The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symbian products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Symbian over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Symbian Ltd.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symbian
Rank 35 - 26
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Symbian 2 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.595% - 3.187%
As % of the Vendors category 1.266% - 9.302%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £329
UK excluding London average daily rate £389 £300 £333
% change year-on-year
+29.58% -9.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 - £25.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - £27.50
All Vendors
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
158 178 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 47.02% 41.59% 34.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 85 39
Average daily rate £300 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £418 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 21 14
Average hourly rate £24.95 £40.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.62% +220.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.88 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £47.50 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Symbian
Cambridgeshire

Symbian
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Symbian Jobs Demand Trend

Symbian
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Symbian Daily Rate Trend

Symbian
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Symbian Hourly Rate Trend

Symbian
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Symbian 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 Symbian.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) QNX
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 2 (100.00%) Handset
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development

Symbian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Symbian 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 Symbian. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 2 (100.00%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 2 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) QNX
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The development team possesses experts Windows Embedded CE, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Android, QNX, and Linux based technologies... - Assisting the development of an Android device... - Ability to fix issues...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: £37.50 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013