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The table below looks at the demand for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) 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 GSM over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGlobal System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank5049
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads310
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.013 %
As % of the category below4.286 %8.621 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£220
Average daily rate-£220
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£316
% change on same period last year+4.51 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£44.68£32.54
% change on same period last year+37.32 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads70116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.140 %0.145 %
Daily rates quoted1732
Average minimum daily rate£292£293
Average daily rate£316£313
% change on same period last year+1.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£344
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
Hourly rates quoted1933
Average minimum hourly rate£29.58£25.64
Average hourly rate£30.27£27.15
% change on same period last year+11.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.96£28.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.67£27.04
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
GSM South WestGSM
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.

GSM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing GSM across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol GSM Demand Trend

GSM
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, 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.

14 (66.67 %)SQL
23 (50.00 %)Oracle
23 (50.00 %)HP
23 (50.00 %)Telecoms
32 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (33.33 %)3G
32 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
32 (33.33 %)GPRS
32 (33.33 %)UMTS
32 (33.33 %)RDBMS
32 (33.33 %)MS Office
32 (33.33 %)UNIX
32 (33.33 %)Windows
41 (16.67 %)HPUX
41 (16.67 %)OO
41 (16.67 %)ATM
41 (16.67 %)SLA
41 (16.67 %)Nokia
41 (16.67 %)C
41 (16.67 %)C++
41 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
41 (16.67 %)Project Management
41 (16.67 %)2G
41 (16.67 %)Extreme Programming
41 (16.67 %)Amdocs
41 (16.67 %)Network Planning
41 (16.67 %)RNC
41 (16.67 %)Fault Management
41 (16.67 %)Performance Management

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (33.33 %)MS Office
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (33.33 %)GPRS
12 (33.33 %)UMTS
12 (33.33 %)3G
21 (16.67 %)2G
21 (16.67 %)RNC
21 (16.67 %)ATM
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)RDBMS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (50.00 %)Telecoms
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)3rd Line Support
21 (16.67 %)C++ Developer
21 (16.67 %)C Developer
21 (16.67 %)Radio Engineer
21 (16.67 %)OSS Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Tester
21 (16.67 %)Developer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (33.33 %)UNIX
12 (33.33 %)Windows
12 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (16.67 %)HPUX
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)OO
11 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
11 (16.67 %)Project Management
11 (16.67 %)Extreme Programming
11 (16.67 %)Network Planning
11 (16.67 %)Fault Management
11 (16.67 %)Performance Management
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (66.67 %)SQL
21 (16.67 %)C
21 (16.67 %)C++
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (16.67 %)SLA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Oracle
13 (50.00 %)HP
21 (16.67 %)Nokia
21 (16.67 %)Amdocs