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The table below looks at the demand for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) skills within the South West 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAsynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank136166
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.654 %0.529 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£238-
Average daily rate£238-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£238-
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£329
% change on same period last year+4.18 %
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£40.00£23.63
% change on same period last year+69.31 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching contract IT job ads665946
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.948 %0.978 %
Daily rates quoted138192
Average minimum daily rate£320£307
Average daily rate£336£326
% change on same period last year+3.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£336
% change on same period last year+5.75 %
Hourly rates quoted119156
Average minimum hourly rate£27.09£26.21
Average hourly rate£28.97£27.99
% change on same period last year+3.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.85£29.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.34£28.77
% change on same period last year-4.98 %
ATM EnglandATM
England

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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West ATM Demand Trend

ATM
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West ATM Daily Rate Trend

ATM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 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.

LocationRank 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
WiltshireNew entry-5£238-
GloucestershireDown-44--
BristolNew entry-1--
ATM EnglandATM
England

ATM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

112 (54.55 %)WAN
112 (54.55 %)MPLS
28 (36.36 %)LAN
37 (31.82 %)Security Cleared
46 (27.27 %)UNIX
46 (27.27 %)VoIP
55 (22.73 %)DNS
55 (22.73 %)Cisco
55 (22.73 %)Active Directory
55 (22.73 %)CORBA
55 (22.73 %)Java
55 (22.73 %)3G
55 (22.73 %)Firewall
55 (22.73 %)Frame Relay
55 (22.73 %)Telecoms
64 (18.18 %)Wireless
64 (18.18 %)CESG
64 (18.18 %)Oracle
64 (18.18 %)Windows
64 (18.18 %)Linux
64 (18.18 %)SharePoint
64 (18.18 %)MS Exchange
64 (18.18 %)Broadband
64 (18.18 %)Load Balancing
64 (18.18 %)Network Security
64 (18.18 %)Banking
64 (18.18 %)Network Design
73 (13.64 %)Retail
73 (13.64 %)Insurance
73 (13.64 %)Retail Banking

ATM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (22.73 %)CORBA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (18.18 %)SharePoint
14 (18.18 %)MS Exchange
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (9.091 %)MS Excel
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (54.55 %)WAN
112 (54.55 %)MPLS
28 (36.36 %)LAN
36 (27.27 %)VoIP
45 (22.73 %)Firewall
45 (22.73 %)Frame Relay
45 (22.73 %)DNS
45 (22.73 %)3G
54 (18.18 %)Wireless
54 (18.18 %)Broadband
54 (18.18 %)Network Security
63 (13.64 %)GPRS
63 (13.64 %)PSTN
63 (13.64 %)SAN
72 (9.091 %)DWDM
72 (9.091 %)SDH
72 (9.091 %)GSM
72 (9.091 %)RNC
81 (4.545 %)DHCP
81 (4.545 %)Ethernet
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.545 %)ETL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (22.73 %)Telecoms
24 (18.18 %)Banking
33 (13.64 %)Retail
33 (13.64 %)Insurance
33 (13.64 %)Retail Banking
42 (9.091 %)Government
51 (4.545 %)Avionics
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (22.73 %)Systems Administrator
15 (22.73 %)Administrator
23 (13.64 %)Technical Manager
23 (13.64 %)Architect
23 (13.64 %)Project Manager
23 (13.64 %)Technical Project Manager
23 (13.64 %)Consultant
32 (9.091 %)Support Engineer
32 (9.091 %)Enterprise Architect
41 (4.545 %)Products Support Engineer
41 (4.545 %)ATM Engineer
41 (4.545 %)NOC Manager
41 (4.545 %)Field Engineer
41 (4.545 %)Technical Support Engineer
41 (4.545 %)Network Administrator
41 (4.545 %)Technical Engineer
41 (4.545 %)Infrastructure Architect
41 (4.545 %)Systems Engineer
41 (4.545 %)Network Designer
41 (4.545 %)Technical Support
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (18.18 %)CESG
23 (13.64 %)EPoS
23 (13.64 %)EFT
23 (13.64 %)IVR
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (27.27 %)UNIX
24 (18.18 %)Windows
24 (18.18 %)Linux
31 (4.545 %)Windows XP
31 (4.545 %)Red Hat Linux
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (31.82 %)Security Cleared
24 (18.18 %)Network Design
24 (18.18 %)Load Balancing
33 (13.64 %)SC Cleared
33 (13.64 %)DV Cleared
33 (13.64 %)PRINCE2
42 (9.091 %)Network Planning
51 (4.545 %)Project Management
51 (4.545 %)Migration
51 (4.545 %)Network Load Balancing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (22.73 %)Java
21 (4.545 %)SQL
21 (4.545 %)C
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.545 %)CCNA
11 (4.545 %)Cisco Certification
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (22.73 %)Active Directory
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (22.73 %)Cisco
24 (18.18 %)Oracle
33 (13.64 %)BT
33 (13.64 %)Microsoft
33 (13.64 %)Sun
33 (13.64 %)Ericsson
42 (9.091 %)Fujitsu
51 (4.545 %)NCR
51 (4.545 %)Siemens
51 (4.545 %)Red Hat