Broadband Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 22 May 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 West 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Broadband
Rank 110 134 116
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -18
Contract jobs citing Broadband 1 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.049% 0.151% 0.145%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.341% 0.907% 1.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £400 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £270 £380
% change year-on-year
+45.37% -28.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £40.50 £27.50 £9.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.27% +198.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.69 £27.50 £12.75
% change year-on-year
-61.12% +115.68%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 293 551 371
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.22% 16.68% 13.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 284 152
Average daily rate £350 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £249 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 39 53
Average hourly rate £20.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.96 £16.50 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Broadband
England

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend

This 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
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

The table below 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 22 May 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
Devon - 1 - -
Broadband
England

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 4 (44.44%) 3G
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
1 4 (44.44%) Wireless
2 3 (33.33%) 4G
2 3 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (33.33%) Embedded C
2 3 (33.33%) C
2 3 (33.33%) Perl
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 2 (22.22%) 2G
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Subversion
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Handset
4 1 (11.11%) VHDL
4 1 (11.11%) Electronics
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Altera
4 1 (11.11%) MCSE
4 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
4 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
4 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
4 1 (11.11%) VPN
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) MS Office
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Windows

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) 3G
1 4 (44.44%) Wireless
2 3 (33.33%) 4G
3 2 (22.22%) 2G
4 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
4 1 (11.11%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Subversion
General
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Design Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Design Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (11.11%) Handset
2 1 (11.11%) VHDL
2 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Validation
1 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Embedded C
1 3 (33.33%) C
1 3 (33.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) MCSE
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Altera
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Dell
1 1 (11.11%) Citrix
1 1 (11.11%) Motorola
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