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The table below looks at the demand for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UMTS over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5647
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads331
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.031 %
As % of the category below1.987 %10.40 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£240
Average daily rate-£285
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£303
% change on same period last year+19.48 %
Hourly rates quoted16
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£40.83
Average hourly rate£37.50£42.50
% change on same period last year-11.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£44.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.64£39.32
% change on same period last year+3.36 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads151298
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.213 %0.301 %
Daily rates quoted1730
Average minimum daily rate£221£257
Average daily rate£255£280
% change on same period last year-9.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£289£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted5674
Average minimum hourly rate£25.12£32.17
Average hourly rate£27.46£34.80
% change on same period last year-21.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.80£37.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
UMTS East of EnglandUMTS
East of England

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.

UMTS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing UMTS across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cambridgeshire UMTS Demand Trend

UMTS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing UMTS across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire UMTS Daily Rate Trend

UMTS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing UMTS across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire UMTS Hourly Rate Trend

UMTS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UMTS within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeDown-33--
UMTS East of EnglandUMTS
East of England

UMTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing UMTS 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 UMTS.

110 (100.00 %)Telecoms
29 (90.00 %)C++
38 (80.00 %)C
46 (60.00 %)GSM
55 (50.00 %)Linux
55 (50.00 %)3G
63 (30.00 %)SS7
63 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
63 (30.00 %)GPRS
63 (30.00 %)STL
63 (30.00 %)OO
63 (30.00 %)HSDPA
63 (30.00 %)HSUPA
72 (20.00 %)Embedded Linux
72 (20.00 %)Device Driver
72 (20.00 %)RNC
72 (20.00 %)UNIX
72 (20.00 %)Perl
72 (20.00 %)CDMA
72 (20.00 %)WCDMA
72 (20.00 %)Embedded C
81 (10.00 %)Wireless
81 (10.00 %)IPsec
81 (10.00 %)Tcl
81 (10.00 %)FTP
81 (10.00 %)HTTP
81 (10.00 %)UML
81 (10.00 %)SQL
81 (10.00 %).NET
81 (10.00 %)MFC

UMTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing UMTS 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 UMTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %)STL
21 (10.00 %)XML
21 (10.00 %)ActiveX
21 (10.00 %).NET
21 (10.00 %)MFC
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (60.00 %)GSM
25 (50.00 %)3G
33 (30.00 %)SS7
33 (30.00 %)GPRS
33 (30.00 %)HSDPA
33 (30.00 %)HSUPA
33 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
42 (20.00 %)RNC
42 (20.00 %)CDMA
42 (20.00 %)WCDMA
51 (10.00 %)FTP
51 (10.00 %)HTTP
51 (10.00 %)Wireless
51 (10.00 %)IPsec
51 (10.00 %)LTE
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Eclipse
11 (10.00 %)Subversion
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
22 (20.00 %)Developer
22 (20.00 %)C++ Developer
31 (10.00 %)Test Engineer
31 (10.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Software Test Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Telecoms Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Security Engineer
31 (10.00 %)RNC Engineer
31 (10.00 %)UMTS Engineer
31 (10.00 %)C Developer
31 (10.00 %)GSM Engineer
31 (10.00 %)3G Engineer
31 (10.00 %)3G Software Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Tester
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)Device Driver
21 (10.00 %)Multithreading
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (50.00 %)Linux
22 (20.00 %)UNIX
22 (20.00 %)Embedded Linux
31 (10.00 %)Windows
31 (10.00 %)Windows XP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)OO
21 (10.00 %)OOD
21 (10.00 %)Validation
21 (10.00 %)Automated Testing
21 (10.00 %)Software Engineering
21 (10.00 %)Integration Testing
21 (10.00 %)UML
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (90.00 %)C++
28 (80.00 %)C
32 (20.00 %)Perl
32 (20.00 %)Embedded C
41 (10.00 %)Tcl
41 (10.00 %)SQL
41 (10.00 %)C#
41 (10.00 %)Java