SDH Contracts in Birmingham

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for SDH skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SDH over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 75 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing SDH 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.26% 0.22% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.33% 1.40% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £375 £500 -
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

SDH 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 advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 150 143 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 19.61% 15.82% 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 66 104
10th Percentile £205 £313 £163
25th Percentile £290 £400 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £506 £406
Median % change year-on-year -30.86% +24.62% -9.72%
75th Percentile £488 £700 £500
90th Percentile £600 £731 £593
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £498 £400
% change year-on-year -19.60% +24.38% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 4
10th Percentile £13.25 - £12.22
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £14.49
Median hourly rate £19.95 £15.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +33.00% -17.81% +15.98%
75th Percentile £28.75 £18.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £20.21 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
% change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%

SDH
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing SDH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for SDH in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for SDH in Birmingham

SDH
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for SDH in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) DWDM
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) SONET
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Aeronautics
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (50.00%) BPMN
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
1 1 (50.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Order Management
1 1 (50.00%) Presales
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia