The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband 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 Broadband over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Broadband
Rank 404 390 386
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -4
Contract jobs citing Broadband 114 176 196
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.275% 0.330% 0.343%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.868% 2.097% 2.619%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 80 103
Average daily rate £325 £329 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.14% -6.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £220 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £464 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £270 £380
% change year-on-year
+45.37% -28.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 25
Average hourly rate £29.00 £20.25 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.20% +55.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.94 £11.25 £9.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £92.65 £86.25 £29.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.69 £27.50 £12.75
% change year-on-year
-61.12% +115.68%
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6103 8393 7485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.70% 15.72% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3062 3926 3458
Average daily rate £350 £366 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.29% +4.49%
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 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 498 565 757
Average hourly rate £22.00 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.24
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Broadband
UK

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Broadband Jobs Demand Trend

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Broadband Daily Rate Trend

Broadband
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Broadband across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Broadband Daily Rate Histogram

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Broadband across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Broadband Hourly Rate Histogram

Broadband
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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 +21 52 £400 +10.26%
South East -20 23 £450 +38.46%
West Midlands +14 13 £186 -
East of England +22 10 £325 +36.84%
Yorkshire -14 5 £300 +22.44%
North West +6 4 £155 -42.59%
South West +26 1 - -
North East +13 1 - -
Broadband
UK

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Broadband 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 Broadband.

1 89 (37.08%) Telecoms
2 68 (28.33%) Windows
3 63 (26.25%) Microsoft
4 58 (24.17%) 3G
5 56 (23.33%) MS Office
6 52 (21.67%) VPN
7 43 (17.92%) Active Directory
8 36 (15.00%) Finance
9 35 (14.58%) Blackberry
10 30 (12.50%) Banking
11 29 (12.08%) MS Visio
12 28 (11.67%) Degree
13 27 (11.25%) ITIL
14 26 (10.83%) Linux
14 26 (10.83%) Wi-Fi
15 24 (10.00%) Windows 7
16 23 (9.583%) C
17 22 (9.167%) Internet
18 20 (8.333%) Dell
18 20 (8.333%) TCP/IP
18 20 (8.333%) BT
18 20 (8.333%) Firewall
19 19 (7.917%) Wireless
19 19 (7.917%) ADSL
19 19 (7.917%) Windows XP
19 19 (7.917%) Marketing
20 18 (7.500%) Cisco
21 17 (7.083%) 4G
22 16 (6.667%) Service Delivery
22 16 (6.667%) WAN

