The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3G 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 City of London 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
3G
Rank 202 205 243
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +38
Contract jobs citing 3G 8 7 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.118% 0.090% 0.080%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.950% 0.746% 0.764%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
Average daily rate £213 £268 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.56% -10.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £202 £157
10% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £334 £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £280 £313
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £17.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £38.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-11.84% +1.33%
All Communications & Networking
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
842 938 1047
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 12.42% 12.12% 10.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 552 633 671
Average daily rate £375 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 29 86
Average hourly rate £25.00 £23.50 £21.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% +10.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £18.10 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £103.80 £41.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
3G
London

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 3G across the City of London region.

City of London 3G Daily Rate Trend

3G
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3G across the City of London region.

City of London 3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing 3G 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 3G.

1 20 (76.92%) Blackberry
2 19 (73.08%) Windows
2 19 (73.08%) Active Directory
3 18 (69.23%) VPN
3 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
3 18 (69.23%) MS Office
4 17 (65.38%) Broadband
4 17 (65.38%) Banking
5 14 (53.85%) Dell
6 11 (42.31%) Finance
6 11 (42.31%) MS Visio
7 6 (23.08%) Windows XP
8 5 (19.23%) MS Exchange
8 5 (19.23%) SCCM
8 5 (19.23%) Windows 7
9 4 (15.38%) Citrix
9 4 (15.38%) Logistics
10 3 (11.54%) Cisco
10 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
10 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
10 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (11.54%) Lotus
10 3 (11.54%) ITIL
10 3 (11.54%) IBM Notes
10 3 (11.54%) MCSE
10 3 (11.54%) 4G
10 3 (11.54%) Investment Banking
10 3 (11.54%) Computer Science
10 3 (11.54%) Degree
11 2 (7.692%) Mandarin Language

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.846%) HTML
1 1 (3.846%) CSS
1 1 (3.846%) Web Services
1 1 (3.846%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) MS Exchange
2 3 (11.54%) IBM Notes
3 2 (7.692%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (3.846%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 18 (69.23%) MS Office
2 11 (42.31%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (69.23%) VPN
2 17 (65.38%) Broadband
3 3 (11.54%) 4G
4 2 (7.692%) HTTP
4 2 (7.692%) TCP/IP
4 2 (7.692%) Wireless
4 2 (7.692%) 2G
5 1 (3.846%) VLAN
5 1 (3.846%) IPsec
5 1 (3.846%) TACACS
5 1 (3.846%) Internet
5 1 (3.846%) DNS
5 1 (3.846%) HTTPS
5 1 (3.846%) ADSL
5 1 (3.846%) LAN
5 1 (3.846%) 3GPP
5 1 (3.846%) VoIP
5 1 (3.846%) WLAN
5 1 (3.846%) WAN
5 1 (3.846%) POP3
General
1 17 (65.38%) Banking
2 11 (42.31%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
3 3 (11.54%) Investment Banking
4 2 (7.692%) Mandarin Language
4 2 (7.692%) Cantonese Language
5 1 (3.846%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Desktop Support
2 10 (38.46%) Analyst
3 9 (34.62%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 9 (34.62%) Support Analyst
3 9 (34.62%) Desktop Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Build Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Support Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Technical Trainer
7 1 (3.846%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (3.846%) Team Leader
7 1 (3.846%) Installations Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Radio Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Test Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Network Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Trainer
7 1 (3.846%) EPoS Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (76.92%) Blackberry
2 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.54%) Computer Science
3 2 (7.692%) EPoS
4 1 (3.846%) SecurID
4 1 (3.846%) Open Source
4 1 (3.846%) Social Media
4 1 (3.846%) iPhone
4 1 (3.846%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.846%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.846%) Psychology
Operating Systems
1 19 (73.08%) Windows
2 6 (23.08%) Windows XP
3 5 (19.23%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (15.38%) Logistics
2 3 (11.54%) ITIL
3 1 (3.846%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (11.54%) MCSE
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.692%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.846%) CCNP
3 1 (3.846%) CCNA
3 1 (3.846%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 19 (73.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) SCCM
2 1 (3.846%) DameWare
2 1 (3.846%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 14 (53.85%) Dell
3 4 (15.38%) Citrix
4 3 (11.54%) Cisco
4 3 (11.54%) Lotus
5 2 (7.692%) VeriFone
5 2 (7.692%) HP
6 1 (3.846%) Avaya
6 1 (3.846%) Cognos
6 1 (3.846%) Facebook
6 1 (3.846%) Twitter
6 1 (3.846%) ProCurve
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