The first table below looks at the demand for SDH skills in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SDH over the 3 months to 23 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 Maidenhead 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Rank - - 11
Contract jobs citing SDH 0 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead - - 3.191%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 8.571%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £340 £350
% change year-on-year
-16.17% -2.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year
- +61.76%
All Communications & Networking
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
23 22 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 29.49% 28.21% 37.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 16
Average daily rate £325 £375 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £375 £110
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 7
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -30.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
SDH
Berkshire

SDH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead SDH Jobs Demand Trend

SDH
Daily Rate Trend

This 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 23 May 2013, 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.

1 5 (100.00%) ATM
1 5 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 5 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 5 (100.00%) 3G
1 5 (100.00%) NEC
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 5 (100.00%) 2G
1 5 (100.00%) Huawei
1 5 (100.00%) LTE
1 5 (100.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) ATM
1 5 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 5 (100.00%) 3G
1 5 (100.00%) 2G
1 5 (100.00%) LTE
General
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Test Leader
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 5 (100.00%) NEC
1 5 (100.00%) Huawei
1 5 (100.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks