East of England X.25 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for X.25 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 X.25 over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

X.25
Location Basildon Buckinghamshire City of London East of England England Essex Harrogate Hertfordshire London Milton Keynes North Yorkshire South East UK Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	137	150
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	2	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.286 %	0.370 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£451	£283
% change on same period last year	+59.04 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	700	811
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.933 %	0.809 %
Daily rates quoted	220	200
Average minimum daily rate	£293	£323
Average daily rate	£316	£343
% change on same period last year	-7.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£340	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£343
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	105	156
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.93	£25.93
Average hourly rate	£26.07	£27.97
% change on same period last year	-6.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.22	£30.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.76
% change on same period last year	-11.03 %
X.25 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.

X.25
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing X.25 across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

X.25
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing X.25 across the East of England region.

X.25
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing X.25 across the East of England region.

X.25
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing X.25 within the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
Essex	+1	1	-	-
Hertfordshire	+16	1	-	-

X.25 England

X.25
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing X.25 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 X.25.

1 2 (66.67 %) TCP/IP 1 2 (66.67 %) ATM 1 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms 2 1 (33.33 %) Finance 2 1 (33.33 %) BASE24 2 1 (33.33 %) Knowledge Management 2 1 (33.33 %) QA 2 1 (33.33 %) Cisco PIX 2 1 (33.33 %) ISDN 2 1 (33.33 %) LAN 2 1 (33.33 %) PSTN 2 1 (33.33 %) VoIP 2 1 (33.33 %) DHCP 2 1 (33.33 %) IPX 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows

2 1 (33.33 %) VPN 2 1 (33.33 %) SNA 2 1 (33.33 %) DNS 2 1 (33.33 %) Cisco 2 1 (33.33 %) IBM 2 1 (33.33 %) CCNP 2 1 (33.33 %) CCNA 2 1 (33.33 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (33.33 %) Avaya 2 1 (33.33 %) CheckPoint 2 1 (33.33 %) Internet 2 1 (33.33 %) MPLS 2 1 (33.33 %) OSPF 2 1 (33.33 %) BGP 2 1 (33.33 %) X.21

X.25
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing X.25 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 X.25. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) BASE24	Communications & Networking 1 2 (66.67 %) TCP/IP 1 2 (66.67 %) ATM 2 1 (33.33 %) Cisco PIX 2 1 (33.33 %) ISDN 2 1 (33.33 %) LAN 2 1 (33.33 %) PSTN 2 1 (33.33 %) VoIP 2 1 (33.33 %) DHCP 2 1 (33.33 %) IPX 2 1 (33.33 %) VPN 2 1 (33.33 %) SNA 2 1 (33.33 %) DNS 2 1 (33.33 %) Internet 2 1 (33.33 %) MPLS 2 1 (33.33 %) OSPF 2 1 (33.33 %) BGP 2 1 (33.33 %) X.21 2 1 (33.33 %) Firewall 2 1 (33.33 %) Frame Relay
General 1 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms 2 1 (33.33 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Telecoms Engineer 1 1 (33.33 %) Analyst 1 1 (33.33 %) Test Analyst
Operating Systems 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) Knowledge Management
Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) CCNP 1 1 (33.33 %) CCNA 1 1 (33.33 %) Cisco Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (33.33 %) QA
Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Cisco 1 1 (33.33 %) IBM 1 1 (33.33 %) Avaya 1 1 (33.33 %) CheckPoint