North West ISDN Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) 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 ISDN over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN)
Location Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chelmsford Cheshire Chippenham City of London Coventry Docklands, London Dorchester Dorset Dunstable East of England Ely England Essex Glasgow Greenford Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties London Luton Newport North East North West Oxfordshire Paisley Portsmouth Reading Renfrewshire Runcorn Scotland Solihull South East South Wales South West Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	138	132
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	5	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	0.828 %	1.117 %
Daily rates quoted	5	0
Average minimum daily rate	£187	-
Average daily rate	£194	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£200	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£303	£331
% change on same period last year	-8.54 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£16.00
Average hourly rate	-	£17.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.73	£32.40
% change on same period last year	-11.30 %
Communications & Networking North West
Matching contract IT job ads	604	537
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.805 %	0.543 %
Daily rates quoted	107	100
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 quoted	79	65
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 %
ISDN 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISDN across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISDN 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cheshire	-	5	£194	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (56.25 %) Cisco 2 7 (43.75 %) Cisco Certification 2 7 (43.75 %) ATM 3 6 (37.50 %) CCNA 4 5 (31.25 %) Ethernet 4 5 (31.25 %) FTP 4 5 (31.25 %) TCP/IP 4 5 (31.25 %) XML 5 4 (25.00 %) SAP 5 4 (25.00 %) EDI 5 4 (25.00 %) Nortel 5 4 (25.00 %) Frame Relay 6 3 (18.75 %) ADSL 6 3 (18.75 %) Microsoft 6 3 (18.75 %) VoIP

7 2 (12.50 %) WAN 7 2 (12.50 %) Broadband 7 2 (12.50 %) LAN 7 2 (12.50 %) MS Excel 7 2 (12.50 %) C 7 2 (12.50 %) Avaya 7 2 (12.50 %) Nokia 7 2 (12.50 %) CheckPoint 7 2 (12.50 %) CTI 7 2 (12.50 %) DPNSS 7 2 (12.50 %) Firewall 7 2 (12.50 %) MPLS 7 2 (12.50 %) EDIFACT 7 2 (12.50 %) Business Analysis 7 2 (12.50 %) Crossbeam

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 5 (31.25 %) XML 2 4 (25.00 %) EDI 3 2 (12.50 %) EDIFACT 4 1 (6.250 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 1 (6.250 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 2 (12.50 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 7 (43.75 %) ATM 2 5 (31.25 %) Ethernet 2 5 (31.25 %) FTP 2 5 (31.25 %) TCP/IP 3 4 (25.00 %) Frame Relay 4 3 (18.75 %) VoIP 4 3 (18.75 %) ADSL 5 2 (12.50 %) Firewall 5 2 (12.50 %) WAN 5 2 (12.50 %) Broadband 5 2 (12.50 %) LAN 5 2 (12.50 %) CTI 5 2 (12.50 %) MPLS 5 2 (12.50 %) DPNSS 6 1 (6.250 %) MGCP 6 1 (6.250 %) Q.931 6 1 (6.250 %) QSIG 6 1 (6.250 %) H.323 6 1 (6.250 %) IPCC 6 1 (6.250 %) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (6.250 %) DB2 1 1 (6.250 %) FileMaker	Development Applications 1 1 (6.250 %) Rational Rose 1 1 (6.250 %) VisiBroker
General 1 1 (6.250 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 4 (25.00 %) EDI Analyst 1 4 (25.00 %) Analyst 2 3 (18.75 %) Support Analyst 3 2 (12.50 %) Technical Support 3 2 (12.50 %) Network Manager 3 2 (12.50 %) Technical Engineer 3 2 (12.50 %) Cisco Engineer 3 2 (12.50 %) Data Manager 4 1 (6.250 %) Cisco Specialist 4 1 (6.250 %) Support Engineer 4 1 (6.250 %) C++ Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) Technical Support Engineer 4 1 (6.250 %) Test Engineer 4 1 (6.250 %) Network Engineer 4 1 (6.250 %) Applications Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) NOC Engineer 4 1 (6.250 %) C Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) C++ Applications Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) Voice Specialist
Miscellaneous 1 1 (6.250 %) German Language	Operating Systems 1 1 (6.250 %) Windows 1 1 (6.250 %) AIX 1 1 (6.250 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (12.50 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (6.250 %) Fault Management 2 1 (6.250 %) OO 2 1 (6.250 %) Validation	Programming Languages 1 2 (12.50 %) C 2 1 (6.250 %) C++
Qualifications 1 7 (43.75 %) Cisco Certification 2 6 (37.50 %) CCNA 3 1 (6.250 %) CCIE 3 1 (6.250 %) CCVP	System Software 1 1 (6.250 %) Orbix
Vendors 1 9 (56.25 %) Cisco 2 4 (25.00 %) Nortel 2 4 (25.00 %) SAP 3 3 (18.75 %) Microsoft 4 2 (12.50 %) CheckPoint 4 2 (12.50 %) Crossbeam 4 2 (12.50 %) SEEBURGER 4 2 (12.50 %) Avaya 4 2 (12.50 %) Nokia 5 1 (6.250 %) Siemens