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

LinkBroadband
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank351353
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads65124
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.086 %0.123 %
As % of the category below1.650 %2.207 %
Daily rates quoted3119
Average minimum daily rate£383£438
Average daily rate£423£456
% change on same period last year-7.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£463£474
UK excluding London average daily rate£374£337
% change on same period last year+11.01 %
Hourly rates quoted517
Average minimum hourly rate£27.20£19.09
Average hourly rate£27.40£19.49
% change on same period last year+40.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.60£19.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.52£20.74
% change on same period last year-10.69 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
London
Matching contract IT job ads39395619
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.198 %5.596 %
Daily rates quoted15591846
Average minimum daily rate£357£375
Average daily rate£379£394
% change on same period last year-3.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£412
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted296483
Average minimum hourly rate£24.09£25.60
Average hourly rate£25.40£27.39
% change on same period last year-7.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.70£29.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
Broadband EnglandBroadband
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.

Broadband
Demand Trend

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

London Broadband Demand Trend

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Broadband Daily Rate Trend

Broadband
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Broadband across the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

London Broadband Daily Rate Histogram

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Broadband across the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

London Broadband Hourly Rate Histogram

Broadband
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonDown-1912£418+19.20 %
OsterleyUp+31--
Broadband EnglandBroadband
England

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

139 (36.45 %)Telecoms
222 (20.56 %)SQL
315 (14.02 %)Wireless
414 (13.08 %)Internet
513 (12.15 %)Agile Software Development
612 (11.21 %).NET
711 (10.28 %)MS Office
711 (10.28 %)Billing
810 (9.346 %)Government
810 (9.346 %)Windows
810 (9.346 %)3G
810 (9.346 %)Cisco
99 (8.411 %)BizTalk Server
99 (8.411 %)UNIX
99 (8.411 %)ASP.NET
99 (8.411 %)C#
99 (8.411 %)Java
99 (8.411 %)MS Excel
99 (8.411 %)OO
99 (8.411 %)LAN
99 (8.411 %)Advertising
99 (8.411 %)User Acceptance Testing
99 (8.411 %)Security Cleared
108 (7.477 %)VoIP
108 (7.477 %)WAN
108 (7.477 %)CRM
108 (7.477 %)VPN
108 (7.477 %)Active Directory
117 (6.542 %)Blackberry
117 (6.542 %)Project Management

