Berkshire 3G Contracts

This section looks at the demand for 3G skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basildon Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Coventry East of England Edinburgh England Essex Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Kingston Upon Thames London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North West Oxfordshire Reading Reigate Rugby Scotland Slough Solihull South Coast South East South Wales South West Staines Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	37	24
Rank change on same period last year	-13
Matching contract IT job ads	120	239
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.154 %	0.269 %
As % of the category below	17.17 %	22.81 %
Daily rates quoted	3	7
Average minimum daily rate	£267	£190
Average daily rate	£271	£211
% change on same period last year	+28.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£275	£232
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£281
% change on same period last year	+17.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.50	£27.50
Average hourly rate	£18.00	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-40.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.50	£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.14	£36.66
% change on same period last year	+4.04 %
Communications & Networking Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	699	1048
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.897 %	1.177 %
Daily rates quoted	143	229
Average minimum daily rate	£315	£329
Average daily rate	£333	£359
% change on same period last year	-7.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£351	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£334
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	80	84
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.08	£28.03
Average hourly rate	£23.80	£29.58
% change on same period last year	-19.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.51	£31.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.63	£27.52
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
3G South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing 3G across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing 3G across the Berkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing 3G across the Berkshire region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Newbury	+13	9	-	-
1	Maidenhead	-8	9	-	-
2	Reading	0	6	-	-
3	Slough	0	1	£300	-

3G South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing 3G also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing 3G.

1 148 (67.89 %) Telecoms 2 64 (29.36 %) 2G 3 47 (21.56 %) Ericsson 4 42 (19.27 %) Nokia 5 35 (16.06 %) Migration 6 26 (11.93 %) SGSN 6 26 (11.93 %) Network Planning 7 25 (11.47 %) RNC 8 24 (11.01 %) Marketing 9 18 (8.257 %) Cisco 10 17 (7.798 %) Finance 10 17 (7.798 %) GGSN 11 16 (7.339 %) Siemens 12 15 (6.881 %) TCP/IP 12 15 (6.881 %) SQL

12 15 (6.881 %) Network Design 13 13 (5.963 %) SS7 13 13 (5.963 %) Packet Switching 13 13 (5.963 %) Billing 14 12 (5.505 %) SIGTRAN 14 12 (5.505 %) GSM 14 12 (5.505 %) SLA 15 11 (5.046 %) ATM 15 11 (5.046 %) Internet 15 11 (5.046 %) Auditing 16 10 (4.587 %) GPRS 17 9 (4.128 %) SDH 17 9 (4.128 %) BusinessObjects 17 9 (4.128 %) Photoshop 17 9 (4.128 %) Business Objects

