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The table below looks at the demand for Broadband skills within the Devon 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBroadband
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2549
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.001 %
As % of the category below10.53 %1.053 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£292
% change on same period last year+16.59 %
Hourly rates quoted61
Average minimum hourly rate£18.00£16.50
Average hourly rate£21.50£17.44
% change on same period last year+23.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£18.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.91£18.28
% change on same period last year-7.46 %
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Devon
Matching contract IT job ads5795
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.096 %
Daily rates quoted1711
Average minimum daily rate£356£276
Average daily rate£365£290
% change on same period last year+25.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.57 %
Hourly rates quoted1145
Average minimum hourly rate£19.82£22.41
Average hourly rate£22.28£23.59
% change on same period last year-5.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.74£24.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.44£28.92
% change on same period last year-5.09 %
Broadband South WestBroadband
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.

Broadband
Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Broadband across the Devon region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Devon Broadband Hourly Rate Histogram

Broadband
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 (100.00 %)Client/Server
16 (100.00 %)VoIP
16 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
16 (100.00 %)RDBMS
16 (100.00 %)ASP
16 (100.00 %)UNIX
16 (100.00 %)Wireless
16 (100.00 %)Telecoms
16 (100.00 %)IPTV
25 (83.33 %)C
34 (66.67 %)AIX
34 (66.67 %)Sun
42 (33.33 %)Solaris

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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.

Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)ASP
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (100.00 %)VoIP
16 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
16 (100.00 %)Wireless
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (100.00 %)RDBMS
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Applications Support
14 (66.67 %)Field Engineer
22 (33.33 %)Software Support Engineer
22 (33.33 %)Software Developer
22 (33.33 %)Software Engineer
22 (33.33 %)Developer
22 (33.33 %)Support Engineer
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (100.00 %)Client/Server
16 (100.00 %)IPTV
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)UNIX
24 (66.67 %)AIX
32 (33.33 %)Solaris
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)C
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (66.67 %)Sun