The first table below looks at the demand for WCDMA skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WCDMA over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cambridgeshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA)
Rank - 61 57
Contract jobs citing WCDMA 0 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire - 0.414% 0.319%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 2.083% 2.151%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £313 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £255 £260 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.92% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £36.75 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -8.12%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £36.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-3.40% -8.12%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
98 144 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 17.13% 19.86% 14.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 68 31
Average daily rate £275 £320 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% +11.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £205 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £418 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 34 24
Average hourly rate £37.00 £38.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.89% +185.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £12.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
WCDMA
East of England

WCDMA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire WCDMA Jobs Demand Trend

WCDMA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire WCDMA Daily Rate Trend

WCDMA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire WCDMA Hourly Rate Trend

WCDMA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCDMA within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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WCDMA
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA.

1 4 (100.00%) GSM
1 4 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 4 (100.00%) UMTS
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
1 4 (100.00%) LTE

WCDMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) GSM
1 4 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 4 (100.00%) UMTS
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
1 4 (100.00%) LTE
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
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