Bristol Network Planning Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Network Planning skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Planning over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Network Planning
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Burgess Hill Cheshire East of England East Sussex England Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands North West Reading Scotland Shropshire Solihull South East South Lanarkshire South West Surrey Telford UK Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex	3 months to 8 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	48	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	5	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.010 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	1.506 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£409
% change on same period last year	-26.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£38.31
% change on same period last year	-
Processes & Methodologies Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	332	393
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.665 %	0.492 %
Daily rates quoted	103	161
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£357
Average daily rate	£355	£369
% change on same period last year	-3.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	79	45
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.39	£23.21
Average hourly rate	£28.08	£26.05
% change on same period last year	+7.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.76	£28.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.65	£28.89
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
Network Planning 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.

Network Planning
Demand Trend

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

Network Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

Network Planning
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Network Planning 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 Network Planning.

1 8 (100.00 %) 3G 2 7 (87.50 %) Project Planning 2 7 (87.50 %) SDH 3 1 (12.50 %) ATM 3 1 (12.50 %) GSM 3 1 (12.50 %) Project Management 3 1 (12.50 %) Telecoms 3 1 (12.50 %) RNC

Network Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Network Planning 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 Network Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 8 (100.00 %) 3G 2 7 (87.50 %) SDH 3 1 (12.50 %) RNC 3 1 (12.50 %) ATM 3 1 (12.50 %) GSM	General 1 1 (12.50 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 7 (87.50 %) Radio Access Network Engineer	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (87.50 %) Project Planning 2 1 (12.50 %) Project Management