Broadband Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Broadband skills across the UK with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Broadband over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Cardiff Cheshire Chester Chichester City of London County Antrim East of England England Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West Northern Ireland Oxfordshire Pontypridd Reading Rhondda Cynon Taff Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire St Albans Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	403	318
Rank change on same period last year	-85
Matching contract IT job ads	197	400
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.260 %	0.424 %
As % of the category below	1.916 %	3.007 %
Daily rates quoted	58	69
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£333
Average daily rate	£398	£360
% change on same period last year	+10.73 %
Average maximum daily rate	£433	£386
UK excluding London average daily rate	£364	£341
% change on same period last year	+6.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	31	34
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.99	£17.15
Average hourly rate	£19.08	£18.10
% change on same period last year	+5.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.17	£19.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.26	£16.86
% change on same period last year	+8.29 %
Communications & Networking UK
Matching contract IT job ads	10283	13303
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	13.56 %	14.11 %
Daily rates quoted	2823	3227
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£350
Average daily rate	£358	£369
% change on same period last year	-3.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	1224	1649
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.05	£25.99
Average hourly rate	£25.70	£27.80
% change on same period last year	-7.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.35	£29.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.53
% change on same period last year	-10.35 %

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Broadband within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Broadband within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Broadband within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
England	-67	187	£393	+8.25 %
South East	+37	78	£380	+17.67 %
London	-8	56	£441	+3.77 %
Berkshire	+23	27	£401	+1.78 %
Hampshire	+27	17	£395	+5.44 %
South West	+12	16	£334	-37.90 %
East of England	-27	12	£325	-27.77 %
Yorkshire	+7	12	£140	-35.87 %
City of London	-12	11	£396	+13.26 %
Thames Valley	+32	9	-	-
West Yorkshire	-4	9	£140	-35.87 %
Kent	+19	8	-	-
Bristol	+2	6	£374	-34.95 %
Suffolk	0	6	£294	-36.48 %
Hertfordshire	-9	6	£367	-8.33 %
North West	-19	6	-	-
Surrey	-1	6	£325	+69.17 %
Basingstoke	+22	6	£338	-11.76 %
Ipswich	-1	6	£294	-36.48 %
Reading	-	5	-	-
Cheshire	-24	5	-	-
Oxfordshire	-	5	-	-
Wales	-	5	£464	-
South Wales	-	5	£464	-
Wiltshire	+9	4	-	-
Buckinghamshire	+10	4	-	-
Leeds	-21	4	£140	-38.46 %
Newbury	+14	4	-	-
Chester	-8	4	-	-
Maidstone	-	4	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Broadband 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 Broadband.

1 147 (36.57 %) Telecoms 2 83 (20.65 %) Internet 3 65 (16.17 %) VPN 4 51 (12.69 %) Windows 4 51 (12.69 %) Wireless 5 45 (11.19 %) ADSL 6 44 (10.95 %) LAN 7 43 (10.70 %) TCP/IP 8 42 (10.45 %) VoIP 8 42 (10.45 %) Cisco 9 41 (10.20 %) WAN 10 39 (9.701 %) MPLS 11 37 (9.204 %) Project Management 11 37 (9.204 %) Firewall 12 35 (8.706 %) MS Office

13 34 (8.458 %) Unix 14 31 (7.711 %) Windows XP 15 30 (7.463 %) Active Directory 16 29 (7.214 %) Microsoft 16 29 (7.214 %) IPTV 17 28 (6.965 %) PRINCE2 18 27 (6.716 %) Government 19 26 (6.468 %) Cisco Certification 20 25 (6.219 %) Linux 20 25 (6.219 %) SQL 20 25 (6.219 %) DSL 20 25 (6.219 %) Finance 21 24 (5.970 %) LLU 22 22 (5.473 %) Billing 23 21 (5.224 %) VLAN

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Broadband 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 Broadband. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 17 (4.229 %) .NET 2 8 (1.990 %) J2EE 2 8 (1.990 %) ASP.NET 2 8 (1.990 %) CGI 3 4 (0.995 %) HTML 4 3 (0.746 %) XML 4 3 (0.746 %) XSLT 4 3 (0.746 %) Middleware 5 2 (0.498 %) VXML 5 2 (0.498 %) Hibernate 5 2 (0.498 %) Spring 5 2 (0.498 %) WebServices 5 2 (0.498 %) WebSphere 6 1 (0.249 %) Adobe Flex 6 1 (0.249 %) Silverlight 6 1 (0.249 %) XSL 6 1 (0.249 %) CSS 6 1 (0.249 %) JSP 6 1 (0.249 %) AJAX 6 1 (0.249 %) XHTML	Application Platforms 1 12 (2.985 %) BizTalk Server 2 11 (2.736 %) Apache 3 8 (1.990 %) MS Exchange 4 7 (1.741 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 6 (1.493 %) CMS 6 5 (1.244 %) Lotus Notes 7 4 (0.995 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 8 3 (0.746 %) LiveLink 8 3 (0.746 %) IIS 8 3 (0.746 %) MTS 9 2 (0.498 %) JBoss 9 2 (0.498 %) Lotus Domino 9 2 (0.498 %) WebLogic 10 1 (0.249 %) SAS 10 1 (0.249 %) Oracle Application Server 10 1 (0.249 %) Exchange Server 5.5 10 1 (0.249 %) Exchange Server 2000 10 1 (0.249 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 35 (8.706 %) MS Office 2 20 (4.975 %) MS Excel 3 8 (1.990 %) MS PowerPoint 4 5 (1.244 %) MS Project 4 5 (1.244 %) AutoCAD 5 3 (0.746 %) Acrobat 6 2 (0.498 %) CA Clarity 7 1 (0.249 %) MATLAB	Business Applications 1 1 (0.249 %) Oracle Financials 1 1 (0.249 %) Navision 1 1 (0.249 %) Singl.eView 1 1 (0.249 %) Summit
Communications & Networking 1 83 (20.65 %) Internet 2 65 (16.17 %) VPN 3 51 (12.69 %) Wireless 4 45 (11.19 %) ADSL 5 44 (10.95 %) LAN 6 43 (10.70 %) TCP/IP 7 42 (10.45 %) VoIP 8 41 (10.20 %) WAN 9 39 (9.701 %) MPLS 10 37 (9.204 %) Firewall 11 25 (6.219 %) DSL 12 24 (5.970 %) LLU 13 21 (5.224 %) VLAN 13 21 (5.224 %) 3G 14 20 (4.975 %) ATM 15 16 (3.980 %) DSLAM 16 14 (3.483 %) Frame Relay 17 13 (3.234 %) PBX 18 12 (2.985 %) ISDN 19 11 (2.736 %) BGP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (1.493 %) Datawarehouse 2 4 (0.995 %) SQL Server 2 4 (0.995 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 4 (0.995 %) BusinessObjects 3 3 (0.746 %) Crystal Reports 4 2 (0.498 %) Oracle 9i 5 1 (0.249 %) SQL Server 7 5 1 (0.249 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (0.249 %) MySQL 5 1 (0.249 %) DB2 5 1 (0.249 %) ETL 5 1 (0.249 %) TOAD 5 1 (0.249 %) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 9 (2.239 %) TestDirector 2 2 (0.498 %) QuickTest Pro 2 2 (0.498 %) PVCS 2 2 (0.498 %) Oracle Forms 2 2 (0.498 %) ClearCase 2 2 (0.498 %) WinRunner 3 1 (0.249 %) Flash 3 1 (0.249 %) Visual Studio	General 1 147 (36.57 %) Telecoms 2 27 (6.716 %) Government 3 25 (6.219 %) Finance 4 22 (5.473 %) Billing 5 18 (4.478 %) Marketing 6 11 (2.736 %) Health 7 9 (2.239 %) Auditing 8 8 (1.990 %) Legal 9 7 (1.741 %) Banking 9 7 (1.741 %) Electric 9 7 (1.741 %) Multimedia 10 6 (1.493 %) Retail 10 6 (1.493 %) Advertising 11 5 (1.244 %) Manufacturing 11 5 (1.244 %) Electronics 11 5 (1.244 %) Local Government 12 3 (0.746 %) Investment Banking 13 2 (0.498 %) Education 13 2 (0.498 %) Pharmaceutical 13 2 (0.498 %) Front Office
