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The table below looks at the demand for Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ADSL over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAssymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5654
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.419 %1.220 %
Daily rates quoted10
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£278£164
% change on same period last year+69.34 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£7.64£9.00
Average hourly rate£9.42£9.00
% change on same period last year+4.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£11.21£9.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.55£17.42
% change on same period last year+12.23 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads12482
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.175 %0.083 %
Daily rates quoted399
Average minimum daily rate£273£374
Average daily rate£283£392
% change on same period last year-27.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£293£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted3122
Average minimum hourly rate£27.61£16.22
Average hourly rate£30.10£17.02
% change on same period last year+76.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.60£17.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
ADSL South EastADSL
South East

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.

ADSL
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire ADSL Demand Trend

ADSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire ADSL Daily Rate Trend

ADSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire ADSL Hourly Rate Trend

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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
AbingdonNew entry-1--
BanburyNew entry-1--
ADSL South EastADSL
South East

ADSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

15 (83.33 %)VPN
24 (66.67 %)WAN
24 (66.67 %)Microsoft
33 (50.00 %)Active Directory
33 (50.00 %)Citrix
33 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (50.00 %)SAN
33 (50.00 %)Terminal Services
33 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (50.00 %)Internet
33 (50.00 %)MCP
33 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
33 (50.00 %)Windows
33 (50.00 %)MCSE
33 (50.00 %)MCSA
33 (50.00 %)MS Excel
33 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
33 (50.00 %)Broadband
33 (50.00 %)DHCP
33 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
33 (50.00 %)LAN
33 (50.00 %)Blackberry
33 (50.00 %)DNS
33 (50.00 %)IBM
33 (50.00 %)Clustering
33 (50.00 %)Backup Exec
33 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (33.33 %)Video Conferencing
42 (33.33 %)Telecoms
42 (33.33 %)PSTN

ADSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
13 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (50.00 %)MS Excel
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (83.33 %)VPN
24 (66.67 %)WAN
33 (50.00 %)DHCP
33 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
33 (50.00 %)DNS
33 (50.00 %)SAN
33 (50.00 %)Internet
33 (50.00 %)Broadband
33 (50.00 %)LAN
42 (33.33 %)PSTN
42 (33.33 %)ISDN
51 (16.67 %)3G
51 (16.67 %)Wireless
51 (16.67 %)IP Telephony
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Telecoms
21 (16.67 %)Education
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Analyst
13 (50.00 %)Support Analyst
22 (33.33 %)2nd Line Support
22 (33.33 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
31 (16.67 %)Administrator
31 (16.67 %)Network Administrator
31 (16.67 %)Product Manager
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)Blackberry
13 (50.00 %)Clustering
22 (33.33 %)Video Conferencing
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)Windows
13 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (16.67 %)ITIL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (50.00 %)MCP
13 (50.00 %)MCSE
13 (50.00 %)MCSA
13 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (50.00 %)Active Directory
13 (50.00 %)Terminal Services
13 (50.00 %)Backup Exec
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (66.67 %)Microsoft
23 (50.00 %)Citrix
23 (50.00 %)IBM