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This section looks at the demand for 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited 3GPP over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Link3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank132146
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads615
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.843 %1.832 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£525-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£42.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50£39.08
% change on same period last year+8.74 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads712819
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.940 %0.816 %
Daily rates quoted231209
Average minimum daily rate£291£322
Average daily rate£313£343
% change on same period last year-8.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted100158
Average minimum hourly rate£24.52£25.60
Average hourly rate£26.87£27.53
% change on same period last year-2.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.21£29.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
3GPP England3GPP
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.

3GPP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 3GPP across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England 3GPP Demand Trend

3GPP
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England 3GPP Daily Rate Trend

3GPP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England 3GPP Hourly Rate Trend

3GPP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3GPP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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+26--
3GPP England3GPP
England

3GPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing 3GPP 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 3GPP.

110 (62.50 %)Java
110 (62.50 %)J2ME
110 (62.50 %)Java Card
29 (56.25 %)Telecoms
29 (56.25 %)Cryptography
37 (43.75 %)MSMQ
37 (43.75 %).NET
37 (43.75 %)WebServices
37 (43.75 %).NET Remoting
37 (43.75 %)WCF
46 (37.50 %)SQL
46 (37.50 %)C#
46 (37.50 %)Microsoft
46 (37.50 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
46 (37.50 %)TELNET
55 (31.25 %)SQL Server
55 (31.25 %)Visual Studio
55 (31.25 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (25.00 %)Degree
64 (25.00 %)Mathematics
64 (25.00 %)Computer Science
64 (25.00 %)UMTS
64 (25.00 %)SMPP
64 (25.00 %)Finance
73 (18.75 %)UTRAN
73 (18.75 %)Banking
82 (12.50 %)C
82 (12.50 %)SMS
82 (12.50 %)C++
82 (12.50 %)HSDPA

3GPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing 3GPP 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 3GPP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (62.50 %)J2ME
27 (43.75 %).NET
27 (43.75 %)WebServices
27 (43.75 %).NET Remoting
27 (43.75 %)WCF
31 (6.250 %)Java ME
31 (6.250 %)WF
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (37.50 %)TELNET
24 (25.00 %)UMTS
24 (25.00 %)SMPP
33 (18.75 %)UTRAN
42 (12.50 %)SMS
42 (12.50 %)HSDPA
51 (6.250 %)Wireless
51 (6.250 %)IPsec
51 (6.250 %)3G
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (31.25 %)SQL Server
15 (31.25 %)SQL Server 2005
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (31.25 %)Visual Studio
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (56.25 %)Telecoms
24 (25.00 %)Finance
33 (18.75 %)Banking
41 (6.250 %)Back Office
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (62.50 %)Developer
24 (25.00 %)C# Developer
33 (18.75 %)Software Developer
42 (12.50 %)Software Engineer
51 (6.250 %)C# Web Developer
51 (6.250 %)Test Engineer
51 (6.250 %)C++ Software Engineer
51 (6.250 %)Test Development Engineer
51 (6.250 %)Web Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (62.50 %)Java Card
29 (56.25 %)Cryptography
34 (25.00 %)Mathematics
34 (25.00 %)Computer Science
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (6.250 %)Windows
11 (6.250 %)Linux
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (6.250 %)Agile Software Development
11 (6.250 %)Performance Testing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (62.50 %)Java
26 (37.50 %)SQL
26 (37.50 %)C#
32 (12.50 %)C
32 (12.50 %)C++
41 (6.250 %)Transact-SQL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (25.00 %)Degree
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (43.75 %)MSMQ
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (37.50 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (37.50 %)Microsoft