The first table below looks at the demand for SDH skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 62 59 49
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -10
Contract jobs citing SDH 1 11 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.157% 1.126% 1.712%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.870% 5.528% 7.109%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
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
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
115 199 211
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 18.05% 20.37% 24.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 46 62
Average daily rate £300 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £208 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 28
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.23% -34.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.75 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £35.25 £42.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
SDH
East of England

SDH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire SDH Hourly Rate Trend

SDH
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 4 (100.00%) ATM
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) 2G
3 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (25.00%) 2.5G
3 1 (25.00%) Cramer
3 1 (25.00%) Network Planning
3 1 (25.00%) BT
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (25.00%) B2B

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) ATM
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
2 3 (75.00%) 2G
3 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (25.00%) 2.5G
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Circuiting Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Provisioning Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Transmission Planner
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (25.00%) B2B
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cramer
1 1 (25.00%) BT