Hampshire ATM Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) skills within the Hampshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ATM over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Ceredigion Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Cornwall Dartford East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Kent Knutsford Leeds London Maidenhead Manchester Mid Wales Midlands Milton Keynes New Quay Newcastle Newquay North East North West North Yorkshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redditch Runcorn Scotland South East South West Southampton Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	84	118
Rank change on same period last year	+34
Matching contract IT job ads	22	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.029 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	5.238 %	1.597 %
Daily rates quoted	3	2
Average minimum daily rate	£280	£320
Average daily rate	£285	£330
% change on same period last year	-13.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£290	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£408
% change on same period last year	-11.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	4
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£33.25
Average hourly rate	-	£34.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£35.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.69	£23.72
% change on same period last year	+46.24 %
Communications & Networking Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	420	501
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.560 %	0.507 %
Daily rates quoted	72	89
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£322
Average daily rate	£345	£340
% change on same period last year	+1.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£366	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	92	125
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.90	£31.15
Average hourly rate	£29.71	£33.29
% change on same period last year	-10.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.53	£35.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
ATM South East

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.

ATM
Demand Trend

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

ATM
Daily Rate Trend

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

ATM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ATM across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ATM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ATM
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ATM within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Basingstoke	-	5	£165	-
Portsmouth	-1	4	£345	-
Winchester	-	1	-	-
Southampton	-	1	-	-

ATM South East

ATM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing ATM 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 ATM.

1 21 (37.50 %) Frame Relay 2 20 (35.71 %) WAN 2 20 (35.71 %) VPN 3 18 (32.14 %) LAN 3 18 (32.14 %) MPLS 4 17 (30.36 %) Cisco 5 15 (26.79 %) Security Cleared 6 14 (25.00 %) Telecoms 7 13 (23.21 %) Broadband 8 12 (21.43 %) Internet 8 12 (21.43 %) Firewall 9 11 (19.64 %) VLAN 9 11 (19.64 %) Perl 9 11 (19.64 %) Cisco Certification 10 10 (17.86 %) SAN

10 10 (17.86 %) TCP/IP 10 10 (17.86 %) C 10 10 (17.86 %) C++ 10 10 (17.86 %) Java 10 10 (17.86 %) GSM 10 10 (17.86 %) iSCSI 11 9 (16.07 %) Korn 11 9 (16.07 %) Network Design 11 9 (16.07 %) SSL 12 8 (14.29 %) ISEB 12 8 (14.29 %) VoIP 13 7 (12.50 %) Software Testing 14 6 (10.71 %) SC Cleared 14 6 (10.71 %) CCNA 14 6 (10.71 %) Service Delivery

ATM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing ATM 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 ATM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 2 (3.571 %) MS Office 2 1 (1.786 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.786 %) MS Visio 2 1 (1.786 %) MATLAB 2 1 (1.786 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 21 (37.50 %) Frame Relay 2 20 (35.71 %) WAN 2 20 (35.71 %) VPN 3 18 (32.14 %) LAN 3 18 (32.14 %) MPLS 4 13 (23.21 %) Broadband 5 12 (21.43 %) Internet 5 12 (21.43 %) Firewall 6 11 (19.64 %) VLAN 7 10 (17.86 %) iSCSI 7 10 (17.86 %) TCP/IP 7 10 (17.86 %) SAN 7 10 (17.86 %) GSM 8 9 (16.07 %) SSL 9 8 (14.29 %) VoIP 10 6 (10.71 %) BGP 11 5 (8.929 %) SDH 12 4 (7.143 %) OSPF 13 3 (5.357 %) IPsec 13 3 (5.357 %) EIGRP
General 1 14 (25.00 %) Telecoms 2 4 (7.143 %) Government 2 4 (7.143 %) Military 3 1 (1.786 %) Financial Institution 3 1 (1.786 %) Electronics 3 1 (1.786 %) Finance 3 1 (1.786 %) Construction 3 1 (1.786 %) Electric	Job Titles 1 13 (23.21 %) Network Consultant 1 13 (23.21 %) Consultant 2 11 (19.64 %) Systems Engineer 3 8 (14.29 %) Test Engineer 4 3 (5.357 %) Senior Systems Engineer 5 2 (3.571 %) Configuration Manager 5 2 (3.571 %) 2nd Line Support 5 2 (3.571 %) Network Analyst 5 2 (3.571 %) Software Engineer 5 2 (3.571 %) Analyst 5 2 (3.571 %) Tester 5 2 (3.571 %) Cisco Support 5 2 (3.571 %) ATM Engineer 5 2 (3.571 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 6 1 (1.786 %) Software Test Engineer 6 1 (1.786 %) Project Engineer 6 1 (1.786 %) Network Architect 6 1 (1.786 %) Business Manager 6 1 (1.786 %) Programme Manager 6 1 (1.786 %) Architect
Miscellaneous 1 2 (3.571 %) PKI 1 2 (3.571 %) Physics 2 1 (1.786 %) Computer Science 2 1 (1.786 %) IPTV 2 1 (1.786 %) Mathematics	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (26.79 %) Security Cleared 2 9 (16.07 %) Network Design 3 7 (12.50 %) Software Testing 4 6 (10.71 %) SC Cleared 4 6 (10.71 %) Service Delivery 5 5 (8.929 %) Project Management 6 2 (3.571 %) Configuration Management 6 2 (3.571 %) Validation 7 1 (1.786 %) Requirements Analysis 7 1 (1.786 %) Business Development 7 1 (1.786 %) Performance Management 7 1 (1.786 %) PRINCE2 7 1 (1.786 %) UML 7 1 (1.786 %) Change Management 7 1 (1.786 %) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages 1 11 (19.64 %) Perl 2 10 (17.86 %) C 2 10 (17.86 %) C++ 2 10 (17.86 %) Java 3 9 (16.07 %) Korn 4 1 (1.786 %) SQL 4 1 (1.786 %) Fortran	Qualifications 1 11 (19.64 %) Cisco Certification 2 8 (14.29 %) ISEB 3 6 (10.71 %) CCNA 4 5 (8.929 %) CCNP 5 4 (7.143 %) Degree 6 2 (3.571 %) HND 7 1 (1.786 %) PhD 7 1 (1.786 %) CCIE 7 1 (1.786 %) PMP 7 1 (1.786 %) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.571 %) SLA	Systems Management 1 4 (7.143 %) Netcool 2 1 (1.786 %) CiscoWorks
Vendors 1 17 (30.36 %) Cisco 2 3 (5.357 %) Nokia 2 3 (5.357 %) CheckPoint 3 2 (3.571 %) Finjan 3 2 (3.571 %) IBM 3 2 (3.571 %) Nortel 3 2 (3.571 %) Juniper 4 1 (1.786 %) Lucent 4 1 (1.786 %) Alcatel