SDH Contracts with Work from Home Options

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 442 599
Rank change year-on-year +109 +157 -106
Contract jobs citing SDH 12 12 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.049% 0.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.78% 0.42% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 9
10th Percentile £500 - -
25th Percentile £541 £372 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £422 £350
Median % change year-on-year +60.05% +20.50% -11.95%
75th Percentile £688 £475 £388
90th Percentile - £519 £481
UK median daily rate £600 £406 £363
% change year-on-year +47.69% +12.07% -0.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £14.93 £20.00 £25.63
25th Percentile £16.31 £20.75 £25.81
Median hourly rate £18.75 £22.50 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -17.43% +43.42%
75th Percentile £21.31 £24.25 £29.31
90th Percentile £22.78 £25.00 £29.88
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £27.25
% change year-on-year +33.33% -17.43% +43.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,533 2,844 4,340
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 11.54% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 1,882 2,941
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £617 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.00 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.20 £42.50 £26.44
Median hourly rate £24.38 £57.50 £48.04
Median % change year-on-year -57.61% +19.69% +17.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.88 £63.56
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%

SDH
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SDH trend for jobs with a WFH option

SDH
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDH.

SDH daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SDH
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SDH over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

SDH daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SDH
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDH.

SDH hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SDH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Ethernet
2 6 (50.00%) WAN
3 4 (33.33%) 2G
3 4 (33.33%) 3G
3 4 (33.33%) 4G
3 4 (33.33%) ATM
3 4 (33.33%) Junos
4 2 (16.67%) DWDM
4 2 (16.67%) Internet
4 2 (16.67%) MPLS
5 1 (8.33%) BGP
5 1 (8.33%) EIGRP
5 1 (8.33%) Firewall
5 1 (8.33%) IPsec
5 1 (8.33%) LTE
5 1 (8.33%) OSPF
5 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
5 1 (8.33%) SONET
5 1 (8.33%) TACACS
5 1 (8.33%) VSAT
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 4 (33.33%) Aeronautics
2 4 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Advertising
4 1 (8.33%) Electronics
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Architect
1 4 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Transmission Planner
3 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Optical Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Planner
4 1 (8.33%) Transmission Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) ArchiMate
1 4 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
1 4 (33.33%) BPMN
1 4 (33.33%) Break/Fix
1 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 4 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
1 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 4 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
1 4 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
1 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 4 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
1 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (33.33%) ITIL
1 4 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
1 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 4 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
1 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 3 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) CCNP
2 5 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (41.67%) Degree
3 4 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) HND
3 4 (33.33%) JNCIA
3 4 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (16.67%) BC Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (8.33%) CCDP
5 1 (8.33%) CCIP
5 1 (8.33%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Ciena
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco
1 5 (41.67%) Juniper
1 5 (41.67%) Nokia
2 4 (33.33%) IBM
2 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (8.33%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft