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This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ATM over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5573
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below3.623 %0.575 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£400£350
Average daily rate£450£350
% change on same period last year+28.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£362
% change on same period last year-8.92 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£29.50-
Average hourly rate£30.25-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£31.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.25£23.97
% change on same period last year+51.21 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads138174
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.184 %0.174 %
Daily rates quoted4458
Average minimum daily rate£253£337
Average daily rate£278£352
% change on same period last year-20.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted2229
Average minimum hourly rate£25.56£22.19
Average hourly rate£27.40£25.18
% change on same period last year+8.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.24£28.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
ATM South WestATM
South West

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.

ATM
Demand Trend

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

Bristol ATM Demand Trend

ATM
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ATM across the Bristol region.

Bristol ATM Daily Rate Trend

ATM
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ATM across the Bristol region.

Bristol ATM Hourly Rate Trend

ATM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing ATM 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 ATM.

15 (83.33 %)Java
15 (83.33 %)CORBA
15 (83.33 %)MPLS
15 (83.33 %)Firewall
15 (83.33 %)Frame Relay
15 (83.33 %)DNS
15 (83.33 %)Active Directory
24 (66.67 %)WAN
24 (66.67 %)Load Balancing
24 (66.67 %)Network Security
24 (66.67 %)SharePoint
24 (66.67 %)MS Exchange
24 (66.67 %)LAN
33 (50.00 %)VoIP
33 (50.00 %)UNIX
41 (16.67 %)Windows
41 (16.67 %)Linux
41 (16.67 %)SQL
41 (16.67 %)Oracle
41 (16.67 %)Windows XP
41 (16.67 %)Telecoms
41 (16.67 %)Government
41 (16.67 %)IP Telephony
41 (16.67 %)Fujitsu
41 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
41 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
41 (16.67 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (16.67 %)Network Load Balancing
41 (16.67 %)DHCP
41 (16.67 %)Ericsson

ATM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing ATM 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 ATM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (83.33 %)CORBA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (66.67 %)SharePoint
14 (66.67 %)MS Exchange
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (83.33 %)MPLS
15 (83.33 %)Firewall
15 (83.33 %)Frame Relay
15 (83.33 %)DNS
24 (66.67 %)Network Security
24 (66.67 %)LAN
24 (66.67 %)WAN
33 (50.00 %)VoIP
41 (16.67 %)DHCP
41 (16.67 %)IP Telephony
41 (16.67 %)DWDM
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Telecoms
11 (16.67 %)Government
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Systems Administrator
15 (83.33 %)Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Network Administrator
21 (16.67 %)NOC Manager
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (16.67 %)Windows
21 (16.67 %)Linux
21 (16.67 %)Windows XP
21 (16.67 %)Red Hat Linux
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)Load Balancing
21 (16.67 %)Network Load Balancing
21 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)Java
21 (16.67 %)SQL
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (83.33 %)Active Directory
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Oracle
11 (16.67 %)Ericsson
11 (16.67 %)Red Hat
11 (16.67 %)Fujitsu