The first table below looks at the demand for LTE 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 LTE 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
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Rank 52 74 114
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +40
Contract jobs citing LTE 74 66 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 3.082% 2.095% 0.694%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.84% 6.083% 3.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 1
Average daily rate £280 £263 £208
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.46% +26.74%
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £340 £225
% change year-on-year
-15.44% +51.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £162.50 £44.00 £52.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+269.31% -16.19%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £43.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-13.29% +8.12%
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%
LTE
South East

LTE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire LTE Jobs Demand Trend

LTE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire LTE Daily Rate Trend

LTE
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire LTE Daily Rate Histogram

LTE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire LTE Hourly Rate Trend

LTE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LTE 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 -5 17 £280 +11.55%
Slough -1 9 £163 -
Newbury - 2 £275 -
Maidenhead - 1 - -
LTE
South East

LTE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 157 (85.33%) Telecoms
2 115 (62.50%) 3G
3 108 (58.70%) Radio Access Network
4 71 (38.59%) 2G
5 69 (37.50%) Ericsson
6 63 (34.24%) ATM
6 63 (34.24%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 50 (27.17%) Project Management
8 47 (25.54%) 4G
9 42 (22.83%) Ethernet
10 34 (18.48%) Huawei
11 31 (16.85%) Network Design
12 30 (16.30%) RNC
12 30 (16.30%) MPLS
13 26 (14.13%) SDH
13 26 (14.13%) 3GPP
14 24 (13.04%) UTRAN
15 23 (12.50%) Handset
16 22 (11.96%) Resource Management
17 21 (11.41%) Migration
18 17 (9.239%) NEC
18 17 (9.239%) Nokia
19 16 (8.696%) C
19 16 (8.696%) Capacity Planning
20 12 (6.522%) BT
20 12 (6.522%) Perl
20 12 (6.522%) Fault Management
21 11 (5.978%) Network Architecture
21 11 (5.978%) SQL
21 11 (5.978%) Business Objects

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (4.348%) ASP.NET
1 8 (4.348%) .NET
2 4 (2.174%) XML
3 2 (1.087%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.543%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 10 (5.435%) MS Office
2 5 (2.717%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.543%) MS Project
3 1 (0.543%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.543%) Metrica
1 1 (0.543%) Minerva
Communications & Networking
1 115 (62.50%) 3G
2 108 (58.70%) Radio Access Network
3 71 (38.59%) 2G
4 63 (34.24%) ATM
5 47 (25.54%) 4G
6 42 (22.83%) Ethernet
7 30 (16.30%) RNC
7 30 (16.30%) MPLS
8 26 (14.13%) SDH
8 26 (14.13%) 3GPP
9 24 (13.04%) UTRAN
10 10 (5.435%) GSM
10 10 (5.435%) IPv4
11 8 (4.348%) UMTS
11 8 (4.348%) WCDMA
11 8 (4.348%) Nokia NetAct
12 6 (3.261%) VPN
12 6 (3.261%) VRRP
13 5 (2.717%) HSRP
13 5 (2.717%) RSVP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.348%) NoSQL
1 8 (4.348%) Big Data
2 6 (3.261%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.630%) MS Access
General
1 157 (85.33%) Telecoms
2 5 (2.717%) Legal
2 5 (2.717%) Finance
3 3 (1.630%) Back Office
4 2 (1.087%) Law
5 1 (0.543%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 60 (32.61%) Design Engineer
2 34 (18.48%) Architect
3 33 (17.93%) Solutions Architect
4 26 (14.13%) Transmission Engineer
5 24 (13.04%) RAN Engineer
6 15 (8.152%) Project Manager
7 13 (7.065%) Integration Engineer
8 9 (4.891%) Senior Manager
8 9 (4.891%) Network Architect
9 8 (4.348%) Technical Leader
10 7 (3.804%) Network Engineer
10 7 (3.804%) Test Engineer
11 6 (3.261%) Senior Project Manager
11 6 (3.261%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.261%) Access Transmission Engineer
12 5 (2.717%) Test Leader
12 5 (2.717%) Databuild Engineer
12 5 (2.717%) Radio Engineer
12 5 (2.717%) Network Design Engineer
12 5 (2.717%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.50%) Handset
2 4 (2.174%) Open Source
3 3 (1.630%) Digital Media
4 2 (1.087%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.543%) Economics
5 1 (0.543%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.804%) Linux
2 6 (3.261%) Windows
3 2 (1.087%) UNIX
3 2 (1.087%) Android
3 2 (1.087%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (27.17%) Project Management
2 31 (16.85%) Network Design
3 22 (11.96%) Resource Management
4 21 (11.41%) Migration
5 16 (8.696%) Capacity Planning
6 12 (6.522%) Fault Management
7 11 (5.978%) Network Architecture
7 11 (5.978%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (5.978%) Validation
8 10 (5.435%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (4.891%) ITIL
10 8 (4.348%) eTOM
10 8 (4.348%) Network Management
11 7 (3.804%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (3.261%) Configuration Management
13 5 (2.717%) Matrix Management
13 5 (2.717%) Project Planning
14 4 (2.174%) Network Planning
14 4 (2.174%) Workflow
14 4 (2.174%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.696%) C
2 12 (6.522%) Perl
3 11 (5.978%) SQL
4 8 (4.348%) Java
5 2 (1.087%) VB
6 1 (0.543%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.543%) C++
6 1 (0.543%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (2.717%) Degree
2 3 (1.630%) HNC
2 3 (1.630%) HND
3 2 (1.087%) CCNP
3 2 (1.087%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.543%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.543%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.543%) PMP
4 1 (0.543%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.435%) SLA
2 1 (0.543%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.543%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (2.717%) Netcool
2 1 (0.543%) TeMIP
Vendors
1 69 (37.50%) Ericsson
2 63 (34.24%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 34 (18.48%) Huawei
4 17 (9.239%) NEC
4 17 (9.239%) Nokia
5 12 (6.522%) BT
6 11 (5.978%) Business Objects
7 6 (3.261%) Oracle
7 6 (3.261%) Citrix
7 6 (3.261%) Greenplum
8 4 (2.174%) Mapinfo
9 3 (1.630%) Microsoft
9 3 (1.630%) Cramer
10 2 (1.087%) NetCracker
11 1 (0.543%) Actix
11 1 (0.543%) Tektronix
11 1 (0.543%) Niku
11 1 (0.543%) Amdocs
Slough, Berkshire
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Posted: 20 May 2013