The first table below looks at the demand for 3G 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 3G 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 74 75 90
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +15
Contract jobs citing 3G 25 23 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.609% 1.429% 0.762%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.013% 7.468% 5.243%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 2
Average daily rate £415 £284 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.07% -4.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £194 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £394 £344
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £280 £305
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -8.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £20.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% +72.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.70 £12.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £35.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year
+3.57% -9.67%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
312 308 267
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.08% 19.13% 14.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 126 81
Average daily rate £339 £360 £311
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.90% +15.66%
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 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 55 74
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £20.60 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
3G
South East

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire 3G Daily Rate Trend

3G
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3G across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hampshire 3G Daily Rate Histogram

3G
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire 3G Hourly Rate Trend

3G
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3G across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hampshire 3G Hourly Rate Histogram

3G
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Andover - 4 £500 -
Farnborough - 3 £238 -
Winchester - 1 £465 -
3G
South East

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing 3G 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 3G.

1 21 (67.74%) Wireless
2 17 (54.84%) GPRS
3 16 (51.61%) C
4 13 (41.94%) LTE
5 12 (38.71%) Windows
6 11 (35.48%) Linux
6 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
6 11 (35.48%) Telecoms
7 10 (32.26%) SAN
7 10 (32.26%) Red Hat
7 10 (32.26%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (32.26%) Oracle
7 10 (32.26%) MS Excel
7 10 (32.26%) LAN
7 10 (32.26%) PSTN
7 10 (32.26%) VoIP
7 10 (32.26%) WAN
7 10 (32.26%) Oracle Linux
8 9 (29.03%) 3GPP
8 9 (29.03%) UMTS
8 9 (29.03%) C++
8 9 (29.03%) Configuration Management
8 9 (29.03%) Handset
8 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
9 8 (25.81%) CDMA
9 8 (25.81%) Management Information System
10 7 (22.58%) UTRAN
10 7 (22.58%) MS Office
10 7 (22.58%) ITIL
10 7 (22.58%) GSM

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.452%) COM
2 1 (3.226%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.452%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (32.26%) MS Excel
2 7 (22.58%) MS Office
3 5 (16.13%) MS Visio
3 5 (16.13%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (6.452%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 21 (67.74%) Wireless
2 17 (54.84%) GPRS
3 13 (41.94%) LTE
4 10 (32.26%) SAN
4 10 (32.26%) LAN
4 10 (32.26%) PSTN
4 10 (32.26%) VoIP
4 10 (32.26%) WAN
5 9 (29.03%) 3GPP
5 9 (29.03%) UMTS
6 8 (25.81%) CDMA
7 7 (22.58%) UTRAN
7 7 (22.58%) GSM
8 6 (19.35%) 2G
8 6 (19.35%) HSPA
8 6 (19.35%) 4G
9 5 (16.13%) WCDMA
10 4 (12.90%) HSUPA
10 4 (12.90%) NAS
10 4 (12.90%) HSDPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle 11g
1 4 (12.90%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.452%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (35.48%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.452%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.226%) Marketing
3 1 (3.226%) Military
3 1 (3.226%) Back Office
3 1 (3.226%) Finance
3 1 (3.226%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Software Engineer
2 6 (19.35%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Test Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Technical Writer
3 4 (12.90%) Architect
3 4 (12.90%) Technical Architect
4 3 (9.677%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.452%) Network Support Engineer
5 2 (6.452%) Network Operator
5 2 (6.452%) Network Support
5 2 (6.452%) Wireless Engineer
5 2 (6.452%) Technical Author
5 2 (6.452%) Author
5 2 (6.452%) Consultant
5 2 (6.452%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.226%) Graduate
6 1 (3.226%) Technical Support
6 1 (3.226%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.226%) Desktop Support
6 1 (3.226%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Handset
2 8 (25.81%) Management Information System
3 7 (22.58%) Device Driver
4 4 (12.90%) ASIC
5 3 (9.677%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (9.677%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 12 (38.71%) Windows
2 11 (35.48%) Linux
3 10 (32.26%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (32.26%) Oracle Linux
4 5 (16.13%) UNIX
5 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (6.452%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (3.226%) Windows XP
7 1 (3.226%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Configuration Management
2 7 (22.58%) ITIL
2 7 (22.58%) Risk Management
2 7 (22.58%) Information Security
3 5 (16.13%) Project Management
4 4 (12.90%) Time Management
4 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2
4 4 (12.90%) Embedded Software Development
5 3 (9.677%) Software Engineering
5 3 (9.677%) Business Continuity
5 3 (9.677%) Migration
6 2 (6.452%) Multithreading
7 1 (3.226%) UML
7 1 (3.226%) CRM
7 1 (3.226%) Quality Management
7 1 (3.226%) Change Management
7 1 (3.226%) Business Development
7 1 (3.226%) Digital Signal Processing
7 1 (3.226%) Signal Processing
7 1 (3.226%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (51.61%) C
2 9 (29.03%) C++
3 6 (19.35%) Embedded C
4 4 (12.90%) Python
4 4 (12.90%) Perl
4 4 (12.90%) Embedded C++
5 3 (9.677%) Shell Script
6 2 (6.452%) Tcl
7 1 (3.226%) SQL
7 1 (3.226%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.226%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.452%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle RAC
1 4 (12.90%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (12.90%) Hyper-V
1 4 (12.90%) Xen
2 1 (3.226%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (32.26%) Red Hat
2 10 (32.26%) Oracle
3 6 (19.35%) Agilent
4 5 (16.13%) Cisco
5 4 (12.90%) 3PAR
5 4 (12.90%) Anite
5 4 (12.90%) VMware
5 4 (12.90%) HP
6 3 (9.677%) Perforce
7 1 (3.226%) McAfee
Hampshire, South East
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