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The table below looks at the demand for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) 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 DSL over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-155
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.234 %
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£295£390
% change on same period last year-24.22 %
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 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads648854
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.905 %0.858 %
Daily rates quoted171197
Average minimum daily rate£303£308
Average daily rate£321£328
% change on same period last year-2.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
Hourly rates quoted126187
Average minimum hourly rate£23.99£27.26
Average hourly rate£26.19£29.40
% change on same period last year-10.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.39£31.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£28.52
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
DSL EnglandDSL
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.

DSL
Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England DSL Daily Rate Trend

DSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England DSL Hourly Rate Trend

DSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

13 (60.00 %)SQL Server
13 (60.00 %)XML
13 (60.00 %)XSD
13 (60.00 %)XSL
13 (60.00 %)C#
13 (60.00 %)VB
13 (60.00 %).NET
13 (60.00 %)Scrum
13 (60.00 %)Agile Software Development
13 (60.00 %)NUnit
13 (60.00 %)VB6
13 (60.00 %)SQL Server 2005
13 (60.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
13 (60.00 %)Unit Testing
22 (40.00 %)Cisco
22 (40.00 %)LAN
22 (40.00 %)WAN
31 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (20.00 %)VPN
31 (20.00 %)VoIP
31 (20.00 %)Oracle
31 (20.00 %)SQL
31 (20.00 %)UNIX
31 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (20.00 %)AIX
31 (20.00 %)Solaris
31 (20.00 %)Linux
31 (20.00 %)ISDN
31 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (20.00 %)Firewall

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (60.00 %).NET
13 (60.00 %)XML
13 (60.00 %)XSD
13 (60.00 %)XSL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (40.00 %)WAN
12 (40.00 %)LAN
21 (20.00 %)VoIP
21 (20.00 %)ISDN
21 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (20.00 %)VPN
21 (20.00 %)Firewall
21 (20.00 %)IP Telephony
21 (20.00 %)Cisco IPT
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)SQL Server
13 (60.00 %)SQL Server 2005
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (60.00 %)NUnit
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Developer
13 (60.00 %)C# Developer
21 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)UNIX
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)AIX
11 (20.00 %)Solaris
11 (20.00 %)Linux
11 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (20.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Scrum
13 (60.00 %)Agile Software Development
13 (60.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
13 (60.00 %)Unit Testing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)C#
13 (60.00 %)VB
13 (60.00 %)VB6
21 (20.00 %)SQL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Cisco
21 (20.00 %)Oracle