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The table below looks at the demand for Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SDH over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSynchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank56-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.000 %
As % of the category below6.276 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£363
% change on same period last year+6.57 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.75£21.00
% change on same period last year+84.52 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads239340
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.384 %0.365 %
Daily rates quoted49106
Average minimum daily rate£340£311
Average daily rate£358£334
% change on same period last year+7.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£337
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted1348
Average minimum hourly rate£31.15£24.02
Average hourly rate£32.73£26.08
% change on same period last year+25.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.30£28.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.82£28.43
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
SDH East of EnglandSDH
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.

SDH
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire SDH Demand Trend

SDH
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire SDH Daily Rate Trend

SDH
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire SDH Hourly Rate Trend

SDH
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

123 (74.19 %)3G
217 (54.84 %)2G
316 (51.61 %)GSM
413 (41.94 %)Telecoms
512 (38.71 %)2.5G
69 (29.03 %)Nortel
78 (25.81 %)Ericsson
78 (25.81 %)Nokia
78 (25.81 %)UMTS
78 (25.81 %)RNC
86 (19.35 %)Project Planning
86 (19.35 %)Network Planning
86 (19.35 %)ATM
94 (12.90 %)Netcool
103 (9.677 %)GPRS
112 (6.452 %)BSS
112 (6.452 %)Performance Management
121 (3.226 %)Network Security
121 (3.226 %)OPNET
121 (3.226 %)Degree
121 (3.226 %)Computer Science
121 (3.226 %)Incident Management
121 (3.226 %)Tivoli
121 (3.226 %)HNC
121 (3.226 %)HND
121 (3.226 %)SNMP
121 (3.226 %)TCP/IP

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (74.19 %)3G
217 (54.84 %)2G
316 (51.61 %)GSM
412 (38.71 %)2.5G
58 (25.81 %)UMTS
58 (25.81 %)RNC
66 (19.35 %)ATM
73 (9.677 %)GPRS
82 (6.452 %)BSS
91 (3.226 %)SNMP
91 (3.226 %)TCP/IP
91 (3.226 %)Network Security
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (41.94 %)Telecoms
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (80.65 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
24 (12.90 %)Performance Engineer
32 (6.452 %)Analyst
41 (3.226 %)Network Engineer
41 (3.226 %)NOC Engineer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.226 %)Computer Science
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (19.35 %)Network Planning
16 (19.35 %)Project Planning
22 (6.452 %)Performance Management
31 (3.226 %)Incident Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.226 %)HNC
11 (3.226 %)HND
11 (3.226 %)Degree
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (12.90 %)Netcool
21 (3.226 %)Tivoli
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (29.03 %)Nortel
28 (25.81 %)Ericsson
28 (25.81 %)Nokia
31 (3.226 %)OPNET