SDH Contracts in the South East

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 197 202 242
Rank change year-on-year +5 +40 -39
Contract jobs citing SDH 8 15 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.63% 1.52% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 13
10th Percentile - - £313
25th Percentile - £372 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year - +28.57% +1.30%
75th Percentile - £500 £423
90th Percentile - £563 £493
England median daily rate £650 £450 £350
% change year-on-year +44.44% +28.57% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £20.00 -
25th Percentile £27.50 £20.75 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
75th Percentile £32.50 £24.25 -
90th Percentile - £25.00 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -18.18% +44.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,268 985 1,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.79% 16.88% 15.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 590 775
10th Percentile £205 £231 £189
25th Percentile £363 £363 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £587 £588 £558
90th Percentile £638 £700 £656
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 76 66
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.25 £14.68
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £52.25 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% +143.02% -33.85%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £45.83
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £58.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
% change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%

SDH
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SDH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SDH in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SDH in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SDH in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SDH in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SDH in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -1 5 - - 1
Berkshire -17 5 - - 1
Hampshire +4 3 - -
SDH
England

SDH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (75.00%) Ethernet
2 4 (50.00%) 2G
2 4 (50.00%) 3G
2 4 (50.00%) 4G
2 4 (50.00%) ATM
3 2 (25.00%) DWDM
3 2 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (25.00%) SONET
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) LAN
4 1 (12.50%) MPLS
4 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Aeronautics
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Transmission Planner
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) NOC Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms Planner
3 1 (12.50%) Transmission Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 4 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
1 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) ArchiMate
3 1 (12.50%) BPMN
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) eTOM
3 1 (12.50%) Presales
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
1 3 (37.50%) Juniper
1 3 (37.50%) Nokia
2 2 (25.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 2 (25.00%) Ciena
2 2 (25.00%) Huawei
3 1 (12.50%) IBM