Handset Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 17 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 107 100 104
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +4
Contract jobs citing Handset 16 39 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.661% 1.279% 0.706%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.486% 6.842% 3.627%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
Average daily rate £225 £251 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.35% -33.06%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £258 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.58% -31.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £162.50 - £7.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £38.25 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-1.96% +22.40%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 459 570 579
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 18.97% 18.69% 19.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 242 238
Average daily rate £375 £325 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -2.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £450 £466
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 30 34
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.45% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.47 £11.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Handset
South East

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Handset Daily Rate Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Handset across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Handset Daily Rate Histogram

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Handset Hourly Rate Trend

Handset
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Handset within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 +3 7 £275 +9.56%
Slough - 2 £163 -
Maidenhead -8 1 - -
Handset
South East

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Handset 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 Handset.

1 25 (73.53%) Telecoms
2 24 (70.59%) LTE
3 21 (61.76%) 3GPP
3 21 (61.76%) 3G
4 20 (58.82%) UTRAN
4 20 (58.82%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 20 (58.82%) Radio Access Network
5 19 (55.88%) Network Design
5 19 (55.88%) Project Management
6 17 (50.00%) ATM
6 17 (50.00%) Resource Management
7 9 (26.47%) RNC
8 7 (20.59%) Huawei
8 7 (20.59%) Ericsson
9 6 (17.65%) Validation
10 5 (14.71%) Finance
10 5 (14.71%) HP Quality Center
11 4 (11.76%) Android
11 4 (11.76%) soapUI
11 4 (11.76%) REST
11 4 (11.76%) DbVisualizer
11 4 (11.76%) Software Testing
11 4 (11.76%) Groovy
11 4 (11.76%) ISEB
11 4 (11.76%) SOAP
11 4 (11.76%) Web Services
11 4 (11.76%) XML
12 3 (8.824%) UNIX
12 3 (8.824%) Shell Script
12 3 (8.824%) WebSphere Application Server

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Handset 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 Handset. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (11.76%) SOAP
1 4 (11.76%) Web Services
1 4 (11.76%) XML
1 4 (11.76%) soapUI
1 4 (11.76%) REST
2 3 (8.824%) WebSphere
3 1 (2.941%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.824%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (5.882%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 24 (70.59%) LTE
2 21 (61.76%) 3GPP
2 21 (61.76%) 3G
3 20 (58.82%) UTRAN
3 20 (58.82%) Radio Access Network
4 17 (50.00%) ATM
5 9 (26.47%) RNC
6 2 (5.882%) UMTS
6 2 (5.882%) WAN
6 2 (5.882%) LAN
6 2 (5.882%) 4G
7 1 (2.941%) Broadband
7 1 (2.941%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) DbVisualizer
2 1 (2.941%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (2.941%) LoadRunner
1 1 (2.941%) JProfiler
1 1 (2.941%) Cucumber
General
1 25 (73.53%) Telecoms
2 5 (14.71%) Finance
3 2 (5.882%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (58.82%) Design Engineer
1 20 (58.82%) RAN Engineer
2 4 (11.76%) Test Engineer
2 4 (11.76%) Analyst
3 3 (8.824%) Test Analyst
4 2 (5.882%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Performance Test Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Test Manager
5 1 (2.941%) Architect
5 1 (2.941%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.941%) Performance Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (2.941%) Telecoms Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.824%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.941%) Firmware
2 1 (2.941%) Clustering
2 1 (2.941%) Statistics
2 1 (2.941%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Android
2 3 (8.824%) Apple iOS
2 3 (8.824%) UNIX
3 2 (5.882%) Windows
4 1 (2.941%) Linux
4 1 (2.941%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (55.88%) Project Management
1 19 (55.88%) Network Design
2 17 (50.00%) Resource Management
3 6 (17.65%) Validation
4 4 (11.76%) Software Testing
5 3 (8.824%) System Testing
5 3 (8.824%) Web Testing
6 1 (2.941%) Test Scripting
6 1 (2.941%) Data Modelling
6 1 (2.941%) Product Management
6 1 (2.941%) Software Architecture
6 1 (2.941%) Waterfall
6 1 (2.941%) Analytics
6 1 (2.941%) Matrix Management
6 1 (2.941%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (2.941%) Usability Testing
6 1 (2.941%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) Groovy
2 3 (8.824%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.941%) Java
3 1 (2.941%) Perl
3 1 (2.941%) SQL
3 1 (2.941%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) ISEB
2 3 (8.824%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.941%) Degree
3 1 (2.941%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.941%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.941%) ACCA
3 1 (2.941%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 20 (58.82%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 7 (20.59%) Huawei
2 7 (20.59%) Ericsson
3 2 (5.882%) Lotus
3 2 (5.882%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.882%) Citrix
4 1 (2.941%) Broadcom
4 1 (2.941%) Renesas
Field Test / Drive Test Engineers / IOT / UK (Mobile Handsets)
Reading, Berkshire
Key Skills: Previous experience in field test / drive test / mobile handset testing essential. Degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, IT or Science would be advantageous... Another excellent opportunity has arisen...
Prosper Consulting
Rate: From £120 to £140 per day Depending on experience
Posted: 12 May 2013
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