Job Titles 1 55 (13.68 %) Analyst 2 44 (10.95 %) Project Manager 3 32 (7.960 %) Consultant 4 31 (7.711 %) Support Analyst 5 21 (5.224 %) Developer 5 21 (5.224 %) Support Engineer 6 17 (4.229 %) Architect 6 17 (4.229 %) Desktop Support 7 14 (3.483 %) Network Consultant 8 13 (3.234 %) Tester 9 12 (2.985 %) Network Engineer 9 12 (2.985 %) Administrator 9 12 (2.985 %) Desktop Analyst 10 11 (2.736 %) UNIX Engineer 10 11 (2.736 %) Design Engineer 10 11 (2.736 %) Desktop Support Analyst 11 10 (2.488 %) Programme Manager 11 10 (2.488 %) Network Support 12 9 (2.239 %) Software Engineer 12 9 (2.239 %) Systems Manager	Miscellaneous 1 29 (7.214 %) IPTV 2 17 (4.229 %) Handset 3 16 (3.980 %) Blackberry 4 12 (2.985 %) DTV 5 11 (2.736 %) NHS 6 10 (2.488 %) STB 7 7 (1.741 %) PMI 7 7 (1.741 %) Video Conferencing 8 6 (1.493 %) Asset Management 9 5 (1.244 %) PDA 10 3 (0.746 %) Computer Science 10 3 (0.746 %) Streaming Media 10 3 (0.746 %) ASIC 10 3 (0.746 %) Mainframe 11 2 (0.498 %) Replication 11 2 (0.498 %) VHDL 11 2 (0.498 %) Wiki 11 2 (0.498 %) Statistics 12 1 (0.249 %) Mathematics 12 1 (0.249 %) Physics
Operating Systems 1 51 (12.69 %) Windows 2 34 (8.458 %) Unix 3 31 (7.711 %) Windows XP 4 25 (6.219 %) Linux 5 16 (3.980 %) Solaris 6 8 (1.990 %) Windows Mobile 7 7 (1.741 %) Ubuntu 7 7 (1.741 %) Windows 2000 8 3 (0.746 %) Windows Server 2003 9 2 (0.498 %) VxWorks 9 2 (0.498 %) Mac OS X 9 2 (0.498 %) Windows NT 10 1 (0.249 %) Tru64	Processes & Methodologies 1 37 (9.204 %) Project Management 2 28 (6.965 %) PRINCE2 3 21 (5.224 %) Security Cleared 4 20 (4.975 %) ITIL 5 17 (4.229 %) Network Design 6 15 (3.731 %) Agile Software Development 7 14 (3.483 %) Problem Management 8 13 (3.234 %) CRM 9 12 (2.985 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 11 (2.736 %) Programme Management 11 10 (2.488 %) Service Delivery 12 9 (2.239 %) OO 13 8 (1.990 %) SC Cleared 13 8 (1.990 %) CTC Cleared 14 7 (1.741 %) Use Case 15 6 (1.493 %) Content Management 15 6 (1.493 %) Resource Management 15 6 (1.493 %) Data Analysis 15 6 (1.493 %) Test Management 15 6 (1.493 %) Product Marketing
Programming Languages 1 25 (6.219 %) SQL 2 16 (3.980 %) C 3 14 (3.483 %) Perl 4 12 (2.985 %) C++ 4 12 (2.985 %) Java 5 8 (1.990 %) C# 6 6 (1.493 %) Shell Script 7 5 (1.244 %) PL/SQL 8 3 (0.746 %) Python 9 2 (0.498 %) Assembly Language 10 1 (0.249 %) Tcl 10 1 (0.249 %) DataFlex 10 1 (0.249 %) JavaScript 10 1 (0.249 %) Transact-SQL 10 1 (0.249 %) VBScript 10 1 (0.249 %) VB 10 1 (0.249 %) ActionScript	Qualifications 1 26 (6.468 %) Cisco Certification 2 20 (4.975 %) Degree 3 13 (3.234 %) CCNA 4 11 (2.736 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 10 (2.488 %) CCNP 6 8 (1.990 %) Microsoft Certification 7 6 (1.493 %) MCP 7 6 (1.493 %) ISEB 8 4 (0.995 %) CCDA 9 3 (0.746 %) CCIE 9 3 (0.746 %) PMI Certification 10 2 (0.498 %) Network+ Certification 10 2 (0.498 %) PMP 10 2 (0.498 %) MCSE 10 2 (0.498 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 11 1 (0.249 %) NVQ Level 3 11 1 (0.249 %) CCIP 11 1 (0.249 %) Citrix Certification 11 1 (0.249 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 17 (4.229 %) SLA 2 8 (1.990 %) QA 3 1 (0.249 %) JTAG 3 1 (0.249 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 30 (7.463 %) Active Directory 2 4 (0.995 %) Backup Exec 3 2 (0.498 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 7 (1.741 %) ZENworks 2 6 (1.493 %) BMC PATROL 3 4 (0.995 %) OpenView 4 2 (0.498 %) MOM 4 2 (0.498 %) Norton AntiVirus 4 2 (0.498 %) WSUS 5 1 (0.249 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 42 (10.45 %) Cisco 2 29 (7.214 %) Microsoft 3 19 (4.726 %) Oracle 3 19 (4.726 %) HP 4 13 (3.234 %) Remedy 5 12 (2.985 %) Juniper 6 10 (2.488 %) Citrix 7 9 (2.239 %) Novell 8 7 (1.741 %) Nortel 9 6 (1.493 %) Alcatel 9 6 (1.493 %) Nokia 9 6 (1.493 %) EMC 9 6 (1.493 %) Infovista 10 5 (1.244 %) BT 10 5 (1.244 %) Finjan 10 5 (1.244 %) Lotus 10 5 (1.244 %) Lucent 11 4 (0.995 %) VERITAS 11 4 (0.995 %) Sybase 11 4 (0.995 %) Business Objects