The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Nokia Siemens Networks products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Nokia Siemens Networks over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN).

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Nokia Siemens Networks
Rank 62 44 111
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +67
Contract jobs citing Nokia Siemens Networks 61 111 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.547% 3.529% 0.605%
As % of the Vendors category 5.008% 7.075% 1.159%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 4
Average daily rate £278 £260 £276
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.73% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £205 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £297 £346
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £280 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.78% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1218 1569 1553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 50.86% 49.89% 52.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 537 551
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 81 90
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.85 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.80 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Nokia Siemens Networks
South East

Nokia Siemens Networks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Nokia Siemens Networks Jobs Demand Trend

Nokia Siemens Networks
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Nokia Siemens Networks Daily Rate Trend

Nokia Siemens Networks
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Nokia Siemens Networks within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 -12 31 £275 -0.90%
Newbury -5 2 - -
Slough - 1 - -
Nokia Siemens Networks
South East

Nokia Siemens Networks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Nokia Siemens Networks 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 Nokia Siemens Networks.

1 107 (82.95%) Telecoms
2 99 (76.74%) 3G
3 80 (62.02%) Ericsson
4 69 (53.49%) Radio Access Network
5 66 (51.16%) ATM
6 63 (48.84%) LTE
7 53 (41.09%) 2G
8 48 (37.21%) Project Management
9 45 (34.88%) Huawei
10 43 (33.33%) Ethernet
11 36 (27.91%) SDH
12 30 (23.26%) MPLS
13 27 (20.93%) UTRAN
14 26 (20.16%) 3GPP
15 24 (18.60%) NEC
16 22 (17.05%) Network Design
16 22 (17.05%) Resource Management
16 22 (17.05%) UNIX
17 21 (16.28%) Oracle
17 21 (16.28%) Perl
17 21 (16.28%) SQL
17 21 (16.28%) Validation
18 20 (15.50%) Handset
19 19 (14.73%) Nokia
20 18 (13.95%) .NET
21 14 (10.85%) C++
21 14 (10.85%) Nortel
21 14 (10.85%) BT
21 14 (10.85%) RNC
21 14 (10.85%) Web Development

Nokia Siemens Networks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Nokia Siemens Networks 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 Nokia Siemens Networks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (13.95%) .NET
2 6 (4.651%) XML
3 4 (3.101%) ASP.NET
Communications & Networking
1 99 (76.74%) 3G
2 69 (53.49%) Radio Access Network
3 66 (51.16%) ATM
4 63 (48.84%) LTE
5 53 (41.09%) 2G
6 43 (33.33%) Ethernet
7 36 (27.91%) SDH
8 30 (23.26%) MPLS
9 27 (20.93%) UTRAN
10 26 (20.16%) 3GPP
11 14 (10.85%) RNC
12 13 (10.08%) SGSN
13 12 (9.302%) TELNET
13 12 (9.302%) GGSN
14 6 (4.651%) Nokia NetAct
15 5 (3.876%) 4G
16 4 (3.101%) SS7
16 4 (3.101%) IPv4
16 4 (3.101%) DWDM
16 4 (3.101%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.426%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (3.101%) Big Data
2 4 (3.101%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.326%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.326%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.326%) Subversion
General
1 107 (82.95%) Telecoms
2 10 (7.752%) Marketing
3 3 (2.326%) Back Office
4 2 (1.550%) Billing
5 1 (0.775%) Front Office
5 1 (0.775%) Legal
Job Titles
1 67 (51.94%) Design Engineer
2 35 (27.13%) Transmission Engineer
3 27 (20.93%) RAN Engineer
4 14 (10.85%) Developer
5 13 (10.08%) Senior Developer
6 8 (6.202%) Network Engineer
7 7 (5.426%) Test Engineer
8 6 (4.651%) Radio Engineer
8 6 (4.651%) Access Transmission Engineer
8 6 (4.651%) Databuild Engineer
9 5 (3.876%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (3.876%) Test Leader
10 4 (3.101%) Platform Engineer
11 3 (2.326%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 3 (2.326%) Project Manager
11 3 (2.326%) OSS Engineer
11 3 (2.326%) OSS Systems Engineer
11 3 (2.326%) Technical Leader
11 3 (2.326%) Network Design Engineer
11 3 (2.326%) Problem Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.50%) Handset
2 4 (3.101%) Open Source
3 2 (1.550%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.05%) UNIX
2 7 (5.426%) Linux
3 4 (3.101%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (37.21%) Project Management
2 22 (17.05%) Network Design
2 22 (17.05%) Resource Management
3 21 (16.28%) Validation
4 14 (10.85%) Web Development
5 12 (9.302%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (9.302%) Migration
6 10 (7.752%) Capacity Planning
6 10 (7.752%) Product Marketing
7 9 (6.977%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (6.202%) Network Management
9 7 (5.426%) ITIL
9 7 (5.426%) eTOM
10 5 (3.876%) Capacity Management
11 4 (3.101%) Problem Management
12 3 (2.326%) OO
12 3 (2.326%) ETL
12 3 (2.326%) PRINCE2
12 3 (2.326%) Disaster Recovery
12 3 (2.326%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.28%) Perl
1 21 (16.28%) SQL
2 14 (10.85%) C++
3 12 (9.302%) C#
3 12 (9.302%) PL/SQL
4 8 (6.202%) C
5 6 (4.651%) Java
6 2 (1.550%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (8.527%) Degree
2 3 (2.326%) PMP
2 3 (2.326%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.775%) HNC
3 1 (0.775%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.202%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.550%) NDS
Vendors
1 80 (62.02%) Ericsson
2 45 (34.88%) Huawei
3 24 (18.60%) NEC
4 21 (16.28%) Oracle
5 19 (14.73%) Nokia
6 14 (10.85%) Nortel
6 14 (10.85%) BT
7 7 (5.426%) Business Objects
7 7 (5.426%) Greenplum
8 4 (3.101%) Citrix
8 4 (3.101%) Mapinfo
9 3 (2.326%) TIBCO
9 3 (2.326%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 3 (2.326%) Red Hat