SDH Contracts in the South West

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 141 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SDH 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.35% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.06% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £575 - -
25th Percentile £594 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £650 £450 £350
% change year-on-year +44.44% +28.57% -2.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 533 654 495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.72% 17.84% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 425 300
10th Percentile £275 £206 £224
25th Percentile £460 £400 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £540
90th Percentile £713 £717 £619
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 128 34
10th Percentile £12.50 - £41.13
25th Percentile £15.75 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.56
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.62% +9.91%
75th Percentile £70.66 £62.13 £66.46
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.58 £69.05
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for SDH in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for SDH in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for SDH in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol - 11 £663 -
SDH
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) WAN
2 5 (45.45%) Junos
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 10 (90.91%) Telecoms
2 5 (45.45%) Aeronautics
2 5 (45.45%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Architect
1 11 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) ArchiMate
1 8 (72.73%) BPMN
1 8 (72.73%) Customer Requirements
1 8 (72.73%) ITIL
1 8 (72.73%) TOGAF
2 7 (63.64%) Architecture Governance
2 7 (63.64%) Decision-Making
2 7 (63.64%) Enterprise Architecture
2 7 (63.64%) Roadmaps
3 6 (54.55%) Customer Engagement
3 6 (54.55%) Strategic Roadmap
4 5 (45.45%) Commercial Awareness
4 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (36.36%) Business Analysis
5 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
5 4 (36.36%) Digital Strategy
5 4 (36.36%) Presales
6 1 (9.09%) Boundary Protection
6 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
6 1 (9.09%) PQQ
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) DV Cleared
3 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (45.45%) JNCIA
4 4 (36.36%) CCNP
4 4 (36.36%) Degree
4 4 (36.36%) HND
4 4 (36.36%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
5 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
5 1 (9.09%) CCNA
5 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (9.09%) HP ASE
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Server+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco
1 8 (72.73%) Juniper
1 8 (72.73%) Nokia
2 5 (45.45%) Ciena
2 5 (45.45%) IBM
2 5 (45.45%) Palo Alto
3 1 (9.09%) EMC
3 1 (9.09%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) VMware