The first table below looks at the demand for VDSL skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VDSL over the 3 months to 20 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 London 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing VDSL 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £275 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2856 3668 3325
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.16% 13.66% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1745 2236 1921
Average daily rate £400 £400 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £241 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 146 208
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% +16.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £37.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
VDSL
England

VDSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London VDSL Jobs Demand Trend

VDSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

London VDSL Daily Rate Trend

VDSL
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing VDSL 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 VDSL.

1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms

VDSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms