The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Amersham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2G over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Amersham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 3 3 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs citing 2G 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Amersham 20.00% 25.00% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% 66.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £458 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £283 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.88% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -12.50%
All Communications & Networking
Amersham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
4 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Amersham 80.00% 37.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £475 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
2G
Buckinghamshire

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the Amersham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Amersham 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2G across the Amersham region.

Amersham 2G Daily Rate Trend

2G
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Amersham region citing 2G also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited 2G.

1 6 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 6 (100.00%) 3G
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
2 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 5 (83.33%) 4G
3 4 (66.67%) Network Performance Management
3 4 (66.67%) Performance Management
4 3 (50.00%) ITIL
4 3 (50.00%) PRINCE
5 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (16.67%) Degree
6 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
6 1 (16.67%) Finance
6 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (16.67%) Games
6 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
6 1 (16.67%) Change Management

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Amersham region citing 2G also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) 3G
2 5 (83.33%) 4G
3 1 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
General
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Service Manager
1 4 (66.67%) Performance Manager
1 4 (66.67%) Service Performance Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Transition Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Director
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
3 4 (66.67%) Performance Management
3 4 (66.67%) Network Performance Management
4 3 (50.00%) ITIL
4 3 (50.00%) PRINCE
5 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
6 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
6 1 (16.67%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Degree