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The table below looks at the demand for Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ADSL over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAssymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank503558
Rank change on same period last yearUp+55
Matching contract IT job ads68114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.095 %0.115 %
As % of the category below0.712 %0.845 %
Daily rates quoted1312
Average minimum daily rate£277£185
Average daily rate£296£200
% change on same period last year+47.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£216
UK excluding London average daily rate£277£164
% change on same period last year+69.03 %
Hourly rates quoted2136
Average minimum hourly rate£19.70£16.74
Average hourly rate£20.31£17.47
% change on same period last year+16.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.93£18.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.79£17.34
% change on same period last year+14.14 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching contract IT job ads955613496
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled13.35 %13.56 %
Daily rates quoted27403509
Average minimum daily rate£345£346
Average daily rate£365£363
% change on same period last year+0.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
Hourly rates quoted12021863
Average minimum hourly rate£25.18£26.24
Average hourly rate£26.89£28.24
% change on same period last year-4.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.59£30.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£28.52
% change on same period last year-4.11 %

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.

ADSL
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ADSL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

ADSL Demand Trend

ADSL
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ADSL within the UK.

ADSL Daily Rate Trend

ADSL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADSL within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

ADSL Daily Rate Histogram

ADSL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ADSL within the UK.

ADSL Hourly Rate Trend

ADSL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADSL within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

ADSL Hourly Rate Histogram

ADSL
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADSL within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last		Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+4566£298+48.88 %
LondonUp+7031£312+1.32 %
South EastUp+2723£255+56.92 %
SurreyUp+279--
HampshireUp+336--
LutonNew entry-4£300-
West MidlandsUp+174£275-
Thames ValleyUp+143--
BerkshireUp+253£245+70.43 %
PortsmouthDown-43--
OxfordshireDown-42£275-
GreenwichNew entry-2--
BracknellUp+112£203-
BristolUp+72--
South WestUp+82--
WarwickshireNew entry-2£275-
North WestUp+132--
East of EnglandUp+192£350+218.18 %
SuffolkUp+72£350-
CambridgeshireUp+201--
ScotlandUp+161--
WalesNew entry-1£275-
North EastUp+21--
East MidlandsUp+71--
Newcastle Upon TyneUp+51--
South WalesNew entry-1£275-
CambridgeNew entry-1--
CreweNew entry-1--
BasingstokeNew entry-1--
City of LondonDown-131--

ADSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ADSL 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 ADSL.

170 (42.94 %)TCP/IP
262 (38.04 %)WAN
359 (36.20 %)Cisco
456 (34.36 %)Firewall
552 (31.90 %)LAN
650 (30.67 %)Windows
741 (25.15 %)DNS
741 (25.15 %)DHCP
840 (24.54 %)Microsoft
938 (23.31 %)Active Directory
1032 (19.63 %)VPN
1129 (17.79 %)MPLS
1228 (17.18 %)Broadband
1228 (17.18 %)Telecoms
1327 (16.56 %)OSPF
1327 (16.56 %)Citrix
1426 (15.95 %)Cisco Certification
1426 (15.95 %)MS Exchange
1524 (14.72 %)ISDN
1524 (14.72 %)Internet
1623 (14.11 %)Wireless
1722 (13.50 %)CheckPoint
1722 (13.50 %)DSL
1722 (13.50 %)Linux
1821 (12.88 %)Finance
1920 (12.27 %)BGP
1920 (12.27 %)CCNA
2019 (11.66 %)Windows Server 2003
2019 (11.66 %)MS Office
2118 (11.04 %)Windows XP

ADSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ADSL 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 ADSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (3.681 %)HTML
25 (3.067 %)CSS
25 (3.067 %)XSLT
34 (2.454 %)XML
41 (0.613 %)WAP
41 (0.613 %)CGI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
126 (15.95 %)MS Exchange
215 (9.202 %)Exchange Server 2003
38 (4.908 %)Lotus Notes
45 (3.067 %)Apache
45 (3.067 %)IIS
53 (1.840 %)Exchange Server 5.5
53 (1.840 %)Exchange Server 2000
61 (0.613 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (0.613 %)SharePoint
61 (0.613 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (11.66 %)MS Office
26 (3.681 %)MS Excel
31 (0.613 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.613 %)assyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
170 (42.94 %)TCP/IP
262 (38.04 %)WAN
356 (34.36 %)Firewall
452 (31.90 %)LAN
541 (25.15 %)DHCP
541 (25.15 %)DNS
632 (19.63 %)VPN
729 (17.79 %)MPLS
828 (17.18 %)Broadband
927 (16.56 %)OSPF
1024 (14.72 %)ISDN
1024 (14.72 %)Internet
1123 (14.11 %)Wireless
1222 (13.50 %)DSL
1320 (12.27 %)BGP
1418 (11.04 %)DSLAM
1418 (11.04 %)VoIP
1511 (6.748 %)Ethernet
1610 (6.135 %)LLU
179 (5.521 %)PSTN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (3.681 %)SQL Server
22 (1.227 %)Data Cleansing
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (3.067 %)Flash
15 (3.067 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (17.18 %)Telecoms
221 (12.88 %)Finance
32 (1.227 %)Health
41 (0.613 %)Law
41 (0.613 %)Retail
41 (0.613 %)Billing
41 (0.613 %)Education
41 (0.613 %)Government
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
145 (27.61 %)Analyst
224 (14.72 %)2nd Line Support
323 (14.11 %)Support Engineer
421 (12.88 %)Support Analyst
421 (12.88 %)Network Support
517 (10.43 %)Network Engineer
615 (9.202 %)Helpdesk Analyst
713 (7.975 %)Network Analyst
811 (6.748 %)NOC Engineer
910 (6.135 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
910 (6.135 %)Consultant
109 (5.521 %)Network Support Analyst
118 (4.908 %)Helpdesk Support
127 (4.294 %)Cisco Engineer
127 (4.294 %)3rd Line Support
136 (3.681 %)Technical Support
136 (3.681 %)Test Engineer
145 (3.067 %)Support Technician
145 (3.067 %)IT Support Technician
154 (2.454 %)Network Support Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (3.681 %)Blackberry
24 (2.454 %)W3C
33 (1.840 %)Clustering
42 (1.227 %)IPTV
42 (1.227 %)EPoS
42 (1.227 %)NHS
51 (0.613 %)Management Information System
51 (0.613 %)Handset
51 (0.613 %)Video Conferencing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
150 (30.67 %)Windows
222 (13.50 %)Linux
319 (11.66 %)Windows Server 2003
418 (11.04 %)Windows XP
514 (8.589 %)UNIX
612 (7.362 %)Windows 2000
77 (4.294 %)Windows NT
77 (4.294 %)Ubuntu
86 (3.681 %)Windows Vista
94 (2.454 %)Windows 2000 Server
94 (2.454 %)Solaris
102 (1.227 %)FreeBSD
111 (0.613 %)Windows Mobile
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (4.294 %)Migration
26 (3.681 %)Project Management
35 (3.067 %)CRM
35 (3.067 %)Validation
44 (2.454 %)ITIL
44 (2.454 %)PRINCE2
53 (1.840 %)Network Design
62 (1.227 %)Risk Analysis
62 (1.227 %)Risk Assessment
71 (0.613 %)Change Management
71 (0.613 %)Benchmarking
71 (0.613 %)Web Testing
71 (0.613 %)SC Cleared
71 (0.613 %)Security Cleared
71 (0.613 %)Incident Management
71 (0.613 %)Project Planning
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (4.908 %)Perl
25 (3.067 %)JavaScript
34 (2.454 %)VB
43 (1.840 %)Shell Script
52 (1.227 %)Java
61 (0.613 %)C
61 (0.613 %)C++
61 (0.613 %)SQL
61 (0.613 %)VBScript
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
126 (15.95 %)Cisco Certification
220 (12.27 %)CCNA
310 (6.135 %)Microsoft Certification
49 (5.521 %)CCNP
49 (5.521 %)MCSE
56 (3.681 %)CCIP
56 (3.681 %)MCP
63 (1.840 %)MCSA
72 (1.227 %)CISSP
81 (0.613 %)CCIE
81 (0.613 %)CCSP
81 (0.613 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.613 %)CCVP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (4.294 %)SLA
26 (3.681 %)QA
32 (1.227 %)COSO
32 (1.227 %)BS7799
32 (1.227 %)COBIT
32 (1.227 %)ISO17799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
138 (23.31 %)Active Directory
26 (3.681 %)Terminal Services
33 (1.840 %)Terminal Server
33 (1.840 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.613 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.613 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.613 %)ISA Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (4.908 %)DameWare
25 (3.067 %)OpenView
34 (2.454 %)CiscoWorks
43 (1.840 %)Tivoli NetView
43 (1.840 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.613 %)Netcool
51 (0.613 %)HP Data Protector
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
159 (36.20 %)Cisco
240 (24.54 %)Microsoft
327 (16.56 %)Citrix
422 (13.50 %)CheckPoint
512 (7.362 %)Alcatel
68 (4.908 %)Lotus
77 (4.294 %)Lucent
77 (4.294 %)HP
86 (3.681 %)Juniper
95 (3.067 %)Redback
104 (2.454 %)Remedy
113 (1.840 %)McAfee Security
113 (1.840 %)BT
113 (1.840 %)3Com
113 (1.840 %)Fujitsu
113 (1.840 %)Dell
113 (1.840 %)IBM
122 (1.227 %)Avaya
122 (1.227 %)Nokia
122 (1.227 %)Huawei
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