The first table below looks at the demand for SDH skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SDH over the 3 months to 24 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 Hampshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Rank 101 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SDH 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.131% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.635% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £135 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £340 £350
% change year-on-year
-16.17% -2.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year
- +88.23%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
315 306 274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.64% 19.23% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 128 81
Average daily rate £340 £361 £311
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +16.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 53 75
Average hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £21.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
SDH
South East

SDH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire SDH Daily Rate Trend

SDH
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire SDH Hourly Rate Trend

SDH
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing SDH 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 SDH.

1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Release Management
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) HSRP
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) VPLS
3 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) IPv6
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) SONET
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) RSVP
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing SDH 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 SDH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) HSRP
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) VPLS
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) IPv6
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) SONET
1 1 (33.33%) MPLS
1 1 (33.33%) OSPF
1 1 (33.33%) BGP
1 1 (33.33%) RSVP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Change Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IP Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Release Management
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
Hampshire, South East
You will meet the following requirements: Strong Change Management background Experience in multi-location, multi product, multi vendor integrated customer networks Come from a strong telecommunication background Operational...
Orgtel
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
You will meet the following requirements: Strong Change Management background Experience in multi-location, multi product, multi vendor integrated customer networks Come from a strong telecommunication background Operational...
Orgtel
Posted: 21 May 2013