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GSM Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills
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The first table below looks at the demand for GSM 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 GSM 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
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 462 364 442
Rank change year-on-year
-98 +78
Contract jobs citing GSM 70 184 138
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.162% 0.347% 0.241%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.121% 2.225% 1.832%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 42 13
Average daily rate £300 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £220 £296
10% offered a daily rate of more than £364 £568 £379
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £275 £325
% change year-on-year
+12.27% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 23 24
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.15 £33.00 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £50.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year
- -3.22%
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
GSM
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GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England GSM Jobs Demand Trend

GSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

England GSM Daily Rate Trend

GSM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England GSM Daily Rate Histogram

GSM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England GSM Hourly Rate Trend

GSM
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England GSM Hourly Rate Histogram

GSM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GSM 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 -19 47 £304 +21.50% 20
London +19 16 £300 -36.84% 1
South West +22 1 £175 -63.15% 1
West Midlands +1 1 - -
East of England - - - -
East Midlands - - - - 2
North West - - - - 1
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GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 143 (76.47%) Telecoms
2 95 (50.80%) UMTS
3 82 (43.85%) 3G
4 73 (39.04%) LTE
5 59 (31.55%) 2G
6 58 (31.02%) WCDMA
7 53 (28.34%) Radio Access Network
8 50 (26.74%) GPRS
9 43 (22.99%) 3GPP
10 40 (21.39%) Wireless
11 35 (18.72%) Ericsson
12 28 (14.97%) ISEB
12 28 (14.97%) C
13 25 (13.37%) C++
14 24 (12.83%) NetHawk
14 24 (12.83%) Wireshark
15 23 (12.30%) RANAP
16 19 (10.16%) SLA
16 19 (10.16%) SDH
16 19 (10.16%) ATM
16 19 (10.16%) Degree
17 18 (9.626%) RNC
17 18 (9.626%) Migration
17 18 (9.626%) Handset
17 18 (9.626%) CDMA
18 14 (7.487%) Linux
18 14 (7.487%) 4G
19 13 (6.952%) OO
19 13 (6.952%) OOD
19 13 (6.952%) Cisco

