SDH Contracts in Reading

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 88 99
Rank change year-on-year -3 +11 -42
Contract jobs citing SDH 5 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.42% 0.37% 0.074%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.09% 1.92% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £394 -
Berkshire median daily rate - £394 £490
% change year-on-year - -19.73% +41.90%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 239 208 236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 19.87% 19.08% 17.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 110 121
10th Percentile £205 £355 £158
25th Percentile £295 £438 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £540 £466
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +15.84% +16.54%
75th Percentile £608 £647 £594
90th Percentile - £701 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £488 £460
% change year-on-year -2.56% +5.98% +15.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 1
10th Percentile £77.22 - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £87.46 £66.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.52% +153.85% -45.26%
75th Percentile £87.53 £73.69 £26.50
90th Percentile - £78.30 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -50.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for SDH in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for SDH in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for SDH in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) 2G
1 4 (80.00%) 3G
1 4 (80.00%) 4G
1 4 (80.00%) ATM
1 4 (80.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) MPLS
2 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Transmission Planner
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Planner
2 1 (20.00%) Transmission Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Break/Fix
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) eTOM
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree