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This section looks at the demand for Broadband 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 Broadband over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBroadband
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank123136
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads1528
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.028 %
As % of the category below2.226 %3.431 %
Daily rates quoted75
Average minimum daily rate£289£540
Average daily rate£314£580
% change on same period last year-45.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£620
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£322
% change on same period last year+7.10 %
Hourly rates quoted24
Average minimum hourly rate£9.65£13.75
Average hourly rate£12.15£14.88
% change on same period last year-18.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.65£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.03£20.86
% change on same period last year-18.35 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching contract IT job ads674816
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.898 %0.826 %
Daily rates quoted200168
Average minimum daily rate£312£328
Average daily rate£339£345
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted106131
Average minimum hourly rate£24.71£25.53
Average hourly rate£26.55£27.48
% change on same period last year-3.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.39£29.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Broadband EnglandBroadband
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.

Broadband
Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Broadband Daily Rate Trend

Broadband
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Broadband across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South West Broadband Daily Rate Histogram

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Broadband Hourly Rate Trend

Broadband
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
BristolUp+95£349-44.93 %
WiltshireUp+114--
Broadband EnglandBroadband
England

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

117 (48.57 %)Telecoms
210 (28.57 %)LLU
39 (25.71 %)IPTV
39 (25.71 %)DSL
39 (25.71 %)UNIX
46 (17.14 %)Test Management
55 (14.29 %)CRM
55 (14.29 %)SQL
55 (14.29 %)Remedy
64 (11.43 %)Project Management
64 (11.43 %)Oracle
64 (11.43 %)PL/SQL
64 (11.43 %)ITIL
64 (11.43 %)PRINCE2
64 (11.43 %)Oracle 8/8i
64 (11.43 %)Windows
64 (11.43 %)Solaris
64 (11.43 %)VoIP
64 (11.43 %)ADSL
64 (11.43 %)BSS
64 (11.43 %)Wireless
73 (8.571 %)LAN
73 (8.571 %)SLA
73 (8.571 %)WAN
73 (8.571 %)ISEB
73 (8.571 %)PRINCE2 Certification
73 (8.571 %)TestDirector
73 (8.571 %)Siebel
73 (8.571 %)Firewall
73 (8.571 %)2G

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (5.714 %)Middleware
12 (5.714 %)VXML
12 (5.714 %)WebSphere
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (5.714 %)WebLogic
12 (5.714 %)Apache
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (5.714 %)MS PowerPoint
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (28.57 %)LLU
29 (25.71 %)DSL
34 (11.43 %)ADSL
34 (11.43 %)Wireless
34 (11.43 %)VoIP
34 (11.43 %)BSS
43 (8.571 %)WAN
43 (8.571 %)Internet
43 (8.571 %)3G
43 (8.571 %)MPLS
43 (8.571 %)2G
43 (8.571 %)Firewall
43 (8.571 %)LAN
52 (5.714 %)TCAP
52 (5.714 %)ISUP
52 (5.714 %)DSLAM
52 (5.714 %)TCP/IP
52 (5.714 %)VPN
52 (5.714 %)NGN
61 (2.857 %)VDSL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (11.43 %)Oracle 8/8i
22 (5.714 %)Oracle 9i
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (8.571 %)TestDirector
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (48.57 %)Telecoms
23 (8.571 %)Manufacturing
32 (5.714 %)Multimedia
32 (5.714 %)Billing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (14.29 %)Test Manager
24 (11.43 %)Support Engineer
24 (11.43 %)Integration Manager
24 (11.43 %)Design Engineer
33 (8.571 %)Security Engineer
33 (8.571 %)UNIX Support
42 (5.714 %)UNIX Engineer
42 (5.714 %)UNIX Support Engineer
42 (5.714 %)3G Engineer
42 (5.714 %)Digital Design Engineer
42 (5.714 %)SAP Manager
42 (5.714 %)SAP Test Manager
42 (5.714 %)Team Leader
51 (2.857 %)Network Manager
51 (2.857 %)IT Support Engineer
51 (2.857 %)Support Manager
51 (2.857 %)Problem Manager
51 (2.857 %)Change Manager
51 (2.857 %)Test Engineer
51 (2.857 %)Software Test Engineer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (25.71 %)IPTV
23 (8.571 %)Handset
31 (2.857 %)VHDL
31 (2.857 %)Verilog
31 (2.857 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
31 (2.857 %)Statistics
31 (2.857 %)PMI
31 (2.857 %)ASIC
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (25.71 %)UNIX
24 (11.43 %)Windows
24 (11.43 %)Solaris
31 (2.857 %)Linux
31 (2.857 %)Windows XP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (17.14 %)Test Management
25 (14.29 %)CRM
34 (11.43 %)ITIL
34 (11.43 %)PRINCE2
34 (11.43 %)Project Management
42 (5.714 %)CMMI
42 (5.714 %)eTOM
42 (5.714 %)Software Testing
42 (5.714 %)Incident Management
42 (5.714 %)User Acceptance Testing
42 (5.714 %)Integration Testing
51 (2.857 %)Service Delivery
51 (2.857 %)Change Management
51 (2.857 %)Validation
51 (2.857 %)Network Design
51 (2.857 %)PRINCE
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (14.29 %)SQL
24 (11.43 %)PL/SQL
32 (5.714 %)C
41 (2.857 %)Tcl
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (8.571 %)ISEB
13 (8.571 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (5.714 %)Degree
31 (2.857 %)ITIL Certification
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (8.571 %)SLA
21 (2.857 %)JTAG
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.857 %)Active Directory
11 (2.857 %)Backup Exec
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (14.29 %)Remedy
24 (11.43 %)Oracle
33 (8.571 %)Siebel
42 (5.714 %)Cisco
42 (5.714 %)Alcatel
42 (5.714 %)VERITAS
42 (5.714 %)BT
42 (5.714 %)SAP
51 (2.857 %)VMware
51 (2.857 %)Xilinx
51 (2.857 %)Axiom
51 (2.857 %)Sybase
51 (2.857 %)Juniper
51 (2.857 %)Lucent
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