Cheshire Nokia Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Nokia products and/or services in IT contracts within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Nokia over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bridgend Bromley Buckinghamshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London Coventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Grays Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Leicestershire London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Scotland South East South Wales South West Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	58	56
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	6	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	1.515 %	2.062 %
Daily rates quoted	1	3
Average minimum daily rate	£550	£207
Average daily rate	£600	£207
% change on same period last year	+190.32 %
Average maximum daily rate	£650	£207
UK excluding London average daily rate	£321	£303
% change on same period last year	+5.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.58	£34.78
% change on same period last year	-0.57 %
Vendors Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	396	388
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.528 %	0.387 %
Daily rates quoted	108	103
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£309
Average daily rate	£347	£322
% change on same period last year	+7.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£359
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	60	29
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.27	£21.79
Average hourly rate	£24.02	£22.63
% change on same period last year	+6.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.76	£23.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.10	£24.81
% change on same period last year	-2.85 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Nokia Corporation.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Nokia across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Nokia within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Warrington	-	4	-	-

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Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Nokia 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 Nokia.

1 7 (87.50 %) UMTS 2 5 (62.50 %) Mapinfo 2 5 (62.50 %) Telecoms 2 5 (62.50 %) Cramer 3 3 (37.50 %) Data Management 4 2 (25.00 %) 3G 4 2 (25.00 %) HNC 5 1 (12.50 %) UNIX 5 1 (12.50 %) MS Access 5 1 (12.50 %) GSM 5 1 (12.50 %) Nortel 5 1 (12.50 %) Juniper 5 1 (12.50 %) Lucent 5 1 (12.50 %) Ericsson 5 1 (12.50 %) CheckPoint

5 1 (12.50 %) Firewall 5 1 (12.50 %) Risk Assessment 5 1 (12.50 %) 2G 5 1 (12.50 %) Network Planning 5 1 (12.50 %) Statistics

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Nokia 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 Nokia. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 7 (87.50 %) UMTS 2 2 (25.00 %) 3G 3 1 (12.50 %) Firewall 3 1 (12.50 %) 2G 3 1 (12.50 %) GSM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (12.50 %) MS Access
General 1 5 (62.50 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 1 (12.50 %) Consultant 1 1 (12.50 %) Security Consultant 1 1 (12.50 %) Technical Consultant 1 1 (12.50 %) Technical Security Consultant 1 1 (12.50 %) Firewall Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 1 (12.50 %) Statistics	Operating Systems 1 1 (12.50 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (37.50 %) Data Management 2 1 (12.50 %) Network Planning 2 1 (12.50 %) Risk Assessment	Qualifications 1 2 (25.00 %) HNC
Vendors 1 5 (62.50 %) Mapinfo 1 5 (62.50 %) Cramer 2 1 (12.50 %) Nortel 2 1 (12.50 %) Juniper 2 1 (12.50 %) Lucent 2 1 (12.50 %) Ericsson 2 1 (12.50 %) CheckPoint