The first table below looks at the demand for VDSL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VDSL over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL)
Rank 532 584 -
Rank change year-on-year
+52 -
Contract jobs citing VDSL 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.003% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.029% 0.022% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £275 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6869 9298 7776
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.58% 15.68% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3351 4212 3539
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 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 549 624 790
Average hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.85 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%

VDSL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

VDSL Jobs Demand Trend

VDSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

VDSL Daily Rate Trend

VDSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VDSL Hourly Rate Trend

VDSL
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VDSL 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 VDSL.

1 6 (100.00%) ADSL
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (66.67%) BT
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Huawei
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) ADSL2
3 1 (16.67%) ADSL2+
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design
3 1 (16.67%) Network Planning
3 1 (16.67%) eTOM
3 1 (16.67%) RIP
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) CCIE
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) CCIP
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Juniper
3 1 (16.67%) Ericsson
3 1 (16.67%) MPLS
3 1 (16.67%) OSPF
3 1 (16.67%) BGP
3 1 (16.67%) DSLAM
3 1 (16.67%) DSL
3 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
3 1 (16.67%) IGRP

VDSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VDSL 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 VDSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) ADSL
2 1 (16.67%) VLAN
2 1 (16.67%) ADSL2
2 1 (16.67%) ADSL2+
2 1 (16.67%) RIP
2 1 (16.67%) MPLS
2 1 (16.67%) OSPF
2 1 (16.67%) BGP
2 1 (16.67%) DSLAM
2 1 (16.67%) DSL
2 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
2 1 (16.67%) IGRP
General
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Provisioning Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
1 1 (16.67%) Network Design
1 1 (16.67%) Network Planning
1 1 (16.67%) eTOM
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCIE
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) CCIP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) BT
2 1 (16.67%) Huawei
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper
2 1 (16.67%) Ericsson