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The table below looks at the demand for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ATM over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank68-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.353 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£320-
Average daily rate£335-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£252£334
% change on same period last year-24.71 %
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£19.46£24.50
% change on same period last year-20.57 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads170175
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.268 %0.188 %
Daily rates quoted2932
Average minimum daily rate£321£306
Average daily rate£343£326
% change on same period last year+5.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted2133
Average minimum hourly rate£19.34£17.98
Average hourly rate£20.16£19.65
% change on same period last year+2.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.98£21.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
ATM North WestATM
North West

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.

ATM
Demand Trend

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

Manchester ATM Demand Trend

ATM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester ATM Daily Rate Trend

ATM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester ATM Hourly Rate Trend

ATM
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing ATM 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 ATM.

16 (85.71 %)3G
16 (85.71 %)Telecoms
16 (85.71 %)Cramer
25 (71.43 %)SDH
25 (71.43 %)Network Planning
33 (42.86 %)Project Planning
42 (28.57 %)Network Design
51 (14.29 %)VLAN
51 (14.29 %)UMTS
51 (14.29 %)WAN
51 (14.29 %)IPX
51 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
51 (14.29 %)VPN
51 (14.29 %)CCIE
51 (14.29 %)CCNP
51 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
51 (14.29 %)Nokia
51 (14.29 %)CheckPoint
51 (14.29 %)SAP
51 (14.29 %)LAN
51 (14.29 %)OSPF
51 (14.29 %)BGP
51 (14.29 %)EIGRP
51 (14.29 %)SMDS

ATM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing ATM 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 ATM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (85.71 %)3G
25 (71.43 %)SDH
31 (14.29 %)UMTS
31 (14.29 %)WAN
31 (14.29 %)IPX
31 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
31 (14.29 %)VPN
31 (14.29 %)OSPF
31 (14.29 %)BGP
31 (14.29 %)EIGRP
31 (14.29 %)SMDS
31 (14.29 %)VLAN
31 (14.29 %)LAN
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (85.71 %)Telecoms
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Network Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Senior Network Engineer
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (71.43 %)Network Planning
23 (42.86 %)Project Planning
32 (28.57 %)Network Design
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)CCIE
11 (14.29 %)CCNP
11 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (85.71 %)Cramer
21 (14.29 %)SAP
21 (14.29 %)Nokia
21 (14.29 %)CheckPoint