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Handset Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills
Browse 16 Handset job vacancies in England

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Handset 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
Handsets
Rank 433 370 464
Rank change year-on-year
-63 +94
Contract jobs citing Handset 99 178 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.229% 0.336% 0.203%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.834% 1.328% 0.702%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 57 39
Average daily rate £214 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.15% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £436 £400 £580
UK excluding London average daily rate £245 £288 £380
% change year-on-year
-14.85% -24.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 22
Average hourly rate £25.00 £39.00 £26.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.89% +48.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.60 £13.00 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £50.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +41.81%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 11864 13403 16520
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.42% 25.31% 28.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7322 7988 10108
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £251 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £610 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 515 629 645
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £22.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.95 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Handset
UK

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Handset Daily Rate Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Handset Daily Rate Histogram

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Handset Hourly Rate Trend

Handset
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Handset Hourly Rate Histogram

Handset
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Handset 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
London +7 51 £213 -35.45% 6
South East -19 33 £238 -5.37% 8
South West +28 5 £205 -
East of England +8 2 - - 1
Yorkshire +6 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
North West +14 1 £450 +66.66% 1
East Midlands - 1 £350 -
North East - - - -
Handset
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Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 88 (45.13%) Windows
2 72 (36.92%) Blackberry
3 54 (27.69%) Telecoms
4 53 (27.18%) Finance
5 52 (26.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 51 (26.15%) Windows XP
7 48 (24.62%) Android
8 45 (23.08%) Citrix
9 44 (22.56%) Banking
10 42 (21.54%) ITIL
11 41 (21.03%) Legal
12 34 (17.44%) LTE
13 33 (16.92%) Wireless
14 32 (16.41%) ITIL Certification
15 31 (15.90%) Law
16 30 (15.38%) XenApp
17 29 (14.87%) Smartphone
17 29 (14.87%) Document Management
17 29 (14.87%) 3G
18 27 (13.85%) Apple iOS
19 26 (13.33%) Mobile App
19 26 (13.33%) 3GPP
20 24 (12.31%) LAN
20 24 (12.31%) Java
20 24 (12.31%) Project Management
21 23 (11.79%) Cisco
21 23 (11.79%) MS Office
21 23 (11.79%) Degree
22 20 (10.26%) VoIP
22 20 (10.26%) MS Excel

