The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 23 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 Berkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 23 12 39
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +27
Contract jobs citing 3G 143 257 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 5.956% 8.156% 3.767%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.88% 23.69% 16.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 33 10
Average daily rate £285 £270 £359
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% -24.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £203 £202
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £365 £1,000
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £280 £305
% change year-on-year
+5.35% -8.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £15.58 £46.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -66.32%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £35.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year
+3.57% -9.67%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
625 1085 696
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 26.03% 34.43% 23.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 217 197
Average daily rate £285 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £200 £202
10% offered a daily rate of more than £432 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 47 58
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £134.90 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
3G
South East

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire 3G Daily Rate Trend

3G
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3G across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire 3G Daily Rate Histogram

3G
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire 3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -21 38 £275 -
Newbury +1 14 £285 +36.52%
Slough -5 7 £403 +40.00%
3G
South East

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing 3G 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 3G.

1 286 (84.87%) Telecoms
2 204 (60.53%) 2G
3 187 (55.49%) Radio Access Network
4 122 (36.20%) Ericsson
5 115 (34.12%) LTE
6 98 (29.08%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 84 (24.93%) ATM
8 64 (18.99%) RNC
9 61 (18.10%) Project Management
10 58 (17.21%) 3GPP
11 50 (14.84%) Migration
12 48 (14.24%) GSM
12 48 (14.24%) 4G
13 41 (12.17%) Ethernet
14 39 (11.57%) Huawei
14 39 (11.57%) SDH
15 32 (9.496%) WCDMA
16 31 (9.199%) SQL
16 31 (9.199%) NetHawk
17 30 (8.902%) Resource Management
17 30 (8.902%) UNIX
17 30 (8.902%) UTRAN
18 29 (8.605%) .NET
18 29 (8.605%) Wireshark
19 28 (8.309%) Perl
20 27 (8.012%) MPLS
20 27 (8.012%) Network Design
21 26 (7.715%) Degree
21 26 (7.715%) ISEB
22 25 (7.418%) Validation

