The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2G 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Bristol 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 48 52 48
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -4
Contract jobs citing 2G 2 12 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.388% 1.435% 0.310%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.985% 10.43% 3.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £258 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £288 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.86% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -12.50%
All Communications & Networking
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
67 115 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 12.98% 13.76% 8.978%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 70 17
Average daily rate £300 £390 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +6.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £238 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £476 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 9
Average hourly rate £27.00 £21.50 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.58% -43.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £16.50 £7.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.75 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
2G
South West

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2G across the Bristol region.

Bristol 2G Daily Rate Trend

2G
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the Bristol region.

Bristol 2G Hourly Rate Trend

2G
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing 2G 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 2G.

1 5 (71.43%) 3G
2 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
2 4 (57.14%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (42.86%) UMTS
3 3 (42.86%) LTE
3 3 (42.86%) Huawei
3 3 (42.86%) GSM
4 2 (28.57%) Nokia
5 1 (14.29%) Test Management
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
5 1 (14.29%) HSPA
5 1 (14.29%) MGW
5 1 (14.29%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 1 (14.29%) 4G
5 1 (14.29%) Demand Management
5 1 (14.29%) SMS
5 1 (14.29%) MS Office
5 1 (14.29%) GPRS
5 1 (14.29%) UTRAN
5 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) GGSN
5 1 (14.29%) SGSN
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) BSS
5 1 (14.29%) RNC
5 1 (14.29%) Taleo

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) 3G
2 4 (57.14%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (42.86%) UMTS
3 3 (42.86%) LTE
3 3 (42.86%) GSM
4 1 (14.29%) HSPA
4 1 (14.29%) MGW
4 1 (14.29%) 4G
4 1 (14.29%) SMS
4 1 (14.29%) GPRS
4 1 (14.29%) UTRAN
4 1 (14.29%) GGSN
4 1 (14.29%) SGSN
4 1 (14.29%) BSS
4 1 (14.29%) RNC
General
1 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Test Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) RAN Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Test Management
1 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
1 1 (14.29%) Demand Management
1 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
1 1 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Huawei
2 2 (28.57%) Nokia
3 1 (14.29%) Nokia Siemens Networks