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The table below looks at the demand for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGlobal System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7690
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.444 %0.316 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£301
% change on same period last year+9.25 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£50.00-
Average hourly rate£50.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.62£37.46
% change on same period last year-10.25 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads225316
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.315 %0.324 %
Daily rates quoted8067
Average minimum daily rate£338£341
Average daily rate£361£362
% change on same period last year-0.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£335
% change on same period last year+4.56 %
Hourly rates quoted1770
Average minimum hourly rate£25.74£25.84
Average hourly rate£26.66£26.77
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.57£27.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.48£28.80
% change on same period last year-4.57 %
GSM South EastGSM
South East

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire GSM Hourly Rate Trend

GSM
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)Perl
11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %)VC++
11 (100.00 %)Python
11 (100.00 %)CDMA
11 (100.00 %)GPRS
11 (100.00 %)UMTS
11 (100.00 %)WAP
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)CDMA2000
11 (100.00 %)Manufacturing

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)WAP
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)CDMA
11 (100.00 %)GPRS
11 (100.00 %)UMTS
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)CDMA2000
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Manufacturing
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)C++ Developer
11 (100.00 %)C Developer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)Perl
11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %)VC++
11 (100.00 %)Python