East of England ATM Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) skills within the East of England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Ceredigion Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Cornwall Dartford East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Kent Knutsford Leeds London Maidenhead Manchester Mid Wales Midlands Milton Keynes New Quay Newcastle Newquay North East North West North Yorkshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redditch Runcorn Scotland South East South West Southampton Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	138	134
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching contract IT job ads	9	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.019 %
As % of the category below	1.278 %	2.357 %
Daily rates quoted	4	5
Average minimum daily rate	£303	£322
Average daily rate	£324	£365
% change on same period last year	-11.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£346	£408
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£408
% change on same period last year	-11.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£12.00
Average hourly rate	-	£12.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.69	£23.72
% change on same period last year	+46.24 %
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	704	806
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.938 %	0.815 %
Daily rates quoted	214	203
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£338
Average daily rate	£336	£358
% change on same period last year	-6.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	122	155
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.63	£25.82
Average hourly rate	£30.44	£27.69
% change on same period last year	+9.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.24	£29.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
ATM England

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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

ATM
Daily Rate Trend

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

ATM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ATM across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ATM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ATM
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ATM within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hertfordshire	-5	5	£324	-11.13 %
Cambridgeshire	-1	2	-	-
Essex	-	2	-	-

ATM England

ATM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 10 (47.62 %) MPLS 2 9 (42.86 %) Cisco Certification 2 9 (42.86 %) Cisco 3 8 (38.10 %) LAN 3 8 (38.10 %) Firewall 4 7 (33.33 %) Telecoms 4 7 (33.33 %) VPN 5 6 (28.57 %) TCP/IP 5 6 (28.57 %) CCNP 5 6 (28.57 %) OSPF 5 6 (28.57 %) BGP 6 5 (23.81 %) CheckPoint 6 5 (23.81 %) Nortel 6 5 (23.81 %) CCIP 7 4 (19.05 %) GPRS

7 4 (19.05 %) GSM 7 4 (19.05 %) SDH 7 4 (19.05 %) UMTS 7 4 (19.05 %) Finance 7 4 (19.05 %) IPsec 8 3 (14.29 %) BASE24 8 3 (14.29 %) Nortel Alteon 8 3 (14.29 %) CCIE 8 3 (14.29 %) Nokia 8 3 (14.29 %) EFT 8 3 (14.29 %) Solaris 8 3 (14.29 %) Linux 8 3 (14.29 %) CCNA 8 3 (14.29 %) DNS 8 3 (14.29 %) WAN

ATM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development 1 1 (4.762 %) XML 1 1 (4.762 %) XML Schema	Applications 1 1 (4.762 %) MS Office 1 1 (4.762 %) MS Visio
Business Applications 1 3 (14.29 %) BASE24	Communications & Networking 1 10 (47.62 %) MPLS 2 8 (38.10 %) Firewall 2 8 (38.10 %) LAN 3 7 (33.33 %) VPN 4 6 (28.57 %) OSPF 4 6 (28.57 %) BGP 4 6 (28.57 %) TCP/IP 5 4 (19.05 %) IPsec 5 4 (19.05 %) GPRS 5 4 (19.05 %) GSM 5 4 (19.05 %) SDH 5 4 (19.05 %) UMTS 6 3 (14.29 %) DNS 6 3 (14.29 %) WAN 6 3 (14.29 %) Nortel Alteon 7 2 (9.524 %) Wireless 7 2 (9.524 %) Frame Relay 7 2 (9.524 %) X.25 7 2 (9.524 %) IPv6 7 2 (9.524 %) VoIP
Development Applications 1 1 (4.762 %) ClearCase 1 1 (4.762 %) TestDirector 1 1 (4.762 %) RequisitePro 1 1 (4.762 %) ClearQuest	General 1 7 (33.33 %) Telecoms 2 4 (19.05 %) Finance 3 1 (4.762 %) Education 3 1 (4.762 %) Banking 3 1 (4.762 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 6 (28.57 %) Analyst 2 4 (19.05 %) Network Engineer 2 4 (19.05 %) Network Support 3 3 (14.29 %) ATM Engineer 4 2 (9.524 %) Cisco Specialist 4 2 (9.524 %) Support Engineer 4 2 (9.524 %) Design Engineer 4 2 (9.524 %) Network Support Engineer 4 2 (9.524 %) Analyst Developer 4 2 (9.524 %) Test Analyst 4 2 (9.524 %) Project Manager 4 2 (9.524 %) Tester 4 2 (9.524 %) Developer 5 1 (4.762 %) Business Analyst 5 1 (4.762 %) Business Systems Analyst 5 1 (4.762 %) Systems Analyst 5 1 (4.762 %) Project Engineer 5 1 (4.762 %) Cisco Engineer 5 1 (4.762 %) Network Designer 5 1 (4.762 %) Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 3 (14.29 %) EFT 2 2 (9.524 %) APACS 3 1 (4.762 %) German Language 3 1 (4.762 %) EPoS
Operating Systems 1 3 (14.29 %) Solaris 1 3 (14.29 %) Linux 2 2 (9.524 %) Windows 3 1 (4.762 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (9.524 %) Migration 1 2 (9.524 %) Network Design 1 2 (9.524 %) Network Planning 1 2 (9.524 %) Load Balancing 2 1 (4.762 %) Test Scripting 2 1 (4.762 %) Systems Analysis 2 1 (4.762 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (4.762 %) ITIL 2 1 (4.762 %) UML 2 1 (4.762 %) RUP 2 1 (4.762 %) Risk Management
Qualifications 1 9 (42.86 %) Cisco Certification 2 6 (28.57 %) CCNP 3 5 (23.81 %) CCIP 4 3 (14.29 %) CCNA 4 3 (14.29 %) CCIE 5 2 (9.524 %) CCDP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (9.524 %) ISO8583 2 1 (4.762 %) QA
Vendors 1 9 (42.86 %) Cisco 2 5 (23.81 %) Nortel 2 5 (23.81 %) CheckPoint 3 3 (14.29 %) Nokia 4 2 (9.524 %) Crossbeam 4 2 (9.524 %) Citrix 4 2 (9.524 %) Avaya 4 2 (9.524 %) Sun 4 2 (9.524 %) HP 5 1 (4.762 %) IBM 5 1 (4.762 %) 3Com