SDH Contracts in England

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SDH skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SDH over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 627 756
Rank change year-on-year +115 +129 -141
Contract jobs citing SDH 26 28 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.070% 0.055% 0.039%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.52% 0.45% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 15
10th Percentile £508 £371 £313
25th Percentile £575 £376 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% +28.57% -4.11%
75th Percentile £688 £500 £445
90th Percentile - £591 £515
UK median daily rate £650 £450 £350
% change year-on-year +44.44% +28.57% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £19.55 £20.00 £25.73
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.75 £26.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -18.18% +44.74%
75th Percentile £33.13 £24.25 £29.13
90th Percentile £33.75 £25.00 £29.80
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -18.18% +44.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SDH is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,997 6,165 7,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.52% 12.21% 11.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,051 5,204
10th Percentile £206 £231 £220
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -5.41% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 439 303
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.82 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +108.55% -21.29% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £48.20
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.48
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.41
% change year-on-year +100.00% -33.12% +1.46%

SDH
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SDH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SDH in England

SDH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SDH in England.

Daily rate trend for SDH in England

SDH
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDH in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SDH in England

SDH
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SDH in England.

Hourly rate trend for SDH in England

SDH
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SDH in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SDH in England

SDH
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West - 11 £663 - 2
South East +13 8 - - 1
London +102 5 £500 -6.98%
West Midlands +31 2 £375 -25.00%
Midlands +27 2 £375 -25.00%
SDH
UK

SDH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) AWS
1 1 (3.85%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (61.54%) WAN
2 12 (46.15%) Ethernet
3 6 (23.08%) DWDM
3 6 (23.08%) SD-WAN
4 5 (19.23%) Junos
5 4 (15.38%) 2G
5 4 (15.38%) 3G
5 4 (15.38%) 4G
5 4 (15.38%) ATM
5 4 (15.38%) MPLS
6 3 (11.54%) Firewall
6 3 (11.54%) Internet
6 3 (11.54%) SONET
7 2 (7.69%) BGP
7 2 (7.69%) Broadband
7 2 (7.69%) EIGRP
7 2 (7.69%) OSPF
7 2 (7.69%) PPP
7 2 (7.69%) SNMP
7 2 (7.69%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Rational DOORS
General
1 16 (61.54%) Telecoms
2 7 (26.92%) Aeronautics
2 7 (26.92%) Aerospace
3 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Advertising
5 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Architect
1 14 (53.85%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (11.54%) Network Architect
2 3 (11.54%) Network Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Transmission Planner
3 2 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) NOC Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Optical Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Telecoms Planner
4 1 (3.85%) Transmission Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) ITIL
2 10 (38.46%) ArchiMate
2 10 (38.46%) BPMN
2 10 (38.46%) Customer Requirements
2 10 (38.46%) TOGAF
3 9 (34.62%) Enterprise Architecture
3 9 (34.62%) Roadmaps
4 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (26.92%) Architecture Governance
5 7 (26.92%) Commercial Awareness
5 7 (26.92%) Decision-Making
6 6 (23.08%) Customer Engagement
6 6 (23.08%) Presales
6 6 (23.08%) Strategic Roadmap
7 5 (19.23%) Business Analysis
8 4 (15.38%) Break/Fix
8 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
8 4 (15.38%) Incident Management
8 4 (15.38%) Performance Analysis
8 4 (15.38%) Validation
Qualifications
1 16 (61.54%) SC Cleared
1 16 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 7 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (26.92%) Degree
2 7 (26.92%) DV Cleared
3 6 (23.08%) CCNP
4 5 (19.23%) JNCIA
5 4 (15.38%) HND
5 4 (15.38%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (11.54%) BC Cleared
6 3 (11.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (11.54%) CCNA
7 2 (7.69%) CCDP
7 2 (7.69%) CCIP
8 1 (3.85%) AWS Certification
8 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (3.85%) HP ASE
8 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (3.85%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) SLA
2 2 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) Cisco
1 16 (61.54%) Juniper
1 16 (61.54%) Nokia
2 10 (38.46%) Ciena
3 7 (26.92%) IBM
4 5 (19.23%) Palo Alto
5 4 (15.38%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 2 (7.69%) Huawei
6 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
7 1 (3.85%) EMC
7 1 (3.85%) Google
7 1 (3.85%) VMware