The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 17 June 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 Birmingham 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 45 - 45
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing 3G 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.209% - 0.197%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.852% - 1.235%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £280 £300
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £38.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-16.88% +2.66%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
54 65 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 11.27% 10.06% 15.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 25 38
Average daily rate £350 £150 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+133.33% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £100 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £375 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.54% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +122.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
3G
West Midlands

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, 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.

1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Avaya
1 1 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Huawei
1 1 (50.00%) LTE
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 8

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, 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.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Project Coordinator
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 8
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Avaya
1 1 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (50.00%) Huawei
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
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