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Broadband 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 Broadband. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (3.750%) HTML
2 6 (2.500%) HTML5
3 5 (2.083%) XML
4 4 (1.667%) Middleware
4 4 (1.667%) CGI
4 4 (1.667%) Flash
5 3 (1.250%) Silverlight
5 3 (1.250%) .NET
5 3 (1.250%) Web Services
6 1 (0.417%) CSS3
6 1 (0.417%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (0.417%) WCF
6 1 (0.417%) WF
6 1 (0.417%) Symfony
6 1 (0.417%) Velocity
6 1 (0.417%) RESTful
6 1 (0.417%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.417%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.417%) COM
6 1 (0.417%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 14 (5.833%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.750%) Lotus Notes
3 8 (3.333%) MS Exchange
3 8 (3.333%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (2.917%) Apache
5 3 (1.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.833%) IIS
6 2 (0.833%) SAS
6 2 (0.833%) Zimbra
6 2 (0.833%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.417%) Adobe CQ
7 1 (0.417%) CMS
Applications
1 56 (23.33%) MS Office
2 29 (12.08%) MS Visio
3 16 (6.667%) MS Excel
4 3 (1.250%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.417%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 58 (24.17%) 3G
2 52 (21.67%) VPN
3 26 (10.83%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (9.167%) Internet
5 20 (8.333%) TCP/IP
5 20 (8.333%) Firewall
6 19 (7.917%) Wireless
6 19 (7.917%) ADSL
7 17 (7.083%) 4G
8 16 (6.667%) WAN
9 15 (6.250%) LAN
10 12 (5.000%) DNS
11 11 (4.583%) Ethernet
12 9 (3.750%) DSL
12 9 (3.750%) MPLS
13 8 (3.333%) PSTN
13 8 (3.333%) HTTP
13 8 (3.333%) SAN
13 8 (3.333%) LLU
14 7 (2.917%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.167%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.333%) BusinessObjects
3 7 (2.917%) MySQL
4 6 (2.500%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (2.500%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (1.667%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (1.667%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (0.833%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (0.833%) QlikView
7 1 (0.417%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.417%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (1.667%) ClearCase
1 4 (1.667%) Subversion
1 4 (1.667%) Selenium
1 4 (1.667%) JIRA
1 4 (1.667%) Trac
2 2 (0.833%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.417%) Git (software)
General
1 89 (37.08%) Telecoms
2 36 (15.00%) Finance
3 30 (12.50%) Banking
4 19 (7.917%) Marketing
5 9 (3.750%) Billing
6 8 (3.333%) Back Office
7 6 (2.500%) Retail
8 5 (2.083%) Electronics
9 3 (1.250%) Legal
10 2 (0.833%) German Language
10 2 (0.833%) Local Government
11 1 (0.417%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.417%) Portuguese Language
11 1 (0.417%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.417%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.417%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 69 (28.75%) Analyst
2 26 (10.83%) Support Analyst
3 17 (7.083%) Desktop Support
3 17 (7.083%) Desktop Analyst
3 17 (7.083%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 14 (5.833%) Service Analyst
5 13 (5.417%) Business Analyst
5 13 (5.417%) Developer
5 13 (5.417%) Senior Analyst
6 12 (5.000%) Service Desk Analyst
6 12 (5.000%) Architect
7 10 (4.167%) Service Manager
8 9 (3.750%) Services Delivery Manager
8 9 (3.750%) Delivery Manager
8 9 (3.750%) Network Engineer
8 9 (3.750%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (3.333%) Insight Analyst
9 8 (3.333%) Senior Insight Analyst
10 6 (2.500%) Support Engineer
10 6 (2.500%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.58%) Blackberry
2 10 (4.167%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.333%) PDA
4 6 (2.500%) STB
4 6 (2.500%) Open Source
4 6 (2.500%) Streaming Media
4 6 (2.500%) IPTV
4 6 (2.500%) Digital Media
5 5 (2.083%) Computer Science
5 5 (2.083%) Clustering
6 4 (1.667%) MPEG
6 4 (1.667%) iPhone
6 4 (1.667%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (1.667%) Mathematics
6 4 (1.667%) iPad
7 3 (1.250%) Handset
7 3 (1.250%) Streaming Video
8 2 (0.833%) Firmware
8 2 (0.833%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 2 (0.833%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 68 (28.33%) Windows
2 26 (10.83%) Linux
3 24 (10.00%) Windows 7
4 19 (7.917%) Windows XP
5 11 (4.583%) Embedded Linux
5 11 (4.583%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (4.167%) UNIX
6 10 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (3.333%) Windows Vista
8 5 (2.083%) CentOS
8 5 (2.083%) Windows NT
8 5 (2.083%) Windows 2000
9 4 (1.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.667%) Android
9 4 (1.667%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.833%) Solaris
11 1 (0.417%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.417%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.417%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (11.25%) ITIL
2 16 (6.667%) Service Delivery
3 15 (6.250%) Project Management
3 15 (6.250%) Migration
4 12 (5.000%) Root Cause Analysis
5 10 (4.167%) PRINCE2
5 10 (4.167%) Process Management
6 9 (3.750%) Statistical Analysis
6 9 (3.750%) Data Analysis
7 8 (3.333%) Product Management
7 8 (3.333%) Capacity Management
8 7 (2.917%) Benchmarking
8 7 (2.917%) Configuration Management
9 6 (2.500%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (2.500%) Test Scripting
9 6 (2.500%) Logistics
9 6 (2.500%) Business Analysis
10 5 (2.083%) Process Improvement
10 5 (2.083%) Software Testing
10 5 (2.083%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.583%) C
2 13 (5.417%) SQL
3 8 (3.333%) VB
4 7 (2.917%) Embedded C
4 7 (2.917%) Java
4 7 (2.917%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.917%) C++
5 5 (2.083%) PHP
6 4 (1.667%) Perl
6 4 (1.667%) Python
7 1 (0.417%) Bash shell
7 1 (0.417%) C#
7 1 (0.417%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (11.67%) Degree
2 14 (5.833%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (4.583%) ITIL Certification
4 10 (4.167%) MCSE
4 10 (4.167%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (4.167%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.167%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.917%) CCNA
6 4 (1.667%) CCNP
7 3 (1.250%) APMP
7 3 (1.250%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.250%) ACCA
7 3 (1.250%) ISEB
7 3 (1.250%) CCIP
8 2 (0.833%) CIMA
9 1 (0.417%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.417%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.417%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.417%) HNC
9 1 (0.417%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.333%) SLA
2 4 (1.667%) QA
3 2 (0.833%) GAAP
3 2 (0.833%) JSP 440
System Software
1 43 (17.92%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.500%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.667%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.667%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (1.667%) Xen
3 4 (1.667%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.250%) VMware ESX
4 3 (1.250%) Terminal Server
5 2 (0.833%) XenApp
5 2 (0.833%) Postfix
5 2 (0.833%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (0.417%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 4 (1.667%) SCCM
2 2 (0.833%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.417%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.417%) SCOM
Vendors
1 63 (26.25%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.333%) Dell
2 20 (8.333%) BT
3 18 (7.500%) Cisco
4 16 (6.667%) SAP
5 14 (5.833%) Oracle
6 12 (5.000%) Citrix
7 10 (4.167%) Business Objects
7 10 (4.167%) Remedy
7 10 (4.167%) VMware
8 9 (3.750%) Lotus
8 9 (3.750%) HP
9 7 (2.917%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.083%) Intel
10 5 (2.083%) Adobe
10 5 (2.083%) Juniper
11 4 (1.667%) Avaya
11 4 (1.667%) Nokia Siemens Networks
11 4 (1.667%) 3PAR
12 3 (1.250%) JBoss
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Rate: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £1 per hour
Posted: 20 May 2013
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There will also be elements of both project management and commercial vendor management... Migration of customers and their routers... The 3 key areas of this role will include;...
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Rate: £400 - £435 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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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
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Rate: competitive
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