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The table below looks at the demand for X.25 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 X.25 over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkX.25
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank503621
Rank change on same period last yearUp+118
Matching contract IT job ads164
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.200 %0.034 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£293£370
Average daily rate£305£376
% change on same period last year-18.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£317£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£295£340
% change on same period last year-13.23 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
England
Matching contract IT job ads798211724
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.57 %12.56 %
Daily rates quoted21163104
Average minimum daily rate£340£338
Average daily rate£359£355
% change on same period last year+1.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£371
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted11241670
Average minimum hourly rate£25.77£26.91
Average hourly rate£27.45£29.02
% change on same period last year-5.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.13£31.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
X.25 UKX.25
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.

X.25
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing X.25 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

England X.25 Demand Trend

X.25
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing X.25 across the England region.

England X.25 Daily Rate Trend

X.25
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing X.25 across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England X.25 Daily Rate Histogram

X.25
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing X.25 across the England region.

England X.25 Hourly Rate Trend

X.25
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing X.25 within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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 EastNew entry-10--
YorkshireNew entry-3--
East of EnglandNew entry-2£295-
LondonUp+911£325-21.21 %
X.25 UKX.25
UK

X.25
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing X.25 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 X.25.

136 (97.30 %)TCP/IP
227 (72.97 %)Finance
320 (54.05 %)BASE24
419 (51.35 %)ISEB
419 (51.35 %)PSTN
419 (51.35 %)QA
518 (48.65 %)Tandem
616 (43.24 %)ATM
711 (29.73 %)Financial Institution
88 (21.62 %)Sun
88 (21.62 %)UNIX
88 (21.62 %)Banking
97 (18.92 %)Telecoms
106 (16.22 %)Java
106 (16.22 %)IBM
115 (13.51 %)LAN
115 (13.51 %)SNA
124 (10.81 %)VPN
124 (10.81 %)DHCP
124 (10.81 %)IPX
124 (10.81 %)ISDN
124 (10.81 %)Microsoft
124 (10.81 %)DNS
124 (10.81 %)CheckPoint
124 (10.81 %)Internet
124 (10.81 %)MPLS
124 (10.81 %)OSPF
124 (10.81 %)BGP
124 (10.81 %)X.21
124 (10.81 %)Firewall

X.25
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing X.25 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 X.25. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (5.405 %)HTML
21 (2.703 %)J2EE
21 (2.703 %)SOAP
21 (2.703 %)XML
21 (2.703 %)JMS
21 (2.703 %)WSDL
21 (2.703 %)Middleware
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.703 %)MQSeries
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (8.108 %)MS Excel
13 (8.108 %)MS Visio
13 (8.108 %)MS PowerPoint
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
120 (54.05 %)BASE24
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (97.30 %)TCP/IP
219 (51.35 %)PSTN
316 (43.24 %)ATM
45 (13.51 %)LAN
45 (13.51 %)SNA
54 (10.81 %)DNS
54 (10.81 %)VPN
54 (10.81 %)Internet
54 (10.81 %)MPLS
54 (10.81 %)OSPF
54 (10.81 %)BGP
54 (10.81 %)X.21
54 (10.81 %)Firewall
54 (10.81 %)IPX
54 (10.81 %)DHCP
54 (10.81 %)ISDN
54 (10.81 %)Frame Relay
54 (10.81 %)Cisco PIX
63 (8.108 %)VoIP
63 (8.108 %)WAN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (2.703 %)SQL Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
127 (72.97 %)Finance
211 (29.73 %)Financial Institution
38 (21.62 %)Banking
47 (18.92 %)Telecoms
52 (5.405 %)Health
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
130 (81.08 %)Analyst
222 (59.46 %)Test Analyst
38 (21.62 %)Systems Analyst
42 (5.405 %)Telecoms Engineer
51 (2.703 %)Tester
51 (2.703 %)Consultant
51 (2.703 %)Network Engineer
51 (2.703 %)Technical Consultant
51 (2.703 %)Technical Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (48.65 %)Tandem
22 (5.405 %)e-Health
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (21.62 %)UNIX
21 (2.703 %)AIX
21 (2.703 %)Solaris
21 (2.703 %)Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (8.108 %)Test Scripting
22 (5.405 %)Systems Analysis
31 (2.703 %)System Testing
31 (2.703 %)SOA
31 (2.703 %)Migration
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (16.22 %)Java
21 (2.703 %)JavaScript
21 (2.703 %)Perl
21 (2.703 %)Shell Script
21 (2.703 %)C
21 (2.703 %)C++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
119 (51.35 %)ISEB
23 (8.108 %)Cisco Certification
23 (8.108 %)CCNA
31 (2.703 %)CCNP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (51.35 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.703 %)NFS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (8.108 %)OpenView
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (21.62 %)Sun
26 (16.22 %)IBM
34 (10.81 %)Microsoft
34 (10.81 %)Cisco
34 (10.81 %)CheckPoint
43 (8.108 %)HP
43 (8.108 %)Avaya
52 (5.405 %)CA
61 (2.703 %)NCR
61 (2.703 %)Oracle
61 (2.703 %)TIBCO