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The table below looks at the demand for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) 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 DSL over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank128140
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.207 %0.666 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£225
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£472
% change on same period last year-35.16 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£8.00
Average hourly rate£34.00£9.00
% change on same period last year+277.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.54£30.38
% change on same period last year+23.59 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
North West
Matching contract IT job ads483601
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.653 %0.593 %
Daily rates quoted92116
Average minimum daily rate£320£292
Average daily rate£339£302
% change on same period last year+12.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£341
% change on same period last year+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted7287
Average minimum hourly rate£22.44£22.95
Average hourly rate£24.82£23.99
% change on same period last year+3.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.19£25.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.54
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
DSL EnglandDSL
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.

DSL
Demand Trend

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

North West DSL Demand Trend

DSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West DSL Daily Rate Trend

DSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West DSL Hourly Rate Trend

DSL
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing DSL 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 DSL.

13 (100.00 %)VPN
13 (100.00 %)DNS
13 (100.00 %)Cisco
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft
13 (100.00 %)CCNA
13 (100.00 %)Active Directory
13 (100.00 %)Citrix
13 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
22 (66.67 %)WAN
22 (66.67 %)Intel
31 (33.33 %)MS Exchange

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing DSL 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 DSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)VPN
13 (100.00 %)DNS
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
22 (66.67 %)WAN
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Network Support
22 (66.67 %)Network Engineer
22 (66.67 %)Support Engineer
22 (66.67 %)Network Support Engineer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (100.00 %)CCNA
13 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (100.00 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Cisco
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft
13 (100.00 %)Citrix
22 (66.67 %)Intel