The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Actix products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Actix over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors 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.

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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Actix
Rank 517 541 569
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +28
Contract jobs citing Actix 1 21 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.002% 0.039% 0.007%
As % of the Vendors category 0.005% 0.085% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 1
Average daily rate - £220 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -38.02%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £220 £355
% change year-on-year
- -38.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19381 24681 26342
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.68% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10660 13056 13559
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1103 1234 1535
Average hourly rate £19.63 £19.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.31 £11.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Actix
UK

Actix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Actix Jobs Demand Trend

Actix
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Actix Daily Rate Trend

Actix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Actix Hourly Rate Trend

Actix
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Actix within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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 +1 1 - -
Actix
UK

Actix
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Actix 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 Actix.

1 2 (100.00%) 3G
1 2 (100.00%) BSS
1 2 (100.00%) HSPA
1 2 (100.00%) LTE
1 2 (100.00%) 2G
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) WiMAX
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) RNC
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) MS Access
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) WCDMA
2 1 (50.00%) Mapinfo

Actix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Actix 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 Actix. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
1 2 (100.00%) BSS
1 2 (100.00%) HSPA
1 2 (100.00%) LTE
1 2 (100.00%) 2G
2 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) WiMAX
2 1 (50.00%) RNC
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) WCDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MS Access
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) RF Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Optimisation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) RF Optimisation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Mapinfo