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The table below looks at the demand for Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ADSL over the 3 months to 16 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAssymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
Location
3 months to
16 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank112130
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.417 %0.211 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£307£224
% change on same period last year+36.72 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.26£17.22
% change on same period last year+0.20 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads480474
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.685 %0.490 %
Daily rates quoted9482
Average minimum daily rate£327£283
Average daily rate£344£310
% change on same period last year+11.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£336
% change on same period last year+5.83 %
Hourly rates quoted91133
Average minimum hourly rate£28.12£30.26
Average hourly rate£29.96£34.21
% change on same period last year-12.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.79£38.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.24£28.77
% change on same period last year-5.32 %
ADSL EnglandADSL
England

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.

ADSL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ADSL across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands ADSL Demand Trend

ADSL
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ADSL across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands ADSL Daily Rate Trend

ADSL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ADSL across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands ADSL Hourly Rate Trend

ADSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

14 (57.14 %)Firewall
23 (42.86 %)Active Directory
23 (42.86 %)VPN
32 (28.57 %)Microsoft
32 (28.57 %)WAN
32 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
32 (28.57 %)Windows
32 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
32 (28.57 %)ISDN
32 (28.57 %)LAN
32 (28.57 %)Juniper
32 (28.57 %)NHS
32 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (28.57 %)DSL
32 (28.57 %)Telecoms
32 (28.57 %)Health
41 (14.29 %)VDSL
41 (14.29 %)Wi-Fi
41 (14.29 %)Wireless
41 (14.29 %)DSLAM
41 (14.29 %)CheckPoint
41 (14.29 %)Nortel
41 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
41 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (14.29 %)VoIP
41 (14.29 %)WLAN
41 (14.29 %)Windows 2000
41 (14.29 %)MCSE
41 (14.29 %)Windows XP
41 (14.29 %)MS Office

ADSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)MS Office
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (57.14 %)Firewall
23 (42.86 %)VPN
32 (28.57 %)WAN
32 (28.57 %)ISDN
32 (28.57 %)LAN
32 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
32 (28.57 %)DSL
41 (14.29 %)Wi-Fi
41 (14.29 %)Wireless
41 (14.29 %)VDSL
41 (14.29 %)VoIP
41 (14.29 %)WLAN
41 (14.29 %)DHCP
41 (14.29 %)DNS
41 (14.29 %)DSLAM
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Telecoms
12 (28.57 %)Health
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Support Engineer
22 (28.57 %)Analyst
22 (28.57 %)Network Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Technical Specialist
31 (14.29 %)Technical Manager
31 (14.29 %)Field Support Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Product Manager
31 (14.29 %)Senior Support Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Technical Product Manager
31 (14.29 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Technical Project Manager
31 (14.29 %)2nd Line Support
31 (14.29 %)Field Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Project Manager
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (28.57 %)NHS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (28.57 %)Windows
12 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (14.29 %)Windows 2000
21 (14.29 %)Windows XP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)MCSE
11 (14.29 %)CCNA
11 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (42.86 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)Microsoft
12 (28.57 %)Juniper
21 (14.29 %)CheckPoint
21 (14.29 %)Nortel
21 (14.29 %)Cisco