The first table below looks at the demand for GSM 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 GSM over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 49 59 48
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -11
Contract jobs citing GSM 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.187% 0.235% 0.155%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.449% 1.681% 1.639%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Average daily rate £175 £488 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-64.10% +14.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £275 £320
% change year-on-year
+11.81% -14.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £37.50
All Communications & Networking
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
69 119 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 12.92% 14.00% 9.457%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 71 18
Average daily rate £300 £403 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.46% +15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £461 £476 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 9
Average hourly rate £20.50 £21.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.52% -39.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £16.50 £7.59
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
GSM
South West

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol GSM Jobs Demand Trend

GSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol GSM Daily Rate Trend

GSM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol GSM Hourly Rate Trend

GSM
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing GSM 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 GSM.

1 4 (80.00%) UMTS
1 4 (80.00%) 3G
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (60.00%) 2G
3 2 (40.00%) GPRS
4 1 (20.00%) MS Office
4 1 (20.00%) SLA
4 1 (20.00%) Nokia
4 1 (20.00%) UTRAN
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) ISUP
4 1 (20.00%) INAP
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) BSS
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing GSM 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 GSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) UMTS
1 4 (80.00%) 3G
2 3 (60.00%) 2G
3 2 (40.00%) GPRS
4 1 (20.00%) BSS
4 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (20.00%) UTRAN
4 1 (20.00%) ISUP
4 1 (20.00%) INAP
General
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Service Management
1 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Nokia