The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Handset 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
Handsets
Rank 94 87 95
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +8
Contract jobs citing Handset 9 7 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.590% 0.440% 0.541%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.479% 2.333% 2.950%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
Average daily rate £275 £200 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% -49.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £383
10% offered a daily rate of more than £387 £200 £407
UK excluding London average daily rate £289 £265 £375
% change year-on-year
+8.96% -29.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 £36.25 £41.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -12.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £17.46 £31.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £42.75 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +24.80%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
363 300 339
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 23.79% 18.86% 18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 117 135
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £248 £236
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £545 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 56 62
Average hourly rate £35.00 £24.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £14.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £38.75 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Handset
South East

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Handset Daily Rate Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Handset across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire Handset Daily Rate Histogram

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Handset Hourly Rate Trend

Handset
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Handset 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 - 4 £275 -
Handset
South East

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (80.00%) LTE
2 11 (73.33%) Wireless
3 9 (60.00%) GPRS
3 9 (60.00%) GSM
3 9 (60.00%) 3G
4 8 (53.33%) CDMA
4 8 (53.33%) 3GPP
4 8 (53.33%) HSPA
5 7 (46.67%) Telecoms
5 7 (46.67%) UMTS
5 7 (46.67%) WCDMA
5 7 (46.67%) C
6 6 (40.00%) HSDPA
6 6 (40.00%) HSUPA
7 5 (33.33%) ASIC
7 5 (33.33%) 4G
8 4 (26.67%) C++
8 4 (26.67%) Windows
8 4 (26.67%) Multithreading
8 4 (26.67%) NAS
8 4 (26.67%) IP Telephony
8 4 (26.67%) Agilent
8 4 (26.67%) 2G
8 4 (26.67%) Anite
9 3 (20.00%) OFDM
10 2 (13.33%) VMware
10 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
10 2 (13.33%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (13.33%) Windows 7

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (13.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (80.00%) LTE
2 11 (73.33%) Wireless
3 9 (60.00%) GPRS
3 9 (60.00%) GSM
3 9 (60.00%) 3G
4 8 (53.33%) CDMA
4 8 (53.33%) 3GPP
4 8 (53.33%) HSPA
5 7 (46.67%) UMTS
5 7 (46.67%) WCDMA
6 6 (40.00%) HSDPA
6 6 (40.00%) HSUPA
7 5 (33.33%) 4G
8 4 (26.67%) NAS
8 4 (26.67%) IP Telephony
8 4 (26.67%) 2G
9 3 (20.00%) OFDM
10 2 (13.33%) TDMA
10 2 (13.33%) ISDN
10 2 (13.33%) PPP
General
1 7 (46.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Network Operator
3 2 (13.33%) Network Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Network Support
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Administrator
4 1 (6.667%) Field Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (6.667%) Performance Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) GSM Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Verification Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Performance Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) ASIC
2 2 (13.33%) Device Driver
2 2 (13.33%) Blackberry
2 2 (13.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Multithreading
2 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (6.667%) Configuration Management
2 1 (6.667%) UML
2 1 (6.667%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (6.667%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) C
2 4 (26.67%) C++
3 2 (13.33%) Perl
3 2 (13.33%) Python
3 2 (13.33%) Shell Script
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded C
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Agilent
1 4 (26.67%) Anite
2 2 (13.33%) VMware
2 2 (13.33%) McAfee
3 1 (6.667%) Cisco
3 1 (6.667%) Perforce
Farnborough, South East
My client are a world leader in 3G and mobile technologies currently recruiting for a Test Support Engineer who possess the following mandatory technical skills (in priority order):...
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013