The first table below looks at the demand for MIMO skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MIMO over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO)
Rank 120 - 131
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MIMO 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.045% - 0.036%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.258% - 0.258%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 - £355
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £33.25
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
387 610 388
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.28% 20.17% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 210 108
Average daily rate £320 £325 £299
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 65 79
Average hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £12.04 £11.06
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
MIMO
England

MIMO
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MIMO across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England MIMO Jobs Demand Trend

MIMO
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England MIMO Daily Rate Trend

MIMO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England MIMO Hourly Rate Trend

MIMO
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MIMO within the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Cambridgeshire - 1 £325 -
MIMO
England

MIMO
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing MIMO 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 MIMO.

1 3 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) OFDM
1 3 (100.00%) LTE
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded C++
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) 4G
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing

MIMO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing MIMO 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 MIMO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) OFDM
1 3 (100.00%) LTE
2 2 (66.67%) 4G
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) DSP Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 3 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded C++
2 2 (66.67%) C++