xDSL
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for xDSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited xDSL over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 701 832
Rank change year-on-year +120 +131 -143
Contract jobs citing xDSL 1 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.003% 0.008%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.018% 0.028% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.81%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% +12.82%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £23.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +12.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

xDSL is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,473 7,157 9,509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.73% 12.36% 10.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,274 4,628 6,201
10th Percentile £205 £240 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £724 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £445
% change year-on-year - +6.86% +11.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 418 472 359
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.98
25th Percentile £16.44 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.51% +4.63%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.39
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.95 £65.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.14 £18.47 £21.50
% change year-on-year +149.85% -14.12% -10.42%

xDSL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing xDSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for xDSL in the UK

xDSL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing xDSL.

Daily rate trend for xDSL in the UK

xDSL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing xDSL.

Hourly rate trend for xDSL in the UK

xDSL
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing xDSL within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +118 1 - - 1
England +97 1 - - 1
UK excluding London +57 1 - - 1
South East +21 1 - - 1

xDSL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ADSL
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DSL
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) PPP
1 1 (100.00%) RIP
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) TACACS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Communications Security
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Process Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CCDP
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ADVA
1 1 (100.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper