The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 2G 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 Hampshire 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
2G
Rank 97 90 96
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +6
Contract jobs citing 2G 6 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.393% 0.251% 0.487%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.905% 1.307% 3.285%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £238 £288 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.39% -3.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £288 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £288 £344
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £288 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.86% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £48.75 £34.00 £33.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.38% +2.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.75 £34.00 £25.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.75 £34.00 £40.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% -12.50%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
315 306 274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.64% 19.23% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 128 81
Average daily rate £340 £361 £311
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +16.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 53 75
Average hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £21.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
2G
South East

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hampshire 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 2G across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire 2G Daily Rate Trend

2G
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 2G across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire 2G Hourly Rate Trend

2G
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the Hampshire 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
Farnborough - 2 £238 -
2G
South East

2G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing 2G 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 2G.

1 6 (100.00%) 3G
1 6 (100.00%) Wireless
1 6 (100.00%) LTE
2 4 (66.67%) NAS
2 4 (66.67%) HSPA
2 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 4 (66.67%) Handset
2 4 (66.67%) WCDMA
2 4 (66.67%) C
2 4 (66.67%) GPRS
2 4 (66.67%) GSM
2 4 (66.67%) 3GPP
3 3 (50.00%) CDMA
4 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
4 2 (33.33%) UTRAN
4 2 (33.33%) ASIC
4 2 (33.33%) UMTS
4 2 (33.33%) C++
4 2 (33.33%) Perl
4 2 (33.33%) Python
4 2 (33.33%) VHDL
4 2 (33.33%) IP Telephony
4 2 (33.33%) HSDPA
4 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (33.33%) Anite
4 2 (33.33%) Device Driver
4 2 (33.33%) Agilent
4 2 (33.33%) 4G
4 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (33.33%) HSUPA

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) 3G
1 6 (100.00%) Wireless
1 6 (100.00%) LTE
2 4 (66.67%) NAS
2 4 (66.67%) HSPA
2 4 (66.67%) WCDMA
2 4 (66.67%) GPRS
2 4 (66.67%) GSM
2 4 (66.67%) 3GPP
3 3 (50.00%) CDMA
4 2 (33.33%) UTRAN
4 2 (33.33%) UMTS
4 2 (33.33%) IP Telephony
4 2 (33.33%) HSDPA
4 2 (33.33%) 4G
4 2 (33.33%) HSUPA
5 1 (16.67%) WiMAX
5 1 (16.67%) HTTP
General
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Network Support
1 2 (33.33%) Network Operator
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Handset
2 2 (33.33%) ASIC
2 2 (33.33%) VHDL
2 2 (33.33%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
2 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Perl
2 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Anite
1 2 (33.33%) Agilent
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