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 29 (8.605%) .NET
2 8 (2.374%) ASP.NET
3 7 (2.077%) XML
4 6 (1.780%) J2EE
5 4 (1.187%) XHTML
5 4 (1.187%) HTML
6 3 (0.890%) WAP
7 2 (0.593%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 4 (1.187%) WebLogic
1 4 (1.187%) Apache
1 4 (1.187%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 15 (4.451%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.780%) MS Office
3 5 (1.484%) MS Project
3 5 (1.484%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.593%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.297%) CODA-Financials
1 1 (0.297%) Agresso
1 1 (0.297%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 204 (60.53%) 2G
2 187 (55.49%) Radio Access Network
3 115 (34.12%) LTE
4 84 (24.93%) ATM
5 64 (18.99%) RNC
6 58 (17.21%) 3GPP
7 48 (14.24%) GSM
7 48 (14.24%) 4G
8 41 (12.17%) Ethernet
9 39 (11.57%) SDH
10 32 (9.496%) WCDMA
11 30 (8.902%) UTRAN
12 29 (8.605%) Wireshark
13 27 (8.012%) MPLS
14 23 (6.825%) RANAP
15 16 (4.748%) IPv4
16 15 (4.451%) UMTS
17 14 (4.154%) DNS
18 12 (3.561%) TELNET
19 11 (3.264%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.561%) MS Access
2 9 (2.671%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.374%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.374%) Big Data
4 6 (1.780%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.187%) MySQL
5 4 (1.187%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 5 (1.484%) StarTeam
General
1 286 (84.87%) Telecoms
2 15 (4.451%) Back Office
3 12 (3.561%) Marketing
4 11 (3.264%) Finance
5 3 (0.890%) Front Office
5 3 (0.890%) Electronics
6 2 (0.593%) Military
6 2 (0.593%) Billing
7 1 (0.297%) Legal
Job Titles
1 63 (18.69%) Design Engineer
2 54 (16.02%) RAN Engineer
3 43 (12.76%) Architect
4 42 (12.46%) Solutions Architect
5 41 (12.17%) Test Engineer
6 33 (9.792%) Project Manager
7 29 (8.605%) Transmission Engineer
8 15 (4.451%) Integration Engineer
9 14 (4.154%) Developer
10 13 (3.858%) Network Architect
11 12 (3.561%) 3G Engineer
12 10 (2.967%) Delivery Manager
13 9 (2.671%) Analyst
13 9 (2.671%) Network Engineer
13 9 (2.671%) Senior Developer
13 9 (2.671%) Back Office Engineer
14 8 (2.374%) Technical Leader
14 8 (2.374%) Support Engineer
14 8 (2.374%) Business Analyst
15 7 (2.077%) Implementation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.935%) Handset
2 4 (1.187%) Open Source
3 3 (0.890%) Management Information System
3 3 (0.890%) Economics
3 3 (0.890%) iPhone
4 2 (0.593%) Smart Meter
4 2 (0.593%) Clustering
4 2 (0.593%) PMI
5 1 (0.297%) Statistics
5 1 (0.297%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.902%) UNIX
2 18 (5.341%) Windows
3 7 (2.077%) Linux
4 3 (0.890%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (18.10%) Project Management
2 50 (14.84%) Migration
3 30 (8.902%) Resource Management
4 27 (8.012%) Network Design
5 25 (7.418%) Validation
6 19 (5.638%) ITIL
7 18 (5.341%) eTOM
8 16 (4.748%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (4.154%) Network Architecture
10 12 (3.561%) Network Planning
10 12 (3.561%) Web Development
10 12 (3.561%) PRINCE2
10 12 (3.561%) Network Management
11 11 (3.264%) Disaster Recovery
12 9 (2.671%) Use Case
12 9 (2.671%) Fault Management
13 8 (2.374%) Capacity Management
13 8 (2.374%) Business Analysis
13 8 (2.374%) ETL
14 7 (2.077%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.199%) SQL
2 28 (8.309%) Perl
3 15 (4.451%) C
4 13 (3.858%) C#
4 13 (3.858%) C++
5 12 (3.561%) Java
5 12 (3.561%) PL/SQL
6 8 (2.374%) VBA
7 5 (1.484%) VB
8 4 (1.187%) VB.NET
8 4 (1.187%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.187%) PHP
9 1 (0.297%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.297%) Python
9 1 (0.297%) R
Qualifications
1 26 (7.715%) Degree
1 26 (7.715%) ISEB
2 10 (2.967%) PMI Certification
3 8 (2.374%) PMP
4 5 (1.484%) CBAP
5 2 (0.593%) CIMA
5 2 (0.593%) HNC
5 2 (0.593%) HND
5 2 (0.593%) CCNP
5 2 (0.593%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.593%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.297%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.297%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.154%) SLA
2 1 (0.297%) BS25999
2 1 (0.297%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.297%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 4 (1.187%) Netcool
2 2 (0.593%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.297%) OpenView
3 1 (0.297%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (0.297%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 122 (36.20%) Ericsson
2 98 (29.08%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 39 (11.57%) Huawei
4 31 (9.199%) NetHawk
5 24 (7.122%) Oracle
6 23 (6.825%) NEC
7 22 (6.528%) Nokia
8 15 (4.451%) Cramer
8 15 (4.451%) BT
9 13 (3.858%) Nortel
10 11 (3.264%) Citrix
11 9 (2.671%) Business Objects
12 6 (1.780%) Greenplum
12 6 (1.780%) HP
13 5 (1.484%) Sun
13 5 (1.484%) Cisco
14 4 (1.187%) Mapinfo
15 2 (0.593%) Redback
15 2 (0.593%) Microsoft
15 2 (0.593%) Juniper
Slough, Berkshire
Manage the transmission SLA's... Own the process workflow to manage ordering to delivery... Proficient in the use in Microsoft s software packages. Knowledge of radio principles (2G &...
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Posted: 20 May 2013