England Bluetooth Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Bluetooth skills within the England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Bluetooth over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Dorset East of England England Glasgow High Wycombe Kent London North East Poole Scotland South East South West Surrey Thames Valley UK West Midlands	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	532	568
Rank change on same period last year	+36
Matching contract IT job ads	30	52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.040 %	0.055 %
As % of the category below	0.310 %	0.421 %
Daily rates quoted	8	6
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£283
Average daily rate	£366	£319
% change on same period last year	+14.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£366	£372
% change on same period last year	-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	14
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.67	£35.50
Average hourly rate	£33.61	£37.64
% change on same period last year	-10.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.56	£39.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.13	£37.69
% change on same period last year	-25.38 %
Communications & Networking England
Matching contract IT job ads	9681	12359
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	12.77 %	13.11 %
Daily rates quoted	2701	3048
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£350
Average daily rate	£359	£369
% change on same period last year	-2.89 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£389
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	1182	1593
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.94	£26.07
Average hourly rate	£25.58	£27.88
% change on same period last year	-8.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.22	£29.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.53
% change on same period last year	-10.35 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Bluetooth across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Bluetooth across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Bluetooth within the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
South East	+26	13	£346	-16.52 %
East of England	-24	6	-	-
London	+69	5	-	-
South West	+27	4	-	-
West Midlands	-	1	£500	-
North East	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Bluetooth 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 Bluetooth.

1 25 (33.78 %) C++ 2 24 (32.43 %) Wi-Fi 3 22 (29.73 %) Wireless 3 22 (29.73 %) Windows 4 20 (27.03 %) C 5 16 (21.62 %) GPRS 6 15 (20.27 %) Telecoms 7 14 (18.92 %) Linux 8 13 (17.57 %) GSM 8 13 (17.57 %) Windows Mobile 9 12 (16.22 %) Windows XP 10 11 (14.86 %) PDA 11 10 (13.51 %) WLAN 11 10 (13.51 %) Embedded C 12 9 (12.16 %) Device Driver

12 9 (12.16 %) ZigBee 12 9 (12.16 %) Embedded Linux 13 8 (10.81 %) Electronics 13 8 (10.81 %) Symbian 13 8 (10.81 %) TCP/IP 13 8 (10.81 %) WebServices 14 7 (9.459 %) Multimedia 15 6 (8.108 %) Handset 15 6 (8.108 %) XML 15 6 (8.108 %) LAN 15 6 (8.108 %) Windows 2000 15 6 (8.108 %) C# 15 6 (8.108 %) Mac OS X 15 6 (8.108 %) Windows CE 16 5 (6.757 %) 3G

