SDH Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SDH 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 SDH over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Rank 115 131 117
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -14
Contract jobs citing SDH 4 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.169% 0.127% 0.432%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.329% 0.704% 2.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £235 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £340 £350
% change year-on-year
-17.64% -2.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year
- +61.76%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 301 568 468
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.75% 18.01% 15.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 226 242
Average daily rate £313 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.34% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £175 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £462 £461 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 35 44
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.86 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.92% -39.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
SDH
England

SDH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SDH Jobs Demand Trend

SDH
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SDH Daily Rate Trend

SDH
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West SDH Hourly Rate Trend

SDH
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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 +13 1 - -
SDH
England

SDH
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SDH 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 SDH.

1 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 5 (71.43%) Ethernet
3 4 (57.14%) DWDM
4 3 (42.86%) Ericsson
4 3 (42.86%) ATM
4 3 (42.86%) 3G
4 3 (42.86%) Network Design
5 2 (28.57%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (28.57%) Mapinfo
5 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
5 2 (28.57%) MS Access
6 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
6 1 (14.29%) Cramer
6 1 (14.29%) MPLS
6 1 (14.29%) Project Management
6 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 1 (14.29%) CCNA
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
6 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
6 1 (14.29%) JNCIA
6 1 (14.29%) Huawei
6 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (14.29%) Degree
6 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SDH 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 SDH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Ethernet
2 4 (57.14%) DWDM
3 3 (42.86%) ATM
3 3 (42.86%) 3G
4 2 (28.57%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (14.29%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) MS Access
General
1 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Transmission Planner
1 2 (28.57%) Transmission Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Installations Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Field Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Commissioning Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
2 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CCNA
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (14.29%) JNCIA
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Ericsson
2 2 (28.57%) Mapinfo
3 1 (14.29%) Cramer
3 1 (14.29%) Huawei
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