The first table below looks at the demand for 4G 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 4G over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
4G
Rank 47 58 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing 4G 3 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.564% 0.359% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.545% 2.521% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £320 £463 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.81% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £450 £418
% change year-on-year
-28.33% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+46.15% -18.75%
All Communications & Networking
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
66 119 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 12.41% 14.23% 9.340%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 72 18
Average daily rate £300 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £454 £475 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 8
Average hourly rate £20.50 £21.25 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.52% -14.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £16.50 £7.39
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
4G
South West

4G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 4G across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol 4G Jobs Demand Trend

4G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 4G across the Bristol region.

Bristol 4G Daily Rate Trend

4G
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing 4G 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 4G.

1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (50.00%) LTE
2 3 (50.00%) 3G
3 2 (33.33%) C
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (33.33%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (16.67%) MGW
4 1 (16.67%) 2G
4 1 (16.67%) RNC
4 1 (16.67%) Huawei
4 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 1 (16.67%) GGSN
4 1 (16.67%) SGSN
4 1 (16.67%) HSPA
4 1 (16.67%) SMS
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi

4G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing 4G 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 4G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) LTE
1 3 (50.00%) 3G
2 2 (33.33%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (16.67%) MGW
3 1 (16.67%) 2G
3 1 (16.67%) RNC
3 1 (16.67%) GGSN
3 1 (16.67%) SGSN
3 1 (16.67%) HSPA
3 1 (16.67%) SMS
3 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Communications Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Environment Manager
2 1 (16.67%) RAN Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Huawei