East of England HSDPA Contracts

This section looks at the demand for High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) 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 HSDPA over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
Location Cambridgeshire East of England England London Manchester North West Scotland South West Swindon UK Wiltshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	144	149
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	3	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.426 %	0.496 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£300	-
Average daily rate	£356	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£413	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£372	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£40.00
Average hourly rate	-	£45.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£40.00	£38.75
% change on same period last year	+3.22 %
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	704	806
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.938 %	0.815 %
Daily rates quoted	214	203
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£338
Average daily rate	£336	£358
% change on same period last year	-6.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	122	155
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.63	£25.82
Average hourly rate	£30.44	£27.69
% change on same period last year	+9.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.24	£29.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
HSDPA 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.

HSDPA
Demand Trend

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

HSDPA
Daily Rate Trend

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

HSDPA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HSDPA across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

HSDPA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

HSDPA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HSDPA within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Cambridgeshire	0	3	£356	-

HSDPA England

HSDPA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing HSDPA 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 HSDPA.

1 6 (85.71 %) UMTS 2 4 (57.14 %) HSUPA 2 4 (57.14 %) Telecoms 3 3 (42.86 %) C 3 3 (42.86 %) C++ 3 3 (42.86 %) 3G 4 2 (28.57 %) UTRAN 4 2 (28.57 %) CDMA 4 2 (28.57 %) GPRS 4 2 (28.57 %) GSM 4 2 (28.57 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (28.57 %) 3GPP 5 1 (14.29 %) Microsoft 5 1 (14.29 %) WAN 5 1 (14.29 %) WCDMA

5 1 (14.29 %) Mathematics 5 1 (14.29 %) Computer Science 5 1 (14.29 %) UWB 5 1 (14.29 %) Chartered Engineer 5 1 (14.29 %) Computer Security 5 1 (14.29 %) Validation 5 1 (14.29 %) WiMAX 5 1 (14.29 %) RNC 5 1 (14.29 %) Automated Testing 5 1 (14.29 %) Degree 5 1 (14.29 %) LAN 5 1 (14.29 %) Java 5 1 (14.29 %) MS Project 5 1 (14.29 %) OO 5 1 (14.29 %) Primavera

HSDPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing HSDPA 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 HSDPA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (14.29 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 6 (85.71 %) UMTS 2 4 (57.14 %) HSUPA 3 3 (42.86 %) 3G 4 2 (28.57 %) UTRAN 4 2 (28.57 %) 3GPP 4 2 (28.57 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (28.57 %) CDMA 4 2 (28.57 %) GPRS 4 2 (28.57 %) GSM 5 1 (14.29 %) LAN 5 1 (14.29 %) WAN 5 1 (14.29 %) WCDMA 5 1 (14.29 %) Wi-Fi 5 1 (14.29 %) Wireless 5 1 (14.29 %) WiMAX 5 1 (14.29 %) RNC 5 1 (14.29 %) UWB
General 1 4 (57.14 %) Telecoms 2 1 (14.29 %) Electronics	Job Titles 1 1 (14.29 %) Project Manager 1 1 (14.29 %) Software Engineer 1 1 (14.29 %) Developer 1 1 (14.29 %) Technical Project Manager 1 1 (14.29 %) C++ Developer 1 1 (14.29 %) Technical Manager 1 1 (14.29 %) Telecoms Engineer 1 1 (14.29 %) Electronics Engineer 1 1 (14.29 %) C Developer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (14.29 %) Mathematics 1 1 (14.29 %) Computer Science	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (14.29 %) OO 1 1 (14.29 %) Project Management 1 1 (14.29 %) Validation 1 1 (14.29 %) Automated Testing 1 1 (14.29 %) Computer Security
Programming Languages 1 3 (42.86 %) C 1 3 (42.86 %) C++ 2 1 (14.29 %) Java	Qualifications 1 1 (14.29 %) Degree 1 1 (14.29 %) Chartered Engineer
Vendors 1 1 (14.29 %) Microsoft 1 1 (14.29 %) Primavera