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2G Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills
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The first table below looks at the demand for 2G 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 2G over the 3 months to 19 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 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 420 298 415
Rank change year-on-year
-122 +117
Contract jobs citing 2G 112 273 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.259% 0.516% 0.290%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.793% 3.301% 2.204%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 44 11
Average daily rate £285 £290 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.72% +20.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £220 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £447 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £283 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.88% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 8
Average hourly rate £48.75 £35.00 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.28% +3.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.75 £35.00 £24.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.75 £35.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+35.71% -17.64%
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6247 8269 7531
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.44% 15.61% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3225 3820 3506
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £499 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 564 756
Average hourly rate £24.00 £24.38 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +1.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
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2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

England 2G Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2G across the England region.

England 2G Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 2G across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England 2G Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the England region.

England 2G Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the England region over the 3 months to 19 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
South East -34 82 £285 +0.88% 5
East of England +14 8 £325 +5.69% 3
South West +13 5 £258 -18.25% 1
London +12 4 £268 -27.21% 3
West Midlands -13 1 - -
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing 2G 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 2G.

1 330 (93.22%) 3G
2 270 (76.27%) Telecoms
3 180 (50.85%) Radio Access Network
4 134 (37.85%) LTE
5 132 (37.29%) Ericsson
6 77 (21.75%) 4G
7 74 (20.90%) ATM
8 66 (18.64%) RNC
9 63 (17.80%) Project Management
10 59 (16.67%) GSM
11 57 (16.10%) Migration
12 55 (15.54%) Nokia Siemens Networks
13 47 (13.28%) Ethernet
14 43 (12.15%) PRINCE2
15 40 (11.30%) WCDMA
15 40 (11.30%) SDH
16 39 (11.02%) 3GPP
17 36 (10.17%) Huawei
18 33 (9.322%) Degree
19 31 (8.757%) MPLS
19 31 (8.757%) ITIL
20 28 (7.910%) Perl
21 27 (7.627%) UMTS
21 27 (7.627%) NetHawk
22 26 (7.345%) Wireshark
23 24 (6.780%) Validation
23 24 (6.780%) SQL
24 23 (6.497%) C
24 23 (6.497%) Network Planning
25 22 (6.215%) Nokia

