The first table below looks at the demand for xDSL skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited xDSL over the 3 months to 19 June 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 for the West Midlands region.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
xDSL
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing xDSL 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £235 - £425
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £25.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
- +13.63%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
261 288 292
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.55% 12.68% 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 111 136
Average daily rate £288 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.87% -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £140 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £375 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 29 36
Average hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -29.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £30.00 £26.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
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xDSL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing xDSL across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands xDSL Jobs Demand Trend

xDSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands xDSL Daily Rate Trend

xDSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands xDSL Hourly Rate Trend

xDSL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing xDSL within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Coventry - - - -
Sutton Coldfield - - - -
Warwickshire - - - -
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xDSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing xDSL 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 xDSL.

1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) Terminal Services
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Softswitch
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Ericsson
3 1 (25.00%) LLU
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Server
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) BT
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Cramer
3 1 (25.00%) ADSL
3 1 (25.00%) Broadband
3 1 (25.00%) ISDN
3 1 (25.00%) PSTN
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (25.00%) Internet

xDSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing xDSL 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 xDSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Softswitch
3 1 (25.00%) LLU
3 1 (25.00%) ADSL
3 1 (25.00%) Broadband
3 1 (25.00%) ISDN
3 1 (25.00%) PSTN
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) DSLAM
3 1 (25.00%) DSL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Support
1 3 (75.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Provisioning Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Terminal Services
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Ericsson
2 1 (25.00%) BT
2 1 (25.00%) Cramer
2 1 (25.00%) Remedy
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
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