The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 17 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 Kent 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Broadband
Rank - - 44
Contract jobs citing Broadband 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent - - 0.313%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 1.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £396 £293 £380
% change year-on-year
+35.47% -23.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.69 £27.50 £11.88
% change year-on-year
-61.12% +131.57%
All Communications & Networking
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
39 28 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 12.75% 10.57% 31.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 65
Average daily rate £240 £308 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.95% +2.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 8
Average hourly rate £16.00 £67.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-76.29% +68.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Broadband
South East

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Broadband Jobs Demand Trend

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Broadband 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 Broadband.

1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 4 (66.67%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) MS Office
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Local Government

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Broadband 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 Broadband. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) IT Support
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Support Technician
2 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) IT Support Technician
2 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft