The first table below looks at the demand for SDH skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SDH over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Reading 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Rank 55 33 68
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +35
Contract jobs citing SDH 18 50 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 2.045% 4.344% 0.988%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.108% 10.48% 4.854%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 0
Average daily rate £273 £353 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £340 £300
% change year-on-year
-14.70% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year
- +88.23%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
222 477 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 25.23% 41.44% 20.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 119 72
Average daily rate £273 £275 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.90% -21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £132 £215 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £528
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 12
Average hourly rate £23.50 £16.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.42% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £14.56 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £44.00 £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
SDH
Berkshire

SDH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading SDH Hourly Rate Trend

SDH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 38 (97.44%) Telecoms
2 36 (92.31%) ATM
3 35 (89.74%) Ethernet
4 21 (53.85%) Ericsson
5 20 (51.28%) MPLS
5 20 (51.28%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 19 (48.72%) 2G
6 19 (48.72%) 3G
7 14 (35.90%) Project Management
8 13 (33.33%) Huawei
8 13 (33.33%) LTE
9 10 (25.64%) Radio Access Network
10 8 (20.51%) BT
10 8 (20.51%) DWDM
10 8 (20.51%) Nokia
11 7 (17.95%) NEC
11 7 (17.95%) Front Office
12 3 (7.692%) SLA
13 2 (5.128%) PMP
13 2 (5.128%) PMI Certification
13 2 (5.128%) GSM
13 2 (5.128%) UMTS
13 2 (5.128%) PRINCE2
13 2 (5.128%) DSL
13 2 (5.128%) Wireless
13 2 (5.128%) Capacity Planning
14 1 (2.564%) Network Design
14 1 (2.564%) RNC
14 1 (2.564%) MS Project
14 1 (2.564%) Alcatel-Lucent

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 1 (2.564%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 36 (92.31%) ATM
2 35 (89.74%) Ethernet
3 20 (51.28%) MPLS
4 19 (48.72%) 2G
4 19 (48.72%) 3G
5 13 (33.33%) LTE
6 10 (25.64%) Radio Access Network
7 8 (20.51%) DWDM
8 2 (5.128%) GSM
8 2 (5.128%) UMTS
8 2 (5.128%) DSL
8 2 (5.128%) Wireless
9 1 (2.564%) RNC
General
1 38 (97.44%) Telecoms
2 7 (17.95%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 31 (79.49%) Transmission Engineer
2 24 (61.54%) Design Engineer
3 3 (7.692%) Project Manager
4 1 (2.564%) Access Transmission Engineer
4 1 (2.564%) Test Leader
4 1 (2.564%) Test Engineer
4 1 (2.564%) 3G Engineer
4 1 (2.564%) Field Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) Project Management
2 2 (5.128%) PRINCE2
2 2 (5.128%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (2.564%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (5.128%) PMP
1 2 (5.128%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.692%) SLA
Vendors
1 21 (53.85%) Ericsson
2 20 (51.28%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 13 (33.33%) Huawei
4 8 (20.51%) BT
4 8 (20.51%) Nokia
5 7 (17.95%) NEC
6 1 (2.564%) Alcatel-Lucent
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