The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 22 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 Essex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Broadband
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Broadband 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.969% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.556% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £270 £380
% change year-on-year
+45.37% -28.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.69 £27.50 £12.75
% change year-on-year
-61.12% +115.68%
All Communications & Networking
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
72 47 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 17.43% 11.38% 7.848%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 16 8
Average daily rate £325 £371 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.45% +20.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £133 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 12
Average hourly rate £25.00 £23.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% +34.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.10 £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.84 £28.70 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Broadband
East of England

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Broadband Daily Rate Trend

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Brentwood - 3 £325 -
Broadband
East of England

Broadband
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) HTML
1 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) ClearCase
1 4 (66.67%) WAN
1 4 (66.67%) DHCP
1 4 (66.67%) FTP
1 4 (66.67%) HTTP
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 4 (66.67%) DNS
1 4 (66.67%) CGI
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded C
1 4 (66.67%) 802.11
1 4 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 4 (66.67%) DSL
1 4 (66.67%) TELNET
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (66.67%) Wireless
1 4 (66.67%) UPnP
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
1 4 (66.67%) 4G
1 4 (66.67%) DLNA
1 4 (66.67%) Trac
2 3 (50.00%) Streaming Media
2 3 (50.00%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 4 (66.67%) HTML
1 4 (66.67%) CGI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) WAN
1 4 (66.67%) DHCP
1 4 (66.67%) FTP
1 4 (66.67%) HTTP
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 4 (66.67%) DNS
1 4 (66.67%) 802.11
1 4 (66.67%) DSL
1 4 (66.67%) TELNET
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (66.67%) Wireless
1 4 (66.67%) UPnP
1 4 (66.67%) 4G
1 4 (66.67%) DLNA
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) ClearCase
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
1 4 (66.67%) Trac
General
1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Software Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded C Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Streaming Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded C