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The table below looks at the demand for Broadband 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 Broadband over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBroadband
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank126151
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.635 %1.106 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£350£250
Average daily rate£375£275
% change on same period last year+36.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£305
% change on same period last year+13.18 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£8.00£16.64
Average hourly rate£8.00£20.25
% change on same period last year-60.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£8.00£23.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.19£17.48
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads630814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.898 %0.842 %
Daily rates quoted178192
Average minimum daily rate£289£304
Average daily rate£307£323
% change on same period last year-4.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£342
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£336
% change on same period last year+5.75 %
Hourly rates quoted127175
Average minimum hourly rate£23.97£27.79
Average hourly rate£26.12£29.87
% change on same period last year-12.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.26£31.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.34£28.77
% change on same period last year-4.98 %
Broadband EnglandBroadband
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.

Broadband
Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 15 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
SuffolkUp+162£375+15.38 %
HertfordshireUp+171--
CambridgeshireUp+151--
Broadband EnglandBroadband
England

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

111 (73.33 %)Telecoms
25 (33.33 %)Cramer
25 (33.33 %)Problem Management
25 (33.33 %)MetaSolv
25 (33.33 %)LAN
25 (33.33 %)SDH
25 (33.33 %)WAN
25 (33.33 %)Ethernet
25 (33.33 %)FTP
25 (33.33 %)SNMP
25 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
25 (33.33 %)VPN
25 (33.33 %)OpenView
25 (33.33 %)HP
25 (33.33 %)MPLS
25 (33.33 %)BGP
25 (33.33 %)SS7
25 (33.33 %)TACACS
25 (33.33 %)TELNET
25 (33.33 %)Megaco
33 (20.00 %)Internet
42 (13.33 %)Java
42 (13.33 %)J2EE
42 (13.33 %)Oracle
42 (13.33 %)Retail
42 (13.33 %)BSS
51 (6.667 %)Network Design
51 (6.667 %)IPTV
51 (6.667 %)Degree
51 (6.667 %)Unit Testing

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (13.33 %)J2EE
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.667 %)MTS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.667 %)MS Office
11 (6.667 %)MS Excel
11 (6.667 %)Spreadsheet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (33.33 %)LAN
15 (33.33 %)SDH
15 (33.33 %)WAN
15 (33.33 %)Ethernet
15 (33.33 %)FTP
15 (33.33 %)SNMP
15 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
15 (33.33 %)VPN
15 (33.33 %)MPLS
15 (33.33 %)BGP
15 (33.33 %)SS7
15 (33.33 %)TACACS
15 (33.33 %)TELNET
15 (33.33 %)Megaco
23 (20.00 %)Internet
32 (13.33 %)BSS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (73.33 %)Telecoms
22 (13.33 %)Retail
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (13.33 %)Architect
12 (13.33 %)Solutions Architect
12 (13.33 %)OSS Architect
21 (6.667 %)Administrator
21 (6.667 %)C Developer
21 (6.667 %)Systems Integrator
21 (6.667 %)Project Manager
21 (6.667 %)Tester
21 (6.667 %)Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)Firmware
11 (6.667 %)DTV
11 (6.667 %)IPTV
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (6.667 %)UNIX
11 (6.667 %)Linux
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (33.33 %)Problem Management
21 (6.667 %)Unit Testing
21 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
21 (6.667 %)Project Management
21 (6.667 %)Network Design
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (13.33 %)Java
21 (6.667 %)C
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (6.667 %)Degree
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (33.33 %)OpenView
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (33.33 %)HP
15 (33.33 %)MetaSolv
15 (33.33 %)Cramer
22 (13.33 %)Oracle
31 (6.667 %)Cisco
31 (6.667 %)Tandberg
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