2.5G Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for 2.5G skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2.5G over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2.5G
Rank 508 553 542
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -11
Contract jobs citing 2.5G 2 5 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% 0.009% 0.053%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.033% 0.060% 0.407%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £283
UK excluding London average daily rate £240 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6115 8361 7369
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.71% 15.67% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3080 3931 3411
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 510 557 730
Average hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £12.09
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
2.5G
UK

2.5G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2.5G across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

England 2.5G Jobs Demand Trend

2.5G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2.5G across the England region.

England 2.5G Daily Rate Trend

2.5G
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2.5G across the England region.

England 2.5G Hourly Rate Trend

2.5G
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2.5G within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
South East +22 2 - -
2.5G
UK

2.5G
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing 2.5G 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 2.5G.

1 9 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 9 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 9 (100.00%) 2G
1 9 (100.00%) Cramer
1 9 (100.00%) 3G
1 9 (100.00%) Network Planning
2 8 (88.89%) SDH
3 7 (77.78%) ATM
3 7 (77.78%) B2B
3 7 (77.78%) BT
4 2 (22.22%) 4G
4 2 (22.22%) LTE
5 1 (11.11%) Degree

2.5G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing 2.5G 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 2.5G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 9 (100.00%) 3G
1 9 (100.00%) 2G
2 8 (88.89%) SDH
3 7 (77.78%) ATM
4 2 (22.22%) LTE
4 2 (22.22%) 4G
General
1 9 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Transmission Planner
2 4 (44.44%) Transmission Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Transmission Planning Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Design Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Network Planning
2 7 (77.78%) B2B
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cramer
2 7 (77.78%) BT
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