London DSL Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited DSL over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Location Aylesbury Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire City of London Clevedon East Midlands East of England England Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Home Counties London Luton Maidenhead Milton Keynes Newbury North West Northampton Northamptonshire Solihull Somerset South East South West Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	389	440
Rank change on same period last year	+51
Matching contract IT job ads	10	39
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.041 %
As % of the category below	0.263 %	0.726 %
Daily rates quoted	2	10
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£535
Average daily rate	£413	£576
% change on same period last year	-28.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£618
UK excluding London average daily rate	£368	£514
% change on same period last year	-28.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.00	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£17.50	£22.50
% change on same period last year	-22.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.00	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£39.06	£27.80
% change on same period last year	+40.48 %
Communications & Networking London
Matching contract IT job ads	3804	5370
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.015 %	5.615 %
Daily rates quoted	1414	1680
Average minimum daily rate	£357	£372
Average daily rate	£378	£393
% change on same period last year	-3.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£413
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	305	499
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.96	£24.85
Average hourly rate	£26.38	£26.44
% change on same period last year	-0.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.80	£28.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.60	£28.49
% change on same period last year	-10.13 %
DSL 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.

DSL
Demand Trend

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

DSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing DSL within the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 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.

Location	Rank 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 London	-26	4	-	-
Luton	-	1	£325	-

DSL England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 8 (44.44 %) Cisco 2 7 (38.89 %) Cisco Certification 2 7 (38.89 %) MPLS 3 6 (33.33 %) CCNA 4 5 (27.78 %) LLU 5 4 (22.22 %) CCIP 5 4 (22.22 %) OSPF 5 4 (22.22 %) BGP 5 4 (22.22 %) Telecoms 6 3 (16.67 %) DSLAM 6 3 (16.67 %) L2TP 6 3 (16.67 %) CCNP 6 3 (16.67 %) VPN 6 3 (16.67 %) VoIP 6 3 (16.67 %) PPP

6 3 (16.67 %) SQL Server 6 3 (16.67 %) VB 6 3 (16.67 %) ADSL 7 2 (11.11 %) ATM 7 2 (11.11 %) .NET 7 2 (11.11 %) C# 7 2 (11.11 %) XML 7 2 (11.11 %) XSD 7 2 (11.11 %) XSL 7 2 (11.11 %) WAN 7 2 (11.11 %) Juniper 7 2 (11.11 %) Internet 7 2 (11.11 %) Scrum 7 2 (11.11 %) Agile Software Development 7 2 (11.11 %) NUnit

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development 1 2 (11.11 %) .NET 1 2 (11.11 %) XML 1 2 (11.11 %) XSD 1 2 (11.11 %) XSL	Application Platforms 1 1 (5.556 %) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking 1 7 (38.89 %) MPLS 2 5 (27.78 %) LLU 3 4 (22.22 %) OSPF 3 4 (22.22 %) BGP 4 3 (16.67 %) DSLAM 4 3 (16.67 %) L2TP 4 3 (16.67 %) VPN 4 3 (16.67 %) VoIP 4 3 (16.67 %) PPP 4 3 (16.67 %) ADSL 5 2 (11.11 %) ATM 5 2 (11.11 %) WAN 5 2 (11.11 %) Internet 5 2 (11.11 %) Cisco PIX 5 2 (11.11 %) SHDSL 6 1 (5.556 %) VLAN 6 1 (5.556 %) Firewall 6 1 (5.556 %) IPsec 6 1 (5.556 %) Ethernet 6 1 (5.556 %) RIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (16.67 %) SQL Server 2 2 (11.11 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 2 (11.11 %) NUnit	General 1 4 (22.22 %) Telecoms 2 1 (5.556 %) Government
Job Titles 1 3 (16.67 %) Project Manager 2 2 (11.11 %) Developer 2 2 (11.11 %) Consultant 2 2 (11.11 %) Infrastructure Engineer 2 2 (11.11 %) Design Engineer 2 2 (11.11 %) C# Developer 2 2 (11.11 %) Exchange Engineer 3 1 (5.556 %) Senior NOC Engineer 3 1 (5.556 %) Telecoms Project Manager 3 1 (5.556 %) NOC Engineer 3 1 (5.556 %) Cisco Engineer 3 1 (5.556 %) Senior Project Manager 3 1 (5.556 %) Network Engineer 3 1 (5.556 %) Senior Manager 3 1 (5.556 %) Support Engineer 3 1 (5.556 %) 2nd Line Support	Miscellaneous 1 1 (5.556 %) CESG 1 1 (5.556 %) Clustering 1 1 (5.556 %) PMI
Operating Systems 1 1 (5.556 %) Unix 1 1 (5.556 %) Solaris 1 1 (5.556 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (11.11 %) Scrum 1 2 (11.11 %) Agile Software Development 1 2 (11.11 %) User Acceptance Testing 1 2 (11.11 %) Unit Testing 2 1 (5.556 %) Programme Management 2 1 (5.556 %) Disaster Recovery 2 1 (5.556 %) ITIL 2 1 (5.556 %) PRINCE2
Programming Languages 1 3 (16.67 %) VB 2 2 (11.11 %) C# 2 2 (11.11 %) VB6 3 1 (5.556 %) Shell Script 3 1 (5.556 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 7 (38.89 %) Cisco Certification 2 6 (33.33 %) CCNA 3 4 (22.22 %) CCIP 4 3 (16.67 %) CCNP 5 1 (5.556 %) CISA 5 1 (5.556 %) Microsoft Certification 5 1 (5.556 %) PMP 5 1 (5.556 %) PMI Certification 5 1 (5.556 %) MCSE
System Software 1 1 (5.556 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 8 (44.44 %) Cisco 2 2 (11.11 %) Juniper 3 1 (5.556 %) Huawei 3 1 (5.556 %) Alcatel 3 1 (5.556 %) Nortel