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (6.417%) STL
2 11 (5.882%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 8 (4.278%) WAP
4 7 (3.743%) .NET
5 4 (2.139%) J2EE
5 4 (2.139%) XML
6 3 (1.604%) Web Services
6 3 (1.604%) WML
7 1 (0.535%) Flash
7 1 (0.535%) SOAP
7 1 (0.535%) SAML
7 1 (0.535%) ActiveMQ
7 1 (0.535%) JSON
7 1 (0.535%) WCF
7 1 (0.535%) WPF
7 1 (0.535%) iOS SDK
7 1 (0.535%) REST
7 1 (0.535%) OpenID
7 1 (0.535%) soapUI
7 1 (0.535%) OAuth
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.604%) Apache
2 2 (1.070%) SAS
3 1 (0.535%) CMS
3 1 (0.535%) EPiServer CMS
Applications
1 10 (5.348%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.674%) MS Office
3 2 (1.070%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.070%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (1.070%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.535%) Minerva
1 1 (0.535%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.535%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 95 (50.80%) UMTS
2 82 (43.85%) 3G
3 73 (39.04%) LTE
4 59 (31.55%) 2G
5 58 (31.02%) WCDMA
6 53 (28.34%) Radio Access Network
7 50 (26.74%) GPRS
8 43 (22.99%) 3GPP
9 40 (21.39%) Wireless
10 24 (12.83%) Wireshark
11 23 (12.30%) RANAP
12 19 (10.16%) SDH
12 19 (10.16%) ATM
13 18 (9.626%) RNC
13 18 (9.626%) CDMA
14 14 (7.487%) 4G
15 13 (6.952%) BSS
16 12 (6.417%) VoIP
17 11 (5.882%) PBX
17 11 (5.882%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.209%) MS Access
2 5 (2.674%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.070%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (1.070%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.535%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (5.882%) Subversion
1 11 (5.882%) GCC
1 11 (5.882%) GDB
1 11 (5.882%) Trac
2 5 (2.674%) StarTeam
3 4 (2.139%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.604%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.535%) JUnit
5 1 (0.535%) Selenium
5 1 (0.535%) JMeter
5 1 (0.535%) Xcode
5 1 (0.535%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.535%) Hudson
5 1 (0.535%) WebDriver
General
1 143 (76.47%) Telecoms
2 7 (3.743%) Electronics
3 4 (2.139%) Finance
3 4 (2.139%) Front Office
3 4 (2.139%) German Language
4 3 (1.604%) Billing
4 3 (1.604%) French Language
4 3 (1.604%) Marketing
4 3 (1.604%) Back Office
4 3 (1.604%) Manufacturing
4 3 (1.604%) Military
5 2 (1.070%) Automotive
6 1 (0.535%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.535%) Banking
Job Titles
1 54 (28.88%) Test Engineer
2 24 (12.83%) RAN Engineer
3 22 (11.76%) Software Engineer
4 12 (6.417%) Field Engineer
4 12 (6.417%) Network Engineer
5 9 (4.813%) Support Engineer
6 8 (4.278%) C++ Software Engineer
7 7 (3.743%) Architect
7 7 (3.743%) Project Manager
7 7 (3.743%) Developer
7 7 (3.743%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (3.743%) Senior Software Engineer
8 6 (3.209%) Transmission Engineer
8 6 (3.209%) 3G Engineer
9 5 (2.674%) OSS Engineer
9 5 (2.674%) Network Support Engineer
9 5 (2.674%) Network Support
9 5 (2.674%) Development Engineer
10 4 (2.139%) Test Leader
10 4 (2.139%) RF Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.626%) Handset
2 7 (3.743%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.674%) ASIC
4 4 (2.139%) iPhone
4 4 (2.139%) Computer Science
5 3 (1.604%) Smartcard
6 2 (1.070%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.070%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (1.070%) EMV
6 2 (1.070%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.535%) DTV
7 1 (0.535%) Firmware
7 1 (0.535%) Cryptography
7 1 (0.535%) Statistics
7 1 (0.535%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.535%) Applied Mathematics
7 1 (0.535%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.535%) IVR
7 1 (0.535%) VHDL
7 1 (0.535%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.487%) Linux
2 11 (5.882%) UNIX
3 9 (4.813%) Windows
4 7 (3.743%) Android
5 4 (2.139%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.535%) Solaris
6 1 (0.535%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.535%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (0.535%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (9.626%) Migration
2 13 (6.952%) OO
2 13 (6.952%) OOD
3 10 (5.348%) Network Planning
4 9 (4.813%) Configuration Management
4 9 (4.813%) Project Management
5 7 (3.743%) Resource Management
5 7 (3.743%) Validation
6 6 (3.209%) Unit Testing
6 6 (3.209%) Incident Management
6 6 (3.209%) PRINCE2
7 5 (2.674%) Software Engineering
7 5 (2.674%) Network Design
7 5 (2.674%) Integration Testing
7 5 (2.674%) Test Scripting
7 5 (2.674%) Performance Management
8 4 (2.139%) Multithreading
8 4 (2.139%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (2.139%) Service Delivery
8 4 (2.139%) Fault Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.97%) C
2 25 (13.37%) C++
3 10 (5.348%) Java
3 10 (5.348%) Perl
4 8 (4.278%) Embedded C
4 8 (4.278%) SQL
5 6 (3.209%) VBA
6 5 (2.674%) Python
7 4 (2.139%) PHP
8 3 (1.604%) VB
8 3 (1.604%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.604%) TTCN
9 2 (1.070%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.070%) Tcl
9 2 (1.070%) C#
10 1 (0.535%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.535%) R
Qualifications
1 28 (14.97%) ISEB
2 19 (10.16%) Degree
3 5 (2.674%) PMP
3 5 (2.674%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.070%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.070%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.070%) HND
5 1 (0.535%) HNC
5 1 (0.535%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.535%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.16%) SLA
2 4 (2.139%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.535%) NDS
Systems Management
1 6 (3.209%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (1.604%) Netcool
Vendors
1 35 (18.72%) Ericsson
2 24 (12.83%) NetHawk
3 13 (6.952%) Cisco
4 11 (5.882%) Huawei
5 7 (3.743%) Microsoft
5 7 (3.743%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 7 (3.743%) Nokia
6 5 (2.674%) Citrix
7 4 (2.139%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 4 (2.139%) Cramer
7 4 (2.139%) Anite
7 4 (2.139%) Agilent
7 4 (2.139%) Remedy
8 3 (1.604%) Oracle
8 3 (1.604%) Perforce
9 2 (1.070%) Actix
9 2 (1.070%) BT
9 2 (1.070%) NetCracker
9 2 (1.070%) TIBCO
10 1 (0.535%) SAP
Low-Level Programming Expert
Fleet, Hampshire
Provide system level experience to the platform team including board bring up, device driver and operating system & kernel development... Develop device drivers and board support packages (primarily in...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: From £33 to £38 per hour
Posted: 14 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
Network Support Tester-4 Months+-£14/17 Hourly-Hampshire
Hampshire
R99, R5 (HSDPA), R6 (HSUPA) and onwards. (HSPA+, LTE) 3GPP Technical Specifications Layers L1, RLC/MAC/RRC/NAS & signaling procedure 2G GSM, GPRS, EDGE Proven understanding of software...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £14 - £17 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
Field Test Engineer - Hampshire - 3 Months - £20/25 - GSM/EDGE
Hampshire
Understanding of field test execution of GSM /UMTS/IRAT/LTE Performance KPI... Exposure of the following: Understanding of digital communications systems, CDMA, TDMA,OFDM, telecommunications concepts... GSM/ GPRS /...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £20.00 - £25.00 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013
Integration Engineer
Bristol, South West
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £340.00 - £380 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
C++ Software Engineer - Guildford, Surrey - £40 per hour
Guildford, Surrey
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
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