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This section looks at the demand for Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) 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 SDH over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSynchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008		Same period last year
Rank394426
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching contract IT job ads2251
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.029 %0.051 %
As % of the category below0.559 %0.908 %
Daily rates quoted87
Average minimum daily rate£246£368
Average daily rate£265£388
% change on same period last year-31.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£284£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£283£330
% change on same period last year-14.34 %
Hourly rates quoted07
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.14
Average hourly rate-£29.79
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£31.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.48-
% change on same period last year-
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 %
SDH EnglandSDH
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.

SDH
Demand Trend

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

London SDH Demand Trend

SDH
Daily Rate Trend

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

London SDH Daily Rate Trend

SDH
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London SDH Daily Rate Histogram

SDH
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London SDH Hourly Rate Trend

SDH
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDH 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-267£240-
Canary WharfUp+121£250-41.17 %
PaddingtonNew entry-1£220-
SDH EnglandSDH
England

SDH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

122 (50.00 %)Telecoms
215 (34.09 %)Cisco
314 (31.82 %)DWDM
314 (31.82 %)MPLS
413 (29.55 %)ATM
413 (29.55 %)VoIP
511 (25.00 %)LAN
69 (20.45 %)Network Design
78 (18.18 %)BGP
78 (18.18 %)OSPF
78 (18.18 %)Frame Relay
78 (18.18 %)Nortel
87 (15.91 %)Ethernet
87 (15.91 %)VPN
96 (13.64 %)ISDN
96 (13.64 %)WAN
105 (11.36 %)Cisco Certification
105 (11.36 %)Internet
114 (9.091 %)Degree
114 (9.091 %)Network Security
123 (6.818 %)Ericsson
123 (6.818 %)Lucent
123 (6.818 %)Microsoft
123 (6.818 %)CCIP
123 (6.818 %)CCNA
123 (6.818 %)UNIX
123 (6.818 %)Oracle
123 (6.818 %)MS Office
123 (6.818 %)CRM
123 (6.818 %)ERP

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (6.818 %)MS Office
13 (6.818 %)MS Visio
21 (2.273 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (6.818 %)Oracle ERP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (31.82 %)DWDM
114 (31.82 %)MPLS
213 (29.55 %)ATM
213 (29.55 %)VoIP
311 (25.00 %)LAN
48 (18.18 %)BGP
48 (18.18 %)OSPF
48 (18.18 %)Frame Relay
57 (15.91 %)Ethernet
57 (15.91 %)VPN
66 (13.64 %)ISDN
66 (13.64 %)WAN
75 (11.36 %)Internet
84 (9.091 %)Network Security
93 (6.818 %)ADSL
93 (6.818 %)MGCP
93 (6.818 %)SS7
102 (4.545 %)Megaco
102 (4.545 %)Firewall
102 (4.545 %)GPRS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (4.545 %)GIS
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (50.00 %)Telecoms
23 (6.818 %)Finance
32 (4.545 %)Construction
32 (4.545 %)Education
32 (4.545 %)Electric
32 (4.545 %)Health
41 (2.273 %)Banking
41 (2.273 %)Publishing
41 (2.273 %)Government
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (20.45 %)Network Engineer
25 (11.36 %)Cisco Engineer
34 (9.091 %)Consultant
34 (9.091 %)NOC Engineer
43 (6.818 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
43 (6.818 %)ATM Engineer
43 (6.818 %)Technical Engineer
43 (6.818 %)Presales Consultant
43 (6.818 %)Support Engineer
52 (4.545 %)Technical Project Manager
52 (4.545 %)Project Manager
52 (4.545 %)Technical Consultant
52 (4.545 %)Cisco Network Engineer
52 (4.545 %)Technical Manager
61 (2.273 %)Voice Consultant
61 (2.273 %)Presales Technical Consultant
61 (2.273 %)Technical Presales Consultant
61 (2.273 %)Data Centre Engineer
61 (2.273 %)Provisioning Engineer
61 (2.273 %)Network Technician
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (6.818 %)UNIX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (20.45 %)Network Design
23 (6.818 %)CRM
23 (6.818 %)ERP
23 (6.818 %)Workflow
23 (6.818 %)Service Delivery
32 (4.545 %)Business Continuity
32 (4.545 %)Risk Management
32 (4.545 %)PRINCE2
32 (4.545 %)Load Balancing
41 (2.273 %)Problem Management
41 (2.273 %)Business Development
41 (2.273 %)Incident Management
41 (2.273 %)B2B
41 (2.273 %)ITIL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (2.273 %)VB
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (11.36 %)Cisco Certification
24 (9.091 %)Degree
33 (6.818 %)CCIP
33 (6.818 %)CCNA
42 (4.545 %)CCIE
42 (4.545 %)PRINCE2 Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (4.545 %)Netcool
21 (2.273 %)Netcool/Proviso
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (34.09 %)Cisco
28 (18.18 %)Nortel
33 (6.818 %)Ericsson
33 (6.818 %)Lucent
33 (6.818 %)Microsoft
33 (6.818 %)Oracle
42 (4.545 %)Nokia
42 (4.545 %)Mitel
51 (2.273 %)Huawei
51 (2.273 %)Alcatel
51 (2.273 %)Cramer
51 (2.273 %)BT
51 (2.273 %)Remedy
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