The first table below looks at the demand for 4G 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 4G over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
4G
Rank 99 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing 4G 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.323% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.618% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £465 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £450 £418
% change year-on-year
-28.33% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £36.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+46.15% -18.75%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
309 313 269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 19.96% 19.53% 14.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 128 83
Average daily rate £339 £360 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.90% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 55 73
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 £13.81 £21.35 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
4G
South East

4G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 4G across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hampshire 4G Jobs Demand Trend

4G
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 4G across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire 4G Daily Rate Trend

4G
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 4G across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire 4G Hourly Rate Trend

4G
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Winchester - 1 £465 -
4G
South East

4G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing 4G 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 4G.

1 6 (100.00%) 3G
2 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 5 (83.33%) Handset
3 4 (66.67%) LTE
3 4 (66.67%) 3GPP
4 3 (50.00%) UMTS
4 3 (50.00%) WCDMA
4 3 (50.00%) C
4 3 (50.00%) GPRS
4 3 (50.00%) GSM
4 3 (50.00%) Wireless
5 2 (33.33%) HSPA
5 2 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (33.33%) Embedded C
5 2 (33.33%) Embedded C++
5 2 (33.33%) UTRAN
5 2 (33.33%) C++
5 2 (33.33%) Python
5 2 (33.33%) CDMA
5 2 (33.33%) NAS
5 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
5 2 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (33.33%) 2G
5 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
5 2 (33.33%) Device Driver
6 1 (16.67%) Perforce
6 1 (16.67%) OFDM
6 1 (16.67%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (16.67%) Signal Processing
6 1 (16.67%) UML

4G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing 4G 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 4G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) 3G
2 4 (66.67%) 3GPP
2 4 (66.67%) LTE
3 3 (50.00%) Wireless
3 3 (50.00%) UMTS
3 3 (50.00%) WCDMA
3 3 (50.00%) GPRS
3 3 (50.00%) GSM
4 2 (33.33%) UTRAN
4 2 (33.33%) 2G
4 2 (33.33%) CDMA
4 2 (33.33%) HSPA
4 2 (33.33%) NAS
5 1 (16.67%) OFDM
5 1 (16.67%) HTTP
General
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) GSM Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Handset
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (33.33%) Device Driver
3 1 (16.67%) ASIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (16.67%) Signal Processing
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded C
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded C++
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Perforce