The first table below looks at the demand for LLU 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 LLU over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Loop Unbundling (LLU)
Rank 527 542 569
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +27
Contract jobs citing LLU 5 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.012% 0.006% 0.019%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.080% 0.036% 0.146%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 3
Average daily rate £315 £440 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.40% +3.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £428 £345
10% offered a daily rate of more than £396 £448 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £440 £325
% change year-on-year
-28.40% +35.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £11.00
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6247 8269 7531
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.44% 15.61% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3225 3820 3506
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £499 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 564 756
Average hourly rate £24.00 £24.38 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +1.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
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LLU
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England LLU Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

England LLU Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LLU across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England LLU Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

England LLU Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LLU within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London - - - - 1
Midlands - - - -
South West - - - -
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LLU
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing LLU 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 LLU.

1 16 (76.19%) Telecoms
2 10 (47.62%) DSL
2 10 (47.62%) Cisco
3 8 (38.10%) ADSL
4 7 (33.33%) Broadband
4 7 (33.33%) VoIP
4 7 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 7 (33.33%) Service Delivery
5 6 (28.57%) BT
5 6 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (23.81%) IP Telephony
6 5 (23.81%) HP
7 4 (19.05%) CCNP
7 4 (19.05%) PBX
7 4 (19.05%) Aastra
7 4 (19.05%) Product Management
8 3 (14.29%) Ethernet
8 3 (14.29%) Migration
8 3 (14.29%) DSLAM
9 2 (9.524%) Project Management
9 2 (9.524%) Validation
9 2 (9.524%) Cramer
9 2 (9.524%) PSTN
9 2 (9.524%) WAN
9 2 (9.524%) ISDN
9 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
9 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
9 2 (9.524%) UNIX
9 2 (9.524%) CCNA
9 2 (9.524%) Internet

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing LLU 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 LLU. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
1 2 (9.524%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (4.762%) MS Project
2 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (47.62%) DSL
2 8 (38.10%) ADSL
3 7 (33.33%) Broadband
3 7 (33.33%) VoIP
3 7 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 5 (23.81%) IP Telephony
5 4 (19.05%) PBX
6 3 (14.29%) Ethernet
6 3 (14.29%) DSLAM
7 2 (9.524%) PSTN
7 2 (9.524%) WAN
7 2 (9.524%) ISDN
7 2 (9.524%) Internet
7 2 (9.524%) MPLS
7 2 (9.524%) xDSL
8 1 (4.762%) Softswitch
8 1 (4.762%) HSRP
8 1 (4.762%) IPv4
8 1 (4.762%) IPv6
8 1 (4.762%) BGP
General
1 16 (76.19%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.762%) Investment Banking
2 1 (4.762%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) VoIP Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Senior Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Product Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Deployment Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Senior Product Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Build Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Network Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Coordinator
4 2 (9.524%) Administrator
4 2 (9.524%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (9.524%) Project Administrator
4 2 (9.524%) Provisioning Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) Configuration Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Network Team Leader
5 1 (4.762%) Team Leader
5 1 (4.762%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Test Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Digital Media
1 1 (4.762%) NHS
1 1 (4.762%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.524%) UNIX
2 1 (4.762%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 4 (19.05%) Product Management
3 3 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (9.524%) Project Management
4 2 (9.524%) Validation
4 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.762%) Test Strategy
5 1 (4.762%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) Release Management
5 1 (4.762%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (19.05%) CCNP
3 2 (9.524%) CCNA
3 2 (9.524%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.524%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.762%) HNC
4 1 (4.762%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) Cisco
2 6 (28.57%) BT
3 5 (23.81%) HP
4 4 (19.05%) Aastra
5 2 (9.524%) Cramer
5 2 (9.524%) Remedy
5 2 (9.524%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 1 (4.762%) Ericsson
6 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
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