South West QSIG Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for QSIG 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 QSIG over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location England London South West UK	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	162
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.123 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£300
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Communications & Networking South West
Matching contract IT job ads	583	811
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.918 %	0.869 %
Daily rates quoted	117	151
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£307
Average daily rate	£358	£326
% change on same period last year	+9.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£347	£332
% change on same period last year	+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	114	127
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.77	£27.64
Average hourly rate	£28.48	£29.48
% change on same period last year	-3.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.19	£31.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.93	£29.11
% change on same period last year	-4.05 %
QSIG 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing QSIG 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 QSIG.

1 13 (100.00 %) C 1 13 (100.00 %) ISDN 1 13 (100.00 %) DASS2 1 13 (100.00 %) DPNSS 2 10 (76.92 %) Telecoms 3 7 (53.85 %) SS7 3 7 (53.85 %) VoIP 4 3 (23.08 %) Electronics

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing QSIG 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 QSIG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 13 (100.00 %) ISDN 1 13 (100.00 %) DASS2 1 13 (100.00 %) DPNSS 2 7 (53.85 %) SS7 2 7 (53.85 %) VoIP	General 1 10 (76.92 %) Telecoms 2 3 (23.08 %) Electronics
Job Titles 1 10 (76.92 %) Software Engineer 2 3 (23.08 %) C Programmer 2 3 (23.08 %) Programmer	Programming Languages 1 13 (100.00 %) C