SDH Contracts in the West Midlands

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 138 -
Rank change year-on-year +31 - -
Contract jobs citing SDH 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.10% 0.12% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.51% 0.84% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £390 -
25th Percentile £363 £431 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £650 £450 £350
% change year-on-year +44.44% +28.57% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
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
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 392 359 396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.31% 14.88% 10.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 222 277
10th Percentile £200 £263 £166
25th Percentile £313 £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £515
90th Percentile £688 £700 £618
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 19
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £12.15
25th Percentile £13.50 £13.75 £12.94
Median hourly rate £19.95 £18.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +12.12% +10.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 £21.80 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £24.00 £20.51
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SDH in the West Midlands

SDH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SDH in the West Midlands

SDH
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for SDH in the West Midlands

SDH
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 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
Birmingham +13 2 £375 -25.00%
SDH
England

SDH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) DWDM
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) SONET
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Aeronautics
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (50.00%) BPMN
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
1 1 (50.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Order Management
1 1 (50.00%) Presales
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia