The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 18 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 Coventry 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 27 36 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing 3G 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 1.081% 0.346% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.524% 2.128% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £280 £300
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £37.25 £38.75
% change year-on-year
-14.09% -3.87%
All Communications & Networking
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
21 47 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 11.35% 16.26% 7.514%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 7
Average daily rate £100 £338 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-70.37% +27.35%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
Average hourly rate £30.25 £14.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+108.62% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
3G
West Midlands

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 5 (71.43%) 2G
2 3 (42.86%) SLA
3 2 (28.57%) GSM
3 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
3 2 (28.57%) LTE
3 2 (28.57%) 4G
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) iOS SDK
4 1 (14.29%) Telematics
4 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
4 1 (14.29%) Automotive
4 1 (14.29%) Cramer
4 1 (14.29%) Handset
4 1 (14.29%) Xcode
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) QA
4 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Android
4 1 (14.29%) VPN
4 1 (14.29%) SDH
4 1 (14.29%) UMTS
4 1 (14.29%) MS Office
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (14.29%) ATM
4 1 (14.29%) Broadband
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 (14.29%) iOS SDK
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) 2G
2 2 (28.57%) LTE
2 2 (28.57%) 4G
2 2 (28.57%) GSM
2 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) SDH
3 1 (14.29%) UMTS
3 1 (14.29%) ATM
3 1 (14.29%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Xcode
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Coordinator
1 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Field Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Project Coordinator
1 1 (14.29%) Rollout Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
1 1 (14.29%) Handset
1 1 (14.29%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Mac OS X
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
1 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
1 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
1 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Ericsson
1 1 (14.29%) Apple
1 1 (14.29%) BT
1 1 (14.29%) Cramer
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