East of England C7 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for C7 (CCITT number 7) 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 C7 over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

C7 (CCITT number 7)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Buckinghamshire East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire London Midlands Newbury South East Surrey UK West Midlands	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	137	154
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	1	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	0.140 %	0.855 %
Daily rates quoted	1	5
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£300
Average daily rate	£350	£320
% change on same period last year	+9.37 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£395	£320
% change on same period last year	+23.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£25.00
% change on same period last year	-
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	712	819
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.940 %	0.816 %
Daily rates quoted	231	209
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 quoted	100	158
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 %
C7 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.

C7
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C7 across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

C7
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C7 across the East of England region.

C7
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C7 across the East of England region.

C7
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C7 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hertfordshire	+5	1	£350	+9.37 %

C7 England

C7
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing C7 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 C7.

1 2 (66.67 %) GPRS 1 2 (66.67 %) GSM 1 2 (66.67 %) Nortel 1 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms 1 2 (66.67 %) UMTS 2 1 (33.33 %) VoIP 2 1 (33.33 %) WLAN 2 1 (33.33 %) Education 2 1 (33.33 %) Billing 2 1 (33.33 %) Degree 2 1 (33.33 %) Erlang 2 1 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) Ericsson 2 1 (33.33 %) Project Management

2 1 (33.33 %) Service Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Electronics 2 1 (33.33 %) LAN 2 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 2 1 (33.33 %) UNIX

C7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing C7 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 C7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 2 (66.67 %) GPRS 1 2 (66.67 %) GSM 1 2 (66.67 %) UMTS 2 1 (33.33 %) VoIP 2 1 (33.33 %) WLAN 2 1 (33.33 %) LAN	General 1 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms 2 1 (33.33 %) Education 2 1 (33.33 %) Billing 2 1 (33.33 %) Electronics
Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Test Engineer 1 1 (33.33 %) Tester	Operating Systems 1 1 (33.33 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 1 1 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 1 1 (33.33 %) Project Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Service Management	Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) Erlang
Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) Degree	Vendors 1 2 (66.67 %) Nortel 2 1 (33.33 %) Ericsson 2 1 (33.33 %) Oracle