The first table below looks at the demand for ADSL skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ADSL over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
Rank 474 519 520
Rank change year-on-year
+45 +1
Contract jobs citing ADSL 38 38 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.090% 0.071% 0.063%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.613% 0.452% 0.483%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 28 5
Average daily rate £210 £263 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £147 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £408 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £210 £245 £405
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -39.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 7
Average hourly rate £15.50 £14.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% -26.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £13.20 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.70 £20.40 £24.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £14.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+10.71% -33.33%
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6195 8413 7242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.64% 15.72% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3101 3939 3363
Average daily rate £350 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 514 566 726
Average hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
ADSL
UK

ADSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England ADSL Jobs Demand Trend

ADSL
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADSL across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England ADSL Daily Rate Histogram

ADSL
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADSL across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

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 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +25 18 £210 -35.38%
South East +31 13 £210 -50.58%
North West +15 3 - -
Yorkshire -6 2 £115 -53.06%
East Midlands +1 1 - -
East of England - 1 £240 -
ADSL
UK

ADSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 38 (46.91%) Cisco
2 37 (45.68%) TCP/IP
3 33 (40.74%) WAN
3 33 (40.74%) Telecoms
4 31 (38.27%) Windows
5 28 (34.57%) LAN
5 28 (34.57%) VPN
6 25 (30.86%) MS Excel
7 23 (28.40%) Ethernet
7 23 (28.40%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (28.40%) Internet
8 21 (25.93%) CCNA
8 21 (25.93%) BT
9 20 (24.69%) Migration
9 20 (24.69%) DSL
10 19 (23.46%) MPLS
10 19 (23.46%) Active Directory
10 19 (23.46%) Microsoft
11 18 (22.22%) Broadband
12 16 (19.75%) HP
12 16 (19.75%) IP Telephony
12 16 (19.75%) Windows 7
13 14 (17.28%) BGP
13 14 (17.28%) MS Office
14 13 (16.05%) VoIP
14 13 (16.05%) OSPF
14 13 (16.05%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (16.05%) LLU
14 13 (16.05%) VMware
15 12 (14.81%) Citrix

ADSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (2.469%) .NET
1 2 (2.469%) COM
1 2 (2.469%) Web Services
2 1 (1.235%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 10 (12.35%) MS Exchange
2 8 (9.877%) SharePoint 2010
2 8 (9.877%) SharePoint
2 8 (9.877%) Lotus Notes
3 6 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (6.173%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (4.938%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (4.938%) IIS
6 3 (3.704%) Apache
7 2 (2.469%) Zimbra
7 2 (2.469%) Lotus Domino
7 2 (2.469%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (1.235%) Lync
Applications
1 25 (30.86%) MS Excel
2 14 (17.28%) MS Office
3 8 (9.877%) Office 365
4 5 (6.173%) MS Visio
5 2 (2.469%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.235%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 37 (45.68%) TCP/IP
2 33 (40.74%) WAN
3 28 (34.57%) LAN
3 28 (34.57%) VPN
4 23 (28.40%) Ethernet
4 23 (28.40%) Internet
5 20 (24.69%) DSL
6 19 (23.46%) MPLS
7 18 (22.22%) Broadband
8 16 (19.75%) IP Telephony
9 14 (17.28%) BGP
10 13 (16.05%) VoIP
10 13 (16.05%) OSPF
10 13 (16.05%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (16.05%) LLU
11 12 (14.81%) DNS
12 11 (13.58%) DHCP
12 11 (13.58%) ATM
13 10 (12.35%) EIGRP
14 8 (9.877%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.877%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (6.173%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.704%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (3.704%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.469%) MySQL
4 2 (2.469%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.235%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (1.235%) Selenium
General
1 33 (40.74%) Telecoms
2 8 (9.877%) Finance
3 2 (2.469%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.469%) Retail
4 1 (1.235%) Electronics
4 1 (1.235%) Law
4 1 (1.235%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (32.10%) Analyst
2 15 (18.52%) Network Engineer
2 15 (18.52%) Support Analyst
3 12 (14.81%) 2nd Line Support
4 10 (12.35%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 9 (11.11%) IT Support
5 9 (11.11%) Build Engineer
5 9 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (11.11%) VoIP Engineer
6 8 (9.877%) IT Support Analyst
6 8 (9.877%) Insight Analyst
6 8 (9.877%) Senior Insight Analyst
7 7 (8.642%) Deployment Engineer
8 4 (4.938%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.938%) Support Engineer
9 3 (3.704%) Provisioning Engineer
10 2 (2.469%) Data Network Engineer
10 2 (2.469%) IP Engineer
10 2 (2.469%) IP Network Engineer
10 2 (2.469%) Helpdesk Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.938%) Clustering
2 3 (3.704%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.235%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (1.235%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (1.235%) NHS
3 1 (1.235%) Thin Client
3 1 (1.235%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.235%) IVR
3 1 (1.235%) Replication
3 1 (1.235%) e-Health
3 1 (1.235%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.235%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.235%) CMDB
3 1 (1.235%) PDA
3 1 (1.235%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 31 (38.27%) Windows
2 16 (19.75%) Windows 7
3 11 (13.58%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (9.877%) Linux
4 8 (9.877%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (6.173%) Windows XP
6 3 (3.704%) Windows Vista
7 2 (2.469%) Windows 2000
7 2 (2.469%) UNIX
7 2 (2.469%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.235%) OS/2
8 1 (1.235%) NetWare
8 1 (1.235%) CentOS
8 1 (1.235%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.69%) Migration
2 11 (13.58%) Service Delivery
3 8 (9.877%) Statistical Analysis
3 8 (9.877%) Data Analysis
3 8 (9.877%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (8.642%) ITIL
5 3 (3.704%) Time Management
5 3 (3.704%) Incident Management
6 2 (2.469%) Computer Security
6 2 (2.469%) Problem Management
6 2 (2.469%) Service Management
6 2 (2.469%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (2.469%) PRINCE
6 2 (2.469%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (2.469%) Service Desk Management
7 1 (1.235%) Test Strategy
7 1 (1.235%) WAN Optimisation
7 1 (1.235%) Agile Testing
7 1 (1.235%) User Stories
7 1 (1.235%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.35%) SQL
2 8 (9.877%) VB
3 1 (1.235%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (28.40%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (25.93%) CCNA
3 12 (14.81%) CCNP
4 11 (13.58%) SC Cleared
4 11 (13.58%) Security Cleared
5 9 (11.11%) Degree
6 7 (8.642%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (6.173%) MCSE
8 3 (3.704%) BC Cleared
8 3 (3.704%) MCITP
9 2 (2.469%) MCSA
9 2 (2.469%) MCP
10 1 (1.235%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (1.235%) PMP
10 1 (1.235%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.235%) CCIE
10 1 (1.235%) CCIP
10 1 (1.235%) CCDP
10 1 (1.235%) HNC
10 1 (1.235%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.704%) SLA
2 1 (1.235%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.235%) QA
System Software
1 19 (23.46%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.877%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.173%) Terminal Services
3 5 (6.173%) XenApp
4 4 (4.938%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.704%) VMware ESX
5 3 (3.704%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (2.469%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.469%) Postfix
6 2 (2.469%) vSphere
7 1 (1.235%) NDS
7 1 (1.235%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.704%) WSUS
2 2 (2.469%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.235%) OpenView
3 1 (1.235%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.235%) Sysprep
3 1 (1.235%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 38 (46.91%) Cisco
2 21 (25.93%) BT
3 19 (23.46%) Microsoft
4 16 (19.75%) HP
5 13 (16.05%) VMware
6 12 (14.81%) Citrix
7 10 (12.35%) Lotus
8 9 (11.11%) Oracle
9 8 (9.877%) Business Objects
9 8 (9.877%) SAP
10 6 (7.407%) Juniper
11 5 (6.173%) Remedy
11 5 (6.173%) Dell
11 5 (6.173%) Aastra
12 4 (4.938%) Symantec
12 4 (4.938%) Avaya
13 2 (2.469%) Riverbed
13 2 (2.469%) Cramer
13 2 (2.469%) Sophos
13 2 (2.469%) Red Hat
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Key Skills 2nd/3rd Line Support experience Support of Active Directory Technical Support of ADSL, MPLS Networks Good Networking knowledge - Gateway, Alcatel, ISDN Supporting VoIP systems Supporting Windows...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £22.00 - £27.00 per hour
Posted: 8 May 2013
City, London
It's award winning Broadband service is the fastest growing in the UK, using both ADSL and fibre technologies... Key skills Strong Agile / Scrum. Telephony/Broadband/ISP background.....
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Rate: TBC
Posted: 20 May 2013