The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 23 May 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 Buckinghamshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Broadband
Rank 64 50 67
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +17
Contract jobs citing Broadband 3 23 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.370% 2.330% 0.828%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.941% 15.33% 5.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 7
Average daily rate - £213 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -39.21%
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £270 £380
% change year-on-year
+45.37% -28.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £11.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.69 £27.50 £12.75
% change year-on-year
-61.12% +115.68%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
102 150 175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.58% 15.20% 16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 37 66
Average daily rate £425 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £173 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 22
Average hourly rate £14.96 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.81% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £10.05 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £41.25 £84.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Broadband
South East

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Milton Keynes -10 3 - -
Broadband
South East

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
3 8 (61.54%) Windows XP
3 8 (61.54%) TCP/IP
3 8 (61.54%) VPN
3 8 (61.54%) Lotus Notes
3 8 (61.54%) MS Office
3 8 (61.54%) SAP
3 8 (61.54%) ITIL
3 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (61.54%) ITIL Certification
3 8 (61.54%) Lotus
3 8 (61.54%) 3G
3 8 (61.54%) Remedy
3 8 (61.54%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (61.54%) PDA
3 8 (61.54%) Windows Vista
3 8 (61.54%) Windows 7
4 5 (38.46%) Intel
4 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (38.46%) MCSE
4 5 (38.46%) Windows 2000
4 5 (38.46%) Windows NT
4 5 (38.46%) Degree
4 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (30.77%) Marketing
6 3 (23.08%) Mathematics
7 2 (15.38%) Change Management
7 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 8 (61.54%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 8 (61.54%) MS Office
2 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) TCP/IP
1 8 (61.54%) VPN
1 8 (61.54%) 3G
1 8 (61.54%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (15.38%) SAN
2 2 (15.38%) NAS
General
1 4 (30.77%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Service Desk Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Service Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Support Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (15.38%) Administrator
4 2 (15.38%) Applications Support
4 2 (15.38%) Wintel Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Wintel Systems Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Windows Systems Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Wintel Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Wintel Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Windows Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Windows Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) PDA
2 3 (23.08%) Mathematics
3 2 (15.38%) Firmware
4 1 (7.692%) Clustering
4 1 (7.692%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (61.54%) Windows XP
2 8 (61.54%) Windows Vista
2 8 (61.54%) Windows 7
3 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (38.46%) Windows 2000
3 5 (38.46%) Windows NT
3 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (7.692%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Change Management
2 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (61.54%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (38.46%) MCSE
2 5 (38.46%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.692%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (61.54%) SAP
2 8 (61.54%) Lotus
2 8 (61.54%) Remedy
3 5 (38.46%) Intel
4 2 (15.38%) HP
4 2 (15.38%) IBM
4 2 (15.38%) VMware