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This section looks at the demand for Broadband skills within the Slough region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBroadband
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3633
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below3.390 %2.740 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£388
Average daily rate-£391
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£343
% change on same period last year+8.43 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£15.50-
Average hourly rate£18.25-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£21.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.16£20.95
% change on same period last year-8.54 %
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Slough
Matching contract IT job ads5973
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.079 %0.073 %
Daily rates quoted1229
Average minimum daily rate£297£351
Average daily rate£310£363
% change on same period last year-14.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£324£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted2719
Average minimum hourly rate£21.58£32.72
Average hourly rate£22.96£33.82
% change on same period last year-32.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.34£34.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
Broadband BerkshireBroadband
Berkshire

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.

Broadband
Demand Trend

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

Slough Broadband Demand Trend

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend

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

Slough Broadband Daily Rate Trend

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Slough Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Broadband across the Slough region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Slough Broadband Hourly Rate Histogram

Broadband
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing Broadband 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 Broadband.

12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows XP
12 (100.00 %)VPN
12 (100.00 %)HP
12 (100.00 %)Dell
12 (100.00 %)CheckPoint
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (100.00 %)Symantec
21 (50.00 %)Statistics

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing Broadband 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 Broadband. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)VPN
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Support Engineer
12 (100.00 %)2nd Line Support
12 (100.00 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Statistics
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows XP
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)HP
12 (100.00 %)Dell
12 (100.00 %)CheckPoint
12 (100.00 %)Symantec