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This section looks at the demand for 3G skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Link3G
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5264
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.111 %2.542 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£338
% change on same period last year-5.47 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.15£30.14
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads90118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.119 %0.118 %
Daily rates quoted2313
Average minimum daily rate£287£297
Average daily rate£302£307
% change on same period last year-1.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£318£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted1624
Average minimum hourly rate£23.53£20.30
Average hourly rate£24.54£21.87
% change on same period last year+12.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.56£23.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
3G West Midlands3G
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

3G
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 3G across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Birmingham 3G Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 3G across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham 3G Daily Rate Trend

3G
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3G across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham 3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing 3G 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 3G.

11 (100.00 %)Nokia
11 (100.00 %)UTRAN
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (100.00 %)Wireless
11 (100.00 %)2G
11 (100.00 %)Network Planning
11 (100.00 %)Statistics
11 (100.00 %)GGSN
11 (100.00 %)SGSN
11 (100.00 %)Fault Management
11 (100.00 %)Performance Management

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)UTRAN
11 (100.00 %)Wireless
11 (100.00 %)2G
11 (100.00 %)GGSN
11 (100.00 %)SGSN
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)RF Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Performance Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Senior RF Engineer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Statistics
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (100.00 %)Network Planning
11 (100.00 %)Fault Management
11 (100.00 %)Performance Management
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Nokia