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This section looks at the demand for 3G skills within the Bristol 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Link3G
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5557
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.014 %
As % of the category below1.899 %8.434 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£325
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£18.00
Average hourly rate£35.50£19.00
% change on same period last year+86.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.00£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.86£29.33
% change on same period last year+15.47 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads158166
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.211 %0.168 %
Daily rates quoted5850
Average minimum daily rate£280£357
Average daily rate£306£371
% change on same period last year-17.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2822
Average minimum hourly rate£26.02£22.82
Average hourly rate£28.02£25.70
% change on same period last year+9.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.01£28.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
3G South West3G
South West

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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

13 (75.00 %)C
13 (75.00 %)Telecoms
22 (50.00 %)Device Driver
22 (50.00 %)Embedded C
31 (25.00 %)C++
31 (25.00 %)Network Planning
31 (25.00 %)2G

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)2G
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Telecoms
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (25.00 %)DSP Engineer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)Device Driver
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Network Planning
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)C
22 (50.00 %)Embedded C
31 (25.00 %)C++
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