The first table below looks at the demand for DSL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DSL over the 3 months to 17 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 Gloucestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing DSL 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.365% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.041% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £304 £140 £270
% change year-on-year
+116.96% -48.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -26.19%
All Communications & Networking
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
49 162 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 17.88% 23.34% 17.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 93 26
Average daily rate £500 £500 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +61.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £400 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 9
Average hourly rate £42.50 £31.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.92% +57.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
DSL
South West

DSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire DSL Jobs Demand Trend

DSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire DSL Daily Rate Trend

DSL
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing DSL 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 DSL.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) TestDirector
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (100.00%) Altiris
1 2 (100.00%) CMDB
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (100.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Degree

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing DSL 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 DSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) TestDirector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Altiris