The first table below looks at the demand for UMTS 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 UMTS 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Rank 204 213 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing UMTS 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.016% 0.025% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.119% 0.195% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £304 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-13.21% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-15.73% +11.25%
All Communications & Networking
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
841 1026 979
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 13.08% 12.86% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 697 629
Average daily rate £391 £413 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.15% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £270 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 39 75
Average hourly rate £50.25 £22.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+128.40% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £17.55 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
UMTS
London

UMTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London UMTS Jobs Demand Trend

UMTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London UMTS Daily Rate Trend

UMTS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London UMTS Hourly Rate Trend

UMTS
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 1 (100.00%) VBA
1 1 (100.00%) Mapinfo
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) WiMAX
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) LTE

UMTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WiMAX
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Mapinfo