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This section looks at the demand for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) skills within the Home Counties region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DSL over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank14-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below4.348 %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£324£523
% change on same period last year-38.01 %
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£38.55£29.42
% change on same period last year+31.03 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads2325
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.025 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£400£376
Average daily rate£400£380
% change on same period last year+5.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£15.67
Average hourly rate£20.00£17.00
% change on same period last year+17.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00£18.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
DSL South EastDSL
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.

DSL
Demand Trend

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

Home Counties DSL Demand Trend

DSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Home Counties DSL Daily Rate Trend

DSL
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties region citing DSL 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 DSL.

11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)AIX
11 (100.00 %)Solaris
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)MS Visio
11 (100.00 %)ISDN
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Firewall

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties region citing DSL 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 DSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)MS Visio
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)ISDN
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)WAN
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Systems Administrator
11 (100.00 %)Administrator
11 (100.00 %)IT Administrator
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)AIX
11 (100.00 %)Solaris
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)SQL
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)Cisco