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The table below looks at the demand for Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) skills within the 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 ADSL over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAssymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank488519
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching contract IT job ads60112
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.085 %0.113 %
As % of the category below0.675 %0.887 %
Daily rates quoted1112
Average minimum daily rate£280£176
Average daily rate£300£192
% change on same period last year+56.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£208
UK excluding London average daily rate£278£164
% change on same period last year+69.34 %
Hourly rates quoted2037
Average minimum hourly rate£19.68£16.80
Average hourly rate£20.33£17.53
% change on same period last year+15.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.98£18.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.77£17.42
% change on same period last year+13.50 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
England
Matching contract IT job ads888512623
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.63 %12.75 %
Daily rates quoted25543366
Average minimum daily rate£345£345
Average daily rate£365£362
% change on same period last year+0.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted11401778
Average minimum hourly rate£25.20£26.49
Average hourly rate£26.95£28.55
% change on same period last year-5.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.69£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
ADSL UKADSL
UK

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.

ADSL
Demand Trend

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

England ADSL Demand Trend

ADSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

England ADSL Daily Rate Trend

ADSL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADSL across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England ADSL Daily Rate Histogram

ADSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England ADSL Hourly Rate Trend

ADSL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADSL across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England ADSL Hourly Rate Histogram

ADSL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADSL within the England region over the 3 months to 7 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
LondonUp+8731£312+13.61 %
South EastUp+2819£255+56.92 %
West MidlandsUp+153--
South WestUp+162--
North WestUp+132--
North EastUp+61--
East MidlandsDown-31--
East of EnglandUp+211£350+218.18 %
ADSL UKADSL
UK

ADSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ADSL 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 ADSL.

166 (42.58 %)TCP/IP
257 (36.77 %)WAN
355 (35.48 %)Cisco
453 (34.19 %)Firewall
547 (30.32 %)LAN
646 (29.68 %)Windows
739 (25.16 %)DHCP
739 (25.16 %)DNS
837 (23.87 %)Microsoft
935 (22.58 %)Active Directory
1029 (18.71 %)VPN
1128 (18.06 %)MPLS
1227 (17.42 %)Broadband
1227 (17.42 %)Telecoms
1326 (16.77 %)OSPF
1326 (16.77 %)Citrix
1424 (15.48 %)Cisco Certification
1424 (15.48 %)Internet
1523 (14.84 %)Wireless
1622 (14.19 %)DSL
1622 (14.19 %)ISDN
1622 (14.19 %)Linux
1622 (14.19 %)MS Exchange
1721 (13.55 %)CheckPoint
1721 (13.55 %)Finance
1819 (12.26 %)CCNA
1819 (12.26 %)BGP
1918 (11.61 %)DSLAM
1918 (11.61 %)MS Office
2016 (10.32 %)Windows XP

ADSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ADSL 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 ADSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (3.871 %)HTML
25 (3.226 %)CSS
25 (3.226 %)XSLT
34 (2.581 %)XML
41 (0.645 %)WAP
41 (0.645 %)CGI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
122 (14.19 %)MS Exchange
212 (7.742 %)Exchange Server 2003
38 (5.161 %)Lotus Notes
45 (3.226 %)Apache
45 (3.226 %)IIS
53 (1.935 %)Exchange Server 5.5
62 (1.290 %)Exchange Server 2000
71 (0.645 %)Exchange Server 2007
71 (0.645 %)SharePoint
71 (0.645 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (11.61 %)MS Office
26 (3.871 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.645 %)assyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
166 (42.58 %)TCP/IP
257 (36.77 %)WAN
353 (34.19 %)Firewall
447 (30.32 %)LAN
539 (25.16 %)DHCP
539 (25.16 %)DNS
629 (18.71 %)VPN
728 (18.06 %)MPLS
827 (17.42 %)Broadband
926 (16.77 %)OSPF
1024 (15.48 %)Internet
1123 (14.84 %)Wireless
1222 (14.19 %)ISDN
1222 (14.19 %)DSL
1319 (12.26 %)BGP
1418 (11.61 %)DSLAM
1515 (9.677 %)VoIP
1611 (7.097 %)Ethernet
1710 (6.452 %)LLU
189 (5.806 %)PSTN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (3.871 %)SQL Server
22 (1.290 %)Data Cleansing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (3.226 %)Flash
15 (3.226 %)Subversion
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
127 (17.42 %)Telecoms
221 (13.55 %)Finance
32 (1.290 %)Health
41 (0.645 %)Law
41 (0.645 %)Retail
41 (0.645 %)Billing
41 (0.645 %)Education
41 (0.645 %)Government
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
144 (28.39 %)Analyst
224 (15.48 %)2nd Line Support
322 (14.19 %)Support Engineer
421 (13.55 %)Support Analyst
520 (12.90 %)Network Support
615 (9.677 %)Helpdesk Analyst
615 (9.677 %)Network Engineer
712 (7.742 %)Network Analyst
811 (7.097 %)NOC Engineer
910 (6.452 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
109 (5.806 %)Consultant
109 (5.806 %)Network Support Analyst
118 (5.161 %)Helpdesk Support
126 (3.871 %)Cisco Engineer
126 (3.871 %)Technical Support
126 (3.871 %)3rd Line Support
126 (3.871 %)Test Engineer
135 (3.226 %)Support Technician
135 (3.226 %)IT Support Technician
144 (2.581 %)1st Line Support
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (3.871 %)Blackberry
24 (2.581 %)W3C
33 (1.935 %)Clustering
42 (1.290 %)IPTV
42 (1.290 %)EPoS
42 (1.290 %)NHS
51 (0.645 %)Management Information System
51 (0.645 %)Handset
51 (0.645 %)Video Conferencing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
146 (29.68 %)Windows
222 (14.19 %)Linux
316 (10.32 %)Windows XP
415 (9.677 %)Windows Server 2003
514 (9.032 %)UNIX
610 (6.452 %)Windows 2000
77 (4.516 %)Ubuntu
86 (3.871 %)Windows NT
86 (3.871 %)Windows Vista
94 (2.581 %)Solaris
102 (1.290 %)FreeBSD
102 (1.290 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.645 %)Windows Mobile
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (3.871 %)Project Management
25 (3.226 %)Validation
25 (3.226 %)Migration
25 (3.226 %)CRM
34 (2.581 %)ITIL
34 (2.581 %)PRINCE2
43 (1.935 %)Network Design
52 (1.290 %)Risk Assessment
52 (1.290 %)Risk Analysis
61 (0.645 %)Web Testing
61 (0.645 %)SC Cleared
61 (0.645 %)Security Cleared
61 (0.645 %)Incident Management
61 (0.645 %)Project Planning
61 (0.645 %)Change Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (5.161 %)Perl
25 (3.226 %)JavaScript
34 (2.581 %)VB
43 (1.935 %)Shell Script
52 (1.290 %)Java
61 (0.645 %)C
61 (0.645 %)C++
61 (0.645 %)SQL
61 (0.645 %)VBScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
124 (15.48 %)Cisco Certification
219 (12.26 %)CCNA
38 (5.161 %)CCNP
38 (5.161 %)Microsoft Certification
47 (4.516 %)MCSE
56 (3.871 %)CCIP
56 (3.871 %)MCP
63 (1.935 %)MCSA
72 (1.290 %)CISSP
81 (0.645 %)CCIE
81 (0.645 %)CCSP
81 (0.645 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.645 %)CCVP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (3.871 %)SLA
16 (3.871 %)QA
22 (1.290 %)COSO
22 (1.290 %)BS7799
22 (1.290 %)COBIT
22 (1.290 %)ISO17799
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
135 (22.58 %)Active Directory
26 (3.871 %)Terminal Services
33 (1.935 %)Terminal Server
33 (1.935 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.645 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.645 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.645 %)ISA Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (5.161 %)DameWare
24 (2.581 %)OpenView
33 (1.935 %)CiscoWorks
33 (1.935 %)Tivoli NetView
33 (1.935 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.645 %)Netcool
41 (0.645 %)HP Data Protector
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
155 (35.48 %)Cisco
237 (23.87 %)Microsoft
326 (16.77 %)Citrix
421 (13.55 %)CheckPoint
512 (7.742 %)Alcatel
68 (5.161 %)Lotus
77 (4.516 %)Lucent
86 (3.871 %)Juniper
86 (3.871 %)HP
95 (3.226 %)Redback
104 (2.581 %)Remedy
113 (1.935 %)BT
113 (1.935 %)Fujitsu
113 (1.935 %)IBM
122 (1.290 %)Dell
122 (1.290 %)NetIQ
122 (1.290 %)3Com
122 (1.290 %)McAfee Security
122 (1.290 %)Huawei
122 (1.290 %)Agilent