The first table below looks at the demand for OFDM 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 OFDM 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
Rank 511 558 567
Rank change year-on-year
+47 +9
Contract jobs citing OFDM 2 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% 0.002% 0.007%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.033% 0.012% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £325 - £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 - £323
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £35.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - £35.75
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6108 8385 7368
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.69% 15.72% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3064 3932 3397
Average daily rate £350 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% +4.28%
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 £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 500 561 752
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 £12.81 £12.21
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.50 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
OFDM
UK

OFDM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England OFDM Jobs Demand Trend

OFDM
Daily Rate Trend

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

England OFDM Daily Rate Trend

OFDM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England OFDM Hourly Rate Trend

OFDM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OFDM 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 +15 1 - -
East of England - 1 £325 -
OFDM
UK

OFDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (100.00%) Wireless
2 5 (83.33%) LTE
3 4 (66.67%) C
4 3 (50.00%) WCDMA
4 3 (50.00%) GPRS
4 3 (50.00%) GSM
4 3 (50.00%) 3GPP
4 3 (50.00%) Embedded C
4 3 (50.00%) ASIC
4 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
4 3 (50.00%) MIMO
4 3 (50.00%) Handset
4 3 (50.00%) 4G
5 2 (33.33%) Software Architecture
5 2 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
5 2 (33.33%) Signal Processing
5 2 (33.33%) TDMA
5 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (33.33%) HSDPA
5 2 (33.33%) CDMA
5 2 (33.33%) HSUPA
5 2 (33.33%) HSPA
5 2 (33.33%) Embedded C++
5 2 (33.33%) IPv6
5 2 (33.33%) PPP
5 2 (33.33%) C++
6 1 (16.67%) UML
6 1 (16.67%) UMTS
6 1 (16.67%) 3G
6 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management

OFDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Wireless
2 5 (83.33%) LTE
3 3 (50.00%) WCDMA
3 3 (50.00%) GPRS
3 3 (50.00%) GSM
3 3 (50.00%) 3GPP
3 3 (50.00%) MIMO
3 3 (50.00%) 4G
4 2 (33.33%) TDMA
4 2 (33.33%) HSDPA
4 2 (33.33%) CDMA
4 2 (33.33%) HSUPA
4 2 (33.33%) HSPA
4 2 (33.33%) IPv6
4 2 (33.33%) PPP
5 1 (16.67%) UMTS
5 1 (16.67%) 3G
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) DSP Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Test Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) GSM Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) ASIC
1 3 (50.00%) Handset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Software Architecture
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
1 2 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
2 3 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
3 2 (33.33%) Embedded C++
3 2 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Perforce