The first table below looks at the demand for ATM skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ATM over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Rank 373 248 377
Rank change year-on-year
-125 +129
Contract jobs citing ATM 171 398 220
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.369% 0.682% 0.354%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.531% 4.347% 2.740%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 91 55
Average daily rate £285 £370 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.97% +13.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £118 £220 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £442 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-18.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 11
Average hourly rate £8.13 £27.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.45% +150.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- +34.14%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6757 9155 8028
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.58% 15.68% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3308 4150 3638
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
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 £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 527 612 810
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 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%

ATM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

ATM Jobs Demand Trend

ATM
Daily Rate Trend

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

ATM Daily Rate Trend

ATM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ATM within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

ATM Daily Rate Histogram

ATM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ATM Hourly Rate Trend

ATM
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 ATM within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 -102 148 £285 -22.44%
South East -56 87 £285 +3.63%
Berkshire -43 60 £283 +4.62%
London +20 32 £300 -25.00%
Reading -27 27 £249 -6.13%
Hampshire +6 15 £490 +30.53%
Scotland -9 14 £290 -27.50%
Basingstoke -11 9 - -
City of London +22 8 £115 -68.05%
North West +10 8 £220 -24.13%
Newbury - 8 £285 -
Surrey +20 6 £288 -
South West +7 6 £85 -80.00%
Guildford -6 6 £288 -
Buckinghamshire +7 4 - -
Halifax +2 4 £505 +27.84%
West Yorkshire -8 4 £505 +27.84%
West Midlands -9 4 £90 -47.05%
Yorkshire -21 4 £505 +18.82%
Cheshire +5 3 £90 -71.42%
Wiltshire -9 3 - -
Swindon -10 3 - -
Milton Keynes - 3 - -
Manchester +7 2 - -
Edinburgh +1 2 - -
Bristol +1 2 - -
Bordon - 2 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 - -
Warrington - 2 - -
North East - 2 - -

ATM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ATM 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 ATM.

1 209 (58.87%) Telecoms
2 141 (39.72%) SDH
3 130 (36.62%) Ethernet
4 129 (36.34%) 3G
5 92 (25.92%) 2G
6 89 (25.07%) Ericsson
7 80 (22.54%) Project Management
8 74 (20.85%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 74 (20.85%) Radio Access Network
9 72 (20.28%) LTE
10 70 (19.72%) MPLS
11 47 (13.24%) Huawei
12 42 (11.83%) Finance
13 36 (10.14%) Cisco
14 34 (9.577%) SLA
14 34 (9.577%) RNC
15 31 (8.732%) Banking
15 31 (8.732%) UMTS
15 31 (8.732%) WAN
16 30 (8.451%) GSM
16 30 (8.451%) Network Design
17 29 (8.169%) DWDM
18 27 (7.606%) LAN
18 27 (7.606%) TCP/IP
19 26 (7.324%) Linux
19 26 (7.324%) Cramer
19 26 (7.324%) NEC
19 26 (7.324%) Resource Management
20 24 (6.761%) ITIL
21 23 (6.479%) BGP

