2G Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2G over the 3 months to 24 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 East of England 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 108 119 110
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -9
Contract jobs citing 2G 6 13 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.281% 0.440% 0.643%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.579% 2.439% 3.944%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £325 £375 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +87.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £288 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.86% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -12.50%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 380 533 431
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.77% 18.04% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 171 127
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £217 £212 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £476
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 52 85
Average hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
2G
England

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2G across the East of England region.

East of England 2G Daily Rate Trend

2G
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the East of England region.

East of England 2G Hourly Rate Trend

2G
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire 0 5 - -
Cambridgeshire +12 1 £325 -
2G
England

2G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing 2G 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 2G.

1 17 (77.27%) LTE
2 15 (68.18%) Telecoms
3 13 (59.09%) 3G
4 8 (36.36%) Data Management
4 8 (36.36%) Business Analysis
5 6 (27.27%) 3GPP
6 5 (22.73%) Degree
7 4 (18.18%) Web Development
7 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
7 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
7 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
7 4 (18.18%) ATM
8 3 (13.64%) C
8 3 (13.64%) Embedded C
8 3 (13.64%) Ericsson
8 3 (13.64%) SDH
8 3 (13.64%) Electronics
8 3 (13.64%) Unit Testing
8 3 (13.64%) 4G
8 3 (13.64%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (9.091%) RNC
9 2 (9.091%) Agilent
9 2 (9.091%) Wireshark
9 2 (9.091%) Mathematics
9 2 (9.091%) Physics
9 2 (9.091%) Network Architecture
9 2 (9.091%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 2 (9.091%) HSPA
9 2 (9.091%) Nokia NetAct
9 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.545%) .NET
1 1 (4.545%) J2EE
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.545%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 17 (77.27%) LTE
2 13 (59.09%) 3G
3 6 (27.27%) 3GPP
4 4 (18.18%) ATM
5 3 (13.64%) SDH
5 3 (13.64%) 4G
5 3 (13.64%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (9.091%) RNC
6 2 (9.091%) Wireshark
6 2 (9.091%) HSPA
6 2 (9.091%) Nokia NetAct
6 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
6 2 (9.091%) UMTS
6 2 (9.091%) GSM
7 1 (4.545%) LAN
7 1 (4.545%) GPRS
7 1 (4.545%) WAN
7 1 (4.545%) WCDMA
7 1 (4.545%) Ethernet
7 1 (4.545%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) MS Access
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 15 (68.18%) Telecoms
2 3 (13.64%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Business Analyst
1 8 (36.36%) Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Test Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Circuiting Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Software Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Transmission Planner
4 1 (4.545%) OSS Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) RAN Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) RF Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Mathematics
1 2 (9.091%) Physics
2 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.545%) UNIX
1 1 (4.545%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Data Management
1 8 (36.36%) Business Analysis
2 4 (18.18%) Web Development
2 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
2 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 3 (13.64%) Unit Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Network Architecture
4 2 (9.091%) OO
5 1 (4.545%) RAD
5 1 (4.545%) B2B
5 1 (4.545%) Change Management
5 1 (4.545%) Network Planning
5 1 (4.545%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) C
1 3 (13.64%) Embedded C
2 2 (9.091%) C++
3 1 (4.545%) SQL
3 1 (4.545%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) ISO 9000
1 1 (4.545%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Ericsson
2 2 (9.091%) Agilent
2 2 (9.091%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 1 (4.545%) BT
3 1 (4.545%) Cramer
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