The first table below looks at the demand for SDH skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SDH over the 3 months to 21 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 Glasgow 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing SDH 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £340 £350
% change year-on-year
-17.64% -2.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year
- +61.76%
All Communications & Networking
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
67 67 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 7.001% 8.668% 4.971%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 21 11
Average daily rate £336 £305 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.24% +1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £120 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £440 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 2
Average hourly rate £14.50 £26.00 £97.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.23% -73.19%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
SDH
Scotland

SDH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow SDH Jobs Demand Trend

SDH
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow SDH Daily Rate Trend