Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the 3G Engineer role in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 3G Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank121153
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.066 %0.071 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£268-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£45.00
Average hourly rate-£47.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£44.17
% change on same period last year-
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads30434243
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.793 %4.547 %
Daily rates quoted8391316
Average minimum daily rate£305£311
Average daily rate£326£329
% change on same period last year-0.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted491689
Average minimum hourly rate£21.83£25.29
Average hourly rate£23.22£26.74
% change on same period last year-13.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.61£28.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
3G Engineer England3G Engineer
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

3G Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 3G Engineer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England 3G Engineer Demand Trend

3G Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England 3G Engineer Daily Rate Trend

3G Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3G Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

East of England 3G Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

3G Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England 3G Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

3G Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireUp+152£275-
3G Engineer England3G Engineer
England

3G Engineer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited 3G Engineer in their job title 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 with 3G Engineer in their job title.

16 (100.00 %)3G
25 (83.33 %)Telecoms
34 (66.67 %)GSM
43 (50.00 %)UMTS
43 (50.00 %)Validation
52 (33.33 %)2G
52 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
61 (16.67 %)3GPP
61 (16.67 %)C
61 (16.67 %)C++
61 (16.67 %)UNIX
61 (16.67 %)Linux
61 (16.67 %)OO
61 (16.67 %)OOD
61 (16.67 %)GPRS
61 (16.67 %)Handset
61 (16.67 %)SS7
61 (16.67 %)Regression Testing
61 (16.67 %)Auditing
61 (16.67 %)Integration Testing
61 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
61 (16.67 %)System Testing
61 (16.67 %)Data Management
61 (16.67 %)RNC
61 (16.67 %)Software Engineering

3G Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited 3G Engineer in their job title 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 with 3G Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (100.00 %)3G
24 (66.67 %)GSM
33 (50.00 %)UMTS
42 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
42 (33.33 %)2G
51 (16.67 %)RNC
51 (16.67 %)SS7
51 (16.67 %)3GPP
51 (16.67 %)GPRS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (83.33 %)Telecoms
21 (16.67 %)Auditing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Handset
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)UNIX
11 (16.67 %)Linux
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)Validation
21 (16.67 %)Data Management
21 (16.67 %)Software Engineering
21 (16.67 %)Integration Testing
21 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
21 (16.67 %)System Testing
21 (16.67 %)OO
21 (16.67 %)OOD
21 (16.67 %)Regression Testing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)C
11 (16.67 %)C++