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The table below looks at the demand for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) 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 ATM over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank355434
Rank change on same period last yearUp+79
Matching contract IT job ads207215
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.289 %0.216 %
As % of the category below2.294 %1.695 %
Daily rates quoted6364
Average minimum daily rate£304£357
Average daily rate£319£376
% change on same period last year-15.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£328
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
Hourly rates quoted226
Average minimum hourly rate£37.50£25.33
Average hourly rate£40.00£27.69
% change on same period last year+44.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.50£30.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.00£24.66
% change on same period last year+62.22 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
England
Matching contract IT job ads902412688
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.61 %12.75 %
Daily rates quoted26043372
Average minimum daily rate£347£346
Average daily rate£367£363
% change on same period last year+1.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
Hourly rates quoted11511782
Average minimum hourly rate£25.16£26.30
Average hourly rate£26.90£28.33
% change on same period last year-5.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.63£30.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£28.52
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
ATM UKATM
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.

ATM
Demand Trend

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

England ATM Demand Trend

ATM
Daily Rate Trend

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

England ATM Daily Rate Trend

ATM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ATM across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England ATM Daily Rate Histogram

ATM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England ATM Hourly Rate Trend

ATM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ATM within the England region over the 3 months to 6 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
South EastUp+8796£357+42.64 %
LondonUp+739£417-1.09 %
YorkshireUp+3225£266-
South WestUp+3113£275-
East of EnglandUp+612£273-17.76 %
North WestUp+1711£227-61.92 %
West MidlandsUp+176£301-
ATM UKATM
UK

ATM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1115 (30.18 %)MPLS
2104 (27.30 %)Telecoms
397 (25.46 %)Cisco
485 (22.31 %)WAN
583 (21.78 %)Frame Relay
677 (20.21 %)VPN
774 (19.42 %)Finance
869 (18.11 %)SDH
965 (17.06 %)LAN
1062 (16.27 %)Cisco Certification
1157 (14.96 %)TCP/IP
1157 (14.96 %)BGP
1255 (14.44 %)Firewall
1353 (13.91 %)OSPF
1449 (12.86 %)Ethernet
1547 (12.34 %)3G
1639 (10.24 %)VoIP
1737 (9.711 %)ISDN
1737 (9.711 %)Banking
1836 (9.449 %)CCNP
1935 (9.186 %)Nortel
2033 (8.661 %)UNIX
2033 (8.661 %)Project Management
2131 (8.136 %)Internet
2230 (7.874 %)Windows
2328 (7.349 %)VLAN
2427 (7.087 %)Retail
2427 (7.087 %)CCNA
2427 (7.087 %)EIGRP
2427 (7.087 %)2G

