The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symbian products and/or services 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 Symbian over the 3 months to 20 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Symbian Ltd.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symbian
Rank 116 130 108
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -22
Contract jobs citing Symbian 2 5 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.089% 0.168% 0.715%
As % of the Vendors category 0.192% 0.370% 1.494%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 8
Average daily rate - £413 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +24.06%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £333
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -9.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 - £25.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - £27.50
All Vendors
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1040 1351 1339
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 46.30% 45.32% 47.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 604 530
Average daily rate £340 £350 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £188 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 117 177
Average hourly rate £25.00 £29.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.79% +26.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.43 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.04 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+0.21% -5.00%
Symbian
England

Symbian
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Symbian Jobs Demand Trend

Symbian
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Symbian Daily Rate Trend

Symbian
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Symbian Hourly Rate Trend

Symbian
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Symbian within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 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
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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 - 2 - -
Symbian
England

Symbian
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Symbian 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 Symbian.

1 4 (80.00%) Android
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) JSON
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) OpenGL
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Qt
2 3 (60.00%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (60.00%) bada
2 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (60.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) QNX
3 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (40.00%) Device Driver
3 2 (40.00%) Handset
3 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Eclipse
3 2 (40.00%) Bluetooth
3 2 (40.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) C++
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
3 2 (40.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (40.00%) HTML5

Symbian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) OpenGL
1 3 (60.00%) Qt
1 3 (60.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) HTML5
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (40.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Eclipse
1 2 (40.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded Software Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (60.00%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (40.00%) Device Driver
2 2 (40.00%) Handset
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Android
2 3 (60.00%) bada
2 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) C++
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) QNX
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