SDH Contracts in Slough

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Slough requiring SDH skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SDH over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SDH 16 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 22.54% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 55.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £390 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £450 - £394
% change year-on-year - - -19.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Slough

SDH falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 29 25 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 40.85% 32.89% 16.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 23 19
10th Percentile £225 - £308
25th Percentile £283 £280 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £310 £400
Median % change year-on-year +45.16% -22.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile - £550 £465
90th Percentile - £577 £519
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £24.66 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
% change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%

SDH
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Job vacancy trend for SDH in Slough

SDH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Daily rate trend for SDH in Slough

SDH
Daily Rate Histogram in Slough

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDH in Slough over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SDH in Slough

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough 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 16 (100.00%) ATM
1 16 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 16 (100.00%) Frame Relay
1 16 (100.00%) GPRS
1 16 (100.00%) GSM
1 16 (100.00%) LAN
1 16 (100.00%) LTE
1 16 (100.00%) MPLS
1 16 (100.00%) SAN
1 16 (100.00%) UMTS
1 16 (100.00%) VPN
1 16 (100.00%) WAN
1 16 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 16 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 16 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) IP Engineer
2 14 (87.50%) Test Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Network Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) IP Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) IP Network Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Linux
1 16 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 16 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 16 (100.00%) Project Management
1 16 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 16 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) CCNP
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (100.00%) ISEB
1 16 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 16 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco
1 16 (100.00%) Juniper
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft