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

The first table below looks at the demand for WCDMA 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 WCDMA over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA)
Rank 117 125 127
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +2
Contract jobs citing WCDMA 8 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.324% 0.321% 0.034%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.248% 0.931% 0.149%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £245 £260 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £250 £288
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £41.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +3.12%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 641 1074 669
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.95% 34.42% 22.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 209 190
Average daily rate £285 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 46 55
Average hourly rate £18.75 £30.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.50% -17.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.68 £14.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £93.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
WCDMA
South East

WCDMA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire WCDMA Jobs Demand Trend

WCDMA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire WCDMA Daily Rate Trend

WCDMA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire WCDMA Hourly Rate Trend

WCDMA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCDMA within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Newbury - 2 - -
Reading +2 1 - -
WCDMA
South East

WCDMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA.

1 42 (97.67%) GSM
1 42 (97.67%) Telecoms
2 33 (76.74%) 2G
3 32 (74.42%) 3G
3 32 (74.42%) Radio Access Network
4 29 (67.44%) 3GPP
5 28 (65.12%) Ericsson
5 28 (65.12%) NetHawk
6 26 (60.47%) Wireshark
7 24 (55.81%) ISEB
8 21 (48.84%) Migration
9 19 (44.19%) RNC
9 19 (44.19%) RANAP
10 8 (18.60%) LTE
11 6 (13.95%) Degree
12 3 (6.977%) Fault Management
12 3 (6.977%) Performance Management
12 3 (6.977%) Configuration Management
13 2 (4.651%) Wireless
13 2 (4.651%) Validation
13 2 (4.651%) Incident Management
13 2 (4.651%) Resource Management
13 2 (4.651%) MGW
14 1 (2.326%) Actix
14 1 (2.326%) Nokia NetAct
14 1 (2.326%) Capacity Planning
14 1 (2.326%) QA
14 1 (2.326%) NBAP
14 1 (2.326%) HSPA
14 1 (2.326%) Time Management

WCDMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.326%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 42 (97.67%) GSM
2 33 (76.74%) 2G
3 32 (74.42%) 3G
3 32 (74.42%) Radio Access Network
4 29 (67.44%) 3GPP
5 26 (60.47%) Wireshark
6 19 (44.19%) RNC
6 19 (44.19%) RANAP
7 8 (18.60%) LTE
8 2 (4.651%) Wireless
8 2 (4.651%) MGW
9 1 (2.326%) Nokia NetAct
9 1 (2.326%) NBAP
9 1 (2.326%) HSPA
9 1 (2.326%) BSS
9 1 (2.326%) WiMAX
9 1 (2.326%) SS7
9 1 (2.326%) TCP/IP
9 1 (2.326%) ATM
General
1 42 (97.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.326%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 36 (83.72%) Test Engineer
2 23 (53.49%) RAN Engineer
3 9 (20.93%) 3G Engineer
4 4 (9.302%) OSS Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Architect
6 2 (4.651%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.651%) Implementation Manager
6 2 (4.651%) Verification Engineer
7 1 (2.326%) Configuration Engineer
7 1 (2.326%) Network Optimisation Engineer
7 1 (2.326%) Radio Network Engineer
7 1 (2.326%) Radio Engineer
7 1 (2.326%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (2.326%) Network Planner
7 1 (2.326%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.326%) Statistics
1 1 (2.326%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (48.84%) Migration
2 3 (6.977%) Fault Management
2 3 (6.977%) Performance Management
2 3 (6.977%) Configuration Management
3 2 (4.651%) Validation
3 2 (4.651%) Incident Management
3 2 (4.651%) Resource Management
4 1 (2.326%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (2.326%) Time Management
4 1 (2.326%) Network Design
4 1 (2.326%) Network Planning
4 1 (2.326%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.326%) C++
1 1 (2.326%) Perl
1 1 (2.326%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (55.81%) ISEB
2 6 (13.95%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.326%) QA
Vendors
1 28 (65.12%) Ericsson
1 28 (65.12%) NetHawk
2 1 (2.326%) Actix
2 1 (2.326%) Citrix
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