The first table below looks at the demand for ATM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ATM over the 3 months to 22 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 Scotland 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Rank 107 94 108
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +14
Contract jobs citing ATM 14 11 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.565% 0.411% 0.073%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.185% 3.323% 0.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
Average daily rate £290 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.50% -11.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-18.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- +34.14%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
270 331 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 10.90% 12.37% 9.383%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 135 73
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £240 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £427 £420 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 31 26
Average hourly rate £30.25 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.16 £22.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £35.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
ATM
UK

ATM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland ATM Jobs Demand Trend

ATM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland ATM Daily Rate Trend

ATM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland ATM Hourly Rate Trend

ATM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ATM within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Edinburgh -5 2 - -
Highlands - 1 - -
ATM
UK

ATM
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ATM 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 ATM.

1 11 (78.57%) SDH
1 11 (78.57%) Ethernet
1 11 (78.57%) Telecoms
2 8 (57.14%) Ericsson
3 7 (50.00%) WAN
3 7 (50.00%) Nortel
4 4 (28.57%) 3G
5 3 (21.43%) 2G
5 3 (21.43%) 2.5G
5 3 (21.43%) HND
5 3 (21.43%) Cramer
5 3 (21.43%) Network Design
5 3 (21.43%) Network Planning
6 2 (14.29%) Retail Banking
6 2 (14.29%) Banking
6 2 (14.29%) Retail
6 2 (14.29%) B2B
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (14.29%) BT
7 1 (7.143%) EPoS
7 1 (7.143%) Mapinfo
7 1 (7.143%) MS Access
7 1 (7.143%) Radio Access Network

ATM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ATM 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 ATM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) SDH
1 11 (78.57%) Ethernet
2 7 (50.00%) WAN
3 4 (28.57%) 3G
4 3 (21.43%) 2G
4 3 (21.43%) 2.5G
5 1 (7.143%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) MS Access
General
1 11 (78.57%) Telecoms
2 2 (14.29%) Retail Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Transmission Planner
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Transmission Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Transmission Planning Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) Network Planner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Network Design
1 3 (21.43%) Network Planning
2 2 (14.29%) B2B
2 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) HND
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Ericsson
2 7 (50.00%) Nortel
3 3 (21.43%) Cramer
4 2 (14.29%) BT
5 1 (7.143%) Mapinfo