The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Nortel 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 Nortel 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 the Nortel Networks Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Nortel
Rank 114 89 116
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +27
Contract jobs citing Nortel 6 46 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.251% 1.463% 0.437%
As % of the Vendors category 0.493% 2.932% 0.837%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £275 £268 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.80% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.45% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.71 - £15.58
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%
Nortel
South East

Nortel
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Nortel Jobs Demand Trend

Nortel
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Nortel Daily Rate Trend

Nortel
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Nortel Hourly Rate Trend

Nortel
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Nortel 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 +1 2 £275 +25.00%
Nortel
South East

Nortel
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 15 (88.24%) Ericsson
2 14 (82.35%) UNIX
2 14 (82.35%) C++
2 14 (82.35%) Perl
2 14 (82.35%) SQL
2 14 (82.35%) .NET
2 14 (82.35%) Oracle
2 14 (82.35%) Web Development
2 14 (82.35%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 13 (76.47%) Radio Access Network
3 13 (76.47%) 2G
3 13 (76.47%) 3G
4 12 (70.59%) C#
4 12 (70.59%) PL/SQL
4 12 (70.59%) TELNET
4 12 (70.59%) Validation
4 12 (70.59%) Migration
5 8 (47.06%) Telecoms
6 5 (29.41%) Network Management
7 4 (23.53%) RNC
8 3 (17.65%) Back Office
8 3 (17.65%) XML
9 2 (11.76%) PHP
9 2 (11.76%) Java
9 2 (11.76%) ATM
9 2 (11.76%) DWDM
9 2 (11.76%) Degree
10 1 (5.882%) NEC
10 1 (5.882%) ACSA
10 1 (5.882%) Huawei

Nortel
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 14 (82.35%) .NET
2 3 (17.65%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (76.47%) Radio Access Network
1 13 (76.47%) 2G
1 13 (76.47%) 3G
2 12 (70.59%) TELNET
3 4 (23.53%) RNC
4 2 (11.76%) ATM
4 2 (11.76%) DWDM
5 1 (5.882%) VLAN
5 1 (5.882%) Symposium
5 1 (5.882%) SDH
5 1 (5.882%) DHCP
5 1 (5.882%) Ethernet
5 1 (5.882%) HTTP
5 1 (5.882%) DNS
General
1 8 (47.06%) Telecoms
2 3 (17.65%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Developer
1 10 (58.82%) Senior Developer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Network Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) OSS Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) OSS Systems Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Network Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) C++/C# Developer
3 1 (5.882%) Senior C# Developer
3 1 (5.882%) Senior C++ Developer
3 1 (5.882%) Design Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) C++ Developer
3 1 (5.882%) C# Developer
3 1 (5.882%) Avaya Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Transmission Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) UNIX Developer
3 1 (5.882%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Field Engineer
Operating Systems
1 14 (82.35%) UNIX
2 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Web Development
2 12 (70.59%) Validation
2 12 (70.59%) Migration
3 5 (29.41%) Network Management
4 1 (5.882%) ETL
4 1 (5.882%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (82.35%) C++
1 14 (82.35%) Perl
1 14 (82.35%) SQL
2 12 (70.59%) C#
2 12 (70.59%) PL/SQL
3 2 (11.76%) PHP
3 2 (11.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (5.882%) ACSA
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) Ericsson
2 14 (82.35%) Oracle
2 14 (82.35%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 1 (5.882%) NEC
3 1 (5.882%) Huawei
3 1 (5.882%) Nokia
3 1 (5.882%) Cisco
3 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.882%) Avaya