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Bluetooth 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 Bluetooth. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 8 (10.81 %) WebServices 2 6 (8.108 %) XML 3 5 (6.757 %) .NET 3 5 (6.757 %) Series 60 4 4 (5.405 %) STL 4 4 (5.405 %) .NET Framework 5 3 (4.054 %) HTML 5 3 (4.054 %) J2ME 5 3 (4.054 %) Middleware 6 2 (2.703 %) SyncML 6 2 (2.703 %) J2EE 6 2 (2.703 %) MFC 6 2 (2.703 %) ATL 6 2 (2.703 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 2 (2.703 %) WebLogic 2 1 (1.351 %) Tomcat
Applications 1 3 (4.054 %) MS Office 1 3 (4.054 %) MS Excel 1 3 (4.054 %) MS Visio 1 3 (4.054 %) Acrobat 2 1 (1.351 %) MATLAB	Communications & Networking 1 24 (32.43 %) Wi-Fi 2 22 (29.73 %) Wireless 3 16 (21.62 %) GPRS 4 13 (17.57 %) GSM 5 10 (13.51 %) WLAN 6 9 (12.16 %) ZigBee 7 8 (10.81 %) TCP/IP 8 6 (8.108 %) LAN 9 5 (6.757 %) 3G 9 5 (6.757 %) UWB 10 3 (4.054 %) UMTS 10 3 (4.054 %) Ethernet 11 2 (2.703 %) CDMA 11 2 (2.703 %) NFC 11 2 (2.703 %) Internet 11 2 (2.703 %) TETRA 12 1 (1.351 %) 802.11 12 1 (1.351 %) DVB 12 1 (1.351 %) 2G 12 1 (1.351 %) DECT
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.351 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 3 (4.054 %) Visual Studio 1 3 (4.054 %) MSI 2 1 (1.351 %) LabVIEW 2 1 (1.351 %) Subversion 2 1 (1.351 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (1.351 %) ClearCase
General 1 15 (20.27 %) Telecoms 2 8 (10.81 %) Electronics 3 7 (9.459 %) Multimedia 4 3 (4.054 %) Finance 5 2 (2.703 %) Banking 5 2 (2.703 %) Investment Banking 5 2 (2.703 %) Marketing 6 1 (1.351 %) Billing 6 1 (1.351 %) Health 6 1 (1.351 %) Manufacturing 6 1 (1.351 %) 3D Graphics	Job Titles 1 20 (27.03 %) Developer 2 16 (21.62 %) Software Engineer 3 6 (8.108 %) Software Developer 4 5 (6.757 %) Consultant 4 5 (6.757 %) Embedded Software Engineer 4 5 (6.757 %) Symbian Software Engineer 4 5 (6.757 %) RF Engineer 5 4 (5.405 %) C# Software Engineer 5 4 (5.405 %) .NET Software Engineer 5 4 (5.405 %) C++ Developer 5 4 (5.405 %) Linux Engineer 6 3 (4.054 %) Support Consultant 6 3 (4.054 %) 1st Line Support 6 3 (4.054 %) Support Engineer 6 3 (4.054 %) Test Manager 6 3 (4.054 %) Embedded Software Developer 7 2 (2.703 %) Senior RF Engineer 7 2 (2.703 %) Electronics Engineer 7 2 (2.703 %) RF Design Engineer 7 2 (2.703 %) Architect
Miscellaneous 1 11 (14.86 %) PDA 2 9 (12.16 %) Device Driver 3 6 (8.108 %) Handset 4 3 (4.054 %) Firmware 4 3 (4.054 %) Blackberry 4 3 (4.054 %) Swedish Language 5 2 (2.703 %) CMDB 5 2 (2.703 %) Physics 5 2 (2.703 %) French Language 6 1 (1.351 %) German Language 6 1 (1.351 %) Italian Language 6 1 (1.351 %) Russian Language 6 1 (1.351 %) Spanish Language 6 1 (1.351 %) Dutch Language 6 1 (1.351 %) CPLD 6 1 (1.351 %) Mathematics 6 1 (1.351 %) STB 6 1 (1.351 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array	Operating Systems 1 22 (29.73 %) Windows 2 14 (18.92 %) Linux 3 13 (17.57 %) Windows Mobile 4 12 (16.22 %) Windows XP 5 9 (12.16 %) Embedded Linux 6 6 (8.108 %) Mac OS X 6 6 (8.108 %) Windows CE 6 6 (8.108 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (1.351 %) Nucleus RTOS 7 1 (1.351 %) Palm OS 7 1 (1.351 %) Symbian OS 7 1 (1.351 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (4.054 %) UML 2 2 (2.703 %) OO 2 2 (2.703 %) OOD 2 2 (2.703 %) Configuration Management 2 2 (2.703 %) Service Management 2 2 (2.703 %) Software Engineering 2 2 (2.703 %) Software Testing 2 2 (2.703 %) SC Cleared 2 2 (2.703 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (2.703 %) ITIL 3 1 (1.351 %) Validation 3 1 (1.351 %) PDM 3 1 (1.351 %) DRM 3 1 (1.351 %) CAD	Programming Languages 1 25 (33.78 %) C++ 2 20 (27.03 %) C 3 10 (13.51 %) Embedded C 4 6 (8.108 %) C# 5 3 (4.054 %) Java 5 3 (4.054 %) VBA 5 3 (4.054 %) Python 6 2 (2.703 %) Perl 6 2 (2.703 %) SQL 7 1 (1.351 %) VB.NET 7 1 (1.351 %) Delphi 7 1 (1.351 %) Assembly Language
Qualifications 1 4 (5.405 %) Degree 2 2 (2.703 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.703 %) SLA
Vendors 1 8 (10.81 %) Symbian 2 3 (4.054 %) EMC 2 3 (4.054 %) Reuters 2 3 (4.054 %) Bloomberg 3 2 (2.703 %) BEA 4 1 (1.351 %) Red Hat 4 1 (1.351 %) Microsoft 4 1 (1.351 %) Xilinx 4 1 (1.351 %) Oracle