The first table below looks at the demand for CDMA 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 CDMA 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
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
Rank 501 538 557
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +19
Contract jobs citing CDMA 9 20 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.022% 0.037% 0.027%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.147% 0.239% 0.204%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 2
Average daily rate £310 £275 £431
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.72% -36.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £375 £438
% change year-on-year
-17.33% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 2
Average hourly rate £40.00 £44.25 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.60% +4.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £44.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-9.60% +4.11%
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%
CDMA
UK

CDMA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England CDMA Jobs Demand Trend

CDMA
Daily Rate Trend

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

England CDMA Daily Rate Trend

CDMA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England CDMA Hourly Rate Trend

CDMA
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CDMA across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England CDMA Hourly Rate Histogram

CDMA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CDMA 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 +18 8 £310 -
CDMA
UK

CDMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 19 (73.08%) GSM
1 19 (73.08%) LTE
2 16 (61.54%) C
3 15 (57.69%) UMTS
3 15 (57.69%) Telecoms
4 13 (50.00%) GPRS
5 12 (46.15%) Wireless
6 11 (42.31%) C++
7 9 (34.62%) Handset
8 8 (30.77%) 3G
9 6 (23.08%) Multithreading
9 6 (23.08%) Embedded C
10 5 (19.23%) 3GPP
10 5 (19.23%) Windows
10 5 (19.23%) VHDL
11 4 (15.38%) Device Driver
11 4 (15.38%) UTRAN
11 4 (15.38%) ISDN
11 4 (15.38%) WCDMA
11 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
12 3 (11.54%) Agilent
12 3 (11.54%) HSUPA
12 3 (11.54%) BSS
12 3 (11.54%) WiMAX
12 3 (11.54%) HSPA
12 3 (11.54%) 4G
12 3 (11.54%) Business Transformation
12 3 (11.54%) Perl
12 3 (11.54%) Web Services
12 3 (11.54%) Motorola

CDMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (11.54%) Web Services
2 2 (7.692%) J2EE
3 1 (3.846%) SOAP
3 1 (3.846%) XML
3 1 (3.846%) WAP
3 1 (3.846%) JSON
3 1 (3.846%) soapUI
3 1 (3.846%) REST
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
1 2 (7.692%) MS Visio
1 2 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 19 (73.08%) GSM
1 19 (73.08%) LTE
2 15 (57.69%) UMTS
3 13 (50.00%) GPRS
4 12 (46.15%) Wireless
5 8 (30.77%) 3G
6 5 (19.23%) 3GPP
7 4 (15.38%) ISDN
7 4 (15.38%) WCDMA
7 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
7 4 (15.38%) UTRAN
8 3 (11.54%) BSS
8 3 (11.54%) WiMAX
8 3 (11.54%) HSUPA
8 3 (11.54%) HSDPA
8 3 (11.54%) HSPA
8 3 (11.54%) 4G
9 2 (7.692%) 2G
9 2 (7.692%) OFDM
9 2 (7.692%) TDMA
Development Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.846%) JMeter
2 1 (3.846%) Selenium
2 1 (3.846%) WebDriver
2 1 (3.846%) Hudson
2 1 (3.846%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.846%) JUnit
General
1 15 (57.69%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.846%) Military
2 1 (3.846%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Software Engineer
2 8 (30.77%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Architect
3 4 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (15.38%) OSS Architect
4 3 (11.54%) DSP Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Test Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) RF Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Software Development Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Wireless Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Development Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Senior Development Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Senior Software Development Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Performance Test Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) RF Design Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Network Operator
6 1 (3.846%) Performance Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Handset
2 5 (19.23%) VHDL
3 4 (15.38%) Device Driver
4 3 (11.54%) ASIC
5 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
5 2 (7.692%) Client/Server
5 2 (7.692%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 2 (7.692%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (3.846%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (3.846%) Mobile App
6 1 (3.846%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Windows
2 1 (3.846%) Linux
2 1 (3.846%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (3.846%) Android
2 1 (3.846%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.846%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.846%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Multithreading
2 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
2 3 (11.54%) Business Transformation
3 2 (7.692%) Network Management
3 2 (7.692%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (7.692%) B2B
3 2 (7.692%) Configuration Management
3 2 (7.692%) TOGAF
3 2 (7.692%) Stress Testing
3 2 (7.692%) Integration Testing
3 2 (7.692%) Software Engineering
3 2 (7.692%) Release Management
4 1 (3.846%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Software Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (3.846%) BDD
4 1 (3.846%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Project Management
4 1 (3.846%) Regression Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 16 (61.54%) C
2 11 (42.31%) C++
3 6 (23.08%) Embedded C
4 3 (11.54%) Perl
5 2 (7.692%) Java
5 2 (7.692%) Embedded C++
5 2 (7.692%) Tcl
5 2 (7.692%) Python
5 2 (7.692%) MATLAB
6 1 (3.846%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.846%) PHP
6 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.692%) Degree
2 1 (3.846%) PMP
2 1 (3.846%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) Netcool
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Motorola
1 3 (11.54%) Agilent
2 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.692%) Perforce
3 1 (3.846%) NetCracker
3 1 (3.846%) Citrix
3 1 (3.846%) BMC
3 1 (3.846%) Nokia
3 1 (3.846%) Remedy
3 1 (3.846%) OPNET
3 1 (3.846%) Cramer
3 1 (3.846%) Anite
3 1 (3.846%) Greenplum
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle
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