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This section looks at the demand for Broadband skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBroadband
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank139123
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads415
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.662 %2.793 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£275
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£322
% change on same period last year+7.10 %
Hourly rates quoted25
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£20.00
Average hourly rate£20.00£21.40
% change on same period last year-6.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00£22.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.03£20.86
% change on same period last year-18.35 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
North West
Matching contract IT job ads604537
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.805 %0.543 %
Daily rates quoted107100
Average minimum daily rate£353£289
Average daily rate£374£300
% change on same period last year+24.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted7965
Average minimum hourly rate£24.15£21.67
Average hourly rate£26.47£23.06
% change on same period last year+14.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.80£24.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Broadband EnglandBroadband
England

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.

Broadband
Demand Trend

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

North West Broadband Demand Trend

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Broadband Daily Rate Trend

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CheshireDown-154--
Broadband EnglandBroadband
England

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Broadband 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 Broadband.

14 (44.44 %)ADSL
14 (44.44 %)LAN
14 (44.44 %)WAN
14 (44.44 %)Cisco
23 (33.33 %)Microsoft
23 (33.33 %)Windows
23 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
23 (33.33 %)Firewall
23 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
32 (22.22 %)IP Telephony
32 (22.22 %)Local Government
32 (22.22 %)VLAN
32 (22.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (22.22 %)Crossbeam
32 (22.22 %)MPLS
32 (22.22 %)CheckPoint
32 (22.22 %)Finance
32 (22.22 %)Government
32 (22.22 %)MS Office
32 (22.22 %)ITIL
32 (22.22 %)ATM
32 (22.22 %)ISDN
32 (22.22 %)PRINCE2
32 (22.22 %)Windows XP
32 (22.22 %)Active Directory
32 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
32 (22.22 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (22.22 %)Avaya
32 (22.22 %)Nokia
32 (22.22 %)EIGRP

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Broadband 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 Broadband. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
22 (22.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (11.11 %)IIS
31 (11.11 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
31 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 5.5
31 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2000
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (22.22 %)MS Office
21 (11.11 %)MS Excel
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (44.44 %)LAN
14 (44.44 %)WAN
14 (44.44 %)ADSL
23 (33.33 %)Firewall
32 (22.22 %)IP Telephony
32 (22.22 %)VLAN
32 (22.22 %)ATM
32 (22.22 %)ISDN
32 (22.22 %)MPLS
32 (22.22 %)EIGRP
41 (11.11 %)DHCP
41 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
41 (11.11 %)VPN
41 (11.11 %)Internet
41 (11.11 %)3G
41 (11.11 %)Wireless
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Finance
12 (22.22 %)Government
12 (22.22 %)Local Government
21 (11.11 %)Telecoms
21 (11.11 %)Banking
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (22.22 %)Analyst
12 (22.22 %)Network Engineer
12 (22.22 %)Network Manager
12 (22.22 %)Data Manager
21 (11.11 %)Desktop Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Systems Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Support Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Technical Support
21 (11.11 %)3rd Line Support
21 (11.11 %)2nd Line Support
21 (11.11 %)IT Support Analyst
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)Blackberry
11 (11.11 %)PDA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (33.33 %)Windows
13 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
22 (22.22 %)Windows XP
31 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (11.11 %)Windows NT
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)ITIL
12 (22.22 %)PRINCE2
21 (11.11 %)Migration
21 (11.11 %)Incident Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)SQL
11 (11.11 %)DataFlex
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
12 (22.22 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (11.11 %)MCP
21 (11.11 %)MCSE
21 (11.11 %)Citrix Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (22.22 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (44.44 %)Cisco
23 (33.33 %)Microsoft
32 (22.22 %)Avaya
32 (22.22 %)Nokia
32 (22.22 %)CheckPoint
32 (22.22 %)Crossbeam
41 (11.11 %)Novell
41 (11.11 %)Citrix
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