UMTS Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for UMTS 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 UMTS over the 3 months to 21 May 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Rank 113 113 124
Rank change year-on-year
0 +11
Contract jobs citing UMTS 7 18 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.321% 0.613% 0.077%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.795% 3.429% 0.467%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £265 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £46.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-18.91% +15.62%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 390 525 428
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.89% 17.88% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 173 128
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £481
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 51 83
Average hourly rate £19.00 £32.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.53% +18.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
UMTS
England

UMTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England UMTS Jobs Demand Trend

UMTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England UMTS Daily Rate Trend

UMTS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England UMTS Hourly Rate Trend

UMTS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UMTS within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Cambridgeshire - 6 - -
Hertfordshire -2 1 £265 -29.33%
UMTS
England

UMTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing UMTS 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 UMTS.

1 15 (83.33%) LTE
2 14 (77.78%) Wireless
2 14 (77.78%) 3GPP
3 12 (66.67%) 3G
4 9 (50.00%) GSM
5 7 (38.89%) 4G
6 6 (33.33%) WiMAX
6 6 (33.33%) PhD
7 5 (27.78%) WCDMA
8 4 (22.22%) C
9 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
10 2 (11.11%) 2G
10 2 (11.11%) Handset
10 2 (11.11%) VHDL
10 2 (11.11%) NAS
10 2 (11.11%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
10 2 (11.11%) Agilent
10 2 (11.11%) Wireshark
10 2 (11.11%) C++
10 2 (11.11%) SLA
10 2 (11.11%) Motorola
10 2 (11.11%) CDMA
10 2 (11.11%) MATLAB
10 2 (11.11%) Network Architecture
10 2 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
11 1 (5.556%) Nokia Siemens Networks
11 1 (5.556%) Project Management
11 1 (5.556%) GPRS
11 1 (5.556%) IPv4
11 1 (5.556%) IPv6

UMTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing UMTS 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 UMTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 15 (83.33%) LTE
2 14 (77.78%) Wireless
2 14 (77.78%) 3GPP
3 12 (66.67%) 3G
4 9 (50.00%) GSM
5 7 (38.89%) 4G
6 6 (33.33%) WiMAX
7 5 (27.78%) WCDMA
8 2 (11.11%) 2G
8 2 (11.11%) NAS
8 2 (11.11%) Wireshark
8 2 (11.11%) CDMA
8 2 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (5.556%) GPRS
9 1 (5.556%) IPv4
9 1 (5.556%) IPv6
9 1 (5.556%) ATM
9 1 (5.556%) HSPA
9 1 (5.556%) Nokia NetAct
9 1 (5.556%) RNC
General
1 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) DSP Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Development Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) RAN Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Handset
1 2 (11.11%) VHDL
1 2 (11.11%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.11%) Network Architecture
2 1 (5.556%) Project Management
2 1 (5.556%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) C
2 2 (11.11%) C++
2 2 (11.11%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Agilent
1 2 (11.11%) Motorola
2 1 (5.556%) Nokia Siemens Networks
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