The first table below looks at the demand for Symposium skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symposium over the 3 months to 23 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 Buckinghamshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Nortel Networks Symposium
Rank 66 - 74
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Symposium 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.123% - 0.184%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.980% - 1.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £425 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.42 - -
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
102 150 175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.58% 15.20% 16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 37 66
Average daily rate £425 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £173 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 22
Average hourly rate £14.96 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.81% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £10.05 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £41.25 £84.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Symposium
South East

Symposium
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Symposium Jobs Demand Trend

Symposium
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Symposium Daily Rate Trend

Symposium
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Symposium within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes - 1 - -
Symposium
South East

Symposium
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Symposium 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 Symposium.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning

Symposium
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Symposium 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 Symposium. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Forecast Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Business Objects