SDH Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warrington requiring SDH skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 14 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing SDH 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 1.14% 3.33% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.00% 10.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £288 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
75th Percentile £313 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £300 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 20 20 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 22.73% 33.33% 27.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 15
10th Percentile £213 £212 £189
25th Percentile £288 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £400 £360
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +11.11% -15.29%
75th Percentile £385 £488 £494
90th Percentile £417 £513 £530
Cheshire median daily rate £442 £474 £525
% change year-on-year -6.75% -9.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £41.88 - -
90th Percentile £67.25 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £16.00 - £17.72
% change year-on-year - - -5.84%

SDH
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SDH relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

SDH job vacancy trend in Warrington

SDH
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing SDH.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing SDH

SDH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) NGN
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) TACACS
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia