The first table below looks at the demand for WCDMA 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 WCDMA 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
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA)
Rank 489 526 534
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +8
Contract jobs citing WCDMA 24 33 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.058% 0.062% 0.066%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.393% 0.394% 0.502%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 4
Average daily rate £245 £270 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.25% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £375 £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £260 £275
% change year-on-year
+10.57% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 15
Average hourly rate £37.50 £39.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.06% -1.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £37.10 £28.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £41.90 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +6.25%
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%
WCDMA
UK

WCDMA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England WCDMA Jobs Demand Trend

WCDMA
Daily Rate Trend

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

England WCDMA Daily Rate Trend

WCDMA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England WCDMA Hourly Rate Trend

WCDMA
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 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 +17 16 £245 +8.88%
East of England +13 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
WCDMA
UK

WCDMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 66 (92.96%) GSM
2 56 (78.87%) Telecoms
3 49 (69.01%) 3G
4 46 (64.79%) Radio Access Network
5 45 (63.38%) 2G
6 39 (54.93%) 3GPP
7 35 (49.30%) Ericsson
8 32 (45.07%) LTE
9 28 (39.44%) NetHawk
10 27 (38.03%) Wireshark
11 26 (36.62%) ISEB
12 23 (32.39%) RNC
13 21 (29.58%) Migration
13 21 (29.58%) RANAP
14 14 (19.72%) Wireless
15 11 (15.49%) UMTS
16 9 (12.68%) Degree
17 8 (11.27%) HSPA
17 8 (11.27%) GPRS
17 8 (11.27%) C
17 8 (11.27%) Configuration Management
18 7 (9.859%) Handset
19 6 (8.451%) Resource Management
20 5 (7.042%) Fault Management
20 5 (7.042%) Incident Management
20 5 (7.042%) Performance Management
20 5 (7.042%) ASIC
20 5 (7.042%) Citrix
20 5 (7.042%) CDMA
21 4 (5.634%) Perl

WCDMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 3 (4.225%) XML
Applications
1 2 (2.817%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 66 (92.96%) GSM
2 49 (69.01%) 3G
3 46 (64.79%) Radio Access Network
4 45 (63.38%) 2G
5 39 (54.93%) 3GPP
6 32 (45.07%) LTE
7 27 (38.03%) Wireshark
8 23 (32.39%) RNC
9 21 (29.58%) RANAP
10 14 (19.72%) Wireless
11 11 (15.49%) UMTS
12 8 (11.27%) HSPA
12 8 (11.27%) GPRS
13 5 (7.042%) CDMA
14 4 (5.634%) ATM
14 4 (5.634%) HSDPA
14 4 (5.634%) NAS
14 4 (5.634%) HSUPA
15 3 (4.225%) NBAP
15 3 (4.225%) OFDM
General
1 56 (78.87%) Telecoms
2 3 (4.225%) French Language
2 3 (4.225%) German Language
3 2 (2.817%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.408%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 46 (64.79%) Test Engineer
2 25 (35.21%) RAN Engineer
3 9 (12.68%) 3G Engineer
4 6 (8.451%) OSS Engineer
5 5 (7.042%) Architect
5 5 (7.042%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.634%) Configuration Engineer
7 3 (4.225%) Verification Engineer
7 3 (4.225%) Rollout Manager
7 3 (4.225%) Consultant
7 3 (4.225%) Network Engineer
7 3 (4.225%) Implementation Manager
7 3 (4.225%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (2.817%) Support Engineer
8 2 (2.817%) Delivery Manager
8 2 (2.817%) Network Operator
8 2 (2.817%) Network Support Engineer
8 2 (2.817%) Network Support
9 1 (1.408%) Network Optimisation Engineer
9 1 (1.408%) Radio Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.859%) Handset
2 5 (7.042%) ASIC
3 1 (1.408%) Statistics
3 1 (1.408%) VHDL
3 1 (1.408%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (29.58%) Migration
2 8 (11.27%) Configuration Management
3 6 (8.451%) Resource Management
4 5 (7.042%) Fault Management
4 5 (7.042%) Incident Management
4 5 (7.042%) Performance Management
5 2 (2.817%) Network Planning
5 2 (2.817%) Data Analysis
5 2 (2.817%) Validation
6 1 (1.408%) Network Architecture
6 1 (1.408%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (1.408%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (1.408%) Signal Processing
6 1 (1.408%) Time Management
6 1 (1.408%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (1.408%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (1.408%) Network Design
6 1 (1.408%) UML
6 1 (1.408%) OO
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.27%) C
2 4 (5.634%) Perl
3 3 (4.225%) C++
4 2 (2.817%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.817%) VB
4 2 (2.817%) Python
5 1 (1.408%) R
Qualifications
1 26 (36.62%) ISEB
2 9 (12.68%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.408%) QA
Vendors
1 35 (49.30%) Ericsson
2 28 (39.44%) NetHawk
3 5 (7.042%) Citrix
4 4 (5.634%) Huawei
5 3 (4.225%) Agilent
6 2 (2.817%) Anite
7 1 (1.408%) Actix
7 1 (1.408%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 1 (1.408%) Perforce
7 1 (1.408%) Nokia