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The table below looks at the demand for 3GPP LTE 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 LTE over the 3 months to 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Link3GPP LTE
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank124146
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.333 %0.360 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£40.00
Average hourly rate£42.50£50.00
% change on same period last year-15.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.67£50.00
% change on same period last year-20.66 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads600833
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.937 %0.906 %
Daily rates quoted138216
Average minimum daily rate£299£290
Average daily rate£313£310
% change on same period last year+1.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£328£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£332
% change on same period last year+5.01 %
Hourly rates quoted122181
Average minimum hourly rate£28.17£28.23
Average hourly rate£29.95£30.08
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.74£31.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.95£29.13
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
LTE EnglandLTE
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.

LTE
Demand Trend

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

East of England LTE Demand Trend

LTE
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England LTE Daily Rate Trend

LTE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England LTE Hourly Rate Trend

LTE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LTE within the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 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--
LTE EnglandLTE
England

LTE
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing LTE 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 LTE.

16 (75.00 %)GSM
25 (62.50 %)3G
25 (62.50 %)Wireless
25 (62.50 %)WCDMA
34 (50.00 %)Ethernet
34 (50.00 %)CDMA2000
34 (50.00 %)VHDL
34 (50.00 %)TETRA
34 (50.00 %)WiMAX
34 (50.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
34 (50.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
43 (37.50 %)C
52 (25.00 %)3GPP
52 (25.00 %)HSDPA
52 (25.00 %)HSUPA
52 (25.00 %)GPRS
61 (12.50 %)Automated Testing
61 (12.50 %)Unit Testing
61 (12.50 %)OFDM
61 (12.50 %)HSPA
61 (12.50 %)Validation
61 (12.50 %)Telecoms
61 (12.50 %)UMTS
61 (12.50 %)C++
61 (12.50 %)Java
61 (12.50 %)OO
61 (12.50 %)CDMA
61 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
61 (12.50 %)Embedded C

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing LTE 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 LTE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (75.00 %)GSM
25 (62.50 %)WCDMA
25 (62.50 %)3G
25 (62.50 %)Wireless
34 (50.00 %)TETRA
34 (50.00 %)WiMAX
34 (50.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
34 (50.00 %)CDMA2000
34 (50.00 %)Ethernet
42 (25.00 %)3GPP
42 (25.00 %)GPRS
42 (25.00 %)HSUPA
42 (25.00 %)HSDPA
51 (12.50 %)OFDM
51 (12.50 %)HSPA
51 (12.50 %)CDMA
51 (12.50 %)UMTS
51 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Telecoms
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (50.00 %)FPGA Engineer
22 (25.00 %)FPGA Design Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Design Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Test Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Telecoms Engineer
31 (12.50 %)GSM Engineer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (50.00 %)VHDL
14 (50.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)OO
11 (12.50 %)Validation
11 (12.50 %)Automated Testing
11 (12.50 %)Unit Testing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (37.50 %)C
21 (12.50 %)C++
21 (12.50 %)Java
21 (12.50 %)Embedded C