The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Agilent 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 Agilent over the 3 months to 24 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 Agilent Technologies.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Agilent
Rank 504 554 568
Rank change year-on-year
+50 +14
Contract jobs citing Agilent 9 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.022% 0.009% 0.005%
As % of the Vendors category 0.046% 0.020% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
Average daily rate £270 £438 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.28% +118.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £438 £200
% change year-on-year
-38.28% +118.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £36.25
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.40 - £31.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 - £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 - £36.25
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19388 24654 25908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.63% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10664 13039 13321
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £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 1105 1232 1516
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 £11.35 £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 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Agilent
UK

Agilent
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Agilent Jobs Demand Trend

Agilent
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Agilent Daily Rate Trend

Agilent
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Agilent across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Agilent Daily Rate Histogram

Agilent
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Agilent Hourly Rate Trend

Agilent
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Agilent across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Agilent Hourly Rate Histogram

Agilent
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agilent within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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 +19 7 £238 -
East of England +17 1 £265 -39.42%
South West - 1 £350 -
Agilent
UK

Agilent
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Agilent 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 Agilent.

1 9 (69.23%) 3G
2 8 (61.54%) UMTS
2 8 (61.54%) LTE
3 7 (53.85%) HSPA
4 6 (46.15%) Anite
4 6 (46.15%) Wireless
5 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
5 5 (38.46%) 2G
5 5 (38.46%) GPRS
5 5 (38.46%) GSM
5 5 (38.46%) Wireshark
6 4 (30.77%) IP Telephony
6 4 (30.77%) HSUPA
6 4 (30.77%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 4 (30.77%) 3GPP
6 4 (30.77%) C
6 4 (30.77%) Perl
6 4 (30.77%) Handset
6 4 (30.77%) HSDPA
6 4 (30.77%) CDMA
7 3 (23.08%) WCDMA
7 3 (23.08%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (23.08%) Nokia NetAct
7 3 (23.08%) RNC
8 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
8 2 (15.38%) NAS
8 2 (15.38%) Embedded C
8 2 (15.38%) ASIC
8 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
8 2 (15.38%) Python

Agilent
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Agilent 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 Agilent. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) 3G
2 8 (61.54%) UMTS
2 8 (61.54%) LTE
3 7 (53.85%) HSPA
4 6 (46.15%) Wireless
5 5 (38.46%) 2G
5 5 (38.46%) GPRS
5 5 (38.46%) GSM
5 5 (38.46%) Wireshark
6 4 (30.77%) IP Telephony
6 4 (30.77%) HSUPA
6 4 (30.77%) 3GPP
6 4 (30.77%) HSDPA
6 4 (30.77%) CDMA
7 3 (23.08%) WCDMA
7 3 (23.08%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (23.08%) Nokia NetAct
7 3 (23.08%) RNC
8 2 (15.38%) NAS
9 1 (7.692%) ATM
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Test Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Operator
3 2 (15.38%) Wireless Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Support
4 1 (7.692%) RAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Handset
2 2 (15.38%) ASIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
2 1 (7.692%) Migration
2 1 (7.692%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) C
1 4 (30.77%) Perl
2 2 (15.38%) Embedded C
2 2 (15.38%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) C++
2 2 (15.38%) Tcl
2 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Anite
2 4 (30.77%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 2 (15.38%) Perforce
4 1 (7.692%) Ericsson
4 1 (7.692%) NetHawk
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We are currently seeking to recruit a Test Engineer (Product Test Engineering) whose main duties and responsibilities will comprise the following:- Develop, program, maintain and improve all test...
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Posted: 22 May 2013
Farnborough, South East
My client are a world leader in 3G and mobile technologies currently recruiting for a Test Support Engineer who possess the following mandatory technical skills (in priority order):...
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013