The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridge 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 29 47 33
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -14
Contract jobs citing 3G 7 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.128% 0.236% 0.391%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.459% 1.333% 1.786%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £325 - £280
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £280 £310
% change year-on-year
+5.35% -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
74 75 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.49% 17.69% 21.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 34 19
Average daily rate £298 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.80% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 22 12
Average hourly rate £37.00 £41.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.30% +17.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £10.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
3G
Cambridgeshire

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge 3G Daily Rate Trend

3G
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge 3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing 3G 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 3G.

1 11 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 11 (100.00%) LTE
2 10 (90.91%) UMTS
2 10 (90.91%) Wireless
3 7 (63.64%) 4G
4 6 (54.55%) WiMAX
4 6 (54.55%) PhD
5 4 (36.36%) GSM
5 4 (36.36%) WCDMA
6 1 (9.091%) C
6 1 (9.091%) Unit Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Embedded C
6 1 (9.091%) 2G

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 11 (100.00%) LTE
2 10 (90.91%) UMTS
2 10 (90.91%) Wireless
3 7 (63.64%) 4G
4 6 (54.55%) WiMAX
5 4 (36.36%) GSM
5 4 (36.36%) WCDMA
6 1 (9.091%) 2G
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Development Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) DSP Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) C
1 1 (9.091%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) PhD