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (5.650%) .NET
2 13 (3.672%) XML
3 8 (2.260%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.130%) ASP
5 1 (0.282%) Java EE
5 1 (0.282%) Middleware
5 1 (0.282%) STL
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.282%) GlassFish
Applications
1 7 (1.977%) MS Excel
2 3 (0.847%) Maya
2 3 (0.847%) MS Office
2 3 (0.847%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.282%) XMetaL
3 1 (0.282%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.282%) MS Project
3 1 (0.282%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.282%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 330 (93.22%) 3G
2 180 (50.85%) Radio Access Network
3 134 (37.85%) LTE
4 77 (21.75%) 4G
5 74 (20.90%) ATM
6 66 (18.64%) RNC
7 59 (16.67%) GSM
8 47 (13.28%) Ethernet
9 40 (11.30%) WCDMA
9 40 (11.30%) SDH
10 39 (11.02%) 3GPP
11 31 (8.757%) MPLS
12 27 (7.627%) UMTS
13 26 (7.345%) Wireshark
14 18 (5.085%) RANAP
15 15 (4.237%) Wireless
16 14 (3.955%) DWDM
17 13 (3.672%) IPv4
18 12 (3.390%) GPRS
18 12 (3.390%) TELNET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.260%) NoSQL
1 8 (2.260%) Big Data
2 6 (1.695%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.412%) MS Access
4 1 (0.282%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.282%) Bugzilla
1 1 (0.282%) Subversion
1 1 (0.282%) Maven
1 1 (0.282%) XMLSpy
1 1 (0.282%) Eclipse
1 1 (0.282%) JUnit
1 1 (0.282%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.282%) Valgrind
General
1 270 (76.27%) Telecoms
2 14 (3.955%) Back Office
3 13 (3.672%) Finance
4 6 (1.695%) Electronics
4 6 (1.695%) German Language
5 4 (1.130%) French Language
6 3 (0.847%) Military
6 3 (0.847%) Front Office
7 2 (0.565%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.282%) Games
8 1 (0.282%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.282%) Marketing
8 1 (0.282%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 47 (13.28%) Test Engineer
2 35 (9.887%) RAN Engineer
2 35 (9.887%) Design Engineer
2 35 (9.887%) Architect
3 34 (9.605%) Solutions Architect
4 33 (9.322%) Transmission Engineer
5 25 (7.062%) Performance Manager
6 24 (6.780%) Service Performance Manager
6 24 (6.780%) Service Manager
7 19 (5.367%) Project Manager
7 19 (5.367%) Transition Manager
8 17 (4.802%) Integration Engineer
9 16 (4.520%) Network Engineer
10 12 (3.390%) Configuration Engineer
10 12 (3.390%) 3G Engineer
11 11 (3.107%) Analyst
11 11 (3.107%) Field Engineer
11 11 (3.107%) Back Office Engineer
12 10 (2.825%) Developer
12 10 (2.825%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (1.130%) Open Source
1 4 (1.130%) Handset
2 3 (0.847%) Management Information System
2 3 (0.847%) Smart Meter
3 2 (0.565%) ASIC
3 2 (0.565%) Mathematics
3 2 (0.565%) Physics
3 2 (0.565%) Device Driver
3 2 (0.565%) VHDL
4 1 (0.282%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.282%) Statistics
4 1 (0.282%) Economics
4 1 (0.282%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.085%) UNIX
2 11 (3.107%) Linux
3 8 (2.260%) Windows
4 2 (0.565%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.282%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (17.80%) Project Management
2 57 (16.10%) Migration
3 43 (12.15%) PRINCE2
4 31 (8.757%) ITIL
5 24 (6.780%) Validation
6 23 (6.497%) Network Planning
7 22 (6.215%) PRINCE
8 19 (5.367%) GAP Analysis
9 18 (5.085%) Web Development
9 18 (5.085%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (3.672%) ETL
10 13 (3.672%) Fault Management
10 13 (3.672%) Network Management
10 13 (3.672%) Performance Management
11 10 (2.825%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (2.825%) Business Analysis
11 10 (2.825%) Data Management
12 9 (2.542%) Network Design
12 9 (2.542%) eTOM
12 9 (2.542%) Network Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.910%) Perl
2 24 (6.780%) SQL
3 23 (6.497%) C
4 19 (5.367%) C++
5 12 (3.390%) C#
5 12 (3.390%) PL/SQL
6 9 (2.542%) Java
7 5 (1.412%) Embedded C
8 4 (1.130%) Python
9 3 (0.847%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.565%) R
10 2 (0.565%) VB
11 1 (0.282%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (9.322%) Degree
2 20 (5.650%) ISEB
3 11 (3.107%) PMP
3 11 (3.107%) PMI Certification
4 5 (1.412%) HNC
5 3 (0.847%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (0.847%) HND
5 3 (0.847%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.565%) CCNP
6 2 (0.565%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.282%) NVQ Level 4
7 1 (0.282%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.367%) SLA
2 7 (1.977%) QA
3 1 (0.282%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 5 (1.412%) Netcool
Vendors
1 132 (37.29%) Ericsson
2 55 (15.54%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 36 (10.17%) Huawei
4 27 (7.627%) NetHawk
5 22 (6.215%) Nokia
5 22 (6.215%) NEC
6 18 (5.085%) Cramer
6 18 (5.085%) Oracle
7 16 (4.520%) BT
8 14 (3.955%) Nortel
9 8 (2.260%) Citrix
10 6 (1.695%) Business Objects
10 6 (1.695%) Greenplum
11 3 (0.847%) Actix
12 2 (0.565%) Cisco
12 2 (0.565%) Sun
12 2 (0.565%) HP
12 2 (0.565%) Siemens
12 2 (0.565%) Mapinfo
12 2 (0.565%) Agilent
Radio / Optimisation Engineer 2G / 3G
Berkshire
The main responsibilities for the Optimization Engineer / Radio Engineer / Optimisation Engineer will be; *Plan new 2G / 3G / 4G sites to meet Rollout KPI's. *Manage some tasks on...
TEKsystems
Rate: £230 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Radio Support Engineer
Croydon, Surrey
The role can be based in a number of locations including: Croydon, Manchester or Leeds Responsibilities: Plan, implement and optimise new and existing 2G, 3G& 4G sites to...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £140 - £155 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Team Leader (2G/3G, C++, UMTS)
London
This leading mobile technology software developer boasting some fantastic clients and working on some of the most exciting and market leading projects in the industry seek a technically...
Candidate Source
Rate: Circa £65,000 + bonus + bens
Posted: 13 June 2013
RAN Support Engineer
Lancashire
To support the RAN Optimisation teams as required. Successful candidates must have strong skills in GSM, GPRS, UMTS and LTE network architectures and operation. Working knowledge of Fault...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £140 - £160 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
RAN Support Engineer
West Yorkshire
To support the RAN Optimisation teams as required. Successful candidates must have strong skills in GSM, GPRS, UMTS and LTE network architectures and operation. Working knowledge of Fault...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £140 - £160 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Test Engineers - Huawei, LTE, ATAE, 2G
South West
GSA Techsource
Rate: Up to GBP300 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Network Support Tester-4 Months+-£14/17 Hourly-Hampshire
Hampshire
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £14 - £17 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
Field Test Engineer - Hampshire - 3 Months - £20/25 - GSM/EDGE
Hampshire
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £20.00 - £25.00 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013
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