UNIX
3 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (16.67%) ADSL
3 1 (16.67%) ISDN
3 1 (16.67%) PSTN
3 1 (16.67%) VoIP
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Ericsson
3 1 (16.67%) Process Management

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) LLU
2 1 (16.67%) xDSL
2 1 (16.67%) Softswitch
2 1 (16.67%) ADSL
2 1 (16.67%) ISDN
2 1 (16.67%) PSTN
2 1 (16.67%) VoIP
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) DSLAM
2 1 (16.67%) DSL
General
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Back Office
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (33.33%) Network Support
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Provisioning Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Service Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Support Officer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
2 1 (16.67%) Resource Management
2 1 (16.67%) Process Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) BT
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Ericsson
2 1 (16.67%) Remedy
2 1 (16.67%) Cramer