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing 3G also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (2.752 %) ODBC 2 1 (0.459 %) JMS 2 1 (0.459 %) WAP 2 1 (0.459 %) LINQ 2 1 (0.459 %) .NET 2 1 (0.459 %) J2EE 2 1 (0.459 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 5 (2.294 %) SAS 2 1 (0.459 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 9 (4.128 %) Photoshop 2 8 (3.670 %) MS Excel 3 4 (1.835 %) MS Office 4 2 (0.917 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (0.917 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.459 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 1 (0.459 %) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking 1 64 (29.36 %) 2G 2 26 (11.93 %) SGSN 3 25 (11.47 %) RNC 4 17 (7.798 %) GGSN 5 15 (6.881 %) TCP/IP 6 13 (5.963 %) Packet Switching 6 13 (5.963 %) SS7 7 12 (5.505 %) SIGTRAN 7 12 (5.505 %) GSM 8 11 (5.046 %) ATM 8 11 (5.046 %) Internet 9 10 (4.587 %) GPRS 10 9 (4.128 %) SDH 11 8 (3.670 %) Broadband 11 8 (3.670 %) UMTS 12 7 (3.211 %) WCDMA 12 7 (3.211 %) Network Security 13 6 (2.752 %) SMS 14 5 (2.294 %) DSL 15 4 (1.835 %) VPN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (4.128 %) BusinessObjects 2 6 (2.752 %) MS Access 3 2 (0.917 %) Datawarehouse 3 2 (0.917 %) DTS 3 2 (0.917 %) SQLPlus 3 2 (0.917 %) BusinessObjects XI 3 2 (0.917 %) Reference Data 4 1 (0.459 %) SQL Server 4 1 (0.459 %) Oracle 9i
General 1 148 (67.89 %) Telecoms 2 24 (11.01 %) Marketing 3 17 (7.798 %) Finance 4 13 (5.963 %) Billing 5 11 (5.046 %) Auditing 6 9 (4.128 %) Front Office 7 4 (1.835 %) Retail 7 4 (1.835 %) Music 8 1 (0.459 %) Health	Job Titles 1 29 (13.30 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 2 28 (12.84 %) Analyst 3 20 (9.174 %) Network Engineer 4 18 (8.257 %) Consultant 5 14 (6.422 %) Network Consultant 6 13 (5.963 %) Performance Engineer 7 12 (5.505 %) Team Leader 8 11 (5.046 %) Test Engineer 9 8 (3.670 %) Implementation Manager 9 8 (3.670 %) Programme Manager 9 8 (3.670 %) Radio Engineer 10 7 (3.211 %) Report Analyst 10 7 (3.211 %) Migration Engineer 10 7 (3.211 %) Design Engineer 11 6 (2.752 %) Architect 11 6 (2.752 %) Financial Analyst 12 5 (2.294 %) Systems Analyst 12 5 (2.294 %) Data Analyst 12 5 (2.294 %) Marketing Manager 13 4 (1.835 %) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous 1 8 (3.670 %) Handset 2 2 (0.917 %) Statistics 2 2 (0.917 %) Mathematics 3 1 (0.459 %) German Language 3 1 (0.459 %) N-Tier 3 1 (0.459 %) ASIC 3 1 (0.459 %) Blackberry 3 1 (0.459 %) Clustering 3 1 (0.459 %) VHDL 3 1 (0.459 %) IVR 3 1 (0.459 %) Asset Management 3 1 (0.459 %) PDA	Operating Systems 1 5 (2.294 %) Unix 2 4 (1.835 %) Windows 3 2 (0.917 %) Windows XP 4 1 (0.459 %) VMS 4 1 (0.459 %) Windows CE 4 1 (0.459 %) Windows Mobile 4 1 (0.459 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 35 (16.06 %) Migration 2 26 (11.93 %) Network Planning 3 15 (6.881 %) Network Design 4 8 (3.670 %) Configuration Management 5 7 (3.211 %) Project Management 5 7 (3.211 %) Fault Management 6 6 (2.752 %) CRM 6 6 (2.752 %) Data Management 7 3 (1.376 %) Programme Management 7 3 (1.376 %) PRINCE2 7 3 (1.376 %) Service Management 7 3 (1.376 %) Technical Architecture 8 2 (0.917 %) Load Balancing 8 2 (0.917 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 2 (0.917 %) Unit Testing 8 2 (0.917 %) ITIL 8 2 (0.917 %) Business Intelligence 8 2 (0.917 %) PRINCE 8 2 (0.917 %) Risk Assessment 8 2 (0.917 %) Data Analysis	Programming Languages 1 15 (6.881 %) SQL 2 3 (1.376 %) Perl 2 3 (1.376 %) C 3 1 (0.459 %) C# 3 1 (0.459 %) C++ 3 1 (0.459 %) Java 3 1 (0.459 %) JavaScript 3 1 (0.459 %) PHP 3 1 (0.459 %) Tcl
Qualifications 1 3 (1.376 %) Degree 2 2 (0.917 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 2 (0.917 %) ITIL Certification 2 2 (0.917 %) ACCA 3 1 (0.459 %) CIMA 3 1 (0.459 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (5.505 %) SLA 2 1 (0.459 %) QA 2 1 (0.459 %) GCP
System Software 1 1 (0.459 %) Oracle RAC	Systems Management 1 1 (0.459 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 47 (21.56 %) Ericsson 2 42 (19.27 %) Nokia 3 18 (8.257 %) Cisco 4 16 (7.339 %) Siemens 5 9 (4.128 %) Business Objects 6 6 (2.752 %) Microsoft 7 3 (1.376 %) Adobe 7 3 (1.376 %) PeopleSoft 7 3 (1.376 %) Nortel 7 3 (1.376 %) Remedy 7 3 (1.376 %) Oracle 8 2 (0.917 %) NetHawk 9 1 (0.459 %) Google 9 1 (0.459 %) Peregrine 9 1 (0.459 %) NEC 9 1 (0.459 %) Cramer 9 1 (0.459 %) Amdocs 9 1 (0.459 %) Citrix 9 1 (0.459 %) BEA 9 1 (0.459 %) SAP