Bristol DSLAM Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) 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 DSLAM over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM)
Location Berkshire Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire East Midlands England London Luton Milton Keynes Northampton Northamptonshire South East Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	66
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.685 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£276	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£29.38
% change on same period last year	-
Communications & Networking Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	129	146
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.180 %	0.147 %
Daily rates quoted	31	49
Average minimum daily rate	£242	£318
Average daily rate	£274	£341
% change on same period last year	-19.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£306	£365
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£336
% change on same period last year	+5.14 %
Hourly rates quoted	28	24
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.91	£23.54
Average hourly rate	£28.54	£26.34
% change on same period last year	+8.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.17	£29.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.35	£28.52
% change on same period last year	-4.11 %
DSLAM 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.

DSLAM
Demand Trend

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

DSLAM
Daily Rate Trend

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

DSLAM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

DSLAM
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing DSLAM 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 DSLAM.

1 1 (100.00 %) Broadband 1 1 (100.00 %) Remedy 1 1 (100.00 %) Telecoms 1 1 (100.00 %) Degree

DSLAM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking 1 1 (100.00 %) Broadband	General 1 1 (100.00 %) Telecoms
Qualifications 1 1 (100.00 %) Degree	Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Remedy