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 15 (7.692%) J2ME
2 12 (6.154%) .NET
3 10 (5.128%) Web Services
4 9 (4.615%) HTML5
5 8 (4.103%) J2EE
6 7 (3.590%) iOS SDK
6 7 (3.590%) RESTful
7 6 (3.077%) WAP
7 6 (3.077%) XML
8 5 (2.564%) JSON
8 5 (2.564%) WebSphere
9 4 (2.051%) jQuery
9 4 (2.051%) REST
9 4 (2.051%) SyncML
10 3 (1.538%) JMS
10 3 (1.538%) ActiveX
10 3 (1.538%) MFC
10 3 (1.538%) ODBC
10 3 (1.538%) SOAP
10 3 (1.538%) ISAPI
Application Platforms
1 52 (26.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 10 (5.128%) IBM Notes
3 6 (3.077%) Lync
3 6 (3.077%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.077%) MS Exchange
4 5 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.538%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.538%) WebLogic Portal
5 3 (1.538%) Amazon AWS
5 3 (1.538%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.026%) CMS
6 2 (1.026%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.513%) Windows Azure
7 1 (0.513%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.513%) Exchange Server 2000
7 1 (0.513%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 23 (11.79%) MS Office
2 20 (10.26%) MS Excel
3 4 (2.051%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.026%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.513%) Vectorworks
5 1 (0.513%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.513%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 34 (17.44%) LTE
2 33 (16.92%) Wireless
3 29 (14.87%) 3G
4 26 (13.33%) 3GPP
5 24 (12.31%) LAN
6 20 (10.26%) VoIP
7 18 (9.231%) UMTS
7 18 (9.231%) GSM
8 17 (8.718%) UTRAN
9 16 (8.205%) TCP/IP
10 15 (7.692%) Radio Access Network
11 14 (7.179%) GPRS
12 12 (6.154%) HTTP
12 12 (6.154%) Internet
12 12 (6.154%) ATM
12 12 (6.154%) WAN
13 11 (5.641%) RTP
13 11 (5.641%) HSPA
13 11 (5.641%) 4G
14 9 (4.615%) CDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.051%) GIS
2 3 (1.538%) DbVisualizer
3 2 (1.026%) SQLite
3 2 (1.026%) MySQL
4 1 (0.513%) MS Access
4 1 (0.513%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (4.103%) PhoneGap
1 8 (4.103%) Appcelerator Titanium
2 3 (1.538%) WebLogic Workshop
2 3 (1.538%) Cucumber
3 2 (1.026%) Selenium
3 2 (1.026%) Xcode
3 2 (1.026%) Subversion
4 1 (0.513%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.513%) JUnit
4 1 (0.513%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.513%) Maven
4 1 (0.513%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.513%) JProfiler
4 1 (0.513%) EasyMock
4 1 (0.513%) Git (software)
General
1 54 (27.69%) Telecoms
2 53 (27.18%) Finance
3 44 (22.56%) Banking
4 41 (21.03%) Legal
5 31 (15.90%) Law
6 8 (4.103%) Marketing
7 7 (3.590%) Electronics
8 4 (2.051%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.051%) French Language
8 4 (2.051%) Back Office
9 3 (1.538%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.538%) Billing
9 3 (1.538%) Music Industry
10 1 (0.513%) Games
10 1 (0.513%) Advertising
10 1 (0.513%) Automotive
10 1 (0.513%) Retail
10 1 (0.513%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 49 (25.13%) Analyst
2 37 (18.97%) Developer
3 34 (17.44%) Service Analyst
3 34 (17.44%) Service Desk Analyst
4 18 (9.231%) Mobile Developer
5 16 (8.205%) Test Engineer
6 15 (7.692%) RAN Engineer
6 15 (7.692%) Design Engineer
7 13 (6.667%) Desktop Support
8 11 (5.641%) Support Engineer
9 9 (4.615%) Applications Developer
9 9 (4.615%) Mobile Applications Developer
10 8 (4.103%) Android Developer
11 7 (3.590%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.590%) Voice Engineer
12 6 (3.077%) Architect
12 6 (3.077%) Support Analyst
12 6 (3.077%) 2nd Line Support
13 5 (2.564%) Consultant
13 5 (2.564%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 72 (36.92%) Blackberry
2 29 (14.87%) Smartphone
3 26 (13.33%) Mobile App
4 17 (8.718%) iPhone
5 9 (4.615%) Computer Science
6 8 (4.103%) Social Network
7 6 (3.077%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.564%) NHS
8 5 (2.564%) ASIC
8 5 (2.564%) Device Driver
8 5 (2.564%) IVR
9 4 (2.051%) N-Tier
10 3 (1.538%) Economics
10 3 (1.538%) Mobile Payment
10 3 (1.538%) Animation
11 2 (1.026%) iPad
11 2 (1.026%) Embedded Systems
12 1 (0.513%) DTV
12 1 (0.513%) Streaming Video
12 1 (0.513%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 88 (45.13%) Windows
2 51 (26.15%) Windows XP
3 48 (24.62%) Android
4 27 (13.85%) Apple iOS
5 16 (8.205%) Windows 7
6 13 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (6.154%) Windows Mobile
8 8 (4.103%) UNIX
9 6 (3.077%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (3.077%) Linux
10 3 (1.538%) Windows Phone
11 2 (1.026%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.026%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.513%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.54%) ITIL
2 29 (14.87%) Document Management
3 24 (12.31%) Project Management
4 15 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
5 14 (7.179%) Network Design
6 12 (6.154%) Resource Management
7 9 (4.615%) Automated Testing
8 8 (4.103%) Migration
9 7 (3.590%) OO
9 7 (3.590%) Network Management
10 6 (3.077%) Software Testing
10 6 (3.077%) SOA
11 5 (2.564%) Validation
11 5 (2.564%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (2.564%) Data Security
11 5 (2.564%) Continuous Integration
12 4 (2.051%) Business Analysis
12 4 (2.051%) Multithreading
12 4 (2.051%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (2.051%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (12.31%) Java
2 19 (9.744%) C
3 16 (8.205%) C++
4 10 (5.128%) JavaScript
5 6 (3.077%) SQL
6 5 (2.564%) Perl
6 5 (2.564%) Python
6 5 (2.564%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.538%) C#
7 3 (1.538%) VC++
7 3 (1.538%) Groovy
7 3 (1.538%) TTCN
8 2 (1.026%) Embedded C
8 2 (1.026%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.513%) PHP
9 1 (0.513%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.513%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.513%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.513%) ActionScript 3.0
9 1 (0.513%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 32 (16.41%) ITIL Certification
2 23 (11.79%) Degree
3 9 (4.615%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (4.103%) ISEB
5 7 (3.590%) MCSE
6 6 (3.077%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.077%) ISTQB
7 5 (2.564%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.051%) MCDST
9 3 (1.538%) CCNA
10 2 (1.026%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.026%) CCIE
10 2 (1.026%) HND
11 1 (0.513%) CCNP
11 1 (0.513%) Avaya Certification
11 1 (0.513%) ECDL
11 1 (0.513%) ACCA
11 1 (0.513%) CIMA
11 1 (0.513%) MCTS
11 1 (0.513%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.077%) QA
2 5 (2.564%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.051%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (15.38%) XenApp
2 18 (9.231%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.026%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.026%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.051%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.026%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (1.026%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.513%) Cisco IPCC
3 1 (0.513%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (0.513%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (0.513%) SCOM
Vendors
1 45 (23.08%) Citrix
2 23 (11.79%) Cisco
3 16 (8.205%) Avaya
4 15 (7.692%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 13 (6.667%) Microsoft
6 10 (5.128%) Lotus
7 8 (4.103%) Apple
8 6 (3.077%) CyberTech
8 6 (3.077%) Nortel
9 5 (2.564%) HP
9 5 (2.564%) Siemens
9 5 (2.564%) Ericsson
9 5 (2.564%) Huawei
10 4 (2.051%) Agilent
10 4 (2.051%) Mitel
10 4 (2.051%) ESRI
10 4 (2.051%) BT
10 4 (2.051%) Anite
10 4 (2.051%) Bloomberg
10 4 (2.051%) Juniper
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