Hertfordshire ATM Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ATM over the 3 months to 7 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Ceredigion Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Cornwall Dartford East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Hounslow Kent Knutsford Leeds London Manchester Mid Wales Midlands Milton Keynes New Quay Newcastle Newquay North East North West North Yorkshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redditch Scotland Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	90	74
Rank change on same period last year	-16
Matching contract IT job ads	7	18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.019 %
As % of the category below	2.456 %	6.164 %
Daily rates quoted	6	8
Average minimum daily rate	£329	£308
Average daily rate	£352	£345
% change on same period last year	+2.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£383
UK excluding London average daily rate	£400	£398
% change on same period last year	+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.08	£24.50
% change on same period last year	+10.55 %
Communications & Networking Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	285	292
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.375 %	0.309 %
Daily rates quoted	138	111
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£343
Average daily rate	£406	£363
% change on same period last year	+11.79 %
Average maximum daily rate	£436	£383
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£343
% change on same period last year	-0.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	25
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.13	£18.40
Average hourly rate	£32.52	£20.78
% change on same period last year	+56.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.91	£23.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.55	£28.70
% change on same period last year	-10.97 %
ATM East of England

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 Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

ATM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ATM across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 7 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 Hertfordshire region.

ATM
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing ATM within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 7 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
Watford	-1	1	£400	-

ATM East of England

ATM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 7 (41.18 %) MPLS 2 6 (35.29 %) Firewall 2 6 (35.29 %) VPN 2 6 (35.29 %) Cisco 2 6 (35.29 %) Cisco Certification 3 5 (29.41 %) Nortel 3 5 (29.41 %) CCIP 3 5 (29.41 %) LAN 3 5 (29.41 %) Telecoms 4 4 (23.53 %) BGP 4 4 (23.53 %) CheckPoint 4 4 (23.53 %) Finance 4 4 (23.53 %) IPsec 4 4 (23.53 %) SDH 4 4 (23.53 %) UMTS

4 4 (23.53 %) TCP/IP 4 4 (23.53 %) GPRS 4 4 (23.53 %) GSM 4 4 (23.53 %) CCNP 5 3 (17.65 %) CCIE 5 3 (17.65 %) Nokia 5 3 (17.65 %) Solaris 5 3 (17.65 %) Linux 5 3 (17.65 %) BASE24 5 3 (17.65 %) Migration 5 3 (17.65 %) EFT 5 3 (17.65 %) OSPF 5 3 (17.65 %) Nortel Alteon 6 2 (11.76 %) Crossbeam 6 2 (11.76 %) Banking

ATM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development 1 1 (5.882 %) XML 1 1 (5.882 %) XML Schema	Business Applications 1 3 (17.65 %) BASE24
Communications & Networking 1 7 (41.18 %) MPLS 2 6 (35.29 %) VPN 2 6 (35.29 %) Firewall 3 5 (29.41 %) LAN 4 4 (23.53 %) GPRS 4 4 (23.53 %) GSM 4 4 (23.53 %) SDH 4 4 (23.53 %) UMTS 4 4 (23.53 %) BGP 4 4 (23.53 %) IPsec 4 4 (23.53 %) TCP/IP 5 3 (17.65 %) Nortel Alteon 5 3 (17.65 %) OSPF 6 2 (11.76 %) DNS 6 2 (11.76 %) IPv6 6 2 (11.76 %) Wireless 6 2 (11.76 %) WLAN 6 2 (11.76 %) SMS 7 1 (5.882 %) WAN 7 1 (5.882 %) PSTN	Development Applications 1 1 (5.882 %) ClearCase 1 1 (5.882 %) TestDirector 1 1 (5.882 %) RequisitePro 1 1 (5.882 %) ClearQuest
General 1 5 (29.41 %) Telecoms 2 4 (23.53 %) Finance 3 2 (11.76 %) Banking 4 1 (5.882 %) Retail 4 1 (5.882 %) Education	Job Titles 1 5 (29.41 %) Analyst 2 3 (17.65 %) Project Manager 2 3 (17.65 %) Network Engineer 3 2 (11.76 %) Design Engineer 3 2 (11.76 %) Analyst Developer 3 2 (11.76 %) Network Support 3 2 (11.76 %) Tester 3 2 (11.76 %) Developer 3 2 (11.76 %) Test Analyst 3 2 (11.76 %) Cisco Specialist 4 1 (5.882 %) Network Specialist 4 1 (5.882 %) Implementation Specialist 4 1 (5.882 %) ATM Engineer 4 1 (5.882 %) Implementation Engineer 4 1 (5.882 %) Business Systems Analyst 4 1 (5.882 %) Systems Analyst 4 1 (5.882 %) Business Analyst 4 1 (5.882 %) Cisco Network Engineer 4 1 (5.882 %) Project Engineer 4 1 (5.882 %) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 3 (17.65 %) EFT 2 2 (11.76 %) APACS 3 1 (5.882 %) German Language 3 1 (5.882 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 3 1 (5.882 %) EPoS	Operating Systems 1 3 (17.65 %) Solaris 1 3 (17.65 %) Linux 2 2 (11.76 %) Windows 3 1 (5.882 %) Unix
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (17.65 %) Migration 2 2 (11.76 %) Network Planning 2 2 (11.76 %) Load Balancing 3 1 (5.882 %) Test Scripting 3 1 (5.882 %) Systems Analysis 3 1 (5.882 %) Business Analysis 3 1 (5.882 %) Network Design 3 1 (5.882 %) ITIL 3 1 (5.882 %) UML 3 1 (5.882 %) RUP 3 1 (5.882 %) Risk Management	Qualifications 1 6 (35.29 %) Cisco Certification 2 5 (29.41 %) CCIP 3 4 (23.53 %) CCNP 4 3 (17.65 %) CCIE 5 2 (11.76 %) CCDP 6 1 (5.882 %) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (11.76 %) ISO8583 2 1 (5.882 %) QA	Vendors 1 6 (35.29 %) Cisco 2 5 (29.41 %) Nortel 3 4 (23.53 %) CheckPoint 4 3 (17.65 %) Nokia 5 2 (11.76 %) Crossbeam 5 2 (11.76 %) Citrix 5 2 (11.76 %) Sun 5 2 (11.76 %) HP 6 1 (5.882 %) 3Com