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The table below looks at the demand for Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) 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 WCDMA over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank132116
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads241
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.041 %
As % of the category below0.312 %4.807 %
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£215£248
% change on same period last year-13.13 %
Hourly rates quoted08
Average minimum hourly rate-£39.38
Average hourly rate-£42.81
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£46.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.75£38.85
% change on same period last year-13.13 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads641853
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.902 %0.862 %
Daily rates quoted180197
Average minimum daily rate£289£307
Average daily rate£307£328
% change on same period last year-6.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted124191
Average minimum hourly rate£23.72£27.68
Average hourly rate£25.91£29.71
% change on same period last year-12.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.09£31.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
WCDMA EnglandWCDMA
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.

WCDMA
Demand Trend

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

East of England WCDMA Demand Trend

WCDMA
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England WCDMA Daily Rate Trend

WCDMA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England WCDMA Hourly Rate Trend

WCDMA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCDMA within the East of England region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
CambridgeshireDown-211--
East AngliaNew entry-1--
WCDMA EnglandWCDMA
England

WCDMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA.

112 (80.00 %)GSM
211 (73.33 %)CDMA2000
211 (73.33 %)Wireless
310 (66.67 %)3G
310 (66.67 %)LTE
49 (60.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
49 (60.00 %)VHDL
49 (60.00 %)TETRA
49 (60.00 %)WiMAX
49 (60.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
49 (60.00 %)Ethernet
54 (26.67 %)Telecoms
54 (26.67 %)C
54 (26.67 %)C++
62 (13.33 %)HSUPA
62 (13.33 %)UMTS
62 (13.33 %)VC++
62 (13.33 %)HSDPA
62 (13.33 %)Embedded C
62 (13.33 %)Embedded C++
62 (13.33 %)VxWorks
71 (6.667 %)FTP
71 (6.667 %)HTTP
71 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
71 (6.667 %)Device Driver
71 (6.667 %)ActiveX
71 (6.667 %)Windows XP
71 (6.667 %)CDMA
71 (6.667 %)GPRS
71 (6.667 %)C#

WCDMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.667 %).NET
11 (6.667 %)MFC
11 (6.667 %)STL
11 (6.667 %)XML
11 (6.667 %)ActiveX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (80.00 %)GSM
211 (73.33 %)CDMA2000
211 (73.33 %)Wireless
310 (66.67 %)3G
310 (66.67 %)LTE
49 (60.00 %)TETRA
49 (60.00 %)WiMAX
49 (60.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
49 (60.00 %)Ethernet
52 (13.33 %)UMTS
52 (13.33 %)HSDPA
52 (13.33 %)HSUPA
61 (6.667 %)OFDM
61 (6.667 %)RNC
61 (6.667 %)CDMA
61 (6.667 %)GPRS
61 (6.667 %)FTP
61 (6.667 %)HTTP
61 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)Ant
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (26.67 %)Telecoms
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (60.00 %)FPGA Engineer
24 (26.67 %)Design Engineer
24 (26.67 %)Test Engineer
24 (26.67 %)FPGA Design Engineer
32 (13.33 %)Embedded C Engineer
32 (13.33 %)Real Time Embedded Engineer
32 (13.33 %)Real Time Engineer
32 (13.33 %)Embedded C/C++ Engineer
32 (13.33 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Software Developer
41 (6.667 %)Tester
41 (6.667 %)Developer
41 (6.667 %)GSM Engineer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (60.00 %)VHDL
19 (60.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
21 (6.667 %)Multithreading
21 (6.667 %)Device Driver
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (13.33 %)VxWorks
21 (6.667 %)Windows
21 (6.667 %)Windows XP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (6.667 %)UML
11 (6.667 %)OO
11 (6.667 %)Project Planning
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (26.67 %)C
14 (26.67 %)C++
22 (13.33 %)VC++
22 (13.33 %)Embedded C
22 (13.33 %)Embedded C++
31 (6.667 %)Perl
31 (6.667 %)SQL
31 (6.667 %)C#