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UMTS Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills
Browse 19 UMTS job vacancies in England

The first table below looks at the demand for UMTS 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 UMTS 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
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Rank 468 363 438
Rank change year-on-year
-105 +75
Contract jobs citing UMTS 64 185 142
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.148% 0.349% 0.248%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.024% 2.237% 1.886%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 31 21
Average daily rate £300 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £235 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £388 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £333 £325
% change year-on-year
-9.77% +2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 23 22
Average hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.60 £31.50 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £50.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +12.50%
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
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UMTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England UMTS Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

This 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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

England UMTS Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England UMTS Hourly Rate Histogram

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Contract Locations

The table below 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 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 51 £300 -9.09% 13
London +16 4 £283 -14.39% 3
East of England +1 2 £265 -39.42%
East Midlands - - - -
North West - - - - 1
South West - - - - 1
West Midlands - - - -
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 95 (69.85%) GSM
2 92 (67.65%) Telecoms
3 75 (55.15%) LTE
4 60 (44.12%) 3G
5 36 (26.47%) GPRS
6 33 (24.26%) Wireless
7 27 (19.85%) 2G
8 26 (19.12%) 4G
9 23 (16.91%) C
10 22 (16.18%) ATM
10 22 (16.18%) Radio Access Network
11 21 (15.44%) 3GPP
11 21 (15.44%) C++
12 20 (14.71%) SDH
13 18 (13.24%) SLA
13 18 (13.24%) Handset
14 16 (11.76%) Degree
15 15 (11.03%) Linux
16 14 (10.29%) Cisco
17 13 (9.559%) CDMA
18 12 (8.824%) OO
18 12 (8.824%) STL
18 12 (8.824%) Ericsson
19 11 (8.088%) Perl
19 11 (8.088%) OOD
19 11 (8.088%) VoIP
19 11 (8.088%) PBX
19 11 (8.088%) Subversion
19 11 (8.088%) GCC
19 11 (8.088%) GDB

