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The table below looks at the demand for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) skills within the Thames Valley region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DSL over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£373
% change on same period last year-13.81 %
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£35.10£21.29
% change on same period last year+64.90 %
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads5797
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.098 %
Daily rates quoted913
Average minimum daily rate£433£392
Average daily rate£444£400
% change on same period last year+10.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£455£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.57 %
Hourly rates quoted59
Average minimum hourly rate£36.43£32.14
Average hourly rate£37.86£34.54
% change on same period last year+9.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.29£36.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.44£28.92
% change on same period last year-5.09 %
DSL South EastDSL
South East

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.

DSL
Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley DSL Demand Trend

DSL
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing DSL 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 DSL.

16 (100.00 %)ADSL
16 (100.00 %)Broadband
16 (100.00 %)DSLAM
16 (100.00 %)Telecoms
25 (83.33 %)Linux
25 (83.33 %)Wireless
25 (83.33 %)Internet
25 (83.33 %)Ubuntu
31 (16.67 %)VDSL
31 (16.67 %)MPLS
31 (16.67 %)OSPF
31 (16.67 %)BGP
31 (16.67 %)DHCP
31 (16.67 %)Cisco
31 (16.67 %)Juniper
31 (16.67 %)Lucent
31 (16.67 %)Alcatel
31 (16.67 %)SHDSL

DSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing DSL 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 DSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (100.00 %)DSLAM
16 (100.00 %)ADSL
16 (100.00 %)Broadband
25 (83.33 %)Wireless
25 (83.33 %)Internet
31 (16.67 %)MPLS
31 (16.67 %)OSPF
31 (16.67 %)BGP
31 (16.67 %)VDSL
31 (16.67 %)SHDSL
31 (16.67 %)DHCP
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Consultant
21 (16.67 %)Test Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Performance Engineer
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (83.33 %)Linux
15 (83.33 %)Ubuntu
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Cisco
11 (16.67 %)Juniper
11 (16.67 %)Lucent
11 (16.67 %)Alcatel