England WCDMA Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) 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 WCDMA over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA)
Location Bath Cambridge Cambridgeshire East Anglia East of England England London M4 Corridor Somerset South Coast South East South West Swindon Thames Valley UK Wiltshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	529	519
Rank change on same period last year	-10
Matching contract IT job ads	14	115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.020 %	0.119 %
As % of the category below	0.158 %	0.933 %
Daily rates quoted	0	5
Average minimum daily rate	-	£200
Average daily rate	-	£248
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£295
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£248
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	2	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.00	£35.06
Average hourly rate	£33.75	£37.68
% change on same period last year	-10.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.50	£40.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.75	£37.68
% change on same period last year	-10.42 %
Communications & Networking England
Matching contract IT job ads	8840	12325
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	12.60 %	12.75 %
Daily rates quoted	2491	3251
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£344
Average daily rate	£365	£361
% change on same period last year	+0.93 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£336
% change on same period last year	+5.75 %
Hourly rates quoted	1198	1751
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.16	£26.63
Average hourly rate	£26.90	£28.70
% change on same period last year	-6.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.65	£30.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.34	£28.77
% change on same period last year	-4.98 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WCDMA across the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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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 WCDMA within the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 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.

Location	Rank 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 West	+15	4	-	-
South East	-11	4	-	-
East of England	-6	2	-	-
London	+69	2	-	-
South Coast	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA.

1 23 (53.49 %) GSM 2 20 (46.51 %) Wireless 3 18 (41.86 %) 3G 4 15 (34.88 %) C 5 14 (32.56 %) WiMAX 6 12 (27.91 %) LTE 7 11 (25.58 %) UMTS 7 11 (25.58 %) CDMA2000 7 11 (25.58 %) Telecoms 8 10 (23.26 %) VHDL 8 10 (23.26 %) TETRA 8 10 (23.26 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 9 9 (20.93 %) Gigabit Ethernet 9 9 (20.93 %) Ethernet 10 8 (18.60 %) C++

11 5 (11.63 %) 3GPP 11 5 (11.63 %) GPRS 11 5 (11.63 %) Firmware 11 5 (11.63 %) Mentor Graphics 12 4 (9.302 %) OFDM 12 4 (9.302 %) UTRAN 12 4 (9.302 %) VxWorks 12 4 (9.302 %) Wi-Fi 12 4 (9.302 %) Embedded C 12 4 (9.302 %) Embedded C++ 13 3 (6.977 %) CDMA 13 3 (6.977 %) Device Driver 13 3 (6.977 %) Project Planning 13 3 (6.977 %) Degree 14 2 (4.651 %) HSUPA

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (2.326 %) .NET 1 1 (2.326 %) MFC 1 1 (2.326 %) STL 1 1 (2.326 %) XML 1 1 (2.326 %) ActiveX	Applications 1 2 (4.651 %) MATLAB 2 1 (2.326 %) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking 1 23 (53.49 %) GSM 2 20 (46.51 %) Wireless 3 18 (41.86 %) 3G 4 14 (32.56 %) WiMAX 5 12 (27.91 %) LTE 6 11 (25.58 %) UMTS 6 11 (25.58 %) CDMA2000 7 10 (23.26 %) TETRA 8 9 (20.93 %) Gigabit Ethernet 8 9 (20.93 %) Ethernet 9 5 (11.63 %) 3GPP 9 5 (11.63 %) GPRS 10 4 (9.302 %) UTRAN 10 4 (9.302 %) Wi-Fi 10 4 (9.302 %) OFDM 11 3 (6.977 %) CDMA 12 2 (4.651 %) TCAP 12 2 (4.651 %) SCCP 12 2 (4.651 %) INAP 12 2 (4.651 %) MIMO	Development Applications 1 1 (2.326 %) Ant
General 1 11 (25.58 %) Telecoms 2 2 (4.651 %) Manufacturing 3 1 (2.326 %) Pensions 3 1 (2.326 %) Auditing 3 1 (2.326 %) Health 3 1 (2.326 %) Electronics	Job Titles 1 9 (20.93 %) FPGA Engineer 2 5 (11.63 %) Design Engineer 2 5 (11.63 %) Test Engineer 3 4 (9.302 %) Software Engineer 3 4 (9.302 %) FPGA Design Engineer 4 3 (6.977 %) Author 4 3 (6.977 %) Technical Author 5 2 (4.651 %) Developer 5 2 (4.651 %) Network Consultant 5 2 (4.651 %) Consultant 5 2 (4.651 %) C++ Software Engineer 5 2 (4.651 %) DSP Engineer 5 2 (4.651 %) UMTS Engineer 5 2 (4.651 %) Embedded C Engineer 5 2 (4.651 %) C Software Engineer 5 2 (4.651 %) Real Time Embedded Engineer 5 2 (4.651 %) Real Time Engineer 5 2 (4.651 %) GSM Engineer 5 2 (4.651 %) Embedded C/C++ Engineer 5 2 (4.651 %) Embedded C++ Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 10 (23.26 %) VHDL 1 10 (23.26 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 5 (11.63 %) Firmware 3 3 (6.977 %) Device Driver 4 2 (4.651 %) Handset 5 1 (2.326 %) Computer Science 5 1 (2.326 %) Multithreading	Operating Systems 1 4 (9.302 %) VxWorks 2 2 (4.651 %) Windows 2 2 (4.651 %) Linux 3 1 (2.326 %) Windows XP 3 1 (2.326 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (6.977 %) Project Planning 2 2 (4.651 %) UML 2 2 (4.651 %) Network Design 3 1 (2.326 %) OO 3 1 (2.326 %) CAD 3 1 (2.326 %) Project Management 3 1 (2.326 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 1 (2.326 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (2.326 %) Security Cleared	Programming Languages 1 15 (34.88 %) C 2 8 (18.60 %) C++ 3 4 (9.302 %) Embedded C 3 4 (9.302 %) Embedded C++ 4 2 (4.651 %) VC++ 5 1 (2.326 %) Perl 5 1 (2.326 %) SQL 5 1 (2.326 %) C#
Qualifications 1 3 (6.977 %) Degree 2 1 (2.326 %) HNC 2 1 (2.326 %) HND 2 1 (2.326 %) PhD 2 1 (2.326 %) CCNA 2 1 (2.326 %) Cisco Certification	Vendors 1 5 (11.63 %) Mentor Graphics 2 2 (4.651 %) Nokia 3 1 (2.326 %) SAP