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 12 (8.824%) STL
2 11 (8.088%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 7 (5.147%) WAP
4 5 (3.676%) XML
5 3 (2.206%) WML
6 2 (1.471%) .NET
6 2 (1.471%) J2EE
6 2 (1.471%) Web Services
7 1 (0.735%) ActiveMQ
7 1 (0.735%) WCF
7 1 (0.735%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.206%) Apache
2 2 (1.471%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (2.941%) MS Excel
1 4 (2.941%) MS Office
2 2 (1.471%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (1.471%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.735%) Minerva
1 1 (0.735%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.735%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 95 (69.85%) GSM
2 75 (55.15%) LTE
3 60 (44.12%) 3G
4 36 (26.47%) GPRS
5 33 (24.26%) Wireless
6 27 (19.85%) 2G
7 26 (19.12%) 4G
8 22 (16.18%) ATM
8 22 (16.18%) Radio Access Network
9 21 (15.44%) 3GPP
10 20 (14.71%) SDH
11 13 (9.559%) CDMA
12 11 (8.088%) VoIP
12 11 (8.088%) PBX
12 11 (8.088%) Asterisk PBX
13 10 (7.353%) WCDMA
14 9 (6.618%) HSPA
14 9 (6.618%) SGSN
15 8 (5.882%) RANAP
16 7 (5.147%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.471%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.735%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 11 (8.088%) Subversion
1 11 (8.088%) GCC
1 11 (8.088%) GDB
1 11 (8.088%) Trac
2 3 (2.206%) TestDirector
3 2 (1.471%) Visual Studio
General
1 92 (67.65%) Telecoms
2 4 (2.941%) Finance
2 4 (2.941%) Electronics
2 4 (2.941%) Front Office
3 3 (2.206%) Back Office
3 3 (2.206%) Military
3 3 (2.206%) Marketing
3 3 (2.206%) Billing
4 1 (0.735%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.735%) Banking
4 1 (0.735%) German Language
Job Titles
1 24 (17.65%) Test Engineer
2 20 (14.71%) Software Engineer
3 12 (8.824%) Network Engineer
4 11 (8.088%) Developer
4 11 (8.088%) Field Engineer
5 8 (5.882%) C++ Software Engineer
5 8 (5.882%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (5.882%) Architect
6 7 (5.147%) Transmission Engineer
7 6 (4.412%) Development Engineer
7 6 (4.412%) DSP Engineer
7 6 (4.412%) Support Engineer
8 5 (3.676%) Network Support
8 5 (3.676%) Network Architect
8 5 (3.676%) Senior Software Engineer
8 5 (3.676%) Network Support Engineer
9 4 (2.941%) Radio Engineer
9 4 (2.941%) Project Manager
10 3 (2.206%) Consultant
10 3 (2.206%) RF Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.24%) Handset
2 6 (4.412%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.941%) iPhone
3 4 (2.941%) Computer Science
3 4 (2.941%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.206%) ASIC
5 2 (1.471%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.471%) Device Driver
5 2 (1.471%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.471%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.735%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (0.735%) DTV
6 1 (0.735%) VHDL
6 1 (0.735%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.735%) Applied Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.03%) Linux
2 9 (6.618%) Android
3 7 (5.147%) UNIX
4 6 (4.412%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.206%) Solaris
6 2 (1.471%) Windows
7 1 (0.735%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.735%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (8.824%) OO
2 11 (8.088%) OOD
3 10 (7.353%) Network Architecture
4 8 (5.882%) Network Planning
4 8 (5.882%) Project Management
5 7 (5.147%) Network Design
6 5 (3.676%) Validation
6 5 (3.676%) PRINCE2
6 5 (3.676%) Software Engineering
6 5 (3.676%) Integration Testing
7 4 (2.941%) Performance Management
7 4 (2.941%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (2.941%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (2.941%) Service Delivery
8 3 (2.206%) Business Transformation
8 3 (2.206%) Configuration Management
8 3 (2.206%) Resource Management
8 3 (2.206%) Performance Improvement
8 3 (2.206%) Test Strategy
8 3 (2.206%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.91%) C
2 21 (15.44%) C++
3 11 (8.088%) Perl
4 9 (6.618%) TTCN
5 6 (4.412%) Java
5 6 (4.412%) Embedded C
6 3 (2.206%) PHP
6 3 (2.206%) SQL
7 2 (1.471%) Python
7 2 (1.471%) VBA
7 2 (1.471%) C#
7 2 (1.471%) Embedded C++
7 2 (1.471%) Tcl
7 2 (1.471%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (11.76%) Degree
2 6 (4.412%) PhD
3 4 (2.941%) ISEB
3 4 (2.941%) PMP
3 4 (2.941%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.471%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.471%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.735%) HNC
5 1 (0.735%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.24%) SLA
2 3 (2.206%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.735%) NDS
Systems Management
1 6 (4.412%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (2.206%) Netcool
3 2 (1.471%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 14 (10.29%) Cisco
2 12 (8.824%) Ericsson
3 8 (5.882%) Agilent
3 8 (5.882%) Huawei
4 7 (5.147%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 7 (5.147%) Nokia
5 6 (4.412%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 5 (3.676%) Anite
7 4 (2.941%) Microsoft
7 4 (2.941%) Remedy
7 4 (2.941%) Mapinfo
8 3 (2.206%) Perforce
8 3 (2.206%) Cramer
9 2 (1.471%) NetCracker
9 2 (1.471%) Oracle
9 2 (1.471%) IBM
9 2 (1.471%) TIBCO
10 1 (0.735%) OPNET
10 1 (0.735%) BT
10 1 (0.735%) NEC
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
Team Leader (2G/3G, C++, UMTS)
London
This leading mobile technology software developer boasting some fantastic clients and working on some of the most exciting and market leading projects in the industry seek a technically...
Candidate Source
Rate: Circa £65,000 + bonus + bens
Posted: 13 June 2013
Integration Engineer
Bristol, South West
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £340.00 - £380 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Field Test Engineer - Hampshire - 3 Months - £20/25 - GSM/EDGE
Hampshire
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £20.00 - £25.00 per hour
Posted: 17 June 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
IPV6 Engineer
Hatfield, South East
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £350.00 - £400 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
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