The first table below looks at the demand for ADSL skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ADSL over the 3 months to 24 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 North West 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
Rank 115 128 124
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -4
Contract jobs citing ADSL 3 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.129% 0.129% 0.066%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.007% 0.710% 0.423%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £210 £245 £405
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -39.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
Average hourly rate £9.25 £18.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.61% +38.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £14.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+10.71% -30.00%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
298 563 473
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.78% 18.10% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 222 238
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £462 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 36 45
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.13% -38.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.65 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
ADSL
England

ADSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West ADSL Jobs Demand Trend

ADSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West ADSL Daily Rate Trend

ADSL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ADSL across the North West region.

North West ADSL Hourly Rate Trend

ADSL
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADSL across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West ADSL Hourly Rate Histogram

ADSL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADSL within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +8 3 - -
ADSL
England

ADSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ADSL 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 ADSL.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) MS Office
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (50.00%) Retail
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Security
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) MPLS
4 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Security Management
4 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (25.00%) Wyse
4 1 (25.00%) Juniper
4 1 (25.00%) SAN
4 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
4 1 (25.00%) Internet
4 1 (25.00%) HTTP

ADSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ADSL 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 ADSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (50.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) HTTP
3 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Helpdesk Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (25.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Security
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCSE
2 1 (25.00%) MCP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) CCDP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) XenApp
2 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Wyse
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Dell
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Twitter
3 1 (25.00%) NETGEAR