The first table below looks at the demand for LTE 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 LTE over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing LTE 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £343 £250
% change year-on-year
-12.40% +37.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +6.25%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
45 61 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 10.09% 9.823% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 31 34
Average daily rate £400 £325 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £100 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £430 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 10
Average hourly rate £13.00 £30.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.66% +122.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
LTE
West Midlands

LTE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham LTE Jobs Demand Trend

LTE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham LTE Daily Rate Trend

LTE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham LTE Hourly Rate Trend

LTE
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing LTE 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 LTE.

1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (100.00%) Project Coordinator
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks