DSL Contracts in the Thames Valley

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for DSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DSL over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 150 163
Rank change year-on-year +18 +13 -22
Contract jobs citing DSL 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.069% 0.028%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.68% 0.44% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £563 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +43.74% -
75th Percentile - £588 £425
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 £575 £438
% change year-on-year -13.04% +31.42% +136.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £19.08 - -
25th Percentile £19.94 £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £21.75 £19.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.47% - -
75th Percentile £23.44 £19.50 -
90th Percentile £24.23 - -
South East median hourly rate £24.50 £19.00 -
% change year-on-year +28.95% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

DSL is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 584 458 623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.97% 15.80% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 285 354
10th Percentile £205 £300 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +5.51% +15.63%
75th Percentile £600 £574 £555
90th Percentile £650 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £490 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +0.41% +8.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 14 18
10th Percentile £17.58 £19.65 £12.19
25th Percentile £23.63 £25.13 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -43.33%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.47 £81.26 £38.80
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +7.20% +148.84% -49.41%

DSL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing DSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for DSL in the Thames Valley

DSL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DSL in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for DSL in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DSL in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for DSL in the Thames Valley

DSL
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DSL within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -3 4 £500 -13.04% 1
DSL
South East

DSL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) 3G
2 2 (50.00%) 4G
2 2 (50.00%) 5G
2 2 (50.00%) ADSL
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (50.00%) GSM
2 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) MPLS
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) PPP
2 2 (50.00%) RIP
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (25.00%) xDSL
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (25.00%) Real Time Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (25.00%) IoT
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Communications Security
2 1 (25.00%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) Market Research
2 1 (25.00%) PLM
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) BC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCDP
2 1 (25.00%) CCIP
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ADVA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (25.00%) Nokia
2 1 (25.00%) Nokia Networks
2 1 (25.00%) Tellabs