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (11.21 %).NET
29 (8.411 %)ASP.NET
34 (3.738 %)J2EE
34 (3.738 %)HTML
43 (2.804 %)XSLT
43 (2.804 %)XML
52 (1.869 %)Spring
52 (1.869 %)Hibernate
52 (1.869 %)WebServices
61 (0.935 %)CSS
61 (0.935 %)JSP
61 (0.935 %)XSL
61 (0.935 %)XHTML
61 (0.935 %)AJAX
61 (0.935 %)Adobe Flex
61 (0.935 %)Silverlight
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (8.411 %)BizTalk Server
26 (5.607 %)CMS
26 (5.607 %)Lotus Notes
32 (1.869 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
32 (1.869 %)Lotus Domino
32 (1.869 %)JBoss
41 (0.935 %)IIS
41 (0.935 %)MS Exchange
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (10.28 %)MS Office
29 (8.411 %)MS Excel
33 (2.804 %)Acrobat
33 (2.804 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.869 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.935 %)MS Project
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.935 %)Oracle Financials
11 (0.935 %)Navision
11 (0.935 %)Singl.eView
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (14.02 %)Wireless
214 (13.08 %)Internet
310 (9.346 %)3G
49 (8.411 %)LAN
58 (7.477 %)VoIP
58 (7.477 %)WAN
58 (7.477 %)VPN
66 (5.607 %)MPLS
75 (4.673 %)ADSL
75 (4.673 %)Firewall
75 (4.673 %)LLU
84 (3.738 %)IP Telephony
84 (3.738 %)ATM
84 (3.738 %)GPRS
84 (3.738 %)PSTN
93 (2.804 %)TCP/IP
93 (2.804 %)Ethernet
93 (2.804 %)PBX
93 (2.804 %)Symposium
93 (2.804 %)BSS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (2.804 %)SQL Server
13 (2.804 %)Crystal Reports
13 (2.804 %)BusinessObjects
22 (1.869 %)RDBMS
22 (1.869 %)Datawarehouse
22 (1.869 %)MySQL
31 (0.935 %)TOAD
31 (0.935 %)SQL Server 2005
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (4.673 %)QuickTest Pro
23 (2.804 %)TestDirector
32 (1.869 %)WinRunner
32 (1.869 %)Oracle Forms
32 (1.869 %)PVCS
41 (0.935 %)ClearCase
41 (0.935 %)Flash
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
139 (36.45 %)Telecoms
211 (10.28 %)Billing
310 (9.346 %)Government
49 (8.411 %)Advertising
54 (3.738 %)Marketing
54 (3.738 %)Investment Banking
54 (3.738 %)Banking
63 (2.804 %)Finance
72 (1.869 %)Retail
72 (1.869 %)Education
81 (0.935 %)Legal
81 (0.935 %)Construction
81 (0.935 %)Back Office
81 (0.935 %)Insurance
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (18.69 %)Analyst
218 (16.82 %)Developer
313 (12.15 %)Project Manager
410 (9.346 %)Support Analyst
59 (8.411 %)Systems Manager
59 (8.411 %).NET Developer
66 (5.607 %)Network Engineer
75 (4.673 %)Senior Manager
75 (4.673 %)Business Analyst
75 (4.673 %)Desktop Support
75 (4.673 %)Support Engineer
75 (4.673 %)Java Developer
84 (3.738 %)Desktop Support Analyst
84 (3.738 %)Desktop Analyst
84 (3.738 %)Senior Programme Manager
84 (3.738 %)Applications Support
84 (3.738 %)Tester
84 (3.738 %)Programme Manager
93 (2.804 %)Software Developer
93 (2.804 %)Test Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (6.542 %)Blackberry
23 (2.804 %)Mainframe
23 (2.804 %)Handset
23 (2.804 %)Streaming Video
23 (2.804 %)Streaming Media
23 (2.804 %)IPTV
23 (2.804 %)Web 2.0
23 (2.804 %)Social Network
32 (1.869 %)Computer Science
32 (1.869 %)Statistics
32 (1.869 %)Replication
41 (0.935 %)Client/Server
41 (0.935 %)PMI
41 (0.935 %)STB
41 (0.935 %)Video Conferencing
41 (0.935 %)Wiki
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (9.346 %)Windows
29 (8.411 %)UNIX
36 (5.607 %)Windows XP
44 (3.738 %)Windows 2000 Server
44 (3.738 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (2.804 %)Linux
53 (2.804 %)Windows 2000
62 (1.869 %)Windows NT
71 (0.935 %)Solaris
71 (0.935 %)VxWorks
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (12.15 %)Agile Software Development
29 (8.411 %)OO
29 (8.411 %)User Acceptance Testing
29 (8.411 %)Security Cleared
38 (7.477 %)CRM
47 (6.542 %)Project Management
47 (6.542 %)CTC Cleared
56 (5.607 %)Content Management
64 (3.738 %)Use Case
64 (3.738 %)Scrum
64 (3.738 %)Stakeholder Management
64 (3.738 %)Business Intelligence
64 (3.738 %)PRINCE2
73 (2.804 %)ITIL
73 (2.804 %)Disaster Recovery
73 (2.804 %)Workflow
73 (2.804 %)Business Analysis
73 (2.804 %)Web Development
73 (2.804 %)SC Cleared
82 (1.869 %)Web Testing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (20.56 %)SQL
29 (8.411 %)C#
29 (8.411 %)Java
36 (5.607 %)Perl
44 (3.738 %)Shell Script
44 (3.738 %)C++
53 (2.804 %)C
62 (1.869 %)Transact-SQL
71 (0.935 %)ActionScript
71 (0.935 %)PHP
71 (0.935 %)PL/SQL
71 (0.935 %)JavaScript
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (4.673 %)CCNA
15 (4.673 %)Cisco Certification
24 (3.738 %)ISEB
33 (2.804 %)Degree
41 (0.935 %)MCSE
41 (0.935 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.935 %)CCIP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.673 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (7.477 %)Active Directory
22 (1.869 %)Backup Exec
31 (0.935 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (9.346 %)Cisco
26 (5.607 %)Lotus
26 (5.607 %)Oracle
35 (4.673 %)Sybase
44 (3.738 %)Nortel
44 (3.738 %)Microsoft
44 (3.738 %)Avaya
53 (2.804 %)Business Objects
62 (1.869 %)Remedy
62 (1.869 %)Empirix
62 (1.869 %)Novell
62 (1.869 %)VERITAS
71 (0.935 %)CODA
71 (0.935 %)JD Edwards
71 (0.935 %)CheckPoint
71 (0.935 %)Nokia
71 (0.935 %)Citrix
71 (0.935 %)Sun
71 (0.935 %)Ab Initio
71 (0.935 %)VMware