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This section looks at the demand for Ultra-wideband (UWB) 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 UWB over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUltra-wideband (UWB)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank558639
Rank change on same period last yearUp+81
Matching contract IT job ads75
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.073 %0.038 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£38.00
Average hourly rate-£38.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£38.00
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
England
Matching contract IT job ads964312995
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.73 %12.94 %
Daily rates quoted28833433
Average minimum daily rate£340£352
Average daily rate£361£370
% change on same period last year-2.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£387
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted11501704
Average minimum hourly rate£24.06£26.48
Average hourly rate£25.66£28.40
% change on same period last year-9.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.26£30.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
UWB UKUWB
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.

UWB
Demand Trend

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

England UWB Demand Trend

UWB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England UWB Hourly Rate Trend

UWB
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UWB within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
East of EnglandUp+277--
UWB UKUWB
UK

UWB
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing UWB 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 UWB.

16 (60.00 %)WLAN
24 (40.00 %)Wireless
24 (40.00 %)Firmware
24 (40.00 %)Bluetooth
33 (30.00 %)Windows
33 (30.00 %)C++
42 (20.00 %)UML
42 (20.00 %)Wi-Fi
42 (20.00 %)C
51 (10.00 %)Telecoms
51 (10.00 %)Device Driver
51 (10.00 %)VHDL
51 (10.00 %)Verilog
51 (10.00 %)Magma
51 (10.00 %)Cadence
51 (10.00 %)Software Testing
51 (10.00 %)OFDM
51 (10.00 %)OO
51 (10.00 %)Python
51 (10.00 %)Windows XP
51 (10.00 %)OOD
51 (10.00 %)Perl
51 (10.00 %)ATL
51 (10.00 %)COM
51 (10.00 %)Linux
51 (10.00 %)UMTS
51 (10.00 %)Code Coverage
51 (10.00 %)ASIC
51 (10.00 %)Microsoft

UWB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing UWB 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 UWB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (10.00 %)ATL
11 (10.00 %)COM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (60.00 %)WLAN
24 (40.00 %)Wireless
24 (40.00 %)Bluetooth
32 (20.00 %)Wi-Fi
41 (10.00 %)OFDM
41 (10.00 %)UMTS
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Telecoms
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (60.00 %)Software Developer
16 (60.00 %)Developer
22 (20.00 %)Test Manager
31 (10.00 %)Systems Manager
31 (10.00 %)Team Leader
31 (10.00 %)Software Team Leader
31 (10.00 %)Principal Engineer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)Firmware
21 (10.00 %)Device Driver
21 (10.00 %)VHDL
21 (10.00 %)Verilog
21 (10.00 %)ASIC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (30.00 %)Windows
21 (10.00 %)Windows XP
21 (10.00 %)Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)UML
21 (10.00 %)Software Testing
21 (10.00 %)OO
21 (10.00 %)OOD
21 (10.00 %)Code Coverage
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)C++
22 (20.00 %)C
31 (10.00 %)Python
31 (10.00 %)Perl
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)Magma
11 (10.00 %)Cadence
11 (10.00 %)Microsoft