ATM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (2.625 %)XML
25 (1.312 %)CORBA
34 (1.050 %)XSLT
34 (1.050 %).NET
43 (0.787 %)Middleware
52 (0.525 %)WebSphere
52 (0.525 %)HTML
61 (0.262 %)WMI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (1.050 %)SharePoint
14 (1.050 %)MS Exchange
22 (0.525 %)WebSphere MQ
31 (0.262 %)WebLogic
31 (0.262 %)Apache
31 (0.262 %)Tomcat
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (3.150 %)MS Office
210 (2.625 %)MS Excel
36 (1.575 %)MS Project
45 (1.312 %)MS PowerPoint
53 (0.787 %)Spreadsheet
62 (0.525 %)MATLAB
71 (0.262 %)Simulink
71 (0.262 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
118 (4.724 %)BASE24
22 (0.525 %)Oracle Applications
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1115 (30.18 %)MPLS
285 (22.31 %)WAN
383 (21.78 %)Frame Relay
477 (20.21 %)VPN
569 (18.11 %)SDH
665 (17.06 %)LAN
757 (14.96 %)TCP/IP
757 (14.96 %)BGP
855 (14.44 %)Firewall
953 (13.91 %)OSPF
1049 (12.86 %)Ethernet
1147 (12.34 %)3G
1239 (10.24 %)VoIP
1337 (9.711 %)ISDN
1431 (8.136 %)Internet
1528 (7.349 %)VLAN
1627 (7.087 %)2G
1627 (7.087 %)EIGRP
1724 (6.299 %)RNC
1822 (5.774 %)Broadband
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (1.575 %)SQL Server
25 (1.312 %)MS Access
33 (0.787 %)DB2
42 (0.525 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (0.525 %)ETL
51 (0.262 %)SQL Server 2005
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.525 %)TestDirector
21 (0.262 %)RequisitePro
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1104 (27.30 %)Telecoms
274 (19.42 %)Finance
337 (9.711 %)Banking
427 (7.087 %)Retail
512 (3.150 %)Financial Institution
512 (3.150 %)Government
66 (1.575 %)Multimedia
66 (1.575 %)Retail Banking
75 (1.312 %)Online Banking
75 (1.312 %)Front Office
84 (1.050 %)Insurance
84 (1.050 %)Health
93 (0.787 %)Electronics
93 (0.787 %)Billing
102 (0.525 %)Electric
102 (0.525 %)Publishing
102 (0.525 %)Construction
102 (0.525 %)Marketing
102 (0.525 %)Avionics
111 (0.262 %)Education
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
166 (17.32 %)Analyst
248 (12.60 %)Network Engineer
342 (11.02 %)Architect
435 (9.186 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
523 (6.037 %)Consultant
622 (5.774 %)Project Manager
718 (4.724 %)Technical Architect
817 (4.462 %)Support Analyst
817 (4.462 %)Test Analyst
916 (4.199 %)Systems Analyst
916 (4.199 %)Network Architect
1015 (3.937 %)Network Consultant
1114 (3.675 %)Support Engineer
1213 (3.412 %)Design Engineer
1213 (3.412 %)Business Analyst
1311 (2.887 %)Tester
1311 (2.887 %)Developer
1410 (2.625 %)Network Analyst
1410 (2.625 %)Network Support
1410 (2.625 %)ATM Engineer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
120 (5.249 %)EFT
212 (3.150 %)PMI
212 (3.150 %)Spanish Language
311 (2.887 %)EPoS
45 (1.312 %)APACS
45 (1.312 %)CESG
45 (1.312 %)Tandem
54 (1.050 %)PKI
54 (1.050 %)EMV
63 (0.787 %)Client/Server
63 (0.787 %)IVR
72 (0.525 %)Physics
72 (0.525 %)DTV
72 (0.525 %)Mainframe
81 (0.262 %)Thin Client
81 (0.262 %)N-Tier
81 (0.262 %)Computer Science
81 (0.262 %)Italian Language
81 (0.262 %)IPTV
81 (0.262 %)Mathematics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
133 (8.661 %)UNIX
230 (7.874 %)Windows
39 (2.362 %)Linux
46 (1.575 %)Windows NT
46 (1.575 %)Windows 2000 Server
53 (0.787 %)MVS
53 (0.787 %)Solaris
53 (0.787 %)Windows 2000
62 (0.525 %)AIX
62 (0.525 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.262 %)SUSE
71 (0.262 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (0.262 %)HPUX
71 (0.262 %)Windows XP
71 (0.262 %)NetWare
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
133 (8.661 %)Project Management
227 (7.087 %)Migration
323 (6.037 %)Network Design
421 (5.512 %)ITIL
520 (5.249 %)Security Cleared
619 (4.987 %)PRINCE2
717 (4.462 %)UML
816 (4.199 %)Project Planning
912 (3.150 %)Service Delivery
912 (3.150 %)Change Management
1010 (2.625 %)Incident Management
119 (2.362 %)Network Planning
128 (2.100 %)Business Analysis
128 (2.100 %)SC Cleared
137 (1.837 %)Test Scripting
137 (1.837 %)GAP Analysis
146 (1.575 %)E-business
146 (1.575 %)Data Management
146 (1.575 %)Load Balancing
155 (1.312 %)SSADM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (3.412 %)Java
211 (2.887 %)SQL
310 (2.625 %)C
48 (2.100 %)Perl
55 (1.312 %)C++
64 (1.050 %)Korn
64 (1.050 %)C#
72 (0.525 %)PL/SQL
72 (0.525 %)VB
81 (0.262 %)Fortran
81 (0.262 %)Shell Script
81 (0.262 %)JCL
81 (0.262 %)PowerShell
81 (0.262 %)VBScript
81 (0.262 %)JavaScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
162 (16.27 %)Cisco Certification
236 (9.449 %)CCNP
327 (7.087 %)CCNA
424 (6.299 %)CCIE
515 (3.937 %)CCIP
614 (3.675 %)CCDP
711 (2.887 %)Degree
88 (2.100 %)PMI Certification
97 (1.837 %)ISEB
106 (1.575 %)CCDA
113 (0.787 %)ITIL Certification
122 (0.525 %)HND
131 (0.262 %)PhD
131 (0.262 %)HNC
131 (0.262 %)PMP
131 (0.262 %)JNCIA
131 (0.262 %)JNCIS
131 (0.262 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (2.887 %)SLA
210 (2.625 %)ISO8583
35 (1.312 %)QA
42 (0.525 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.525 %)ISO27001
51 (0.262 %)TickIT
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (1.575 %)Active Directory
22 (0.525 %)Terminal Services
31 (0.262 %)Oracle RAC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (1.312 %)OpenView
24 (1.050 %)Netcool
24 (1.050 %)OpenView Configuration Management
32 (0.525 %)Tivoli
41 (0.262 %)MOM
41 (0.262 %)CiscoWorks
41 (0.262 %)Netcool/Proviso
41 (0.262 %)SCOM
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
197 (25.46 %)Cisco
235 (9.186 %)Nortel
323 (6.037 %)CheckPoint
422 (5.774 %)Nokia
520 (5.249 %)Oracle
615 (3.937 %)Ericsson
714 (3.675 %)Microsoft
88 (2.100 %)HP
88 (2.100 %)Cramer
97 (1.837 %)Avaya
97 (1.837 %)Sun
105 (1.312 %)Citrix
105 (1.312 %)IBM
105 (1.312 %)Juniper
105 (1.312 %)BT
105 (1.312 %)Huawei
105 (1.312 %)Fundtech
114 (1.050 %)NCR
123 (0.787 %)Alcatel
123 (0.787 %)Fujitsu