The first table below looks at the demand for ADSL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ADSL over the 3 months to 17 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.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
Rank 489 540 544
Rank change year-on-year
+51 +4
Contract jobs citing ADSL 41 38 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.088% 0.065% 0.072%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.605% 0.417% 0.557%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 29 11
Average daily rate £210 £255 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% -37.03%
UK excluding London average daily rate £210 £245 £405
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -39.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 9
Average hourly rate £15.50 £14.00 £20.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% -32.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £13.20 £14.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.70 £20.40 £27.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £14.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+10.71% -33.33%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6782 9103 7893
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.62% 15.62% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3331 4145 3588
Average daily rate £350 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 542 606 785
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%

ADSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

ADSL Jobs Demand Trend

ADSL
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADSL within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

ADSL Daily Rate Histogram

ADSL
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADSL within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

ADSL Hourly Rate Histogram

ADSL
Top 25 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 17 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
England +51 39 £210 -17.64%
London +30 18 £210 -35.38%
South East +32 15 £210 -50.58%
City of London +18 8 £213 -26.72%
Berkshire +21 6 £210 -
Isleworth - 6 - -
East Sussex - 4 £210 -
Brighton - 4 £210 -
North West +15 3 - -
Manchester +12 3 - -
Croydon - 3 £210 -
West Yorkshire -8 2 £115 -53.06%
Bracknell -8 2 £450 -
Yorkshire -12 2 £115 -53.06%
Leeds -17 2 £115 -53.06%
Weybridge - 2 - -
Surrey - 2 - -
Middlesex - 2 - -
Altrincham - 2 - -
Milton Keynes +11 1 - -
Buckinghamshire +10 1 - -
East Midlands +2 1 - -
Derbyshire - 1 - -
Reading - 1 £210 -
Newbury - 1 - -

ADSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 44 (46.32%) Telecoms
2 42 (44.21%) Cisco
3 37 (38.95%) TCP/IP
4 35 (36.84%) WAN
5 32 (33.68%) LAN
5 32 (33.68%) VPN
5 32 (33.68%) Windows
6 26 (27.37%) BT
7 25 (26.32%) MS Excel
8 23 (24.21%) Broadband
8 23 (24.21%) Ethernet
8 23 (24.21%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (24.21%) Internet
8 23 (24.21%) MPLS
9 21 (22.11%) CCNA
9 21 (22.11%) Migration
10 20 (21.05%) Active Directory
10 20 (21.05%) Microsoft
10 20 (21.05%) DSL
11 18 (18.95%) BGP
12 16 (16.84%) HP
12 16 (16.84%) IP Telephony
12 16 (16.84%) Windows 7
13 14 (14.74%) VMware
13 14 (14.74%) VoIP
13 14 (14.74%) MS Office
13 14 (14.74%) EIGRP
14 13 (13.68%) OSPF
14 13 (13.68%) LLU
15 12 (12.63%) Windows Server 2008

ADSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (2.105%) .NET
1 2 (2.105%) COM
1 2 (2.105%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 10 (10.53%) MS Exchange
2 8 (8.421%) Lotus Notes
2 8 (8.421%) SharePoint
2 8 (8.421%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (6.316%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (5.263%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (4.211%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (4.211%) IIS
6 2 (2.105%) Lotus Domino
6 2 (2.105%) Apache
6 2 (2.105%) Zimbra
6 2 (2.105%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (1.053%) Lync
Applications
1 25 (26.32%) MS Excel
2 14 (14.74%) MS Office
3 8 (8.421%) Office 365
4 5 (5.263%) MS Visio
5 2 (2.105%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.053%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 37 (38.95%) TCP/IP
2 35 (36.84%) WAN
3 32 (33.68%) VPN
3 32 (33.68%) LAN
4 23 (24.21%) Broadband
4 23 (24.21%) Ethernet
4 23 (24.21%) Internet
4 23 (24.21%) MPLS
5 20 (21.05%) DSL
6 18 (18.95%) BGP
7 16 (16.84%) IP Telephony
8 14 (14.74%) EIGRP
8 14 (14.74%) VoIP
9 13 (13.68%) OSPF
9 13 (13.68%) LLU
10 12 (12.63%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (12.63%) DNS
11 11 (11.58%) ATM
11 11 (11.58%) DHCP
11 11 (11.58%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.421%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (5.263%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.158%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (3.158%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.105%) MySQL
4 2 (2.105%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.053%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (1.053%) Selenium
General
1 44 (46.32%) Telecoms
2 9 (9.474%) Finance
3 4 (4.211%) Retail
4 2 (2.105%) Billing
4 2 (2.105%) Marketing
4 2 (2.105%) Back Office
4 2 (2.105%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.105%) Banking
5 1 (1.053%) Electronics
5 1 (1.053%) Law
5 1 (1.053%) Legal
5 1 (1.053%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (31.58%) Analyst
2 16 (16.84%) Support Analyst
3 14 (14.74%) Network Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) Senior Analyst
5 11 (11.58%) 2nd Line Support
6 10 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 9 (9.474%) IT Support
7 9 (9.474%) Build Engineer
7 9 (9.474%) VoIP Engineer
8 8 (8.421%) IT Support Analyst
8 8 (8.421%) Insight Analyst
8 8 (8.421%) Senior Insight Analyst
9 7 (7.368%) Deployment Engineer
9 7 (7.368%) Provisioning Engineer
10 5 (5.263%) Project Manager
11 4 (4.211%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 3 (3.158%) Support Engineer
12 3 (3.158%) Senior Business Analyst
12 3 (3.158%) Business Analyst
13 2 (2.105%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.211%) Clustering
2 3 (3.158%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.105%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.053%) Replication
4 1 (1.053%) EPoS
4 1 (1.053%) EMV
4 1 (1.053%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (1.053%) NHS
4 1 (1.053%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.053%) Smartcard
4 1 (1.053%) IVR
4 1 (1.053%) e-Health
4 1 (1.053%) PDA
4 1 (1.053%) CCTV
4 1 (1.053%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.053%) CMDB
4 1 (1.053%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.053%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.053%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 32 (33.68%) Windows
2 16 (16.84%) Windows 7
3 12 (12.63%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (9.474%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (7.368%) Linux
6 5 (5.263%) Windows XP
7 3 (3.158%) Windows Vista
8 2 (2.105%) UNIX
8 2 (2.105%) Mac OS X
8 2 (2.105%) Windows 2000
9 1 (1.053%) NetWare
9 1 (1.053%) OS/2
9 1 (1.053%) CentOS
9 1 (1.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.11%) Migration
2 12 (12.63%) Service Delivery
3 9 (9.474%) ITIL
4 8 (8.421%) Data Analysis
4 8 (8.421%) Statistical Analysis
4 8 (8.421%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (5.263%) Time Management
6 4 (4.211%) Project Management
6 4 (4.211%) Change Management
6 4 (4.211%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (3.158%) PRINCE2
7 3 (3.158%) Service Management
7 3 (3.158%) Incident Management
7 3 (3.158%) Network Management
8 2 (2.105%) ITIL V3
8 2 (2.105%) Computer Security
8 2 (2.105%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (2.105%) Problem Management
8 2 (2.105%) E-Commerce
8 2 (2.105%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.53%) SQL
2 8 (8.421%) VB
3 1 (1.053%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (24.21%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (22.11%) CCNA
3 12 (12.63%) CCNP
4 11 (11.58%) SC Cleared
4 11 (11.58%) Security Cleared
5 9 (9.474%) Degree
6 7 (7.368%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (5.263%) MCSE
8 3 (3.158%) MCITP
8 3 (3.158%) BC Cleared
9 2 (2.105%) MCSA
9 2 (2.105%) MCP
10 1 (1.053%) HNC
10 1 (1.053%) CCIE
10 1 (1.053%) CCIP
10 1 (1.053%) CCDP
10 1 (1.053%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (1.053%) PMP
10 1 (1.053%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.053%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.368%) ISO 9001
2 3 (3.158%) SLA
3 1 (1.053%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.053%) QA
3 1 (1.053%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.474%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.263%) XenApp
3 5 (5.263%) Terminal Services
3 5 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (4.211%) VMware ESX
5 3 (3.158%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 3 (3.158%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.105%) Postfix
6 2 (2.105%) vSphere
7 1 (1.053%) NDS
7 1 (1.053%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (6.316%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.158%) WSUS
3 1 (1.053%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (1.053%) Sysprep
3 1 (1.053%) OpenView
3 1 (1.053%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 42 (44.21%) Cisco
2 26 (27.37%) BT
3 20 (21.05%) Microsoft
4 16 (16.84%) HP
5 14 (14.74%) VMware
6 12 (12.63%) Citrix
7 10 (10.53%) Lotus
8 9 (9.474%) Oracle
9 8 (8.421%) Business Objects
9 8 (8.421%) SAP
10 6 (6.316%) Juniper
11 5 (5.263%) Remedy
11 5 (5.263%) Dell
11 5 (5.263%) Aastra
12 4 (4.211%) SonicWALL
12 4 (4.211%) Symantec
12 4 (4.211%) Avaya
13 2 (2.105%) Sophos
13 2 (2.105%) Red Hat
13 2 (2.105%) Apple
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