SDH Contracts in the UK excluding London

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SDH skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SDH over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 435 494
Rank change year-on-year +60 +59 -68
Contract jobs citing SDH 21 12 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.051% 0.059%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.63% 0.34% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 11
10th Percentile £500 £319 £313
25th Percentile £575 £372 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £422 £350
Median % change year-on-year +54.12% +20.50% -4.11%
75th Percentile £688 £497 £445
90th Percentile - £570 £500
UK median daily rate £600 £413 £350
% change year-on-year +45.45% +17.86% -11.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £16.70 £20.00 -
25th Percentile £20.75 £20.75 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
75th Percentile £32.50 £24.25 -
90th Percentile - £25.00 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -18.18% +44.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

SDH 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,328 3,498 4,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.25% 14.91% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,904 2,201 2,615
10th Percentile £201 £210 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £545
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.49% +3.65% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 321 234
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.01
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +149.38% -13.95% -10.42%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +5.22%

SDH
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SDH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SDH in the UK excluding London

SDH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SDH in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SDH in the UK excluding London

SDH
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDH in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SDH in the UK excluding London

SDH
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SDH in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SDH in the UK excluding London

SDH
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SDH in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SDH in the UK excluding London

SDH
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South West - 10 £650 - 2
South East +21 8 - - 1
Midlands - 2 £375 -
West Midlands - 2 £375 -
Scotland - 1 £500 -
SDH
UK

SDH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (66.67%) WAN
2 7 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 4 (19.05%) 2G
3 4 (19.05%) 3G
3 4 (19.05%) 4G
3 4 (19.05%) ATM
3 4 (19.05%) Junos
4 3 (14.29%) DWDM
4 3 (14.29%) SONET
5 2 (9.52%) MPLS
5 2 (9.52%) SD-WAN
6 1 (4.76%) Firewall
6 1 (4.76%) GPRS
6 1 (4.76%) Internet
6 1 (4.76%) LAN
6 1 (4.76%) LTE
6 1 (4.76%) Unified Communications
6 1 (4.76%) VSAT
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 15 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 7 (33.33%) Aeronautics
2 7 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Electronics
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Architect
1 13 (61.90%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Network Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Transmission Planner
3 2 (9.52%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) NOC Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms Planner
4 1 (4.76%) Transmission Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.76%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) ITIL
2 9 (42.86%) ArchiMate
2 9 (42.86%) BPMN
2 9 (42.86%) Customer Requirements
2 9 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
2 9 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 9 (42.86%) TOGAF
3 8 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
5 6 (28.57%) Architecture Governance
5 6 (28.57%) Customer Engagement
5 6 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 6 (28.57%) Presales
5 6 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
6 5 (23.81%) Business Analysis
7 4 (19.05%) Break/Fix
7 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
7 4 (19.05%) Digital Strategy
7 4 (19.05%) Performance Analysis
7 4 (19.05%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 13 (61.90%) SC Cleared
1 13 (61.90%) Security Cleared
2 8 (38.10%) Degree
3 7 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 4 (19.05%) CCNP
4 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (19.05%) HND
4 4 (19.05%) JNCIA
4 4 (19.05%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (4.76%) BC Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Cisco
1 11 (52.38%) Juniper
1 11 (52.38%) Nokia
2 7 (33.33%) IBM
3 6 (28.57%) Ciena
4 4 (19.05%) Palo Alto
5 2 (9.52%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 2 (9.52%) Huawei
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft