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This section looks at the demand for Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) skills within the Maidenhead 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
Rank2535
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.008 %
As % of the category below1.389 %7.080 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£392
Average daily rate-£412
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£283£330
% change on same period last year-14.34 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.48-
% change on same period last year-
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Maidenhead
Matching contract IT job ads72113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.095 %0.113 %
Daily rates quoted353
Average minimum daily rate£383£409
Average daily rate£408£426
% change on same period last year-4.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£434£444
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted1415
Average minimum hourly rate£9.29£9.53
Average hourly rate£10.93£10.57
% change on same period last year+3.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.57£11.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
SDH BerkshireSDH
Berkshire

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 Maidenhead region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead SDH Daily Rate Trend

SDH
Top 10 Related IT Skills

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

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)ETL
11 (100.00 %)ATM
11 (100.00 %)Ethernet
11 (100.00 %)Ericsson
11 (100.00 %)DWDM
11 (100.00 %)Wireless
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms
11 (100.00 %)Network Design
11 (100.00 %)Fujitsu

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)ATM
11 (100.00 %)Ethernet
11 (100.00 %)DWDM
11 (100.00 %)Wireless
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)ETL
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Technical Support
11 (100.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Technical Support Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Technical Engineer
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Network Design
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
Maidenhead IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Ericsson
11 (100.00 %)Fujitsu