Scotland ATM Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ATM over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Location Aberdeen Angus Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Cirencester City of London County Antrim Coventry Daventry Devon East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Forfar Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Horsham Huddersfield Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Rochester Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Stevenage Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wellingborough West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	83	108
Rank change on same period last year	+25
Matching contract IT job ads	10	16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	3.876 %	4.651 %
Daily rates quoted	7	1
Average minimum daily rate	£134	£300
Average daily rate	£139	£300
% change on same period last year	-53.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£144	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£246	£343
% change on same period last year	-28.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.55	£21.00
Average hourly rate	£14.52	£21.67
% change on same period last year	-32.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.49	£22.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.46	£24.78
% change on same period last year	-21.47 %
Communications & Networking Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	258	344
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.415 %	0.369 %
Daily rates quoted	56	55
Average minimum daily rate	£281	£302
Average daily rate	£299	£317
% change on same period last year	-5.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£317	£332
UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	£337
% change on same period last year	+2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	38	57
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.90	£15.63
Average hourly rate	£24.21	£16.36
% change on same period last year	+48.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.53	£17.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.82	£28.43
% change on same period last year	-2.12 %
ATM UK

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.

ATM
Demand Trend

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

ATM
Daily Rate Trend

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

ATM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ATM across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

ATM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ATM
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ATM across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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 2 December 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
Edinburgh	+28	5	£142	-
Aberdeen	-1	3	-	-
Angus	-	2	£130	-

ATM UK

ATM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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 7 (43.75 %) Cisco 2 6 (37.50 %) HP 2 6 (37.50 %) EPoS 2 6 (37.50 %) VLAN 3 4 (25.00 %) Retail 3 4 (25.00 %) Gigabit Ethernet 3 4 (25.00 %) Frame Relay 3 4 (25.00 %) Ethernet 4 3 (18.75 %) RIP 4 3 (18.75 %) TCP/IP 4 3 (18.75 %) DNS 4 3 (18.75 %) Windows 4 3 (18.75 %) Windows 2000 4 3 (18.75 %) Windows NT 4 3 (18.75 %) Compaq

4 3 (18.75 %) Dell 4 3 (18.75 %) Wi-Fi 4 3 (18.75 %) BT 4 3 (18.75 %) FDDI 4 3 (18.75 %) KiloStream 4 3 (18.75 %) DHCP 4 3 (18.75 %) OpenView 4 3 (18.75 %) BGP 4 3 (18.75 %) EIGRP 4 3 (18.75 %) Cisco PIX 4 3 (18.75 %) Video Conferencing 5 1 (6.250 %) MPLS 5 1 (6.250 %) Cisco Certification 5 1 (6.250 %) Microsoft Certification 5 1 (6.250 %) A+ Certification

ATM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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 6 (37.50 %) VLAN 2 4 (25.00 %) Frame Relay 2 4 (25.00 %) Gigabit Ethernet 2 4 (25.00 %) Ethernet 3 3 (18.75 %) RIP 3 3 (18.75 %) TCP/IP 3 3 (18.75 %) DNS 3 3 (18.75 %) BGP 3 3 (18.75 %) EIGRP 3 3 (18.75 %) Wi-Fi 3 3 (18.75 %) FDDI 3 3 (18.75 %) KiloStream 3 3 (18.75 %) Cisco PIX 3 3 (18.75 %) DHCP 4 1 (6.250 %) LAN 4 1 (6.250 %) WAN 4 1 (6.250 %) MPLS	General 1 4 (25.00 %) Retail 2 1 (6.250 %) Insurance 2 1 (6.250 %) Retail Banking 2 1 (6.250 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 6 (37.50 %) Field Service Engineer 1 6 (37.50 %) Field Engineer 2 3 (18.75 %) Network Engineer 3 2 (12.50 %) Network Analyst 3 2 (12.50 %) Analyst 3 2 (12.50 %) Cisco Engineer 4 1 (6.250 %) Cisco Network Engineer 4 1 (6.250 %) Cisco Specialist 4 1 (6.250 %) Technical Administrator 4 1 (6.250 %) Network Specialist 4 1 (6.250 %) Project Manager 4 1 (6.250 %) Administrator 4 1 (6.250 %) Network Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 6 (37.50 %) EPoS 2 3 (18.75 %) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems 1 3 (18.75 %) Windows 1 3 (18.75 %) Windows 2000 1 3 (18.75 %) Windows NT	Qualifications 1 1 (6.250 %) CCNP 1 1 (6.250 %) CCDA 1 1 (6.250 %) Cisco Certification 1 1 (6.250 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (6.250 %) A+ Certification 1 1 (6.250 %) DCSE 1 1 (6.250 %) HP APS
Systems Management 1 3 (18.75 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 7 (43.75 %) Cisco 2 6 (37.50 %) HP 3 3 (18.75 %) Compaq 3 3 (18.75 %) Dell 3 3 (18.75 %) BT 4 1 (6.250 %) Microsoft