The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Nokia products and/or services 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 Nokia over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Nokia Corporation.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Nokia
Rank 203 179 231
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +52
Contract jobs citing Nokia 2 36 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.031% 0.451% 0.103%
As % of the Vendors category 0.069% 1.070% 0.246%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 23 4
Average daily rate - £425 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.03%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £295 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.69% -9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.67 £27.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year
-39.38% -1.78%
All Vendors
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2906 3363 4071
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 45.20% 42.15% 42.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2056 2300 2802
Average daily rate £433 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.76% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 101 129
Average hourly rate £23.75 £21.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.09% -2.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £13.59
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £39.50 £44.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Nokia
London

Nokia
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Nokia Jobs Demand Trend

Nokia
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Nokia Daily Rate Trend

Nokia
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Nokia Hourly Rate Trend

Nokia
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) MPLS
2 5 (71.43%) OSPF
2 5 (71.43%) BGP
2 5 (71.43%) Juniper
2 5 (71.43%) Firewall
3 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) RSVP
3 4 (57.14%) Wireless
3 4 (57.14%) IPsec
3 4 (57.14%) Ethernet
3 4 (57.14%) SNMP
3 4 (57.14%) VPN
4 3 (42.86%) OpenView
4 3 (42.86%) HP
4 3 (42.86%) CiscoWorks
5 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
5 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (14.29%) Check Point Certification
6 1 (14.29%) Nortel
6 1 (14.29%) CCSP
6 1 (14.29%) CCNP
6 1 (14.29%) CCNA
6 1 (14.29%) CCDA
6 1 (14.29%) Perl
6 1 (14.29%) UNIX
6 1 (14.29%) Windows
6 1 (14.29%) Solaris
6 1 (14.29%) Linux

Nokia
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 5 (71.43%) MPLS
1 5 (71.43%) OSPF
1 5 (71.43%) BGP
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 4 (57.14%) RSVP
2 4 (57.14%) Wireless
2 4 (57.14%) IPsec
2 4 (57.14%) Ethernet
2 4 (57.14%) SNMP
2 4 (57.14%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) SDH
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) NetScreen
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (14.29%) Junos
3 1 (14.29%) FWSM
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) NOC Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Network Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Solaris
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
1 1 (14.29%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Check Point Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CCSP
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) CCNA
3 1 (14.29%) CCDA
3 1 (14.29%) CCSA
3 1 (14.29%) CCSE
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) OpenView
1 3 (42.86%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) Juniper
3 3 (42.86%) HP
4 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
5 1 (14.29%) Nortel
5 1 (14.29%) Redback
5 1 (14.29%) Blue Coat
5 1 (14.29%) Radware