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SDH Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SDH skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SDH over the 3 months to 18 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 South East 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
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Rank 181 149 188
Rank change year-on-year
-32 +39
Contract jobs citing SDH 44 94 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.544% 0.936% 0.625%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.872% 4.334% 3.409%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 3
Average daily rate £273 £353 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.69% -17.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £228 £345
10% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £447 £445
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 1532 2169 1936
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.96% 21.59% 18.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 619 667
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £180 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 184 258
Average hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.53% +30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £15.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £46.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
SDH
England

SDH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East SDH Daily Rate Trend

SDH
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SDH across the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South East SDH Daily Rate Histogram

SDH
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East SDH Hourly Rate Trend

SDH
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire -20 35 £273 -22.69%
Hampshire - 4 £243 - 1
Surrey - 3 - -
Buckinghamshire -3 1 - -
SDH
England

SDH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 79 (94.05%) Telecoms
2 71 (84.52%) ATM
2 71 (84.52%) Ethernet
3 40 (47.62%) MPLS
4 39 (46.43%) 3G
4 39 (46.43%) 2G
5 36 (42.86%) Ericsson
6 34 (40.48%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 27 (32.14%) Project Management
8 25 (29.76%) LTE
9 20 (23.81%) Huawei
10 17 (20.24%) NEC
11 16 (19.05%) BT
12 13 (15.48%) Radio Access Network
13 12 (14.29%) DWDM
14 10 (11.90%) Front Office
14 10 (11.90%) SC Cleared
14 10 (11.90%) Security Cleared
15 9 (10.71%) Nokia
15 9 (10.71%) Cisco
15 9 (10.71%) UMTS
16 8 (9.524%) GSM
16 8 (9.524%) TCP/IP
16 8 (9.524%) Internet
16 8 (9.524%) OSPF
16 8 (9.524%) BGP
17 7 (8.333%) Frame Relay
17 7 (8.333%) Migration
17 7 (8.333%) EIGRP
17 7 (8.333%) CCNA

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 2 (2.381%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 71 (84.52%) ATM
1 71 (84.52%) Ethernet
2 40 (47.62%) MPLS
3 39 (46.43%) 3G
3 39 (46.43%) 2G
4 25 (29.76%) LTE
5 13 (15.48%) Radio Access Network
6 12 (14.29%) DWDM
7 9 (10.71%) UMTS
8 8 (9.524%) GSM
8 8 (9.524%) TCP/IP
8 8 (9.524%) Internet
8 8 (9.524%) OSPF
8 8 (9.524%) BGP
9 7 (8.333%) ADSL
9 7 (8.333%) VPN
9 7 (8.333%) RIP
9 7 (8.333%) LAN
9 7 (8.333%) WAN
9 7 (8.333%) EIGRP
General
1 79 (94.05%) Telecoms
2 10 (11.90%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 53 (63.10%) Transmission Engineer
2 41 (48.81%) Design Engineer
3 8 (9.524%) Network Engineer
4 6 (7.143%) Project Manager
4 6 (7.143%) Test Engineer
5 4 (4.762%) Designer
6 2 (2.381%) Transmission Planning Engineer
6 2 (2.381%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (2.381%) Change Manager
6 2 (2.381%) IP Engineer
7 1 (1.190%) Circuiting Engineer
7 1 (1.190%) Architect
7 1 (1.190%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.190%) Network Designer
7 1 (1.190%) Field Engineer
7 1 (1.190%) IP Network Engineer
7 1 (1.190%) Network Design Engineer
7 1 (1.190%) 3G Engineer
7 1 (1.190%) Data Network Engineer
7 1 (1.190%) Access Transmission Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (32.14%) Project Management
2 7 (8.333%) Migration
3 5 (5.952%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (4.762%) Network Planning
5 3 (3.571%) Release Management
5 3 (3.571%) B2B
5 3 (3.571%) Network Design
5 3 (3.571%) Change Management
6 2 (2.381%) Security Management
6 2 (2.381%) PRINCE2
7 1 (1.190%) ITIL
7 1 (1.190%) Service Delivery
7 1 (1.190%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (1.190%) Network Architecture
7 1 (1.190%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.381%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (11.90%) SC Cleared
1 10 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.333%) CCNA
2 7 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (7.143%) CCNP
4 3 (3.571%) BC Cleared
5 2 (2.381%) PMP
5 2 (2.381%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.952%) SLA
Vendors
1 36 (42.86%) Ericsson
2 34 (40.48%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 20 (23.81%) Huawei
4 17 (20.24%) NEC
5 16 (19.05%) BT
6 9 (10.71%) Nokia
6 9 (10.71%) Cisco
7 4 (4.762%) Cramer
8 1 (1.190%) Nortel
8 1 (1.190%) Juniper
8 1 (1.190%) Alcatel-Lucent
Change Manager,Hampshire,Telecomms,SC Clear,£200PD
Hampshire, South East
You will meet the following requirements: Strong Change Management background. Experience in multi-location, multi product, multi vendor integrated customer networks. Come from a strong telecommunication background. Operational...
Orgtel
Posted: 21 May 2013
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