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This section looks at the demand for Broadband skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBroadband
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank-45
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads025
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.025 %
As % of the category below0.000 %15.72 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£50
Average daily rate-£50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£50
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£322
% change on same period last year+7.10 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.03£20.86
% change on same period last year-18.35 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads74159
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.099 %0.161 %
Daily rates quoted2523
Average minimum daily rate£272£300
Average daily rate£286£309
% change on same period last year-7.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1528
Average minimum hourly rate£25.32£18.17
Average hourly rate£26.26£19.47
% change on same period last year+34.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.21£20.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Broadband West MidlandsBroadband
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Broadband
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Broadband across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Birmingham Broadband Demand Trend

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 25 July 2008, 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.

16 (66.67 %)LAN
16 (66.67 %)WAN
16 (66.67 %)VPN
16 (66.67 %)Firewall
25 (55.56 %)VLAN
25 (55.56 %)SLA
25 (55.56 %)CCNP
25 (55.56 %)Cisco Certification
25 (55.56 %)Internet
34 (44.44 %)UNIX
34 (44.44 %)Windows
43 (33.33 %)DNS
43 (33.33 %)VoIP
43 (33.33 %)DHCP
43 (33.33 %)Load Balancing
43 (33.33 %)MS Office
52 (22.22 %)PSTN
52 (22.22 %)Telecoms
61 (11.11 %)Home Office
61 (11.11 %)Cisco
61 (11.11 %)Extranet
61 (11.11 %)Project Management
61 (11.11 %)NHS
61 (11.11 %)Intranet
61 (11.11 %)SDH
61 (11.11 %)Java
61 (11.11 %)Oracle
61 (11.11 %)MS Excel
61 (11.11 %)SAS
61 (11.11 %)ISDN

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)SAS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (33.33 %)MS Office
21 (11.11 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (66.67 %)LAN
16 (66.67 %)WAN
16 (66.67 %)VPN
16 (66.67 %)Firewall
25 (55.56 %)VLAN
25 (55.56 %)Internet
33 (33.33 %)DNS
33 (33.33 %)DHCP
33 (33.33 %)VoIP
42 (22.22 %)PSTN
51 (11.11 %)SDH
51 (11.11 %)WLAN
51 (11.11 %)Ethernet
51 (11.11 %)SNMP
51 (11.11 %)Intranet
51 (11.11 %)Extranet
51 (11.11 %)NGN
51 (11.11 %)Intrusion Detection
51 (11.11 %)ISDN
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Telecoms
21 (11.11 %)Home Office
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (66.67 %)Analyst
16 (66.67 %)Support Analyst
16 (66.67 %)Network Support Analyst
16 (66.67 %)Network Analyst
16 (66.67 %)Network Support
23 (33.33 %)Senior Network Analyst
23 (33.33 %)Senior Network Support
23 (33.33 %)Senior Network Support Analyst
23 (33.33 %)Senior Support Analyst
23 (33.33 %)Senior Analyst
31 (11.11 %)IT Project Manager
31 (11.11 %)IT Manager
31 (11.11 %)Architect
31 (11.11 %)Project Manager
31 (11.11 %)Systems Architect
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)NHS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (44.44 %)UNIX
14 (44.44 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)Load Balancing
21 (11.11 %)Security Cleared
21 (11.11 %)Project Management
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)Java
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (55.56 %)CCNP
15 (55.56 %)Cisco Certification
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (55.56 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (11.11 %)Oracle
11 (11.11 %)Cisco
11 (11.11 %)Fujitsu
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