The first table below looks at the demand for UWB 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 UWB over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ultra-wideband (UWB)
Rank - - 30
Contract jobs citing UWB 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - - 0.800%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 3.636%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £39.00
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
76 73 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.22% 17.46% 22.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 31 19
Average daily rate £285 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.80% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £213 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 21 11
Average hourly rate £37.00 £42.50 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.94% +14.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £10.70 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
UWB
Cambridgeshire

UWB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge UWB Jobs Demand Trend

UWB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge UWB Hourly Rate Trend