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The table below looks at the demand for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DSL over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank75-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.232 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£295£373
% change on same period last year-20.90 %
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£34.67£21.29
% change on same period last year+62.86 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads224318
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.318 %0.321 %
Daily rates quoted8068
Average minimum daily rate£338£343
Average daily rate£361£364
% change on same period last year-0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted1770
Average minimum hourly rate£25.74£25.84
Average hourly rate£26.66£26.77
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.57£27.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
DSL South EastDSL
South East

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.

DSL
Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire DSL Demand Trend

DSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire DSL Daily Rate Trend

DSL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DSL within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesNew entry-2£350-
DSL South EastDSL
South East

DSL
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing DSL 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 DSL.

18 (80.00 %)Cisco
27 (70.00 %)LLU
27 (70.00 %)DSLAM
36 (60.00 %)Huawei
45 (50.00 %)IPTV
53 (30.00 %)SC Cleared
53 (30.00 %)Security Cleared
62 (20.00 %)Ethernet
71 (10.00 %)FTP
71 (10.00 %)HTTP
71 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
71 (10.00 %)VPN
71 (10.00 %)DNS
71 (10.00 %)Perl
71 (10.00 %)Linux
71 (10.00 %)ISDN
71 (10.00 %)LAN
71 (10.00 %)WAN
71 (10.00 %)PPTP
71 (10.00 %)CCNA
71 (10.00 %)Cisco Certification
71 (10.00 %)Internet
71 (10.00 %)BGP
71 (10.00 %)Business Analysis

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing DSL 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 DSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (70.00 %)LLU
17 (70.00 %)DSLAM
22 (20.00 %)Ethernet
31 (10.00 %)FTP
31 (10.00 %)HTTP
31 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (10.00 %)VPN
31 (10.00 %)DNS
31 (10.00 %)ISDN
31 (10.00 %)LAN
31 (10.00 %)WAN
31 (10.00 %)PPTP
31 (10.00 %)Internet
31 (10.00 %)BGP
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Network Engineer
21 (10.00 %)Business Analyst
21 (10.00 %)Analyst
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (50.00 %)IPTV
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Linux
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)SC Cleared
13 (30.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (10.00 %)Business Analysis
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (10.00 %)Perl
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)CCNA
11 (10.00 %)Cisco Certification
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (80.00 %)Cisco
26 (60.00 %)Huawei