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This section looks at the demand for Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) 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 SDH over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSynchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£283£328
% change on same period last year-13.65 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.48-
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads291428
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.388 %0.427 %
Daily rates quoted7482
Average minimum daily rate£292£354
Average daily rate£320£364
% change on same period last year-12.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted2034
Average minimum hourly rate£22.90£17.99
Average hourly rate£24.13£19.06
% change on same period last year+26.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.36£20.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
SDH UKSDH
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.

SDH
Demand Trend

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

Scotland SDH Demand Trend

SDH
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland SDH Daily Rate Trend

SDH
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland SDH Hourly Rate Trend

SDH
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

12 (100.00 %)Telecoms
21 (50.00 %)WiMAX
21 (50.00 %)Ethereal
21 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (50.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)ISDN
21 (50.00 %)PSTN
21 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (50.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)Cisco
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)CCNP
21 (50.00 %)CCNA
21 (50.00 %)CCDA
21 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
21 (50.00 %)Juniper
21 (50.00 %)Red Hat
21 (50.00 %)MPLS
21 (50.00 %)OSPF
21 (50.00 %)BGP
21 (50.00 %)Wi-Fi

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)ISDN
11 (50.00 %)PSTN
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)DNS
11 (50.00 %)MPLS
11 (50.00 %)OSPF
11 (50.00 %)BGP
11 (50.00 %)Wi-Fi
11 (50.00 %)WiMAX
11 (50.00 %)Ethereal
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Design Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Cisco Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Radio Engineer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Linux
11 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)CCNP
11 (50.00 %)CCNA
11 (50.00 %)CCDA
11 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Juniper
11 (50.00 %)Red Hat