The first table below looks at the demand for SDH skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SDH over the 3 months to 24 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 Surrey 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Rank 77 - 95
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SDH 3 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.260% - 0.435%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.587% - 2.658%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £340 £350
% change year-on-year
-16.17% -2.85%
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
189 263 301
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 16.39% 16.33% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 114 148
Average daily rate £331 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.51% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 35 20
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +129.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.10 £13.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.95 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
SDH
South East

SDH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey SDH Daily 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 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
Guildford - 3 - -
SDH
South East

SDH
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 6 (100.00%) ATM
1 6 (100.00%) 3G
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 6 (100.00%) 2G
2 4 (66.67%) Ethernet
3 3 (50.00%) Cramer
4 2 (33.33%) Network Planning
4 2 (33.33%) B2B
4 2 (33.33%) 2.5G
4 2 (33.33%) BT
5 1 (16.67%) DWDM
5 1 (16.67%) MPLS
5 1 (16.67%) Ericsson
5 1 (16.67%) UMTS
5 1 (16.67%) LTE
5 1 (16.67%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 1 (16.67%) 4G

SDH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) ATM
1 6 (100.00%) 3G
1 6 (100.00%) 2G
2 4 (66.67%) Ethernet
3 2 (33.33%) 2.5G
4 1 (16.67%) DWDM
4 1 (16.67%) MPLS
4 1 (16.67%) UMTS
4 1 (16.67%) LTE
4 1 (16.67%) 4G
General
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Transmission Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Circuiting Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Transmission Planner
2 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Network Planning
1 2 (33.33%) B2B
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cramer
2 2 (33.33%) BT
3 1 (16.67%) Ericsson
3 1 (16.67%) Nokia Siemens Networks