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This section looks at the demand for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UMTS over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank438440
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads121203
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.161 %0.205 %
As % of the category below1.267 %1.584 %
Daily rates quoted1113
Average minimum daily rate£267£298
Average daily rate£293£335
% change on same period last year-12.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£319£371
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£329
% change on same period last year+3.03 %
Hourly rates quoted1336
Average minimum hourly rate£32.15£37.03
Average hourly rate£36.01£39.86
% change on same period last year-9.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.87£42.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.85£39.43
% change on same period last year-9.08 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
England
Matching contract IT job ads954712818
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.73 %12.97 %
Daily rates quoted27703286
Average minimum daily rate£337£351
Average daily rate£359£369
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£387
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted11561649
Average minimum hourly rate£23.97£26.36
Average hourly rate£25.62£28.26
% change on same period last year-9.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.28£30.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
UMTS UKUMTS
UK

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.

UMTS
Demand Trend

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

England UMTS Demand Trend

UMTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England UMTS Daily Rate Trend

UMTS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UMTS across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England UMTS Daily Rate Histogram

UMTS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England UMTS Hourly Rate Trend

UMTS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UMTS across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England UMTS Hourly Rate Histogram

UMTS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UMTS within the England region over the 3 months to 25 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.

LocationRank 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 EastUp+141£375-5.06 %
North WestNew entry-33£250-
South WestDown-1517--
East of EnglandDown-1116£298-9.63 %
LondonUp+638£250-28.57 %
West MidlandsUp+63£262-1.25 %
MidlandsNew entry-1--
UMTS UKUMTS
UK

UMTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing UMTS 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 UMTS.

1123 (47.49 %)Telecoms
2120 (46.33 %)GSM
386 (33.20 %)C
468 (26.25 %)3G
561 (23.55 %)GPRS
656 (21.62 %)C++
754 (20.85 %)Nokia
851 (19.69 %)3GPP
949 (18.92 %)Cramer
1041 (15.83 %)SMS
1132 (12.36 %)Perl
1231 (11.97 %)UTRAN
1328 (10.81 %)Wireless
1328 (10.81 %)Degree
1427 (10.42 %)Mapinfo
1526 (10.04 %)Handset
1622 (8.494 %)IPsec
1622 (8.494 %)HSDPA
1721 (8.108 %)2G
1820 (7.722 %)TCP/IP
1918 (6.950 %)Embedded C
1918 (6.950 %)Data Management
1918 (6.950 %)Network Planning
2017 (6.564 %)CDMA
2116 (6.178 %)WCDMA
2116 (6.178 %)Windows
2214 (5.405 %)UNIX
2313 (5.019 %)Cisco
2412 (4.633 %)WLAN
2412 (4.633 %)Linux

UMTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing UMTS 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 UMTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (2.703 %)XML
23 (1.158 %)HTML
23 (1.158 %)SOAP
23 (1.158 %)STL
32 (0.772 %)ATL
32 (0.772 %)WAP
41 (0.386 %)Middleware
41 (0.386 %)JMX
41 (0.386 %).NET Framework
41 (0.386 %)XSLT
41 (0.386 %)CORBA
41 (0.386 %)Java RMI
41 (0.386 %)EJB
41 (0.386 %).NET
41 (0.386 %)J2EE
41 (0.386 %)ADO.NET
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (0.772 %)SAS
21 (0.386 %)JBoss
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (2.317 %)MS Office
25 (1.931 %)MS Excel
33 (1.158 %)MS PowerPoint
33 (1.158 %)MS Project
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1120 (46.33 %)GSM
268 (26.25 %)3G
361 (23.55 %)GPRS
451 (19.69 %)3GPP
541 (15.83 %)SMS
631 (11.97 %)UTRAN
728 (10.81 %)Wireless
822 (8.494 %)IPsec
822 (8.494 %)HSDPA
921 (8.108 %)2G
1020 (7.722 %)TCP/IP
1117 (6.564 %)CDMA
1216 (6.178 %)WCDMA
1312 (4.633 %)WLAN
1411 (4.247 %)LAN
1411 (4.247 %)RNC
1510 (3.861 %)SDH
169 (3.475 %)SS7
177 (2.703 %)TETRA
177 (2.703 %)C7
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (1.158 %)MS Access
21 (0.386 %)BusinessObjects
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (1.931 %)ClearCase
22 (0.772 %)TestDirector
22 (0.772 %)LabVIEW
31 (0.386 %)Subversion
31 (0.386 %)yacc
31 (0.386 %)JUnit
31 (0.386 %)LoadRunner
31 (0.386 %)JMeter
31 (0.386 %)Eclipse
31 (0.386 %)WinRunner
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1123 (47.49 %)Telecoms
27 (2.703 %)Education
36 (2.317 %)Manufacturing
44 (1.544 %)Electronics
44 (1.544 %)Billing
53 (1.158 %)Multimedia
62 (0.772 %)Health
62 (0.772 %)Electric
71 (0.386 %)Government
71 (0.386 %)Finance
71 (0.386 %)Automotive
71 (0.386 %)Marketing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
155 (21.24 %)Software Engineer
238 (14.67 %)Test Engineer
317 (6.564 %)Developer
416 (6.178 %)Software Test Engineer
511 (4.247 %)UMTS Engineer
610 (3.861 %)Network Engineer
610 (3.861 %)C++ Developer
79 (3.475 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
87 (2.703 %)Project Manager
87 (2.703 %)C++ Software Engineer
96 (2.317 %)Software Developer
96 (2.317 %)Design Engineer
96 (2.317 %)Support Engineer
96 (2.317 %)Systems Engineer
96 (2.317 %)3G Engineer
105 (1.931 %)Analyst
114 (1.544 %)Technical Project Manager
114 (1.544 %)Technical Manager
114 (1.544 %)C Software Engineer
123 (1.158 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (10.04 %)Handset
27 (2.703 %)Mathematics
36 (2.317 %)Statistics
45 (1.931 %)Computer Science
45 (1.931 %)ASIC
45 (1.931 %)STB
53 (1.158 %)Firmware
53 (1.158 %)VHDL
53 (1.158 %)IPTV
62 (0.772 %)Dutch Language
62 (0.772 %)French Language
62 (0.772 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
71 (0.386 %)Device Driver
71 (0.386 %)Streaming Video
71 (0.386 %)German Language
71 (0.386 %)Italian Language
71 (0.386 %)Spanish Language
71 (0.386 %)Smartphone
71 (0.386 %)PDA
71 (0.386 %)Physics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (6.178 %)Windows
214 (5.405 %)UNIX
312 (4.633 %)Linux
45 (1.931 %)Windows Mobile
54 (1.544 %)Windows CE
63 (1.158 %)Solaris
63 (1.158 %)Embedded Linux
71 (0.386 %)AIX
71 (0.386 %)HPUX
71 (0.386 %)VxWorks
71 (0.386 %)Symbian OS
71 (0.386 %)Windows NT
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (6.950 %)Data Management
118 (6.950 %)Network Planning
210 (3.861 %)Configuration Management
39 (3.475 %)Software Testing
48 (3.089 %)Project Management
56 (2.317 %)Security Cleared
65 (1.931 %)SC Cleared
74 (1.544 %)CAD
83 (1.158 %)PRINCE2
83 (1.158 %)Data Analysis
83 (1.158 %)Migration
83 (1.158 %)Software Engineering
92 (0.772 %)Incident Management
92 (0.772 %)Load Balancing
92 (0.772 %)Fault Management
92 (0.772 %)Integration Testing
92 (0.772 %)Investment Management
92 (0.772 %)Asset Management
92 (0.772 %)Zachman Framework
92 (0.772 %)TOGAF
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
186 (33.20 %)C
256 (21.62 %)C++
332 (12.36 %)Perl
418 (6.950 %)Embedded C
57 (2.703 %)Embedded C++
65 (1.931 %)Tcl
74 (1.544 %)Java
74 (1.544 %)C#
82 (0.772 %)SQL
82 (0.772 %)Korn
82 (0.772 %)Assembly Language
91 (0.386 %)VB.NET
91 (0.386 %)Python
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (10.81 %)Degree
29 (3.475 %)HNC
38 (3.089 %)Cisco Certification
46 (2.317 %)ISEB
54 (1.544 %)PRINCE2 Certification
54 (1.544 %)HND
54 (1.544 %)CCNP
63 (1.158 %)CCIP
63 (1.158 %)CCNA
71 (0.386 %)CCDP
71 (0.386 %)CCIE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.931 %)JTAG
22 (0.772 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.772 %)TeMIP
21 (0.386 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
154 (20.85 %)Nokia
249 (18.92 %)Cramer
327 (10.42 %)Mapinfo
413 (5.019 %)Cisco
512 (4.633 %)Nortel
512 (4.633 %)Ericsson
67 (2.703 %)Anite
75 (1.931 %)Microsoft
75 (1.931 %)Oracle
84 (1.544 %)Citrix
84 (1.544 %)Symbian
84 (1.544 %)Siemens
84 (1.544 %)CheckPoint
93 (1.158 %)Lucent
93 (1.158 %)HP
93 (1.158 %)Mentor Graphics
102 (0.772 %)Agilent
102 (0.772 %)Crossbeam
102 (0.772 %)Primavera
102 (0.772 %)EMC
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