ATM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ATM 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 ATM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (2.535%) .NET
2 8 (2.254%) ASP.NET
3 7 (1.972%) XML
4 3 (0.845%) CSS
4 3 (0.845%) HTML5
4 3 (0.845%) CSS3
5 2 (0.563%) ASP
5 2 (0.563%) HTML
6 1 (0.282%) Middleware
6 1 (0.282%) WAP
6 1 (0.282%) JSP
6 1 (0.282%) COM
6 1 (0.282%) Sass
6 1 (0.282%) LESS
6 1 (0.282%) Dojo
6 1 (0.282%) LINQ
6 1 (0.282%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.282%) CMS
1 1 (0.282%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (2.817%) MS Excel
2 9 (2.535%) MS Office
3 4 (1.127%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.127%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.563%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.563%) Open Workbench
4 2 (0.563%) OmniGraffle
4 2 (0.563%) MS Project
4 2 (0.563%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.563%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 6 (1.690%) BASE24
2 5 (1.408%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.563%) Minerva
4 1 (0.282%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 141 (39.72%) SDH
2 130 (36.62%) Ethernet
3 129 (36.34%) 3G
4 92 (25.92%) 2G
5 74 (20.85%) Radio Access Network
6 72 (20.28%) LTE
7 70 (19.72%) MPLS
8 34 (9.577%) RNC
9 31 (8.732%) UMTS
9 31 (8.732%) WAN
10 30 (8.451%) GSM
11 29 (8.169%) DWDM
12 27 (7.606%) LAN
12 27 (7.606%) TCP/IP
13 23 (6.479%) BGP
14 22 (6.197%) OSPF
14 22 (6.197%) VPN
15 20 (5.634%) 3GPP
15 20 (5.634%) UTRAN
16 17 (4.789%) Frame Relay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.254%) NoSQL
1 8 (2.254%) Big Data
2 6 (1.690%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.408%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.408%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (1.127%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (1.127%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (1.127%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (1.127%) MS Access
5 2 (0.563%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.563%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.282%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.282%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.282%) DB2
6 1 (0.282%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.408%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (0.563%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.282%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.282%) WinRunner
General
1 209 (58.87%) Telecoms
2 42 (11.83%) Finance
3 31 (8.732%) Banking
4 15 (4.225%) Front Office
5 13 (3.662%) Retail
6 12 (3.380%) Back Office
7 10 (2.817%) Military
8 7 (1.972%) Retail Banking
9 6 (1.690%) Electronics
10 4 (1.127%) Advertising
11 3 (0.845%) German Language
12 2 (0.563%) Polish Language
12 2 (0.563%) French Language
13 1 (0.282%) Games
13 1 (0.282%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.282%) Welsh Language
13 1 (0.282%) Marketing
13 1 (0.282%) Arabic Language
13 1 (0.282%) Billing
Job Titles
1 74 (20.85%) Transmission Engineer
2 72 (20.28%) Design Engineer
3 28 (7.887%) Project Manager
4 24 (6.761%) RAN Engineer
4 24 (6.761%) Field Engineer
5 22 (6.197%) Analyst
6 19 (5.352%) Transmission Planner
7 16 (4.507%) Consultant
8 15 (4.225%) Network Engineer
8 15 (4.225%) Architect
9 13 (3.662%) ATM Engineer
10 12 (3.380%) Technical Leader
11 11 (3.099%) Back Office Engineer
11 11 (3.099%) Test Engineer
12 10 (2.817%) Administrator
13 8 (2.254%) Configuration Engineer
13 8 (2.254%) Service Analyst
14 7 (1.972%) Service Desk Analyst
14 7 (1.972%) Network Architect
15 6 (1.690%) Access Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.634%) Management Information System
2 19 (5.352%) EPoS
3 17 (4.789%) Handset
4 8 (2.254%) EMV
5 7 (1.972%) PMI
5 7 (1.972%) Open Source
6 5 (1.408%) Chip and PIN
6 5 (1.408%) EFT
6 5 (1.408%) EFTPOS
6 5 (1.408%) Online Banking
7 4 (1.127%) Smartcard
8 3 (0.845%) CMDB
8 3 (0.845%) Data Integration
9 2 (0.563%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.282%) APACS
10 1 (0.282%) Streaming Video
10 1 (0.282%) Device Driver
10 1 (0.282%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.282%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.282%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.324%) Linux
2 21 (5.915%) Windows
3 17 (4.789%) UNIX
4 9 (2.535%) Solaris
5 5 (1.408%) AIX
6 4 (1.127%) Oracle Linux
6 4 (1.127%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (1.127%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.845%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.845%) Android
7 3 (0.845%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.563%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.563%) SUSE
9 1 (0.282%) MVS
9 1 (0.282%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.282%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (22.54%) Project Management
2 30 (8.451%) Network Design
3 26 (7.324%) Resource Management
4 24 (6.761%) ITIL
5 20 (5.634%) PRINCE2
5 20 (5.634%) Network Management
6 16 (4.507%) Capacity Planning
6 16 (4.507%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (4.225%) Migration
7 15 (4.225%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (3.944%) Validation
9 13 (3.662%) Network Planning
10 12 (3.380%) ETL
10 12 (3.380%) E-Commerce
10 12 (3.380%) Configuration Management
10 12 (3.380%) Fault Management
11 11 (3.099%) B2B
12 10 (2.817%) Risk Management
12 10 (2.817%) Change Management
13 9 (2.535%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.225%) C
2 13 (3.662%) Perl
3 11 (3.099%) SQL
4 9 (2.535%) Java
5 5 (1.408%) C++
6 3 (0.845%) Korn
7 2 (0.563%) VB
7 2 (0.563%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.282%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.282%) Tcl
8 1 (0.282%) PHP
8 1 (0.282%) C#
8 1 (0.282%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (6.197%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (5.070%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.225%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.225%) CCNA
4 14 (3.944%) CCNP
4 14 (3.944%) Degree
5 9 (2.535%) HND
6 8 (2.254%) HNC
6 8 (2.254%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.972%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.127%) BC Cleared
8 4 (1.127%) CCIE
9 2 (0.563%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.563%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.563%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.563%) ISEB
10 1 (0.282%) CISSP
10 1 (0.282%) CCDP
10 1 (0.282%) CCIP
10 1 (0.282%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.577%) SLA
2 7 (1.972%) ISO 8583
2 7 (1.972%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.690%) QA
4 4 (1.127%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.845%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.563%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.282%) GCP
System Software
1 8 (2.254%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.127%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (1.127%) Xen
2 4 (1.127%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (1.127%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.563%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 5 (1.408%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.845%) Control-M
2 3 (0.845%) Cisco IPCC
2 3 (0.845%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (0.282%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (0.282%) OpenView
3 1 (0.282%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (0.282%) Cacti
3 1 (0.282%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 89 (25.07%) Ericsson
2 74 (20.85%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 47 (13.24%) Huawei
4 36 (10.14%) Cisco
5 26 (7.324%) Cramer
5 26 (7.324%) NEC
6 22 (6.197%) BT
7 17 (4.789%) Nokia
8 15 (4.225%) Microsoft
9 14 (3.944%) Nortel
10 13 (3.662%) Juniper
11 12 (3.380%) Oracle
12 11 (3.099%) Alcatel-Lucent
12 11 (3.099%) HP
13 8 (2.254%) Citrix
13 8 (2.254%) VMware
13 8 (2.254%) Remedy
14 7 (1.972%) Niku
14 7 (1.972%) IBM
15 6 (1.690%) Greenplum
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