The first table below looks at the demand for 2.5G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2.5G over the 3 months to 22 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 Gloucestershire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2.5G
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing 2.5G 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £240 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
50 165 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 18.18% 24.66% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 94 27
Average daily rate £500 £500 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +61.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £31.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.92% +65.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
2.5G
South West

2.5G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2.5G across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Gloucestershire 2.5G Jobs Demand Trend

2.5G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2.5G across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 2.5G Daily Rate Trend